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Post by carolus on Dec 15, 2023 13:26:20 GMT
Monmouthshire, Abergavenny, Park. Lab 147, Ind 129. Lab hold.
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Post by carolus on Dec 15, 2023 14:45:19 GMT
Swale, Faversham, Abbey. LD 566, Lab 193, Con 185. LD hold.
Swale, Faversham, Watling. LD 485, Con 286, Lab 138, Green 124. LD hold.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Dec 15, 2023 16:47:00 GMT
What's behind the LD dominance in Faversham in recent years? I had assumed it had been a stronghold pre-coalition, but checking LEAP that doesn't seem to be the case. Is it about demographics, or just a well-organised local group taking advantage of other parties being less well-organised?
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Post by yellowperil on Dec 15, 2023 17:21:58 GMT
What's behind the LD dominance in Faversham in recent years? I had assumed it had been a stronghold pre-coalition, but checking LEAP that doesn't seem to be the case. Is it about demographics, or just a well-organised local group taking advantage of other parties being less well-organised? In a word, I would say Anthony Hook, but maybe he just appeared in the right place at the right time. It is often remarkable what a small group of determined activists can achieve in one locality in a relatively short time- and once there it may not last for ever but may be good for a generation. I used to know a group of folk of the red persuasion in Faversham back in , I guess the sixties, who were quite sure they had Faversham in their grasp, but it didn't work out like that. Actually smallish towns are very good for this sort of Lib Dem takeover- a size factor rather than demographics per se. At the other end of Kent I see something similar happening with Sevenoaks- similar size, very different demographics. |
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Post by carolus on Dec 15, 2023 22:05:11 GMT
Somerset, Yeovil, Abbey Manor South. Yeovil Independent 51, LD 45, Lab 21. YI gain from LD.
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Post by carolus on Dec 15, 2023 22:07:31 GMT
18 December:Somerset, Bridgwater, Fairfax East. Con, Lab, LD, [] Somerset, Burnham on Sea & Highbridge, Highbridge. Con, Lab, LD 21 December:Blaby, Blaby, South. LD, Independent and Volunteer Village Santa Monmouthshire, Monmouth, Town. Con, Lab, Ind Neath Port Talbot, Clyne & Melincourt. 3x [] Rother, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sackville (2). 2x Rother Association of Independent Councillors, Bexhill Independent, []
11 January: Conwy, Colwyn, Rhos. Con, Lab Dorset, Weymouth, Preston. Con, Lab, LD Wychavon, Evesham, Bengeworth. Con, Lab, Evesham Independent, Ind Wychavon, Evesham, South. Con, Evesham Independent, Ind, []
East Cambridgeshire, Stretham (2). 4x [] Herefordshire, Colwall. 2x []
Vale of Glamorgan, Wenvoe, St Lythans. []*
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Post by November_Rain on Dec 19, 2023 9:54:10 GMT
Somerset: Burnham & Highbridge - Highbridge Ward
Con: 179, LD 177, Lab 149
Con gain from LD.
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Post by November_Rain on Dec 19, 2023 9:58:25 GMT
Somerset: Bridgwater - Fairfax Ward:
Con 167, Lab 142, LD 74, No Description 47
Con gain from Lab.
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Post by andrewp on Dec 19, 2023 10:01:21 GMT
Somerset: Burnham & Highbridge - Highbridge Ward Con: 179, LD 177, Lab 149 I believe it's a Conservative hold. It’s a Con gain from LD |
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Post by November_Rain on Dec 19, 2023 10:01:53 GMT
Somerset: Burnham & Highbridge - Highbridge Ward Con: 179, LD 177, Lab 149 I believe it's a Conservative hold. It’s a Con gain from LD Thank you. I'll amend that. |
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Post by November_Rain on Dec 19, 2023 10:04:07 GMT
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Post by bridgyoldboy on Dec 19, 2023 13:00:35 GMT
Labour put some effort into this campaign probably the first time in 10 years and I imagine deprived the Lib Dem’s of the seat. Obviously selecting a trans person in a seat like Highbridge which is quite “old school” was a brave thing to do. The last Town Council election was uncontested so in a way difficult to judge whether it really was a gain. Fairfax East is a highly marginal seat and the winning candidate was the previous Town Councillor and current Somerset Councillor for this ward very high profile. Realistically he was the only local Tory who would have won here. Both turn outs were ridiculously which is not surprising on a Monday a week before Christmas |
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Post by andrewp on Dec 19, 2023 13:11:23 GMT
The Bridgwater result is poor for Labour. I agree that the winning Tory is the only Tory who would have won it ( he’s an ex Labour mayor who is very active) but the ex Tory standing as a non description candidate should have helped, or certainly at least not hindered, Labour.
Changes since 2022 in that Bridgwater contest
Con 38.8% (+2.1)
Lab 33% (-7.9)
LD 17.2% (-5.2)
Ind/ ND 11% (new)
The Highbridge result, on the other hand, is pretty good for Labour.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Dec 19, 2023 13:16:07 GMT
Is jamesdoyle going to do his Waaagghh score thing for the town council elections this week? |
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 19, 2023 13:38:12 GMT
He doesn't usually do non-principal level elections, so why should he start now?
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Post by Foggy on Dec 19, 2023 18:20:23 GMT
I'll be visiting friends in both Highbridge and Bridgwater before the end of the month but then might not set foot in either town next year, for the first time since 1986. Not as some kind of deliberate boycott, it's just that I won't have a base there anymore and don't fancy paying to stay at the Isleport Travelodge.
Can't help but feel it's sad to see the area might be getting bluer just as much of the rest of the country comes to its senses, though I appreciate both seats were won on a split vote with the usual pitiful turnout.
As for the gender identity of the Labour candidate: yep, it's the kind of place where Pride-on-Sea have had to be very courageous just to hold public gatherings. I wonder how many of the 149 voters were unaware of the fact, and how many are quietly accepting that trans rights are human rights.
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Post by bridgyoldboy on Dec 19, 2023 18:26:10 GMT
The Bridgwater result is poor for Labour. I agree that the winning Tory is the only Tory who would have won it ( he’s an ex Labour mayor who is very active) but the ex Tory standing as a non description candidate should have helped, or certainly at least not hindered, Labour. Changes since 2022 in that Bridgwater contest Con 38.8% (+2.1) Lab 33% (-7.9) LD 17.2% (-5.2) Ind/ ND 11% (new) The Highbridge result, on the other hand, is pretty good for Labour. On those figures it appears that the "independent" who was strongly supported by the other ward member, Cllr Morgan, who was elected as Labour but was suspended by the Party for two JSO demo arrests and then resigned from the Party, has taken from both Labour and Lib Dems. In fact probably enough to gift the seat to the Tories. |
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Post by jamesdoyle on Dec 20, 2023 11:41:43 GMT
Is jamesdoyle going to do his Waaagghh score thing for the town council elections this week? I'll think about it, but I'll have to ask johnloony for permission first |
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Post by johnloony on Dec 20, 2023 15:47:22 GMT
Is jamesdoyle going to do his Waaagghh score thing for the town council elections this week? I'll think about it, but I'll have to ask johnloony for permission first You don’t need my permission, but you can have it if you think you need it. |
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Post by YL on Dec 20, 2023 17:54:15 GMT
There is a by-election on 18 January for Worrall ward of Bradfield Parish Council in Sheffield, caused (as with the Stannington city by-election the same day) by the death of Vickie Priestly (Lib Dem). Candidates are Lewis Dagnall (Lab) and Lynne Morgan (Lib Dem); Dagnall is also standing in the city by-election.
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