Browsed by
Author: Editor

Local By-Election Preview : October 24th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 24th 2013

Comments 0 Comment

Loughborough, Hastings on Charnwood (Lab Defence) and Shepshed West (Con Defence) Last Local Election (2011): Con 33, Lab 16, BNP 1, Lib Dem 1, Ind 1 (Con overall majority of 14) Loughborough, Hastings Result of last election (2011): (emboldened denotes elected) Labour 1,163, 1,104 Conservative 612, 492 Candidates duly nominated: Simon Atkins (Lib Dem), Sarah Maynard Smith (Lab), Andy McWilliam (UKIP), Judith Spence (Con), Kevan Stafford (British Democrats, Stop Immigration, Leave EU) Shepshed West Result of last election (2011): (emboldened…

Read More Read More

October 17th Local By-Election Results

October 17th Local By-Election Results

Comments 0 Comment

Dalston on Carlisle Result (Change on 2011 local election): Lib Dem 506 (37% +15%), Con 476 (35% -14%), Lab 186 (14% -7%), UKIP 167 (12% +4%), Green 27 (2%) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative on a swing of 14.5% from Con to Lib Dem Westbourne on Chichester Result: Con 184 (41% -21%), UKIP 106 (24%), Green 85 (19%), Lib Dem 68 (15% -23%), Patria 3 (1%) Conservative HOLD on a swing of 22.5% from Con to UKIP Barnfield on Luton…

Read More Read More

Local By-Election Preview : October 17th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 17th 2013

Comments 0 Comment

Dalston on Carlisle (Con Defence) Last Local Election: Lab 27, Con 20, Lib Dem 2, Ind 2 (Labour overall majority of 3) Result in ward over recent electoral cycle: 2010: Con 1,715 (47%), Lib Dem 1,241 (34%), Lab 658 (18%) 2011: Con 1,108 (49%), Lib Dem 500 (22%), Lab 478 (21%), UKIP 170 (8%) 2012: Lib Dem 1,033 (52%), Con 481 (24%), Lab 305 (15%), UKIP 174 (9%) Candidates duly nominated: Ruth Alcroft (Lab), Robert Dickinson (UKIP), Michael Gee (Lib…

Read More Read More

Local By-Election Preview : October 10th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 10th 2013

Comments 0 Comment

Royston on Barnsley (Lab Defence) Last Election (2012): Lab 52, Ind 6, Con 5 (Lab overall majority of 41) Last Election Results in electoral cycle: 2010: Lab 2,175 (46%), Lib Dem 1,078 (23%), Con 628 (13%), BNP 564 (12%), Barnsley Independents 274 (6%) 2011: Lab 1,570 (59%), UKIP 450 (17%), Con 244 (9%), Lib Dem 148 (6%), Socialist Labour Party 114 (4%), BNP 113 (4%) 2012: Lab 1,573 (67%), UKIP 322 (14%), Ind 248 (11%), Con 117 (5%), English Democrats…

Read More Read More

Local By-Election Preview : October 3rd 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 3rd 2013

Comments 0 Comment

Oakfield on Aylesbury Vale (Lib Dem Defence) Last Local Election (2011): Con 38, Lib Dem 17, Lab 2, UKIP 2 (Con overall majority of 17) Last Election in ward (2011): Emboldened denotes elected Liberal Democrats 475, 437 Conservatives 432, 419 Labour 336, 246 Independent 288 UKIP 205, 164 Candidates duly nominated: Phil Gomm (UKIP), Alison Harrison (Lib Dem), Patrick Martin (Ind), Roy McNickle (Lab), Edward Sims (Con) When you consider how strong the Conservatives are in Aylesbury constituency (Con majority…

Read More Read More

Local By-Election Preview : September 26th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : September 26th 2013

Comments 0 Comment

  Wombwell on Barnsley (Lab Defence) Last Election (2012): Lab 52, Ind 6, Con 5 (Lab overall majority of 41) Last Election Results in electoral cycle 2010: Lab 2,617 (58%), Con 764 (17%), British National Party 738 (16%), Barnsley Independents 419 (9%) 2011: Lab 1,887 (65%), Barnsley Independents 440 (15%), Con 323 (11%), British National Party 218 (8%) 2012: Lab 1,769 (73%), Barnsley Independents 329 (14%), English Democrats 192 (8%), Con 124 (5%) Candidates duly nominated: Robert Frost (Lab), Kevin…

Read More Read More

Will “Angie’s” third term be with the reds or the yellows?

Will “Angie’s” third term be with the reds or the yellows?

Comments 0 Comment

It's General Election day in Germany Can Merkel win again? Exit polls out late afternoon pic.twitter.com/lPNcEj03Un — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 22, 2013 Unless the polls have been very wrong, Angela Merkel is heading for a third term as German Chancellor, a feat that only Adenauer and Kohl have managed since 1949 (and they both went on to win four elections). The great theme of stability in German politics will thus continue, with only four changes in governing party, and only eight…

Read More Read More

Labour’s union plans are about culture as much as cash

Labour’s union plans are about culture as much as cash

Comments 0 Comment

Henry G Manson’s Friday column Lord Collins’ interim proposals for Labour’s relationship with its affiliated unions were published yesterday. They don’t settle the issue of union funding and affiliation to Labour. In fact it provides more questions than answers. But while much of the attention has previously been on the pounds, shilling and pence that would be lost, it’s clear that these plans are about so much more than that. Together the proposals demand an organisational and cultural shift from…

Read More Read More