Pretty Maps

[The Bishop]

I make that just six LibDem "wins" (tho' shouldn't Portsmouth be there??)

And just ONE Independent "win" - same as the Greens. Given the councils that were up, quite remarkable.

[Pete Whitehead]

No Conservatives won the poplar vote in Portsmouth.
There are seven LDs - South Lakeland, Oadby & Wigston, North Norfolk, Watford, Three Rivers, Eastbourne and Eastleigh. They were lucky with the wards which came up in Three Rivers - if all wards were up it would have been different. Quite notable that the LDs carried no areas in the South West

[andrewteale]

North Tyneside 2011. Changes based on 2007:

Lab gain from C
Benton
Collingwood
Killingworth
Monkseaton South
Whitley Bay

Lab gain from LD
Wallsend

2010 map:


2011 map:


Cartogram of the 2011 results (showing each ward according to its voting power):


Split wards are (not taking account of by-elections or defections):
Battle Hill is 2Lab/1LD and the Lib Dems are defending in May (although I think this seat has gone Labour in a by-election).
Benton is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Collingwood is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Killingworth is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Monkseaton South is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Preston is 2C/1Lab and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Tynemouth is 2C/1Lab and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Wallsend is 2Lab/1LD and the Liberal Democrats are defending in May.
Weetslade is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Whitley Bay is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.

[andrewteale]

South Tyneside 2011. Changes based on 2007:

Lab gain from C
Cleadon and East Boldon

Lab gain from LD
Hebburn North

Lab gain from South Tyneside Progressive
West Park

2010 map:


2011 map:


Cartogram of the 2011 results (showing each ward according to its voting power):


Split wards are (not taking account of by-elections or defections):
Beacon and Bents is 2Lab/1Ind and the Independent is up in May.
Cleadon and East Boldon is 2C/1Lab and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Cleadon Park is 2Lab/1Ind and Labour are defending in May.
Harton is 2Lab/1Progressive and the Progressives are defending in May (although their outgoing councillor - who has been therefore forever - has recently died).
Hebburn North is 2Lab/1LD and the Lib Dems are defending in May.
Horsley Hill is 2Lab/1Ind and the Independent is up in May.
Monkton is 2Lab/1Ind and the Independent is up in May.
West Park is 2Lab/1Progressive and the Progressives are defending in May.
Whiteleas is 2Lab/1Ind and the Independent is up in May.

[Pete Whitehead]

There were quite a few wards where the Conservatives didn't have candidates, but only one with no LD. May have made the difference (not only by denying Tory votes in those wards, but giving extra votes to the LDs by Tory supporters, the other candidates generally being Labour and Green and in one case just Labour)

[Pete Whitehead]

2010 they did - only time ever

[andrewteale]

Sunderland 2011. Changes based on 2007:

Lab gain from C
St Chad's
St Peter's
Washington East
Washington South

2010 map:


2011 map:


Cartogram of the 2011 results (showing each ward according to its voting power):


Split wards are (not taking account of by-elections or defections):
Barnes is 2C/1Lab and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Copt Hill is 2Ind/1Lab and the Independents are defending in May.
Doxford is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Houghton is 2Lab/1Ind and the Independent is up in May.
Millfield is 2Lab/1LD and the Lib Dems are defending in May.
Ryhope is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.
St Chad's is 2C/1Lab and the Conservatives are defending in May.
St Peter's is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Washington East is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.
Washington South is 2Lab/1C and the Conservatives are defending in May.

[Khunanup]

Mar 25, 2012 16:08:57 GMT @trident said:

Mar 22, 2012 22:39:30 GMT The Bishop said:

I make that just six LibDem "wins" (tho' shouldn't Portsmouth be there??)

I'm not sure that the LibDems have ever won the popular vote in Portsmouth in recent years, despite having overall control of the council. Their vote must be very efficiently distributed in comparison to the Conservatives.

Yep, I made the point about our result last year that if you took out the Drayton & Farlington statistics (a ward where the Conservative majority was 2149 over Labour) the Lib Dem and Tory vote was almost identical over the rest of the city by we won 9 seats to their three.

[stepney]

Amusingly, if you zoom too far out of Cheshire on Cheshire East/Cheshire West's interactive mapping page, it comes up with "Here be dragons!".

[Tony Otim]

That's wonderful

[Sibboleth]

Unexpected Fernand Braudel is unexpected:

[stepney]

I wonder if anyone has seen the new Vision of Britain site, Old Maps Online? As well as having most of the boundary maps on Vision of Britain, it also has a large number of 1960s OS maps, and the ones from 1968 have the wards delineated for boroughs and urban districts. Hours of fun.

[AdminSTB]

Google Maps have released new, higher quality than ever before, digital mapping for the entire country:
maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=motherwell&ll=55.792596,-3.999023&spn=0.112526,0.245476&hnear=Motherwell,+North+Lanarkshire,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=8&z=12

[piperdave]

Apr 1, 2012 8:01:49 GMT AdminSTB said:

Google Maps have released new, higher quality than ever before, digital mapping for the entire country:
maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=motherwell&ll=55.792596,-3.999023&spn=0.112526,0.245476&hnear=Motherwell,+North+Lanarkshire,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=8&z=12

With graphics like that, I was surprised not to see Mario jumping on a turtle. And apparently it was bin day at my parents when streetview was taken.

[Sibboleth]

Apr 1, 2012 7:45:39 GMT stepney said:

I wonder if anyone has seen the new Vision of Britain site, Old Maps Online? As well as having most of the boundary maps on Vision of Britain, it also has a large number of 1960s OS maps, and the ones from 1968 have the wards delineated for boroughs and urban districts. Hours of fun.

Oh that's just great.

[Deleted]

That's my Sunday sorted.

[AdminSTB]

Apr 1, 2012 12:59:52 GMT doktorb🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ said:

That's my Sunday sorted.

If you're that bored, you can help me write up webpages for candidate lists.

[Deleted]

I am just finishing the Wiki page for Glasgow's election this year. Then I can be all yours

(I've done Highland and Nan Eilian anananan Siar)

[Pete Whitehead]

Apr 1, 2012 7:45:39 GMT stepney said:

I wonder if anyone has seen the new Vision of Britain site, Old Maps Online? As well as having most of the boundary maps on Vision of Britain, it also has a large number of 1960s OS maps, and the ones from 1968 have the wards delineated for boroughs and urban districts. Hours of fun.

Edited to preserve the suitable-for-all rating of this forum.

[The Bishop]

Pete, FFS ;D ;D

The old place was a "family site" and I see no reason why this one should be any different