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Local By-Election History and Candidates : December 10th 2015: 4 Con, 2 Lab and 1 LD Defences

Local By-Election History and Candidates : December 10th 2015: 4 Con, 2 Lab and 1 LD Defences

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Kinson South (Two Conservative defences) on Bournemouth Result of council at last election (2015): Conservatives 49, Independent 1, United Kingdom Indepdence Party 1 (Conservative majority of 48) Result of ward at last election (2015): Emboldened denotes elected Conservatives 1,638, 1,579, 1,439 (33%) United Kingdom Independence Party 1,362 (27%) Labour 1,060, 918, 814 (21%) Green Party 526, 484 (10%) Liberal Democrat 453 (9%) Candidates duly nominated by party: Conservatives: Norman Decent, Roger Marley Labour: Beryl Baxter, Mel Semple Liberal Democrats: Phil…

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Local By-Election and Westminster By-Election Results : December 3rd 2015

Local By-Election and Westminster By-Election Results : December 3rd 2015

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Ash South and Tongham on Guildford (Con defence) Result: Conservative 540 (43% unchanged), Liberal Democrat 286 (23% +6%), United Kingdom Independence Party 153 (12%, no candidate in 2015), Guildford Greenbelt 145 (12% -7%), Labour 125 (10% -11%) Conservative HOLD with a majority of 254 (17%) on a swing of 3% from Conservative to Liberal Democrat Teme Valley on Malvern Hills (Con defence) Result: Conservative 266 (64% -8%), Labour 96 (23%, no candidate in 2015), United Kingdom Independence Party 56 (13%…

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The PB Oldham Prediction and this week’s local by-elections

The PB Oldham Prediction and this week’s local by-elections

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The average predictions in our prize competition Ash South and Tongham on Guildford (Con defence) Result of council at last election (2015): Conservatives 35, Liberal Democrats 9, Guildford Greenbelt 3, Labour 1 (Conservative majority of 22) Result of ward at last election (2015): Emboldened denotes elected Conservatives 2,299, 2,199, 2,104 (43%) Labour 1,113 (21%) Guildford Greenbelt 999 (19%) Liberal Democrats 900, 665 (17%) Candidates duly nominated: George Dokimakis (Lab), Andrew Gomm (Con), Kyle Greaves (UKIP), Alan Hilliar (Lib Dem), Ramsey…

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The Syria decision: Doubters make the best persuaders

The Syria decision: Doubters make the best persuaders

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Donald Brind on Friday – from a Labour pespective “‘Oh gosh, yes,’ said the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby when asked if the terror attacks in Paris had caused him to doubt God. They had, he said, put a ‘chink in his armour’ of faith. But he warned against a knee-jerk military response, saying: ‘Two injustices do not make justice … If we start randomly killing those who have not done wrong, that is not going to provide solutions.” There…

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All this week’s local by-election results

All this week’s local by-election results

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Carnforth and Millhead (Con defence) on Lancaster Result: Conservative 545 (55% +7%), Labour 320 (32% -3%), Green Party 52 (5% -12%), Liberal Democrat 38 (4%, no candidate in 2015), United Kingdom Indepdendence Party 37 (4%, no candidate in 2015) Conservative HOLD with a majority of 225 (23%) on a swing of 5% from Labour to Conservative Rochford (Con defence) on Rochford Result: Labour 332 (32% -16%), Conservative 328 (32% -20%), United Kingdom Independence Party 250 (24%), Liberal Democrat 114 (11%)…

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Tonight’s Local By-Election Preview with ten separate contests

Tonight’s Local By-Election Preview with ten separate contests

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Carnforth and Millhead (Con defence) on Lancaster Result of council at last election (2015): Labour 29, Conservatives 19, Green Party 9, Independents 3 (No Overall Control, Labour short by 2) Result of ward at last election (2015): Emboldened denotes elected Conservatives 1,405, 1,238, 1,184 (48%) Labour 1,027, 981, 921 (35%) Green Party 495 (17%) Candidates duly nominated: George Askew (Con), Christopher Coats (Green), Phillip Dunster (Lib Dem), Paul Gardner (Lab), Michelle Ogden (UKIP) Morecambe and Lunesdale was a key Labour…

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Leader of the Opposition is the toughest job in British politics. If Jeremy didn’t know it before, he knows it now.

Leader of the Opposition is the toughest job in British politics. If Jeremy didn’t know it before, he knows it now.

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From a LAB perspective: Donald Brind’s weekly column The Bishop of Chichester George Bell was celebrated in a BBC Radio Great Lives programme a couple of years ago for a wartime speech in the House of Lords condemning the bombing of German civilians. Bell was no pacifist but he argued that “ to justify methods inhumane in themselves by arguments of expediency smacks of the Nazi philosophy that Might is Right.“ The speech was made in February 1944, months before Allied boots…

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The return of Marf and tonight’s local by-election review by Harry Hayfield

The return of Marf and tonight’s local by-election review by Harry Hayfield

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Welcome back Marf Watton (UKIP defence) and South Smallburgh (Lib Dem defence) on Norfolk Result of council at last election (2013): Conservative 40, United Kingdom Independence Party 15, Labour 14, Liberal Democrats 10, Green Party 4, Independent 1 (No Overall Control, Conservatives short by 3) Result of ward at last election (2013): Watton: United Kingdom Independence Party 808 (34%), Conservative 662 (27%), Independent 569 (24%), Labour 270 (11%), Green Party 102 (4%) Candidates duly nominated: Timothy Birt (Green), Claire Bowes…

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