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By-Election Preview : January 23rd 2014

By-Election Preview : January 23rd 2014

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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

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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

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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”

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(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

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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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Local By-Election Preview : January 9th 2014

Local By-Election Preview : January 9th 2014

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Haverhill East on St. Edmundsbury (Con Defence) Result of last election to council (2011): Con 38, Ind 4, Lab 3 (Conservative overall majority of 31 Result of ward at last election (2011): Emboldened denotes elected Conservatives 834, 664, 662 (55%) Labour 648, 636 (33%) Liberal Democrats 260, 188 (12%) Candidates duly nominated: Tony Brown (UKIP), Pat Hanlon (Lab), David Roach (Con), Ken Rolph (Lib Dem) This will be the fourth by-election to St. Edmundsbury since the 2011 local elections and…

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PB Nighthawks is now open

PB Nighthawks is now open

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Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. To you lurkers, why not delurk? Once you delurk, you won’t be saying Oh My God, what have I done, you’ll be saying Lurking, Every Day I Love You Less and Less. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Nick Clegg tweets ‘Ed Balls’ to signal…

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The PB 2014 Prediction Competition

The PB 2014 Prediction Competition

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It’s time to make your predictions for 2014… It’s going to be a busy year ahead – the Euros, Scotland, and the world’s four biggest democracies all voting. Who’ll win the UK Euro-Elections, and will Scotland be on the road to independence by the end of the year? Will the coalition still be in place at Christmas? It’s time to dust off your crystal ball and make your competition predictions for 2014. As before the competition is being hosted by…

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