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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 26, 2012 23:07:45 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 The official Stoke council election sheet used 'Lib' as their abbreviation for Liberal Democrats. There were no Liberal Party candidates. See: web.archive.org/web/20041205002207/http://www.stoke.gov.uk/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=894932 |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 26, 2012 23:08:26 GMT
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. Tell me more tell me more |
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Post by andrewteale on Jul 26, 2012 23:13:27 GMT
Ellesmere Port I know: it's named after the Ellesmere Canal, which is named after Ellesmere in Shropshire.
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Post by Philip Davies on Jul 26, 2012 23:16:21 GMT
The current town of Crewe was named after the station which itself was named after the township of Crewe (now the civil parish of Crewe Green). The station was outside the Borough of Crewe until 1936.
Ellesmere Port is literally the port via the canal for the town of Ellesmere in Shropshire.
Two examples of how a transportation link caused a town to develop.
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 26, 2012 23:16:54 GMT
Is the "2 votes" for the Democratic Nationalists confirmed??
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2012 7:36:22 GMT
If so has anyone who previously won a council election ever received such a low vote?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 27, 2012 8:12:46 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 27, 2012 8:32:20 GMT
I'm still unconvinced. I've emailed the election office at Stoke council for confirmation
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Post by Andrew_S on Jul 27, 2012 8:41:35 GMT
I'm still unconvinced. I've emailed the election office at Stoke council for confirmation Must be a chance the correct figure is either 12, 20 or 22. |
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Post by greatkingrat on Jul 27, 2012 8:59:19 GMT
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Post by oldhamexile on Jul 27, 2012 9:50:59 GMT
Yes, although this area is not part of his former ward: he represented Longton North from 2004 to 2008 (for the first three years as a BNP councillor). He was also the BNP's parliamentary candidate for Stoke South in 2005 when he polled treble the UKIP vote: 8.7% to UKIP's 2.8% and 2.1% for Veritas. As it happens the BNP candidate in this week's by-election, Michael Coleman, succeeded Mark Leat as parliamentary candidate for Stoke South at the 2010 election, polling 9.4% (again way ahead of UKIP's 3.4%). Perhaps racial nationalists should avoid troubling the electorate again until they have put their own house in order? |
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Post by john07 on Jul 27, 2012 11:47:56 GMT
Is the "2 votes" for the Democratic Nationalists confirmed?? Clearly many who signed the nomination forms did not vote for them. It might be worth a check to see if there was any fraud involved? Imagine what they would have got if they had been called Undemocratic Nationalists? |
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 27, 2012 12:15:19 GMT
It is certainly not unknown for actual votes to be less than nominations - it has happened to each of the "main" three parties with local elections in recent years.
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Post by No Offence Alan on Jul 27, 2012 12:43:27 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 27, 2012 12:45:21 GMT
Although Scottish local elections have dispensed with the requirement to get ten assenting electors, so it's slightly easier to poll in single figures. |
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