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Local By-Election Preview : February 2nd 2017

Local By-Election Preview : February 2nd 2017

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(Uttoxeter) Town on East Staffordshire (Con defence, sitting councillor resigns their seat) Result of council at last election (2015): Conservatives 25, Labour 12, Liberal Democrat 1, United Kingdom Independence Party 1 (Conservative majority of 11) Result of ward at last election (2015): Emboldened denotes elected Conservatives 1,819, 1,543 (53%) Labour 1,138, 995 (33%) Green Party 501 (15%) EU Referendum Result: REMAIN 22,850 (37%) LEAVE 39,266 (63%) on a turnout of 74% Candidates duly nominated: Phillip Hudson (Con), Zdzislaw Krupski (Lab),…

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A cartoon ahead of tomorrow’s historic Trump-May meeting in the US and tonight’s Local By-Election Preview

A cartoon ahead of tomorrow’s historic Trump-May meeting in the US and tonight’s Local By-Election Preview

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Kilmarnock East and Hurlford on East Ayrshire caused by the death of the sitting Scottish National Party member Result of council at last election (2012): Scottish National Party 15, Labour 14, Conservatives 2, Independent 1 (No Overall Control, Scottish National Party short by 2) Result of ward at last election (2012) : Emboldened denotes elected Scottish National Party 944, 1,126 (47%) Labour 1,054, 984 (46%) Conservative 326 (7%) EU Referendum Result (2016): REMAIN 33,891 (59%) LEAVE 23,942 (41%) on a…

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Viewpoint: Tribal Tim Farron attacks Corbyn and lets TMay off the hook.

Viewpoint: Tribal Tim Farron attacks Corbyn and lets TMay off the hook.

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Labour’s Don Brind says the LD leader has a soft spot for the PM. The Lib Dem leader told Politics Home “In a really peculiar way I felt slightly proud of her when she became prime minister.”  A very odd thing to say, isn’t it? Since you’re asking, Tim – Yes it is a bit odd. Not only is she a Tory. She is the Remainer who failed to campaign in the EU referendum and now, with all the zeal…

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Just one council by-election tonight – a CON defence in the midlands

Just one council by-election tonight – a CON defence in the midlands

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Norton on Bromsgrove (caused by the death of the sitting Conservative councillor) Result of council at last election (2015): Conservatives 18, Labour 7, Independents 3, Wythall Ratepayers 3 (Conservative majority of 5) Result of ward at last election (2015): Conservative 943 (60%), Labour 467 (30%), Green 166 (11%) EU Referendum Result: REMAIN 26,252 (45%) LEAVE 32,563 (55%) on a turnout of 79% Candidates duly nominated: Michelle Baker (Green), Rory Shannon (Lab), Adrian Smart (UKIP), Michael Webb (Con) Weather at the…

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The verdict on the Corbyn relaunch: Jeremy must try harder

The verdict on the Corbyn relaunch: Jeremy must try harder

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“Message discipline and clarity is like good underwear. You don’t want to wave it around but you notice if it’s not there.” The tweet by former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith didn’t mention Jeremy Corbyn by name but her tweet was undoubtedly prompted last week’s “relaunch.” Smith who was appointed the country’s first woman Home Secretary by Gordon Brown in 2007 was of course aware that supporters of the Labour leader scorn the New Labour virtue of message discipline. I’m a…

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The 2017 local by-election season opens with a LAB defence in Sunderland and a CON one in Herts

The 2017 local by-election season opens with a LAB defence in Sunderland and a CON one in Herts

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Sandhill on Sunderland caused by the resignation of the sitting Labour councillor for non attendance Result of council at last election (2016): Labour 67, Conservatives 6, Liberal Democrat 1, Independent 1 (Labour majority of 59) Result of ward at last election (2015): Labour 2,121 (55%), UKIP 1,003 (26%), Conservative 607 (16%), Liberal Democrat 135 (4%) EU Referendum Result (2016): REMAIN 51,930 (39%) LEAVE 82,394 (61%) on a turnout of 65% Candidates duly nominated: Bryan Foster (UKIP), Helmut Izaks (Green), Stephen…

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Unite’s election could be a game changer for Corbyn

Unite’s election could be a game changer for Corbyn

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Don Brind on the big LAB movement battle If Len McCluskey had had his way, Jeremy Corbyn would never have become Labour leader. The general secretary of Unite opposed the Miliband reforms to Labour’s election system that gave the serial rebel a path to the job he’d never dreamt of doing. After his second landslide in 2016 Corbyn looked unassailable. The official line from the Team Corbyn, as well as senior figures like deputy leader Tom Watson, is that the…

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Local By-Election Review 2016

Local By-Election Review 2016

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19 of the 26 LD local council gains since BREXIT have been in places which voted LEAVE Votes cast, change on last time, seats won and change on last time for 2016 Labour 147,049 votes (29% +1% on last time) winning 85 seats (-5 on last time) Conservatives 146,074 votes (29% -2% on last time) winning 97 seats (-33 on last time) Liberal Democrats 76,877 votes (15% +4% on last time) winning 50 seats (+27 on last time) United Kingdom…

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