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Away from the dramatic political events in the US tonight’s Local By-Election Preview :

Away from the dramatic political events in the US tonight’s Local By-Election Preview :

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We now return you to your regularly scheduled programme Eltham North (Lab defence) on Greenwich Result of council at last election (2014): Labour 43, Conservatives 8 (Labour majority of 35) Result of ward at last election (2014) : Emboldened denotes elected Conservatives 1,975, 1,823, 1,519 (32%) Labour 1,946, 1,942 1,556 (31%) United Kingdom Independence Party 1,221 (20%) Green Party 591 (10%) British National Party 307 (5%) Liberal Democrats 207, 205 (3%) EU Referendum Result: REMAIN 65,248 (56%) LEAVE 52,117 (46%)…

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Your timetable for this historic day

Your timetable for this historic day

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How events will unfold state by state November 8th 2016 (all times GMT) 5.00am Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location, New Hampshire The two communities of Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location in the battleground state of New Hampshire, have been voting at midnight for the best part of forty years and between them, give us the first indications of the result. For instance in 2012 Obama polled 28 votes in the two locations, Romney 14 votes and Johnson 1 vote (Obama…

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Tonight’s local by-election previewed by Harry Hayfield

Tonight’s local by-election previewed by Harry Hayfield

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Banff and District (SNP defence) D and Inverurie and District (Lib Dem defence) R on Aberdeenshire Result of council at last election (2012): Scottish National Party 28, Conservatives 14, Liberal Democrats 12, Independents 11, Labour 2, Green 1 (No Overall Control, SNP short by 7) EU Referendum Result: REMAIN 76,445 (55%) LEAVE 62,516 (45%) on a turnout of 71% Scottish Independence Referendum Result: YES 71,337 (40%) NO 108,606 (60%) on a turnout of 87% Banff and District Result of ward…

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Free movement now appears to be at the heart of Brexit negotiations

Free movement now appears to be at the heart of Brexit negotiations

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Don Brind on what the assurances to Nissan might mean The new Select committee on Exiting the European Union, who will hold their first meeting on Wednesday, will have the opportunity to shape the debate on what Brexit actual means. The 21-strong committee is like to have a majority of members who backed Remain. Eight of the ten Tories, including Michael Gove, were Leavers but all five of the Labour members, including the chair Hilary Benn, were Remainers. Of the…

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Local By-Election Results : October 27th 2016 and October Summary

Local By-Election Results : October 27th 2016 and October Summary

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Rhyl West on Denbighshire (Lab defence) Result: Lab 199 (48% +5% on 2012), Con 93 (22% -3% on 2012), Ind (Shone) 55 (13%), Ind (Webster) 42 (10%), Lib Dem 26 (6%, no candidate in 2012) Labour HOLD with a majority of 106 (26%) on a swing of 4% from Con to Lab Total Independent vote: 97 (23% +6% on 2012) Collington (Ind defence) and Darwell (Con defence) on Rother Collington Result: Ind 818 (60% +20% on 2015), Con 393 (29%…

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Local By-Election Preview : October 27th 2016

Local By-Election Preview : October 27th 2016

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Rhyl West on Denbighshire (Lab defence) Result of council at last election (2012): Lab 18, Ind 12, Con 9, Plaid 7, Lib Dem 1 (No Overall Control, Lab short by 6) Result of ward at last election (2012) : Emboldened denotes elected Labour 378, 361 (43%) Conservatives 106, 99 (25%) Independent 142 (17%) Plaid Cymru 125 (15%) EU Referendum Result: REMAIN 23,955 (46%) LEAVE 28,117 (54%) on a turnout of 69% Candidates duly nominated: Les Harker (Con), Alan James (Lab),…

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Labour’s “cunning plan” for the Richmond Park by-election

Labour’s “cunning plan” for the Richmond Park by-election

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Don Brind says its to inflict misery on Zac by helping him get re-elected “The man’s a disgrace. His office is just along the corridor from mine and I never see him. He obviously doesn’t want to be an MP. The thoughts of a veteran MP provide the perfect justification for Labour fighting the Richmond Park by-election despite the call from an interesting trio of young MPs for Labour to stay out of Zac Goldsmith’s “vanity project”  Shadow Business Clive…

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Smith backer, Don Brind is amused to find himself on the same page as arch Corbynista Paul Mason

Smith backer, Don Brind is amused to find himself on the same page as arch Corbynista Paul Mason

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Labour needs a leader who can connect with working class voters “Don’t forget, It was Godfather Two that won the Oscar”. That was the cheering thought offered to a bunch of Saving Labour stalwarts who gathered to reflect on their failure to avert Jeremy Corbyn’s second leadership landslide. The unanimous view was that Labour still needs saving from electoral disaster through a change of leader. The Godfather analogy inspires the hope that the next time will be more successful. There…

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