Afactor driving the low turnout in the #PCCwas that there was virtually no national media coverage because no election in London — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 16, 2012 “Bugger off!” Prescott tells waiting journalists — Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) November 16, 2012 PCS union says low PCC turnout “should sound death knell for Tory-led cries for thresholds for union ballots” – bit.ly/UKftOM — AndrewSparrow (@AndrewSparrow) November 16, 2012
@paulwaugh This morning at York Priory Street Centre there were more people queuing to give blood than vote twitter.com/jmalexander198… — James Alexander (@jmalexander1982) November 15, 2012 It looks good for LAB but not that good With a huge number of elections on different sorts taking place yesterday the focus overnight and now is on the counts and the pitifully low turnouts. Two Westminster by-elections counted which have been held by LAB with biggish swings to them. But Manchester Central and…
On Wednesday you could have got 5/6 with Ladbrokes that #PCC turnout would have been lower than 20% — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 16, 2012 PCC Elections: Electoral Commission say low turnout as low as 10 p/c in some areas and “a comedy of errors”! #PCC — Christine Elmer (@ChristineElmer) November 16, 2012 2 votes registered at a polling station in Wales for the #PCC elections ht.ly/fkDcy — Alistair Sloan (@alistair_sloan) November 16, 2012 Good link for #PCC election results:…
But all three leaders see ratings improvements New Ipsos-MORI telephone pollhas CON 32 (-1); LAB 46 (+3); LD (nc). So LAB takes a 14% lead — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 15, 2012 The details from the latest MORI poll showing how all 3 leaders have seen marked net increases twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 15, 2012 Unlike cheapie online polls I regard the four phone surveys that we get each month as an event. The one out today is…
If you would like to purchase one of Marf’s prints or originals, please contact her here. I’m getting a few reports that PCC election turnout not quite as low as was being predicted. — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 15, 2012 @msmithsonpb I wonder how many have been placed my campaigns too boost their odds? — Paul Smith Bristol (@bristolpaul) November 15, 2012 @bristolpaul They thought George Galloway was doing that in Bradford by-election & the bookies lost a packet. —…
The PB guide to betting on the race for the next BBC Director-General www7.politicalbetting.com/?p=53725 twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 15, 2012 Who is going to take over from George Entwistle? Barely four months after bookies settled bets on the last race, the runners and riders are once again under starter’s orders for the BBC Director General stakes. The new race has started with speculation that external candidates are favoured. The new broom logic is stronger than ever but, with…
Tomorrow the big party machines will prevail in the police commissioner elections. www7.politicalbetting.com/?p=53712 twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 14, 2012 The chances for the indies aren’t very high When the idea of elected Police and Crime Commissioners was being mooted one of the hopes that it would attract independent candidates without party allegiance. It certainly has done that but because of the very limited opportunity for individuals to get their message across this has proved challenging. Simply getting a…
UKIP strong FAV at Corby to beat LDs. With LAB such a certainty this is the only interesting bet. bit.ly/u6wr8r twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 14, 2012 After my plea yesterday for more betting markets for tomorrow elections William Hill has put a few up. I can’t see any other victor than LAB though the 1/100 is hardly tempting. The Tories, who won the seat at the general election, are not going to lose their deposit. So the only…