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Post by mrpastelito on Nov 5, 2016 13:21:07 GMT
This is comfortable Tory loyalist rural West Lincs rather than Boston so don't oversell UKIP here... Yeah, the non-Tory vote here are either rural non-conformist types, middle class Lincoln overspill suburbanites or (and this is the only area where UKIP might have some traction) Sleaford working class. Otherwise we're talking hyper-traditional middle class and rural Tory voters who aren't badly off who really struggle to even vote independent rather than Tory. West Lincs is somewhat different from East Lincs. It isn't as isolated, has more commuters in it and therefore isn't as inward looking and insular. It's also wealthier. From what UKIP's got on offer Suzanne Evans wouldn't be the worst choice then. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 5, 2016 22:35:30 GMT
Here are some quick Census stats for the wards making up Sleaford and North Hykeham. | | White | From A10 | Own Occ | Soc Rent | Prof/Man | Christian | | North Kesteven | Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell | 98.4 | 1.0 | 55.7 | 8.6 | 41.0 | 69.4 | | North Kesteven | Bassingham and Brant Broughton | 98.1 | 0.6 | 80.1 | 6.5 | 39.8 | 71.1 | | North Kesteven | Billinghay, Martin and North Kyme | 98.8 | 0.6 | 68.9 | 18.8 | 25.5 | 71.4 | | North Kesteven | Branston | 98.5 | 0.6 | 78.1 | 12.1 | 35.4 | 70.2 | | North Kesteven | Cliff Villages | 98.4 | 0.4 | 78.0 | 8.3 | 40.3 | 72.8 | | North Kesteven | Eagle, Swinderby and Witham St Hughs | 97.8 | 0.8 | 78.6 | 3.5 | 39.1 | 65.6 | | North Kesteven | Heckington Rural | 98.7 | 1.3 | 77.4 | 11.0 | 31.5 | 71.8 | | North Kesteven | Heighington and Washingborough | 99.0 | 0.8 | 85.6 | 5.4 | 35.3 | 70.1 | | North Kesteven | Kirkby la Thorpe and South Kyme | 98.1 | 1.0 | 76.0 | 12.5 | 32.5 | 72.1 | | North Kesteven | Leasingham and Rauceby | 99.1 | 0.7 | 81.8 | 7.7 | 35.7 | 73.7 | | North Kesteven | Metheringham | 99.0 | 1.2 | 73.3 | 11.8 | 32.2 | 69.6 | | North Kesteven | North Hykeham Forum | 98.7 | 0.6 | 92.4 | 0.7 | 32.5 | 73.2 | | North Kesteven | North Hykeham Memorial | 97.9 | 1.1 | 82.9 | 4.3 | 28.7 | 69.1 | | North Kesteven | North Hykeham Mill | 96.4 | 1.5 | 73.6 | 11.2 | 33.9 | 63.7 | | North Kesteven | North Hykeham Moor | 97.8 | 1.0 | 86.7 | 3.8 | 25.8 | 70.4 | | North Kesteven | North Hykeham Witham | 98.5 | 0.6 | 78.7 | 12.0 | 24.4 | 72.9 | | North Kesteven | Osbournby | 99.1 | 0.6 | 67.4 | 13.1 | 37.7 | 74.3 | | North Kesteven | Ruskington | 98.6 | 0.9 | 75.8 | 11.3 | 29.0 | 72.0 | | North Kesteven | Sleaford Castle | 97.4 | 3.4 | 64.0 | 15.9 | 26.0 | 66.6 | | North Kesteven | Sleaford Holdingham | 97.8 | 2.7 | 63.2 | 23.5 | 26.3 | 67.8 | | North Kesteven | Sleaford Navigation | 96.9 | 2.7 | 62.1 | 17.8 | 25.1 | 70.5 | | North Kesteven | Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham | 97.9 | 2.0 | 81.3 | 2.8 | 36.8 | 72.5 | | North Kesteven | Sleaford Westholme | 97.6 | 2.5 | 63.7 | 21.0 | 22.1 | 69.8 | | North Kesteven | Waddington West | 98.2 | 1.3 | 84.4 | 2.7 | 30.9 | 69.7 | | South Kesteven | Barrowby | 98.5 | 1.1 | 82.8 | 9.2 | 34.7 | 74.9 | | South Kesteven | Ermine | 98.0 | 0.4 | 77.6 | 10.2 | 36.1 | 73.0 | | South Kesteven | Heath | 97.5 | 0.6 | 74.5 | 10.5 | 42.0 | 71.0 | | South Kesteven | Loveden | 99.3 | 0.3 | 85.6 | 5.9 | 43.2 | 71.5 | | South Kesteven | Peascliffe | 98.8 | 1.0 | 70.5 | 18.1 | 31.1 | 74.2 | | South Kesteven | Saxonwell | 98.9 | 0.5 | 83.7 | 5.6 | 42.1 | 74.0 | | South Kesteven | Witham Valley | 98.6 | 1.2 | 86.1 | 3.8 | 41.0 | 77.9 |
Key White: Percentage of usually resident population in White ethnic group From A10: Percentage of usually resident population born in one of the 10 countries which acceded to the European Union between 2001 and 2011 Own Occ: Percentage of usually resident population in households where the home is owned by those who live in it (incl on a mortgage) Soc Rent: Percentage of usually resident population in households where the home is social rented Prof/Man: Percentage of usual residents aged 16-74 in NS-SeC groups 1 and 2 (managerial, administrative and professional occupations) Christian: Percentage of usually resident population who give their religion as christian |
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Post by cefin on Nov 6, 2016 13:23:48 GMT
Oh Christ! Not that loon! As mad as a box of frogs. You could always have the donkey bloke. Or Robin Hunter-Clarke. He's local, some of the time anyway. Since you mention it surprise surprise. Skegness councillor, Welsh Assembly Neil Hamilton gofer, Cowbridge Vale of Glamorgan resident and Barry local by election candidate Robin 'I'll stand anywhere' Hunter Clarke makes a monumentous decision:- After much thought I have decided to throw my hat in the ring for the UKIP Nomination! #Sleaford #Lincolnshire #UKIP www.robinhunterclarke.com/home
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 6, 2016 18:00:32 GMT
You could always have the donkey bloke. Or Robin Hunter-Clarke. He's local, some of the time anyway. Since you mention it surprise surprise. Skegness councillor, Welsh Assembly Neil Hamilton gofer, Cowbridge Vale of Glamorgan resident and Barry local by election candidate Robin 'I'll stand anywhere' Hunter Clarke makes a monumentous decision:- After much thought I have decided to throw my hat in the ring for the UKIP Nomination! #Sleaford #Lincolnshire #UKIP www.robinhunterclarke.com/home
