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Post by maxque on Aug 30, 2016 23:22:23 GMT
Kinson North - Bournemouth UA - David Turtle (Conservative) resigned due to moving abroad. He was a councillor since 2015.
2015: Con 1638/1579/1439, UKIP 1362, Lab 1060/918/814, Grn 526/484, LD 453
2011: Con 914/891/803, Lab 827/730/693, LD 804/788/732, Ind 427
2007: LD 838/786/784, Lab 725/630/616, Con 706/673/665, UKIP 406/363
Sep 2005 by: LD 720, Lab 645, Con 456, UKIP 126
2003: LD 1154/1076/1030, Lab 728/669/663, Con 420/411/401, Ind 272
Duane Farr (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Carla Gregory-May (Green Party)
Dennis Gritt (Labour Party Candidate)
John Perkins (Conservative Party Candidate)
Stephen Plant (Liberal Democrats)
Four Lanes - Cornwall UA – Derek Elliott (UKIP) resigned due to disagreements with the way local government works in UK (Cabinet and public servants too powerful, people voting according to party lines). He was a councillor since 2013.
2013: UKIP 239, Con 173, Lab 169, Liberal 143, MK 115
Nathan Billings (Liberal Democrat)
Dan Hall (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Christopher Lawrence (Mebyon Kernow – The Party For Cornwall)
Peter Sheppard (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Bernard Webb (Independent)
Peter Williams (Labour Party)
Ferndown – Dorset CC – John Wilson (Conservative) died. He was a county councillor since 2001 (Hampreston South 2001-2005, Ferndown since 2005) and a district councillor since 2011. He was Chairman of the Council from 2009 to April 2016, when he resigned that office due to ill health.
2013: UKIP 2222/2027, Con 2187/2085, Lab 567/466
2009: Con 3575/3460, UKIP 1780/1691, LD 913/873, Lab 368
2005: Con 5390/5306, LD 2422/2316, Ind 1497, Lab 1480, UKIP 1083
Jason Jones (Liberal Democrats)
Peter Lucas (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Steven Lugg (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Peter Stokes (Labour Party Candidate)
Parley – East Dorset DC - (Conservative) died.
2015: Con 1899/1740, UKIP 859/790, Ind 309, Grn 288/246
Brian Cropper (Labour Party Candidate)
Jason Jones (Liberal Democrats)
Andrew Parry (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Lawrence Wilson (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Grangefield - Stockton-on-Tees UA - Michael Clark (Labour) died. He was a councillor since 2011 and his wife Carol is the other councillor for the ward. In his working life, he was a journalist, being, among other things, reporter for the Evening Gazette and Head of Communications for the Middlesbrough Council.
2015: Lab 1795/1663, Con 1297/1221, UKIP 459/416, LD 143/115
2011: Lab 1303/1297, Con 1180/1110, LD 128
2007: Con 1054/999, Lab 992/984, LD 321/301
2005: Con 1415/1252, Lab 1326/1316, LD 491/461
Eleanor Clark (Labour Party)
Daniel Dalton (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Stephen Richardson (Conservative Party Candidate)
Nick Webb (Liberal Democrats)
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Post by froome on Aug 31, 2016 8:57:58 GMT
Peter Williams (Labour Party) Ferndown – Dorset CC – John Wilson (Conservative) died. He was a county councillor since 2001 (Hampreston South 2001-2005, Ferndown since 2005) and a district councillor since 2011. He was Chairman of the Council from 2009 to April 2016, when he resigned that office due to ill health.2013: UKIP 2222/2027, Con 2187/2085, Lab 567/466 2009: Con 3575/3460, UKIP 1780/1691, LD 913/873, Lab 368 2005: Con 5390/5306, LD 2422/2316, Ind 1497, Lab 1480, UKIP 1083 Jason Jones (Liberal Democrats) Peter Lucas (UK Independence Party (UKIP))Steven Lugg (The Conservative Party Candidate) Peter Stokes (Labour Party Candidate) Good to see a forum member standing in a winnable by-election.  |
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Post by John Chanin on Aug 31, 2016 19:34:40 GMT
Kinson North really ought to be a Labour seat. The weakness of Labour in Bournemouth has long baffled me - it is by far the most Conservative of our cities.
