June 15, 20187 yr I'd be surprised if the LD's come 2nd, if only because I can't see where there vote would come from. :unsure: Largely from Labour, as it turned out, though they still won very easily.
June 15, 20187 yr It has to count as a decent result for the Lib Dems, gaining over twice as many votes on a reduced turnout with a very short campaign. It could be a sign that we may have some interesting by-elections in the course of this parliament.
June 15, 20187 yr It has to count as a decent result for the Lib Dems, gaining over twice as many votes on a reduced turnout with a very short campaign. It could be a sign that we may have some interesting by-elections in the course of this parliament. Did they make similar gains there in the recent local elections?
June 15, 20187 yr Did they make similar gains there in the recent local elections? Labour won 60% of the vote across Lewisham and every single seat. The Lib Dem vote was up, but only slightly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisham_Lond..._election,_2018
June 15, 20187 yr Labour won 60% of the vote across Lewisham and every single seat. The Lib Dem vote was up, but only slightly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisham_Lond..._election,_2018 So that suggests it was more of a LD protest vote - perhaps anti-Brexit?
June 15, 20187 yr So that suggests it was more of a LD protest vote - perhaps anti-Brexit? The Lib Dem campaign concentrated very heavily on Labour's feeble opposition to May's EU plans. Lewisham was a strong Remain area.
February 18, 20196 yr Author There will be a by-election in Newpost West following the death of sitting Labour MP Paul Flynn at the age of 84. It was a comfortable Labour win in the last general election, with Flynn winning over 50% of the vote, although the Conservatives won 39%, so don't rule them completely out. Will probably be a good Labour win.
February 18, 20196 yr There will be a by-election in Newpost West following the death of sitting Labour MP Paul Flynn at the age of 84. It was a comfortable Labour win in the last general election, with Flynn winning over 50% of the vote, although the Conservatives won 39%, so don't rule them completely out. Will probably be a good Labour win. I'd heard he died - I wasn't aware that he was still a sitting MP, though.
February 28, 20196 yr Author Yay, a by-election! All eyes will be on whether a) the Tiggers will field a candidate, and b) If the SDP will field a candidate. Well, that's where my eyes will be, anyway.
March 6, 20196 yr Another possible by-election... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/m...inst-conviction
March 8, 20196 yr Author The nominees for the Newport West by-election are: Plaid Cymru - Jonathan Clark Renew - June Davies Conservative - Matthew Evans UKIP - Neil Hamilton Labour - Ruth Jones Liberal Democrat - Ryan Jones SDP - Ian McLean For Britain - Hugh Nicklin Abolish the Welsh Assembly - Richard Suchorzewski Democrats and Veterans - Philip Taylor Green - Amelia Womack Quite a large list of candidates for a by-election, a good range of parties for the electorate to choose from (even though it'll end up being Labour they go for). TIG didn't stand a candidate, although a different pro-EU centrist party, Renew, is. Two Ukip splinter groups are standing, Democrats and Veterans & the explicitly far-right For Britain, in addition to your bog-standard Ukip, and look! There's the SDP!
March 8, 20196 yr Author It tells you how off-the-deep-end Ukip has gone when he's the most sensible person left in that party.
March 22, 20196 yr Tory MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, Chris Davies, has pleaded guilty to charges of. expenses fraud. Strangely, particularly as it relates directly to his job as an MP, the news doesn’t seem to have received the same coverage as the Labour MP for Peterborough. In the latter case, she had the Labour whip removed and the party joined calls for her resignation. The Tory response in Davies’ case so far - nothing, he retains the Tory whip.
March 23, 20196 yr Tory MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, Chris Davies, has pleaded guilty to charges of. expenses fraud. Strangely, particularly as it relates directly to his job as an MP, the news doesn’t seem to have received the same coverage as the Labour MP for Peterborough. In the latter case, she had the Labour whip removed and the party joined calls for her resignation. The Tory response in Davies’ case so far - nothing, he retains the Tory whip. No doubt he *will* have the whip removed at some point. I think the difference in this to the Fiona Onasanya case, is that she continues to strenuously deny doing anything wrong despite being found guilty, while he has admitted his crime.
March 23, 20196 yr No doubt he *will* have the whip removed at some point. I think the difference in this to the Fiona Onasanya case, is that she continues to strenuously deny doing anything wrong despite being found guilty, while he has admitted his crime. or, more likely, they need his vote.
March 23, 20196 yr or, more likely, they need his vote. Removing the whip doesn't stop MP's voting in the HoC - but you knew that, of course...
April 3, 20196 yr The nominees for the Newport West by-election are: Plaid Cymru - Jonathan Clark Renew - June Davies Conservative - Matthew Evans UKIP - Neil Hamilton Labour - Ruth Jones Liberal Democrat - Ryan Jones SDP - Ian McLean For Britain - Hugh Nicklin Abolish the Welsh Assembly - Richard Suchorzewski Democrats and Veterans - Philip Taylor Green - Amelia Womack Quite a large list of candidates for a by-election, a good range of parties for the electorate to choose from (even though it'll end up being Labour they go for). TIG didn't stand a candidate, although a different pro-EU centrist party, Renew, is. Two Ukip splinter groups are standing, Democrats and Veterans & the explicitly far-right For Britain, in addition to your bog-standard Ukip, and look! There's the SDP! What ideology do the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Oarty have other than to for some reason get rid of local representation?
April 3, 20196 yr Author What ideology do the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Oarty have other than to for some reason get rid of local representation? The South West Argus have done a sterling job interviewing all the local candidates for the by-election (that's one local newspaper website I never thought I would visit so consistently on a weekly basis), including the representative from the AWA Party. It seems to be a single issue party, although the candidate was previously a leadership candidate for Ukip over 10 years ago (losing out to a Mr Nigel Farage).
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