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Local By-Election Results : January 30th 2014

Local By-Election Results : January 30th 2014

Heanor East on Amber Valley (Lab Defence) Result: Labour 548 votes (59% +6% on 2012) Conservative 350 votes (37% +12% on 2012) Liberal Democrat 41 (4% unchanged on 2012) Labour HOLD with a majority of 198 (22%) on a swing from Lab to Con of 3% Chadsmead on Lichfield (Con Defence) Result: Liberal Democrat 206 votes  (36%), Labour 157 votes (27%) United Kingdom Independence Party 108 votes (19%) Conservative 102 votes (18%) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 49 (9%) Buckie…

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Local By-Election Preview : January 30th 2014

Local By-Election Preview : January 30th 2014

Heanor East on Amber Valley (Lab Defence) Result of last election for council (2012): Con 24, Lab 21 (Conservative overall majority of 3) Result of ward at last election (2012): Lab 838 (53%), Con 391 (25%), BNP 284 (18%), Lib Dem 69 (4%) Candidates duly nominated: Steven Grainger (Con), Sheila Oakes (Lab), Kate Smith (Lib Dem) Chadsmead on Lichfield (Con Defence) Result of last election for council (2011): Con 46, Lab 10 (Conservative overall majority of 36) Result of ward…

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By-Election Results : January 23rd 2014

By-Election Results : January 23rd 2014

Motherwell North on North Lanarkshire (Lab Defence) Result: Lab 1,719 (68% unchanged on 2012), SNP 520 (21% -4% on 2012), Con 173 (7% +2% on 2012), UKIP 107 (4% no candidate in 2012) Labour HOLD with a majority of 1,199 (47%) on a swing of 2% from SNP to Lab West Leigh on Southend on Sea (Con Defence) Result: (Changes since 2011, when retiring councillor was last elected) Con 743 (37% -13% on 2011), Lib Dem 688 (34% +1% on…

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By-Election Preview : January 23rd 2014

By-Election Preview : January 23rd 2014

Motherwell North on North Lanarkshire (Lab Defence) Result of last election to council (2012): Labour 41, SNP 26, Independents 2, Cumbernauld Independents 1 (Labour overall majority of 12) Result of ward at last election (2012): Emboldened denotes elected Labour 1,548, 941, 897 (68%) Scottish Nationalists 689, 572 (25%) Conservatives 217 (5%) Liberal Democrats 109 (2%) Candidates duly nominated: Bob Burgess (Con), Jordan Linden (Scottish Nationalists), Pat O’Rouke (Lab), Neil Wilson (UKIP) For details on the background to this election, please…

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Local By-Election Result : January 16th 2014

Local By-Election Result : January 16th 2014

Broadheath on Trafford (Con Defence, elected in 2011) Helen Boyle (Labour) 1,377 votes (44%, +4% on 2011) Brenda Houraghan (Conservative) 1,258 votes (41%, -2% on 2011) Ron George (United Kingdom Independence Party) 234 votes (8%, +3% on 2011) Will Jones (Liberal Democrats) 150 votes (5%, -2% on 2011) Joe Ryan (Green) 67 votes (2%, -3% on 2011) Labour GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 119 votes (3%) on a swing from Con to Lab of 3% since 2011 Current…

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Local By-Election Preview: January 16th 2014

Local By-Election Preview: January 16th 2014

Broadheath on Trafford (Con Defence) Result of last election to council (2012): Con 34, Lab 25, Lib Dem 4 (Conservative overall majority of 5) Result of ward in last electoral cycle: 2010: Con 2,569 (42%), Lab 1,799 (29%), Lib Dem 1,519 (25%), Green 247 (4%) 2011: Con 1,879 (43%), Lab 1,757 (40%), Lib Dem 307 (7%), UKIP 205 (5%), Green 202 (5%) 2012: Lab 1,662 (46%), Con 1,397 (39%), UKIP 221 (6%), Green 156 (4%), Lib Dem 152 (4%) Candidates…

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New guest slot poster, Innocent Abroad on “Betting Past the Tribe”

New guest slot poster, Innocent Abroad on “Betting Past the Tribe”

(Innocent Abroad has been posting on PB for nearly 10 years and was the first to coin the term OGH. He’s now joined the guest slot writing team) Expect turnout to be lower next time One of the attractions of betting on politics, perhaps, is that, unlike, say, betting on horseracing, there are no rules: no authority – other than the law itself – to determine what is or is not improper conduct. It should therefore be borne in mind…

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Local By-Election Results : January 9th 2014

Local By-Election Results : January 9th 2014

Haverhill East on St. Edmundsbury: UKIP 529, Lab 240, Con 157, Lib Dem 54 UKIP GAIN from Conservative Borough Green and Long Mill on Tonbridge and Malling (Con Defence) Result of last election to council (2011): Con 48, Lib Dem 4, Lab 1 (Conservative overall majority of 43) Independent 692 votes (39%), Conservative 588 votes (33%), Labour 84 votes (5%), Green 68 votes (4%) Independent GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 104 votes (6%) Overall Changes: Conservatives lose 2, Independents…

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