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Post by Antiochian on Aug 31, 2016 20:06:22 GMT
Bournemouth oozes prosperity like no other coastal city in the UK.... if only the others could be that way...(but not run by Tories...) :-)
In an aside I would note how the LibDems have gone from contesting a smattering of seats each week in the last year of Coalition and into 2015 to a position where it is now the exception (or somewhere truly Labour to the core) that we give it a miss..
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Aug 31, 2016 20:56:22 GMT
What always struck me about Bournemouth/Poole is that (as has been kind of discussed on another thread) you've got a large conurbation that forms the best part of five parliamentary constituencies. In most such conurbations the Tories were lucky if they won any seats at all in 1997 - here they won all of them.
Or another way of looking at it - in every town or city which had two or more parliamentary constituencies, the Conservatives won none of them (not including SUtton Coldfield in Birmingham of course) with the sole exceptions of Bournemouth and Southend where in each case they won both seats
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Aug 31, 2016 21:05:38 GMT
What always struck me about Bournemouth/Poole is that (as has been kind of discussed on another thread) you've got a large conurbation that forms the best part of five parliamentary constituencies. In most such conurbations the Tories were lucky if they won any seats at all in 1997 - here they won all of them. Or another way of looking at it - in every town or city which had two or more parliamentary constituencies, the Conservatives won none of them (not including SUtton Coldfield in Birmingham of course) with the sole exceptions of Bournemouth and Southend where in each case they won both seats It would not surprise me if Bournemouth-Poole grows hugely and ends up as large a conurbation as the Southampton area, and stretches almost unbroken from Lytchett Minster to New Milton. And it'd almost certainly be all Tory. Certainly one to watch in parliamentary terms. |
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Post by David Ashforth on Aug 31, 2016 21:11:30 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Aug 31, 2016 21:13:47 GMT
Well quite - I was forgetting New Milton. Pretty much it does do that already. I'd happily relocate to that area
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Aug 31, 2016 21:17:21 GMT
Well quite - I was forgetting New Milton. Pretty much it does do that already. I'd happily relocate to that area Didn't know you were that old already. |
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Post by middleenglander on Aug 31, 2016 21:41:45 GMT
In an aside I would note how the LibDems have gone from contesting a smattering of seats each week in the last year of Coalition and into 2015 to a position where it is now the exception (or somewhere truly Labour to the core) that we give it a miss.. In the period from June 2014 to April 2015, basically the year leading up to the General Election, Liberal Democrats contested 97 / 167 (58%) of the local council by-elections. They then contested 97 of the 141 (69%) local council by-elections in the period following the General Election until end of December 2015. Followed by 40 of the 53 (75%) by-elections held between 1st January 2016 and 30th April 2016. Then contested 57 of the 79 (72%) by-elections / "double" elections held on 5th May - 75% of the by-elections whilst having at least one candidate in 65% of the "double" by-elections. 19th May to 31st August saw Liberal Democrats contesting 58 out of 73 (79%) of the seats - whilst they have candidates in 19 out of 24 (79%) of the September by-elections where nominations are closed. So in broad terms Liberal Democrats contested nearly 60% of the local council by-elections in the year before the General Election, approaching 70% in the 7 months after and just over 75% of the ones so far in 2016 including those where nominations are closed. |
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 31, 2016 21:55:29 GMT
Bournemouth oozes prosperity like no other coastal city in the UK.... if only the others could be that way...(but not run by Tories...) :-) In an aside I would note how the LibDems have gone from contesting a smattering of seats each week in the last year of Coalition and into 2015 to a position where it is now the exception (or somewhere truly Labour to the core) that we give it a miss..Well, er yes - that's because you're not in the government any more. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Aug 31, 2016 22:57:08 GMT
Well quite - I was forgetting New Milton. Pretty much it does do that already. I'd happily relocate to that area Didn't know you were that old already. I fucking feel it!  |
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Post by Khunanup on Sept 1, 2016 0:12:45 GMT
