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Post by maxque on Apr 13, 2016 3:49:08 GMT
Menheniot - Cornwall - Bernie Ellis (Conservative) died. An unitary councillor since 2009, before that he was a district councillor for Menheniot and St Ive from 2003 to the end of Caradon Council in 2009.
2013: Con 549, UKIP 450, LD 352, Grn 93
2009: Con 746, LD 433, UKIP 389
Charles Boney (Liberal Democrats)
Martin Menear (Labour Party)
Duncan Odgers (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Richard Sedgley (Green Party)
Phil Seeva (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Wadebridge West - Cornwall - Scott Mann (Conservative) resigned due to being elected MP for North Cornwall last May (he was one of the 2 MPs who sworn in Cornish). An unitary councillor since 2009, before that he was a district councillor for Wadebridge from 2007 to the end of North Cornwall Council in 2009.
2013: Con 830, LD 308, Lab 129
2009: Con 761, LD 322, UKIP 188
Sally Dunn (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Helen Hyland (Independent)
Adrian Jones (Labour Party)
Karen McHugh (Liberal Democrats)
Amanda Pennington (Green Party)
Taunton Halcon - Taunton Deane DC - Christopher Appleby (Liberal Democrat) resigned to join the police (a politically restricted job). He was first elected in 2015.
2015: LD 1012/1001/889, Con 891/851, Grn 605
Oct 13 by: LD 282, UKIP 172, Con 165, Lab 146
May 13 by: LD 457, UKIP 295, Con 179, Lab 159, Grn 78
2011: LD 694/539/529, Con 475, Lab 420
2007: LD 804/709/679, Con 372/354/326, Lab 154
Robert Bainbridge (UKIP)
Chris Booth (Liberal Democrats)
Kieran Canham (Labour Party)
Livvi Grant (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Craig Rossiter (Green Party Candidate)
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 13, 2016 9:21:43 GMT
A ukip gain, a lib dem gain and a libdem hold on the cards. You're welcome to enter the prediction competition. |
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Post by overthehill on Apr 13, 2016 9:39:28 GMT
Odd than an MP resigned but did not wait two weeks to combine with the PCC elections. Presumably deliberate.
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Post by Antiochian on Apr 13, 2016 9:58:52 GMT
A ukip gain, a lib dem gain and a libdem hold on the cards. The first one should be an interesting sign of whether UKIP has stood the test of time in the Southwest where they did so well until last May.. |
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Post by froome on Apr 13, 2016 10:19:59 GMT
Glad to see a full slate of Green candidates this time. Doesn't happen often.  Some of those Menheniot names look familiar from the Bristol area. I assume Charles Boney is the same person who stood as the Lib Dem candidate in Bristol West constituency twice in the 1990s and was a local councillor in the area (Avon county I think and possibly in Northavon or Bristol City Council as well). And I assume Duncan Odgers is the same person who stood as UKIP candidate last year for Kingswood constituency. |
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Post by maxque on Apr 13, 2016 11:23:06 GMT
Glad to see a full slate of Green candidates this time. Doesn't happen often. Some of those Menheniot names look familiar from the Bristol area. I assume Charles Boney is the same person who stood as the Lib Dem candidate in Bristol West constituency twice in the 1990s and was a local councillor in the area (Avon county I think and possibly in Northavon or Bristol City Council as well). And I assume Duncan Odgers is the same person who stood as UKIP candidate last year for Kingswood constituency. Boney was a Bristol City Councillor in the 80's and 90's, elected for Labour at first. He was a local teacher then. The current Boney is a vineyard owner in St Keyne and chair of SE Cornwall Lib Dems, but, I've seen pictures of both and they are the same person. Duncan Odgers was clear last time he ran in Kingswood, he lives in Cornwall (Looe), but stays in Bristol during the week due to work. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 14:03:04 GMT
A ukip gain, a lib dem gain and a libdem hold on the cards. UKIP have pretty much crashed in Cornwall since 2013, so no gain here. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 13, 2016 15:55:53 GMT
Mebyon Kernow's hollow claims to be the face of "growing" Cornish nationalism ring even hollower when they don't bother standing in elections...again.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Apr 13, 2016 16:04:16 GMT
A former boss of mine was the author of "The Tin Mining Men of Menheniot" (or something similar). A better read than it might sound. |
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Post by andrewp on Apr 14, 2016 6:56:05 GMT
If Halcon were in some parts of the country, it would be a safe Labour ward. It was Labour held from 1973 until 1995, but they have gradually disappeared here over the last 20 years and didn't stand in 2015.
The Conservatives won a seat in the ward for the first time ever last May
This is the 3rd by election in the ward in the last 4 years. I suspect it will be a Lib Dem hold.
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Post by AdminSTB on Apr 14, 2016 18:49:55 GMT
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Post by froome on Apr 14, 2016 19:30:34 GMT
Glad to see a full slate of Green candidates this time. Doesn't happen often. Some of those Menheniot names look familiar from the Bristol area. I assume Charles Boney is the same person who stood as the Lib Dem candidate in Bristol West constituency twice in the 1990s and was a local councillor in the area (Avon county I think and possibly in Northavon or Bristol City Council as well). And I assume Duncan Odgers is the same person who stood as UKIP candidate last year for Kingswood constituency. Boney was a Bristol City Councillor in the 80's and 90's, elected for Labour at first. He was a local teacher then. The current Boney is a vineyard owner in St Keyne and chair of SE Cornwall Lib Dems, but, I've seen pictures of both and they are the same person. Duncan Odgers was clear last time he ran in Kingswood, he lives in Cornwall (Looe), but stays in Bristol during the week due to work. Thanks Maxque. Yes now you mention it, I remember Boney being Labour first and then defecting, and being a decent representative for his ward. On the subject of vineyards, at the time of John Major being prime minister (and him being married to Norma) there was one vineyard within the city of Bristol, which was run at the time by John and Norma Minors. I went on a couple of organised trips around it, and someone would always raise the coincidence in their names. |
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Post by maxque on Apr 14, 2016 21:49:55 GMT
The local journalist for the Cornish Guardian, reporting from Wadebridge count, is saying turnout is high, perhaps 50% and than it's looking good for Liberal Democrats.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 22:01:38 GMT
The local journalist for the Cornish Guardian, reporting from Wadebridge count, is saying turnout is high, perhaps 50% and than it's looking good for Liberal Democrats. 50% would be an encouraging turnout. Reports were of an active campaign. |
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Post by mboy on Apr 14, 2016 22:03:24 GMT
I had assumed that the more likely gain for the LDs was Menheniot!
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Post by maxque on Apr 14, 2016 22:09:24 GMT
Turnout is 48% in Wadebridge, the Cornish Guardian journalist is forecasting a LD gain.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 22:12:08 GMT
Has he a live feed? What is his twitter feed.
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Post by maxque on Apr 14, 2016 22:13:41 GMT
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Post by maxque on Apr 14, 2016 22:32:46 GMT
LD hold in Halcon. LD 389 (43.0%; +2.6) Con 222 (24.6%; -10.9) Lab 133 (14.7%; +14.7) UKIP 118 (13.1%; +13.1) Grn 42 (4.6%; -19.5) (source: twitter account of the other LD councillor of the ward twitter.com/Federica1902/with_replies) |
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