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Post by Khunanup on Jul 26, 2012 22:02:04 GMT
It is said that Mark Clarke won the Farringdon Within ward byelection (for which polling closed at 8 PM, not the usual 10 PM for other local authorities). Epic fail there David, it wasn't even close? Is this the beginning of real politics breaking out in the City or just a blip? |
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Post by leicester on Jul 26, 2012 22:02:45 GMT
Looking forward to the stoke result should be Labour but with such a ballot paper cant rule out a shock I'm guessing: BNP 5.5% Democratic Nationalist 2% Not sure of boundaries and which part of stoke i have canvassed in the area years ago but big patriotic vote then. Is this a highly non white area BNP/Natdem vote predictions very low so suspect so or has stoke even turned its back |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 26, 2012 22:06:50 GMT
It is said that Mark Clarke won the Farringdon Within ward byelection (for which polling closed at 8 PM, not the usual 10 PM for other local authorities). Epic fail there David, it wasn't even close? Is this the beginning of real politics breaking out in the City or just a blip? I was expecting the City establishment to turn out, being the employees of the older firms. They didn't, and the vote must have been dominated by residents who would be more likely to respond to Clarke's pitch. The term is a short one because full council elections will happen next March, with much greater publicity. We'll see what happens then. |
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Post by greatkingrat on Jul 26, 2012 22:08:56 GMT
Rumours the City Independents have won in Stoke.
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Post by leicester on Jul 26, 2012 22:12:23 GMT
Rumours the City Independents have won in Stoke. Boom not a good one for Labour if true although such a spread on the ballot paper may have hurt them, then again nothing simple or understandable in stoke local politics |
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Post by greatkingrat on Jul 26, 2012 22:27:05 GMT
Springfields & Trent Vale
CITY IND 370 LAB 245 LD 152 CON 109 UKIP 105 IND 36 BNP 27 TUSC 14 DN 2
Mid Forest
CON 257 LAB 151
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Khunanup
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Post by Khunanup on Jul 26, 2012 22:32:03 GMT
Epic fail there David, it wasn't even close? Is this the beginning of real politics breaking out in the City or just a blip? I was expecting the City establishment to turn out, being the employees of the older firms. They didn't, and the vote must have been dominated by residents who would be more likely to respond to Clarke's pitch. The term is a short one because full council elections will happen next March, with much greater publicity. We'll see what happens then. Interesting. Might we see the business vote start to wane now with all the shenanigans that have gone on? Turnout was just terrible, plenty of scope for improvement (and I suppose, relative normality to resume next year). |
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 26, 2012 22:33:32 GMT
So WTF happened in Stoke??
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Post by dizz on Jul 26, 2012 22:33:43 GMT
Looking forward to the stoke result should be Labour but with such a ballot paper cant rule out a shock I'm guessing: BNP 5.5% Democratic Nationalist 2% Was right with the "2".  |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 26, 2012 22:34:45 GMT
So WTF happened in Stoke?? Its Stoke innit |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 26, 2012 22:37:48 GMT
The crazy is strong in Stoke. It will not be suppressed.
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Post by Khunanup on Jul 26, 2012 22:38:36 GMT
So WTF happened in Stoke?? Surely 'WTF' isn't warranted in this case. Stoke is Stoke! |
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 26, 2012 22:49:14 GMT
So WTF happened in Stoke?? Its Stoke innit It might be interesting to know, in the light of this result, what the previous ward(s) in this division were and how they voted.......... |
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Post by Andrew_S on Jul 26, 2012 22:53:44 GMT
Harling & Heathlands:
Conservatives 453, UKIP 184, Labour 168, LibDem 129
Con 48.5%, UKIP 19.7%, Lab 18.0%, LD 13.8%
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 26, 2012 22:58:22 GMT
It might be interesting to know, in the light of this result, what the previous ward(s) in this division were and how they voted.......... I think the whole of this ward was within the Stoke & Trent Vale ward which was Labour in 2010, Independent in 2008, LD in 2007 and 2006, Liberal in 2004 (!) Like I said its Stoke. Its not only the city of Stoke - its the Stoke ward of the city of Stoke |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 26, 2012 23:01:08 GMT
I'm not sure if the Liberal reported in my T&R for 2004 is correct. Almost all the Stoke wards have 'Liberal' candidates rather than LD (at least those that have one or the other) with only one having a LD candidate. It may be they were LDs, or perhaps there was some kind of schism at that time in the local LDs, of the kind which is not totally unheard of in Stoke
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Post by Philip Davies on Jul 26, 2012 23:02:36 GMT
It might be interesting to know, in the light of this result, what the previous ward(s) in this division were and how they voted.......... I think the whole of this ward was within the Stoke & Trent Vale ward which was Labour in 2010, Independent in 2008, LD in 2007 and 2006, Liberal in 2004 (!) Like I said its Stoke. Its not only the city of Stoke - its the Stoke ward of the city of Stoke Stoke-upon-Trent as opposed to the whole city which is Stoke-on-Trent. How Crewe got its name is quite interesting. As is Ellesmere Port. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 26, 2012 23:04:41 GMT
Andrews site has it as LD so i'll take that - seems more plausible. So actually 2010 was the first time Labour won the ward on those boundaries
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Post by andrewteale on Jul 26, 2012 23:04:44 GMT
I'm not sure if the Liberal reported in my T&R for 2004 is correct. Almost all the Stoke wards have 'Liberal' candidates rather than LD (at least those that have one or the other) with only one having a LD candidate. It may be they were LDs, or perhaps there was some kind of schism at that time in the local LDs, of the kind which is not totally unheard of in Stoke I'm not thinking that's right either - LEAP shows the winning candidate that year (Conrad Lubinski) as Lib Dem. Lubinski stood unsuccessfully for re-election in 2008 as a Lib Dem. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 26, 2012 23:07:28 GMT
It seems to cover a similar area to the previous ward (before 2002) of Stoke West which Labour last won in 1996
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