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Local By-Election Preview : October 10th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 10th 2013

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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…

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Local By-Election Preview : October 3rd 2013

Local By-Election Preview : October 3rd 2013

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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…

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Local By-Election Preview : September 26th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : September 26th 2013

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  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…

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

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

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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…

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

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

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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…

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Local By-Election Preview: September 19th 2013

Local By-Election Preview: September 19th 2013

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North Ward on Oxford (Lib Dem Defence) Last Local Election (2012): Lab 29, Lib Dem 13, Green 5, Ind 1 (Lab overall majority of 10) Last election in ward: 2010: Lib Dem 1,303 (45%), Con 715 (24%), Lab 489 (17%), Green 413 (14%) Candidates duly nominated: Time Bearder (Lib Dem), Sushila Dhall (Green), Louise Upton (Lab), John Walsh (Con) Oxford has been a bit of a disappointment for the Liberal Democrats over recent years, but this wasn’t always the case….

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Local By-Election Preview : September 17th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : September 17th 2013

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Maybury and Sheerwater on Woking (Lib Dem Defence) Last Local Election (2012): Con 21, Lib Dem 15 (Con overall majority of 6) Results of previous electoral cycle: 2010: Con 2,034 (43%), Lib Dem 1,871 (39%), Lab 525 (11%), UKIP 305 (6%) 2011: Con 1,061 (31%), Lab 1,016 (30%), Lib Dem 899 (26%), UKIP 434 (13%) 2012: Lib Dem 1,088 (34%), Lab 1,072 (34%), Con 685 (21%), UKIP 345 (11%) Candidates duly nominated: Norman Johns (Lib Dem), Rashid Mohammed (Con), Stephen…

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Local By-Election Preview : September 12th 2013

Local By-Election Preview : September 12th 2013

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Dunstable, Northfields on Central Befordshire (Con Defence) Last Local Election (2011): Con 48, Lib Dem 5, Ind 4, Lab 1 (Con overall majority of 38) Result at last election (2011): (Emboldened denotes elected) Party Candidate Votes Vote % Independent Julian Murray 877 32.9% Conservative Denise Green 757 28.4% Conservative Jeannette Freeman 753 Labour Michael Rogers 618 23.2% Labour Duncan Ross 594 Independent Laurie Mansfield 198 7.4% Lib Dems Roderick Keyes 168 6.3% Lib Dems Anthony Swain 117 Independent Mary Norman…

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