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Post by Peter Wilkinson on Mar 14, 2024 13:58:51 GMT
Too early for ballot papers, but the two MPs for the county of Kent returned to Parliament on 7 October 1588 were, according to the History of Parliament Online, Sir Henry Brooke (alias Cobham) and Henry Brooke (alias Cobham) - apparently uncle and nephew. |
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Post by greenhert on Mar 14, 2024 18:00:58 GMT
In any case, the name confusion effects will be limited, as past results have shown. In the absence of Independent candidates with any significant following voters overall vote for parties first and candidates second.
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Post by batman on Mar 14, 2024 18:20:32 GMT
Too early for ballot papers, but the two MPs for the county of Kent returned to Parliament on 7 October 1588 were, according to the History of Parliament Online, Sir Henry Brooke (alias Cobham) and Henry Brooke (alias Cobham) - apparently uncle and nephew. Henry Brooke in the 50s was a Conservative Home Secretary. He lost his seat Hampstead to Labour in 1966. My father was once opposed in a case by his nephew who was also Henry Brooke. I don't know if they were related to the above Henry Brookes? (They were related to former Conservative Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke. I also knew another relative, Caroline Brooke, who was a CND supporter) |
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 14, 2024 21:17:44 GMT
Preston North had the famous R Atkins vs R Atkins battle in 1979. R Atkins won of course
In 1929 in Preston Howitt stood against Jowitt, both in the general election and a by election, both of which also featured the interesting figure of Servetus Holden.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 14, 2024 21:30:04 GMT
The Conservative Party's candidates at the 2005 election included Rosemary Bromwich in West Bromwich East, and Dr Lee Rotherham in Rotherham.
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Post by andrewteale on Mar 14, 2024 21:39:31 GMT
On the theme of nominative determinism, I once had a look in the LEAP database and found that people with the surname Green were statistically more likely to be Green Party candidates.
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Post by Merseymike on Mar 14, 2024 21:59:34 GMT
The Conservative Party's candidates at the 2005 election included Rosemary Bromwich in West Bromwich East, and Dr Lee Rotherham in Rotherham. Like Melanie Dudley, Labour,2019, Dudley North?! |
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Post by batman on Mar 14, 2024 23:48:30 GMT
On the theme of nominative determinism, I once had a look in the LEAP database and found that people with the surname Green were statistically more likely to be Green Party candidates. we have a friend with that surname who is a Green Party member. He may however vote tactically for Labour in the general election, in Reading. |
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Post by batman on Mar 14, 2024 23:49:55 GMT
The Conservative Party's candidates at the 2005 election included Rosemary Bromwich in West Bromwich East, and Dr Lee Rotherham in Rotherham. Like Melanie Dudley, Labour,2019, Dudley North?! there was actually an MP called Dudley North several hundred years ago. He probably had no idea that he would have a constituency with his name hundreds of years later. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 15, 2024 0:05:09 GMT
Like Melanie Dudley, Labour,2019, Dudley North?! there was actually an MP called Dudley North several hundred years ago. He probably had no idea that he would have a constituency with his name hundreds of years later. I know of a good candidate for this constituency in Botswana. |
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Post by maxque on Mar 15, 2024 0:19:21 GMT
In the Quebec election of 1985, the PQ incumbent in Rouyn-Noranda--Témiscamingue, Gilles Baril (Parti Québécois) lost to the liberal candidate Gilles Baril by 1385 votes.
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Post by stb12 on Mar 15, 2024 8:52:29 GMT
Obviously never won but celebrity fisherman Jimmy Buchan stood for the Tories in Banff and Buchan for the 2010 election
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Mar 20, 2024 23:54:18 GMT
Regarding the rules for declaring no confidence in and forcing a vote of confidence in the Leader of the Conservative Party.
What happens if the threshold is passed during recess? Can a vote happen then or does it need to happen in term time?
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Post by November_Rain on Mar 23, 2024 21:14:24 GMT
What's the most ever candidates in a local election? Not sure how true this is, but heard a rumour there are potentially 18-20 candidates standing in the ward I am standing in.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 23, 2024 21:27:34 GMT
What's the most ever candidates in a local election? Not sure how true this is, but heard a rumour there are potentially 18-20 candidates standing in the ward I am standing in. Is it a single vacancy election? The record for that may be the 2021 Chessington South by-election which had 19 candidates (13 of them from the OMRLP) www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/478/In a multi vacancy contest that sort of number wouldn't be unusual as there used to be wards with 6 seats or more |
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Post by November_Rain on Mar 23, 2024 21:29:40 GMT
What's the most ever candidates in a local election? Not sure how true this is, but heard a rumour there are potentially 18-20 candidates standing in the ward I am standing in. Is it a single vacancy election? The record for that may be the 2021 Chessington South by-election which had 19 candidates (13 of them from the OMRLP) www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/478/In a multi vacancy contest that sort of number wouldn't be unusual as there used to be wards with 6 seats or more
It's a triple vacancy (three seat ward) in an all-up council election. Thank you for that.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 23, 2024 21:39:57 GMT
Is it a single vacancy election? The record for that may be the 2021 Chessington South by-election which had 19 candidates (13 of them from the OMRLP) www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/478/In a multi vacancy contest that sort of number wouldn't be unusual as there used to be wards with 6 seats or more It's a triple vacancy (three seat ward) in an all-up council election. Thank you for that.
For example, there were 21 candidates in Blackwall & Cubbit Town in 2014 (although that was a postponed poll which probably boosted the numbers) www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/12716/ |
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Post by November_Rain on Mar 23, 2024 21:41:18 GMT
It's a triple vacancy (three seat ward) in an all-up council election. Thank you for that.
For example, there were 21 candidates in Blackwall & Cubbit Town in 2014 (although that was a postponed poll which probably boosted the numbers) www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/12716/
That's perfect - thank you. I can see something like that happening here.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 23, 2024 22:03:45 GMT
Pre-1974 reform there were some wards with very large numbers of councillors, which had massively long ballot papers when multiple parties put up full slates. The record appears to be 36 candidates for nine seats in Cavendish ward of St Marylebone borough council in 1949, and in East ward of Bethnal Green borough council in 1928.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Mar 23, 2024 22:08:20 GMT
Pre-1974 reform there were some wards with very large numbers of councillors, which had massively long ballot papers when multiple parties put up full slates. The record appears to be 36 candidates for nine seats in Cavendish ward of St Marylebone borough council in 1949, and in East ward of Bethnal Green borough council in 1928. I seem to remember completing a 20+ name ballot paper in Cardiff in the 1970s. |
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