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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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Next Labour Leader: Let’s do the Time Warp Again

Next Labour Leader: Let’s do the Time Warp Again

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Tissue Price on Mr. Corbyn’s successor Amongst the favourites in the betting for next Labour leader are non-runner Dan Jarvis (8/1), non-finisher Chuka Umunna (9/1), and non-MP David Miliband (a stand out 20/1 with Stan James, otherwise 10/1). All are broadly on the right of the party, though admittedly Jarvis is something of a blank canvas. And yet the next leader will either be arranged by the PLP, in the Michael Howard manner, or they’ll be elected by broadly the same membership that…

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Next year’s London Mayoral election next will be the big test for the Corbyn leadership.

Next year’s London Mayoral election next will be the big test for the Corbyn leadership.

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Don Brind on the day the CON Mayoral candidate will be announced “Sadiq. Wow” said the text message that came in as I was walking down an Italian hillside. It alerted me to the fact that Sadiq Khan had won the Labour London Mayoral selection by a decisive margin. The friend who sent it knew I was heavily invested in Khan stocks. Not only is he my local MP – and a brilliant one too – but no less than…

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Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Election Preview : October 1st 2015

Harry Hayfield’s Local By-Election Preview : October 1st 2015

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George Street and Harbour (SNP defence) and Midstocket and Rosemount (Con defence) on City of Aberdeen Result of council at last election (2012): Labour 17, Scottish National Party 15, Liberal Democrats 5, Conservatives 3, Independents 3 (No Overall Control, Labour short by 5) Result of wards at last election (2012) : Emboldened denotes elected George Street and Harbour Scottish National Party 672, 224 (34%) Labour 456, 381 (31%) Liberal Democrats 262 (10%) Independents 26, 222 (9%) Conservatives 178 (7%) Greens…

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