Witney

[davidevershed]

Oct 20, 2016 21:15:40 GMT Adrian said:

My prediction is Con 16,000 LD 10,000

I concur with Con 16,000  LD 10,000

[carlton43]

Oct 20, 2016 21:54:26 GMT ArmchairCritic said:

Oct 20, 2016 21:36:38 GMT Adam in Stroud said:

To be serious for a minute (sod all this political malarkey) I'd argue that the proper beer is the local beer, wherever you are.

Now I think of it, I think "proper" originally meant "belonging to" so that is almost a tautology.  And therefore correct.

Well....next to Brexit, beer is my favourite subject.

It really boils down to the water...no pun intended there...but is does.

West Yorkshire and Lancashire have great water for brewing. East Yorkshire's on the other hand is highly questionable.

 Hard water makes best tea and beer. Maidstone and Mid Kent water makes the best beer.

[carlton43]

Oct 20, 2016 22:32:58 GMT Devil Wincarnate said:

I agree that the proper beer is the local beer, but only when Joseph Holt bitter (from the handpump not the smoothflow) is not available.

On that note, Arthur Figgis will be delighted to know that the beer in Iceland is brilliant.

Brilliant eh? Probably over-fined?

[Adrian]

Oct 21, 2016 0:01:39 GMT davidevershed said:

Oct 20, 2016 21:15:40 GMT Adrian said:

My prediction is Con 16,000 LD 10,000

I concur with Con 16,000  LD 10,000

Although I'm hoping it'll be a tad closer - I've got 20 quid on the maj being less than 5k.

[carlton43]

Oct 21, 2016 0:07:39 GMT Adrian said:

Oct 21, 2016 0:01:39 GMT davidevershed said:

I concur with Con 16,000  LD 10,000

Although I'm hoping it'll be a tad closer - I've got 20 quid on the maj being less than 5k.

You have lost it.

[Jack]

Oct 21, 2016 0:10:30 GMT carlton43 said:

Oct 21, 2016 0:07:39 GMT Adrian said:

Although I'm hoping it'll be a tad closer - I've got 20 quid on the maj being less than 5k.

You have lost it.

I think he lost it a long time ago.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Sky News saying Conservatives win, Lib Dems second, Labour third, close for fourth between Green and UKIP.

[Devil Wincarnate]

Oct 21, 2016 0:05:52 GMT carlton43 said:

Oct 20, 2016 22:32:58 GMT Devil Wincarnate said:

I agree that the proper beer is the local beer, but only when Joseph Holt bitter (from the handpump not the smoothflow) is not available.

On that note, Arthur Figgis will be delighted to know that the beer in Iceland is brilliant.

Brilliant eh? Probably over-fined?

I like what you did there! (But ironically a lot of unfiltered stuff)

[iain]

Result apparently in around 20 minutes.

[jerryarkansas]

Conservatives hold Witney.

Conservatives 45.1%
Liberal Democrats 30.2%
Labour 15%
Greens 3.5%
UKIP 3.5%

Majority under six thousand votes.

[iain]

Pretty happy with that

[greenhert]

The full results were:

Robert Courts (Conservative) 17,313 (45.1%)
Liz Leffman (Lib Dem) 11,611 (30.2%)
Duncan Enright (Labour) 5,765 (15.0%)
Larry Sanders (Green) 1,363 (3.5%)
Dickie Bird (UKIP) 1,354 (3.5%)
Helen Salisbury (NHAP) 408 (1.1%)
Daniel Skidmore (Ind) 151 (0.4%)
Mad Hatter (OMRLP) 129 (0.33%)
Nicholas Ward (Ind) 93 (0.24%)
David Bishop (BPEP) 61 (0.16%)
Lord Toby Jug (Eccentric) 59 (0.15%)
Winston McKenzie (English Democrats) 52 (0.14%)
Emilia Arno (One Love) 44 (0.11%)
Adam Knight (Ind) 27 (0.07%)

[iain]

FWIW, those vote changes in Richmond Park would give:
Con - 43.1%
LD - 42.7%

[Adrian]

Oct 21, 2016 0:13:00 GMT Jack said:

Oct 21, 2016 0:10:30 GMT carlton43 said:

You have lost it.

I think he lost it a long time ago.

Badum-tish

[justin124]

Labour vote has held up better here than most were expecting I think!

[johnloony]

Oct 21, 2016 2:17:47 GMT greenhert said:

The full results were:

Robert Courts (Conservative) 17,313 (45.1%)
Liz Leffman (Lib Dem) 11,611 (30.2%)
Duncan Enright (Labour) 5,765 (15.0%)
Larry Sanders (Green) 1,363 (3.5%)
Dickie Bird (UKIP) 1,354 (3.5%)
Helen Salisbury (NHAP) 408 (1.1%)
Daniel Skidmore (Ind) 151 (0.4%)
Mad Hatter (OMRLP) 129 (0.33%)
Nicholas Ward (Ind) 93 (0.24%)
David Bishop (BPEP) 61 (0.16%)
Lord Toby Jug (Eccentric) 59 (0.15%)
Winston McKenzie (English Democrats) 52 (0.14%)
Emilia Arno (One Love) 44 (0.11%)
Adam Knight (Ind) 27 (0.07%)

I make it 45.0% not 45.1% (45.021 to be precise) and I think your misprint is 408 for NHA instead of 433

[AdminSTB]

Congratulations to Robert Courts and well done to the Lib Dems on a strong performance. Labour held up better than expected. A disappointing result perhaps for Sanders Senior for the Greens and certainly for UKIP.

I note Winston McKenzie got fewer votes than both the Mad Hatter and Lord Toby Jug.

[AdminSTB]

Oct 21, 2016 2:20:05 GMT iain said:

FWIW, those vote changes in Richmond Park would give:
Con - 43.1%
LD - 42.7%

I wonder if Goldsmith will think again before throwing his own political career permanently down the toilet.

[Deleted]

The largest fall in UKIP share of the vote they've had at a by-election

[johnloony]

Oct 21, 2016 4:50:54 GMT AdminSTB said:

Oct 21, 2016 2:20:05 GMT iain said:

FWIW, those vote changes in Richmond Park would give:
Con - 43.1%
LD - 42.7%

I wonder if Goldsmith will think again before throwing his own political career permanently down the toilet.

No he won't - he has repeated his pledge to resign too often and too unambiguously to be able to wriggle out of it. And he is rich enough not to "need" to have an MP's salary anyway.