Rural Radical
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Post by Rural Radical on Feb 28, 2017 22:59:35 GMT
No doubt that Mid-Staffs was one of the Boundary Commission's "bits left over" seats in the 1983 review. A bit like Eddisbury |
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johnloony
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Post by johnloony on Mar 1, 2017 0:19:32 GMT
I predict
Labour 52%
Lib Dem 28%
Conservative 7%
UKIP 6%
Green 5%
Others 2%
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Post by Zardoz on Mar 1, 2017 0:58:48 GMT
I predict Labour 52% Lib Dem 28% Conservative 7% UKIP 6% Green 5% Others 2% If Lib Dems don't do better than that, I'd be ashamed! I wasn't familiar with the boundaries and so I have had a look. I was surprised to find that I lived in it in my student days and, in fact, it contains a large part of the heavily student areas of South Manchester - including the Fallowfield student village. It also includes the former Lib Dem stronghold of Levenshulme and, in 2010 and 2005, Lib Dems polled 33% of the GE vote - a better indicator of the starting position than the 'freak' 2015 debacle. Take out Kaufman's personal vote and add in the facts that most of the constituency has elected Lib Dem Councillors in the last decade and that it voted 62.1% 'Remain' and you have a situation where 28% for Lib Dems would be a dismal failure! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 1:05:18 GMT
Current (and unless the NW Conservatives get their way, future) constituency boundary  |
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Post by Zardoz on Mar 1, 2017 1:08:45 GMT
Current (and unless the NW Conservatives get their way, future) constituency boundary Weird, isn't it? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 1:10:30 GMT
The NW Conservative's alternative seat  |
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Post by Zardoz on Mar 1, 2017 1:13:53 GMT
The NW Conservative's alternative seat I'm not a Manchester person but, it looks to me like that just keeps Gorton North and Gorton South - is that correct? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 1:14:17 GMT
The NW Conservative's alternative seat I'm not a Manchester person but, it looks to me like that just keeps Gorton North and Gorton South - is that correct? Yes |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 1, 2017 1:16:37 GMT
The NW Conservative's alternative seat Similar to the pre-1983 Gorton seat but not really the successor to this seat as it only includes 2 of 7 wards. Where do the other 5 go on their plan? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 1:24:08 GMT
The NW Conservative's alternative seat Similar to the pre-1983 Gorton seat but not really the successor to this seat as it only includes 2 of 7 wards. Where do the other 5 go on their plan? Levenshulme goes into a Stockport seat with the Heatons and Reddishes Whalley Range goes into Stretford and Urmston Fallowfield goes into Manchester Ardwick (yes, they've (re)created Manchester Ardwick) |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 1, 2017 7:53:12 GMT
Whalley Range should definitely not go to S&U. That's baffling.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 8:38:48 GMT
Whalley Range should definitely not go to S&U. That's baffling. From their submission:   |
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Post by sisterjude on Mar 1, 2017 9:15:39 GMT
Whalley Range should definitely not go to S&U. That's baffling. From their submission: What constituency are they trying to save / create with all of this? I somehow doubt they are that interested in the fate of Manchester Gorton or Stretford and Urmston. |
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Post by andrewteale on Mar 1, 2017 9:26:03 GMT
I'm sure I've proposed that Stretford and Urmston in the North West thread.
Wasn't Whalley Range in a Trafford-based seat at some point?
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Post by andrewteale on Mar 1, 2017 9:27:56 GMT
From their submission: What constituency are they trying to save / create with all of this? I somehow doubt they are that interested in the fate of Manchester Gorton or Stretford and Urmston. Probably George Osborne's. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 1, 2017 9:39:23 GMT
I'm sure I've proposed that Stretford and Urmston in the North West thread. Wasn't Whalley Range in a Trafford-based seat at some point? It was in Stretford from 1983 to 1997 along with Moss Side |
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Post by janwhitby on Mar 1, 2017 14:40:08 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 1, 2017 14:49:20 GMT
The Labour selection in Gorton has not yet started.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 1, 2017 14:52:08 GMT
How exactly is this pressure to be applied? (other than hedgehog 's suggested means of Caroline Lucas placing Tim Farron in a headlock) |
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Post by janwhitby on Mar 1, 2017 14:55:13 GMT
The Labour selection in Gorton has not yet started. Technically it has as a number of people have already tgrown their hats into the ring. This period prior to formalities is a vital period for the contenders to psych each other out prior to the main games. Names so far include Cllr Mike Amesbury Corbyn's man Sam Wheeler Afzal Khan MEP Cllr Amina Lone who looks a real contender and stood in Morcame and Lonsdale in 2015 cllr Luthfar Rahman. cllr Rabnawaz Akbar |
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