Bournemouth oozes prosperity like no other coastal city in the UK.... if only the others could be that way...(but not run by Tories...) :-) In an aside I would note how the LibDems have gone from contesting a smattering of seats each week in the last year of Coalition and into 2015 to a position where it is now the exception (or somewhere truly Labour to the core) that we give it a miss.. I'd say Poole (granted not the town centre) actually oozes more prosperity than Bournemouth as it does yachtiness too plus Sandbanks. It has less ropey bits too... Of course your original conceit is slightly off anyway, Bournemouth is not a city.  |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 1, 2016 0:33:15 GMT
I've never really understood the appeal of Sandbanks. I mean obviously I can see it's appealing, but not to the extent that the place is priced. I'd think Branksome Park would be more my thing
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Post by Khunanup on Sept 1, 2016 0:52:51 GMT
I've never really understood the appeal of Sandbanks. I mean obviously I can see it's appealing, but not to the extent that the place is priced. I'd think Branksome Park would be more my thing The pricing is insane, I suppose it's because it has the feeling of an island but being on the mainland with the absolutely stunning views. Nowhere deserves the house prices it has. Branksome Park is lovely. |
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Post by John Chanin on Sept 1, 2016 7:22:22 GMT
I'd say Poole (granted not the town centre) actually oozes more prosperity than Bournemouth as it does yachtiness too plus Sandbanks. It has less ropey bits too... Of course your original conceit is slightly off anyway, Bournemouth is not a city. Of course the Bournemouth/Poole area is a city as Pete Whitehead has described. It is a continuous urban area with a population of more than 250,000, and that is the definition of a city. The government's listing of urban areas shows Bournemouth as the 13th largest in England, behind Portsmouth but ahead of Southampton. |
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Post by Antiochian on Sept 1, 2016 8:40:45 GMT
In an aside I would note how the LibDems have gone from contesting a smattering of seats each week in the last year of Coalition and into 2015 to a position where it is now the exception (or somewhere truly Labour to the core) that we give it a miss.. In the period from June 2014 to April 2015, basically the year leading up to the General Election, Liberal Democrats contested 97 / 167 (58%) of the local council by-elections. They then contested 97 of the 141 (69%) local council by-elections in the period following the General Election until end of December 2015. Followed by 40 of the 53 (75%) by-elections held between 1st January 2016 and 30th April 2016. Then contested 57 of the 79 (72%) by-elections / "double" elections held on 5th May - 75% of the by-elections whilst having at least one candidate in 65% of the "double" by-elections. 19th May to 31st August saw Liberal Democrats contesting 58 out of 73 (79%) of the seats - whilst they have candidates in 19 out of 24 (79%) of the September by-elections where nominations are closed. So in broad terms Liberal Democrats contested nearly 60% of the local council by-elections in the year before the General Election, approaching 70% in the 7 months after and just over 75% of the ones so far in 2016 including those where nominations are closed. Thanks for that calculation. Confirmed what had hitherto been only my suspicion. |
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Post by iain on Sept 1, 2016 9:07:56 GMT
I'd say Poole (granted not the town centre) actually oozes more prosperity than Bournemouth as it does yachtiness too plus Sandbanks. It has less ropey bits too... Of course your original conceit is slightly off anyway, Bournemouth is not a city. Of course the Bournemouth/Poole area is a city as Pete Whitehead has described. It is a continuous urban area with a population of more than 250,000, and that is the definition of a city. The government's listing of urban areas shows Bournemouth as the 13th largest in England, behind Portsmouth but ahead of Southampton. The definition of a city is somewhere that has been granted city status. Therefore Bournemouth is not a city. |
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 1, 2016 9:14:37 GMT
It doesn't have a cathedral either  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 9:14:48 GMT
Of course the Bournemouth/Poole area is a city as Pete Whitehead has described. It is a continuous urban area with a population of more than 250,000, and that is the definition of a city. The government's listing of urban areas shows Bournemouth as the 13th largest in England, behind Portsmouth but ahead of Southampton. The definition of a city is somewhere that has been granted city status. Therefore Bournemouth is not a city. is using the language of settlement hierarchy rather than legal status. |
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