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Local By-Election Preview : October 15th 2015

Local By-Election Preview : October 15th 2015

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Chatteris on Cambridgeshire (UKIP defence) Result of council at last election (2013): Conservatives 32, Liberal Democrats 14, United Kingdom Independence Party 12, Labour 7, Independents 4 (No Overall Control, Conservatives short by 3) Result of ward at last election (2013): United Kingdom Independence Party 584 (35%), Conservative 579 (34%), Liberal Democrat 358 (21%), Labour 159 (9%) Candidates duly nominated: John Freeman (Lib Dem), Richard Mandley (United Kingdom Independence Party), Alan Melton (Con) So far since the general election there have…

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Lynton Crosby could do it again next week and give the Tories outright power on a third of the vote

Lynton Crosby could do it again next week and give the Tories outright power on a third of the vote

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Or will the “good guys” win this time? Canadians go to the polls next week in an election that has echoes of the British General Election in May – the most intriguing being the involvement of Lynton Crosby. Prime Minister Stephen Harper hopes the Australian can repeat what he did for David Cameron — magic an outright victory in an election where the Tory poll numbers have been limping along in the low thirties. That was how the final polls…

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The latest Politicalbetting/Polling Matters podcast: Conservative Conference special

The latest Politicalbetting/Polling Matters podcast: Conservative Conference special

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Keiran Pedley talks to Asa Bennett of the Telegraph and Rob Vance Polling Matters is back and Keiran discusses the Tory Party conference with Asa Bennett of the Telegraph and Rob Vance. Just how strong are the Conservatives right now? Who succeeds David Cameron? And what will the London Mayoral race tell us about the wider political situation in Westminster in the longer term?

SNP lose seat to LDs who lose to CON – all the latest local by election results

SNP lose seat to LDs who lose to CON – all the latest local by election results

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How one of Scotland's leading political sites reported the SNP loss of a by-election in the Highlands pic.twitter.com/9VNpteamEL — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 9, 2015 Bolsover South on Bolsover (Lab defence) Result: Labour 232 (43%), United Kingdom Independence Party 127 (23%), Conservative 109 (20%), Trade Unionist and Socialist 78 (14%) Labour HOLD with a majority of 105 (20%) Aird and Loch Ness on Highland (SNP defence) Result: Liberal Democrat 1,029 (33% +21%), Scottish National Party 1,000 (33% +5%), Conservatives 467…

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A Labour man in a Labour job. What’s not to like about Andrew Adonis?

A Labour man in a Labour job. What’s not to like about Andrew Adonis?

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Don Brind on Friday The Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell likes to get away from politics by sailing his little Skipper 17 trailer sailer on the Norfolk Broads, he told the Eastern Daily Press.  McDonnell was brought up in Great Yarmouth where the three Broads rivers enter the sea. Like all lovers of Broads sailing he will know that the worst part of the experience has been getting there. Bottlenecks in the A11 have long been a nightmare. The then Transport…

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Local By-Election Preview : October 8th 2015

Local By-Election Preview : October 8th 2015

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Bolsover South on Bolsover (Lab defence) Result of council at last election (2015): Labour 32, Independents 5 (Labour majority of 27) Result of ward at last election (2015): Two Labour HOLDS elected unopposed Candidates duly nominated: Juliet Armstrong (Con), John Bagshaw (UKIP), Pat Cooper (Lab), Jon Dale (TUSC) Dennis Skinner, the Labour member for Bolsover since 1970, has often been referred to as “the Beast of Bolsover” due to the comments he has made on several occasions during Black Rod’s…

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Local By-Election Preview : October 7th 2015

Local By-Election Preview : October 7th 2015

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Riverside on Cardiff (Lab defence) Result of council at last election (2012): Labour 46, Liberal Democrats 16, Conservatives 7, Independents 3, Plaid Cymru 2, Heath Independent 1 (Labour majority of 17) Result of ward at last election (2012) : Emboldened denotes elected Labour 1,731, 1,555, 1,431(48%) Plaid Cymru 1,153, 944, 940 (31%) Conservatives 286, 276, 263 (8%) Green Party 294, 272, 189 (8%) Liberal Democrats 142, 129, 122 (4%) Trade Unionist and Socialist 99 (1%) Candidates duly nominated: Steffan Bateman…

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Two CON losses – one to LAB the other to the SNP – in latest Local By-Election Results

Two CON losses – one to LAB the other to the SNP – in latest Local By-Election Results

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George Street and Harbour (SNP defence) and Midstocket and Rosemount (Con defence) on City of Aberdeen George Street and Harbour Result: Scottish National Party 961 (51% +17%), Labour 490 (26% -5%), Conservatives 195 (10% +3%), Green Party 136 (7% unchanged), Liberal Democrats 96 (5% -5%) Scottish National Party HOLD on the first count with a majority of 471 (25%) on a swing of 11% from Lab to SNP Midstocket and Rosemount Result: Scottish National Party 1,168 (41% +2%), Conservatives 672…

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