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A woman leader could give LAB the polling breakthrough that it is looking for

A woman leader could give LAB the polling breakthrough that it is looking for

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Don Brind on Corbyn’s successor I was on holiday last week with an old mate who is intensely proud of his northern roots. Born a scouser he made his mark on Yorkshire newspapers before his well-honed shorthand, bulging contacts book and nose for news earned him a transfer to Westminster. He became a popular and respected member of the lobby but decades after his arrival there it still rankles with him that his accent was mocked by a southern, middle…

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Bad night for LAB in latest local elections losing a seat to CON in one of its heartlands

Bad night for LAB in latest local elections losing a seat to CON in one of its heartlands

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Hulton on Bolton (Lab defence) Result: Con 1,455 (49% +16% on last time), Lab 1,179 (40% +3% on last time), UKIP 190 (6% -18% on last time), Lib Dem 67 (2% unchanged on last time), Green 52 (2% -1% on last time) Conservative GAIN from Labour with a majority of 276 (9%) on a swing of 6.5% from Lab to Con Newport Pagnell North and Hanslope on Milton Keynes (Con defence) Result: Con 1,604 (53% +15% on last time), Lab…

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How Britain should play the Trump card without folding or upping the ante

How Britain should play the Trump card without folding or upping the ante

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A guest slot from Julian Glassford The vertiginous rise of the new champion of the alt-right in 2016 prompted a palpable blend of bafflement and consternation among the political elite right around the globe. Few dared even imagine that Donald Trump would triumph over his wily, experienced, and altogether far more internationally acceptable rival in the US presidential election. Indeed, most appeared caught almost completely off-guard and, a year on, none have yet managed to figure out quite how to…

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Local By-Election Review 2017 – how the parties have performed

Local By-Election Review 2017 – how the parties have performed

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To describe 2017 as a year of two halves would be absolutely correct, as the general election held on June 8th marked a distinct dividing line not only at Westminster (between a Conservative majority of 12 and no majority) but also in local by-elections with the electoral pendulum swinging rapidly from one side to the other and so therefore it is best to look at the year before and after the general election Before the General Election (January 1st –…

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London Local Elections 2018 : By-Elections Review and Forecast

London Local Elections 2018 : By-Elections Review and Forecast

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Harry Hayfield looks at the capital’s by-election and has a forecast Since the local elections in 2014 in London, there have been a total of 75 by-elections to the 32 councils in the capital and overall those by-elections have shown that the mainstream parties are clawing back support from the smaller parties. And yet, despite this there has been very little actual change with only six seats changing hands, those seats being: Stepney Green on Tower Hamlets (Lab GAIN from…

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Local By-Election Results : December 14th 2017 and December Summary

Local By-Election Results : December 14th 2017 and December Summary

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Bradwell on Newcastle under Lyme (Lab defence) Result: Con 360 (46% +22% on last time), Lab 396 (51% +5% on last time), Lib Dem 25 (3% unchanged on last time) (No UKIP candidate this time -23%, No Green candidate this time -3%, No Independent candidate this time -1%) Labour HOLD with a majority of 36 (5%) on a swing of 8.5% from Lab to Con Newchapel on Newcastle under Lyme (Lab defence) Result: Con 216 (43% -7% on last time),…

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A LD gain from CON and a LAB hold in this week’s local by-election

A LD gain from CON and a LAB hold in this week’s local by-election

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Newton and St. Leonard’s on Exeter (Lab defence) Result: Con 512 (27% +4% on last time), Lab 1,044 (55% +5% on last time), Lib Dem 179 (9% +2% on last time), UKIP 40 (2% -3% on last time), Green 137 (7% -5% on last time) (No Independence from Europe candidate this time -3%) Labour HOLD with a majority of 532 (28%) on a swing of 0.5% from Con to Lab Godalming Central and Ockford on Waverley (Con defence) Result: Con…

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CON loses another seat to LDs in latest Local By-Elections

CON loses another seat to LDs in latest Local By-Elections

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Newport on North Devon (Con defence) Result: Con 373 (37% -3% on last time), Lab 83 (8%, no candidate last time) Lib Dem 390 (39% +7% on last time), Green 159 (16% -12% on last time) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 17 (2%) on a swing of 5% from Con to Lib Dem Highway on Enfield (Lab defence) Result: Con 620 (27% +8% on last time), Lab 1,619 (70% +23% on last time), Green 79 (3%…

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