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The Tory booted out of his Brecon & Radnorshire seat by the recall petition plans to stand again for his party in the by-election

The Tory booted out of his Brecon & Radnorshire seat by the recall petition plans to stand again for his party in the by-election

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Brecon & Radnorshire 1979-2017 from David Cowling Chris Davies also tells me he didn’t think about not standing in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election and that he sees it as opportunity to regain constituents’ trust. — Adrian Masters (@adrianmasters84) June 21, 2019 Chris Davies confirms to me that he has the support of his party for standing again in Brecon and Radnorshire. He says he’s had calls today from both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt who’ve backed him. — Adrian…

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The Brecon & Radnorshire recall petition succeeds and an early by-election test for the new CON leader is in prospect

The Brecon & Radnorshire recall petition succeeds and an early by-election test for the new CON leader is in prospect

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The result for the Chris Davies by election vote is announced. More on @ITVWales later pic.twitter.com/PC24Ex9XqM — Timbo (@Channel405TV) June 21, 2019 Expect it to take place on July 25 or August 1st So the the B&R recall petition has succeeded though the number signing, 19% was somewhat below the 27% that we saw in Peterborough. This mean a by-election which is likely to happen at the end of July or in early August – just after the new CON…

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Johnson’s first battle as PM with the BXP looks set to be at Brecon & Radnor within a week of him getting the job

Johnson’s first battle as PM with the BXP looks set to be at Brecon & Radnor within a week of him getting the job

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Farage’s favourite pollster, Survation, has already been active At 5pm today the six recall petition centres across the B&R constituency will close their doors and late tomorrow morning the sitting CON MP will learn whether or not 10% of those on the electoral roll have signed the petition demanding his recall. If the total tops the required number then the Speaker will be informed formally and a vacancy will be declared. The petition follows the conviction of the CON MP…

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To show they’re back in the game the LDs need the Brecon & Radnor recall petition to succeed and to win the ensuing by-election

To show they’re back in the game the LDs need the Brecon & Radnor recall petition to succeed and to win the ensuing by-election

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An early by-election test for the new CON leader? This weekend has seen the last intensive campaigning in the Brecon and Radnor constituency to persuade those on the electoral roll to sign the petition that the sitting MP br recalled. This would create an immediate vacancy and a Westminster by-election would be called. On Thursday evening the recall petition will be closed and should the 10% threshold be reached then there’ll be a Westminster by-election there – the largest constituency…

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The Peterborough Chronicle. About that by-election

The Peterborough Chronicle. About that by-election

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Twitter, are we not going to spend the day using Peterborough to share dodgy maths & bar charts like we did after the European elections? If so then it's … Leave 51%Remain 46% Are we not doing that? No? How come?Oh. pic.twitter.com/ZPjmtoXYOi — Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) June 7, 2019 fwiw, the Brexit Party didn't do that great in the Euro elections in Peterborough compared to the local 2016 Leave vote Peterborough was BXP's 54th weakest relative performance out of 334…

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If the betting markets have this right Peterborough could have its third MP in two years all from different parties

If the betting markets have this right Peterborough could have its third MP in two years all from different parties

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Brexit party leaflet Peterborough The Westminster by-election in Peterborough has become an intriguing contest with three and perhaps four possibilities of which party will be the winner. It was CON until June 2017 when it became a shock LAB gain with the winner losing her seat in May after the first successful use of the new recall procedure. Now LAB is batting to hold on against Farage’s new Brexit party which came out top in the Euros there on May…

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And so to next week’s Peterborough by-election

And so to next week’s Peterborough by-election

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Ordnance Survey Peterborough (East of England) result: Brex: 38.3% (+38.3)Lab: 17.2% (-7.9)LDem: 15.4% (+10.9)Con: 10.9% (-14.7)Grn: 10.8% (+5.1)UKIP: 3.6% (-29.9) — Britain Elects (@BritainElects) May 26, 2019 TBP’s first Westminster seat? When earlier in the year Peterborough’s former MP was jailed over a speeding points issue a recall petition was initiated which ended with her losing her seat. The campaign to secure the requisite 10% of voters was backed by both the Tories and LAB and the total required was…

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