Skegness Standard, Boston Standard, Lincolnshire Live and 4 othersHell's Bells! That really is carpetbagging on an epic scale. |
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Post by cefin on Nov 6, 2016 18:45:31 GMT
Since you mention it surprise surprise. Skegness councillor, Welsh Assembly Neil Hamilton gofer, Cowbridge Vale of Glamorgan resident and Barry local by election candidate Robin 'I'll stand anywhere' Hunter Clarke makes a monumentous decision:- After much thought I have decided to throw my hat in the ring for the UKIP Nomination! #Sleaford #Lincolnshire #UKIP www.robinhunterclarke.com/home
Skegness Standard, Boston Standard, Lincolnshire Live and 4 othersHell's Bells! That really is carpetbagging on an epic scale. Don't worry, I'm sure that if elected he'll still pop up in the Vale of Glamorgan elections next year by trying to do a Chris Elmore. He appears to be a very flexible young man and to be fair doesn't discriminate against voters anywhere as he's more than happy to represent the entire UK electorate wherever they may be located even if it has to be all at the same time. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 19:21:19 GMT
99% white. Blimey Charlie.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 6, 2016 19:42:12 GMT
99% white. Blimey Charlie. Loveden ward has the 224th highest white proportion out of 8,899 wards in Great Britain. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 7, 2016 14:45:02 GMT
Writ was moved today so polling will be 8 December.
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Post by Tony Otim on Nov 7, 2016 15:14:05 GMT
Writ was moved today so polling will be 8 December. First time there will have been parliamentary by-elections in consecutive weeks since 1990, if my quick scan of dates is right. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 10:48:16 GMT
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Post by greenhert on Nov 9, 2016 11:59:06 GMT
Writ was moved today so polling will be 8 December. That does not leave long for candidates to get ready and file, mind you.... |
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Post by Old Fashioned Leftie on Nov 9, 2016 20:44:25 GMT
Jim Clarke was tonight chosen by Sleaford and North Hykeham CLP to be the Labour candidate in the by-election.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 9, 2016 21:02:32 GMT
Jim Clarke was tonight chosen by Sleaford and North Hykeham CLP to be the Labour candidate in the by-election. What's his line on toilet paper? |
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Nov 9, 2016 23:11:58 GMT
Jim Clarke was tonight chosen by Sleaford and North Hykeham CLP to be the Labour candidate in the by-election. What's his line on toilet paper? Vote Labour in these parts and you may as well be flushing away your votes.  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 9, 2016 23:24:52 GMT
Jim Clarke was tonight chosen by Sleaford and North Hykeham CLP to be the Labour candidate in the by-election. Local candidate, from Leasingham Moor in Sleaford. He stood for Lincolnshire county council in Sleaford West and Leasingham division in an October 2011 byelection; he got 22.1% of the vote and third place. His profile in the local paper went like this: Stood again in 2013; got 18.2% and fourth place. There was a Jim Clarke who used to stand for the Lib Dems in the area but I don't think this is the same person. |
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Post by RichardMills on Nov 10, 2016 13:02:24 GMT
Suzanne Evans withdraws from seeking UKIP nomination for Sleaford & North Hykeham by-election as UKIP NEC determined she would received a biased amount of coverage whilst the UKIP leadership election is going on. (still/again)
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 10, 2016 13:49:13 GMT
The fact that Suzanne Evans was offered a choice between standing for UKIP in Sleaford and North Hykeham or standing for the UKIP leadership, and chose the leadership, may say something about UKIP's chances in the byelection.
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Post by johnloony on Nov 10, 2016 15:39:57 GMT
Suzanne Evans withdraws from seeking UKIP nomination for Sleaford & North Hykeham by-election as UKIP NEC determined she would received a biased amount of coverage whilst the UKIP leadership election is going on. (still/again) Oh good grief |
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Post by carlton43 on Nov 10, 2016 16:38:15 GMT
I am surprised that was within the express powers of the NEC? If it is considered an advantage to be the party standard-bearer in a by-election, it is of course open to any or all candidates to do so. There is a bit of media focus on the contest but conversely one cannot also be concentrating on the leadership contest as well. That was a very poor decision and one wonders if it was actually fully legal?
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Post by mrpastelito on Nov 10, 2016 19:05:45 GMT
Hopeless tossers.
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