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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 6, 2012 8:49:28 GMT
Tonbridge & Malling - West Malling & Leybourne
Con 769 48.3%
LD 472 29.7%
UKIP 127 8.0%
Lab 123 7.7%
ED 57 3.6%
Grn 43 2.7%
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Post by Tony Otim on Jul 6, 2012 9:08:19 GMT
Tonbridge & Malling - West Malling & Leybourne Con 769 48.3% LD 472 29.7% UKIP 127 8.0% Lab 123 7.7% ED 57 3.6% Grn 43 2.7% That's one of the better Tory performances of the week and a good result for the LDs (they've actually increased their vote numerically on last year). Bit disappointing for both Labour and UKIP - both down on last year. |
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Post by AdminSTB on Jul 6, 2012 9:35:31 GMT
ConHome accuses Lib Dems of homophobic campaigning in Kingston: t.co/DdVY4bja |
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 6, 2012 9:46:18 GMT
Anybody have the full Allerton/Hunts Cross result??
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 6, 2012 9:53:49 GMT
Anybody have the full Allerton/Hunts Cross result?? From Liverpool City Council website: Rachael O'Byrne (Labour Party) 1,450 (57.4%) Mirna Lizzett Juarez (Liberal Democrat) 564 (22.3%) Christopher Matthew Hall (Conservative Party) 240 (9.5%) Christopher Hulme (Liberal Party) 165 (6.5%) Maggi Williams (Green Party) 77 (3.1%) Lynne Wild (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) 31 (1.2%) |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 6, 2012 12:04:43 GMT
I assumed that the Greens were putting in a bit of effort in Riverside cos Peter Cranie is a high profile candidate (former parliamentary candidate for Riverside, lead Green candidate on the NW Euro list etc) and it wasn't likley that the other parties would be putting in any effort there
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Post by Tony Otim on Jul 6, 2012 12:09:39 GMT
Greens held up very well in Malvern and a creditable showing in Fylde (in both cases I thought the Indy might have cost us votes) and a second place in Liverpool (it's a two-horse race in Riverside  ;D ). I expect the Greens would have benefited from the absence of a Labour candidate in Fylde. That's almost certainly true (I expect the LDs benefitted to some extent too). My comment was more that in both Fylde and Malvern the Green and independant candidates seemed to have similar-ish CVs in term of involvement in the same local campaigns, etc... and I did wonder of that might hurt the Green vote a bit. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jul 6, 2012 12:10:03 GMT
Good night for Labour - two good gains in the South East from Con The best thing is that they are in Kent and Essex - two places where we fell furthest in 2010 and where our fightback has been weaker than in the rest of the country. Indeed - although sadly neither is in a remotely winnable constituency under the BCE plans. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 6, 2012 12:17:57 GMT
I assumed that the Greens were putting in a bit of effort in Riverside cos Peter Cranie is a high profile candidate (former parliamentary candidate for Riverside, lead Green candidate on the NW Euro list etc) and it wasn't likley that the other parties would be putting in any effort there It's next door to St Michaels' ward, and John Coyne (the Green Leader on the Council) represented part of the ward when it was in the old Dingle ward. It's not really a Green demographic though - I would suggest that Greenbank, where they came second in May, is a much better prospect for the Greens. Hold on - I don't remember the Greens ever winning in Dingle - was he originally a Labour councillor who defected? |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 6, 2012 12:33:24 GMT
OK so he never actually represented Dingle as a Green as he'd have already ,moved to the new St Michaels ward in 2004
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Post by tricky on Jul 6, 2012 13:49:52 GMT
John was a Lib Dem (and my deputy when I was on the council executive) and was always on the environmental side of the party.
He really struggled to deal with the reality of running the council and had a tendency to make the best into the enemy of the better so I was not very surprised when he defected.
The Green MEPs have the same issue, it either has to be perfect or they simply won't vote for it so they end up with environmental regulations that are weaker than they had to be simply because if you need the EPP or the S&D on board you have to water it down and if you had the numbers to do a better deal with the Greens you can't because they simply won't negotiate.
I sometimes think thaty if they were the swing vote in getting rid of 99.9% of pollution they would let law be passed that would get rid of 10% sooner than vote for anything that wasn't 100%.
So John is probably better off in the Greens!
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Post by anthony on Jul 6, 2012 15:02:21 GMT
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Post by Harold Wilson on Jul 7, 2012 15:55:00 GMT
Tom Driberg did get mentioned at an open garden party in Tollesbury yesterday ! Most people here are pleased to have a Labour Councillor for the first time ever ! Nice to see Pritti Patel MP at the count watching history being made !!
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 7, 2012 15:59:36 GMT
Tom Driberg did get mentioned at an open garden party in Tollesbury yesterday ! Most people here are pleased to have a Labour Councillor for the first time ever ! Nice to see Pritti Patel MP at the count watching history being made !! Couldn't happen to a nicer person, tbf ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2012 16:01:57 GMT
So what was the full story then Harold, what di you hear that was so positive we win this kind of seat ?
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Post by cibwr on Jul 8, 2012 6:43:56 GMT
Tom Driberg did get mentioned at an open garden party in Tollesbury yesterday ! Most people here are pleased to have a Labour Councillor for the first time ever ! Nice to see Pritti Patel MP at the count watching history being made !! What was said about Tom at party? I understand he was a fairly dreadful constituency MP, if a fantastic raconteur. |
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Post by Harold Wilson on Jul 24, 2012 2:48:18 GMT
Well the Tollesbury Labour party is the traditional wing of the party NOT new Labour. Working with businesses and trade unions local churches and the parish council. The campaign had a 70,s feel about it with "Tollesbury will win with Labour" ! I'm starting a local campaign "I'm backing Tollesbury" to get the locals to use more of our village shops
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