The Bishop
Labour
Down With Factionalism!
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 12, 2016 10:33:48 GMT
Is it more that they are concerned with the person and not the party? Oh indeed. Not least when one guy was elected under three different labels I believe.  Its not mentioned in the original post, but wasn't there also a 2012 byelection here that the LibDems won on a massive swing? |
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ColinJ
Labour
Living in the Past
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Post by ColinJ on Dec 12, 2016 20:32:07 GMT
A very good question, and I immediately wondered about autumn 1945 in the heavily bomb-damaged areas of central London. But the only example I could find was the St. Thomas ward in Bermondsey, where the three Municipal Reform candidates were elected with 58, 56 and 54 votes; the Labour candidates received 47, 40 and 39. The electorate in St. Thomas ward had fallen to only 198 electors, one-third of the pre-war figure. This one will take some beating: Milton Keynes council Wolverton Stacey Bushes ward, 1976 F Holroyd (Lab) 31 W Stanton (C) 18 The electorate was 84; the ward had been drawn in anticipation of future development which hadn't yet got going. Two years later the electorate was up to 1,424. Obtaining 10 names for the nomination papers must have been "interesting" for the candidates! |
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Post by johnloony on Dec 16, 2022 2:21:47 GMT
University and Scotforth Rural, Lancaster Lab 98 (34.9%; -0.5) Grn 79 (28.1%; -4.4) Con 68 (24.2%; +0.5) LD 36 (12.8%; +4.4) bump (turnout 7.1%) |
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