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Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Elections preview

Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Elections preview

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Hanover and Elm Grove on Brighton and Hove (Green Defence) Last Local Election (2011): Greens 23, Con 18, Lab 13 (No Overall Control, Greens short by 5) Ward Result (Emboldened denotes elected) Name of party First Candidate Second Candidate Third Candidate Green Party 2,861 2,800 2,576 Labour 1,662 1,661 1,606 Conservatives 499 441 434 Liberal Democrats 189 159 140 TUSC 156 When Caroline Lucas was elected as the MP for Brighton, Pavilion at the general election in 2010, it marked…

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Henry G Manson says that party selections rarely leave clean hands

Henry G Manson says that party selections rarely leave clean hands

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Even Maggie received “help” to get Finchley Bismarck said “laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” The same could certainly be said of parliamentary selections. The scrutiny of Labour’s Falkirk selection has generated a good deal of recent media coverage and much of this can be put down to the fascination of Unite, the largest trade union in the country. It suits Conservative strategists and even some in the Labour Party to paint a…

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Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Election Special

Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Election Special

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Aylsham on Broadland (Con Defence) Last Local Election Result (2011): Con 34, Lib Dem 12, Lab 1 (Con majority of 21) Ward Result (emboldened denotes elected) Name of party First Candidate Second Candidate Third Candidate Conservative 1,336 1,253 1,010 Liberal Democrats 1,182 846 752 Labour 542 471 Greens 446 Broadland covers the area of Norfolk that is just to the north of Norwich City (and by a strange quirk of how these things are organised, are the main authority involved…

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Liverpool, Wavertree : A Historical Tale of Caution

Liverpool, Wavertree : A Historical Tale of Caution

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Constituency splits like this could make a LAB majority that bit more challenging http://t.co/ZnJKohMyZh pic.twitter.com/jzEreXoGgU — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) June 30, 2013 Harry Hayfield looks back at “breakaway” candidates Independents have had a remarkably successful run in the last few general elections. Despite the fact that both Dai Davies (Ind, Blaenau Gwent) and Dr. Richard Taylor (Health Concern, Wyre Forest) lost their seats at the last election, they have been the latest in a long line of Independents who have managed…

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The Coalition has left it too late to benefit from infrastructure

The Coalition has left it too late to benefit from infrastructure

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George Osborne in high-vis jacket pic.twitter.com/mDuo5lq5gH — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) June 28, 2013 Henry G Manson on the week’s big political news This week Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander trumpeted a raft of infrastructure investments totalling £100bn. There are some reasons to question with the overall figure. As the Independent says ‘some of the projects, in the best tradition of political spin, had already been announced. Others, it turned out, may never be built at all. But a…

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Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Election Preview

Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Election Preview

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Billericay East on Basildon (Con Defence) Last Local Election (2012): Con 25, Lab 15, Lib Dem 2 (Conservative majority of 8) Current Electoral Cycle Election Results Local Elections   2010 Local Elections   2011 Local Elections   2012 Votes Cast % Share Votes Cast % Share Votes Cast % Share Conservatives 4,084 61% 2,626 65% 1,502 58% Labour 737 11% 567 14% 383 15% Liberal Democrats 1,360 20% 528 13% 316 12% UKIP 308 5% 346 9% 409 16% BNP…

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Harry Hayfield’s guide to the Aberdeen, Donside Scottish Parliamentary By-Election

Harry Hayfield’s guide to the Aberdeen, Donside Scottish Parliamentary By-Election

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< Maps showing the area that Aberdeen, Donside covers (and how it fits into the Westminster Parliament) Aberdeen, Donside is only the seventh constituency by-election to the Scottish Parliament since it was re-founded back in 1999 and in that time only one seat (Ayr in 2000) has changed hands. Aberdeen, Donside itself was only created for the last elections to the Scottish Parliament and is made up of the vast chunk of the Aberdeen North Westminster constituency and a piece...

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Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Election Preview

Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Election Preview

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Weaste and Seedley on Salford (Lab Defence) Last Election Result (2012): Lab 52, Con 8 (Labour majority of 44) Salford is the epitome of a Labour heartland electing a Labour majority even in the most dire electoral positions for Labour (clearly demonstrated in 2008 when Labour’s overall majority fell to 12) but which since the general election has (as many other Labour areas have done) become a virtual one party state. Therefore we can say that Labour should hold it…

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