The River Ward by-election for Medway Council on 12 August is a straight fight between Labour and the Conservatives, as the results of the 2007 council elections show. Labour’s defending a seat in a ward which returned one Labour and one Tory councillor, so it can only help that Labour’s candidate, John Jones, was recently given the assistance of one of the Leadership candidates: Ed Mi...
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LabourMatters on 16th Aug 2010 (via labourmatters.com)
Cause for celebration this week with a good set of by-election results: Liberal Democrat Andrew Baldrey won St Mary’s with Summercombe (Torbay UA) from the Conservatives with a huge swing: LD Andrew Baldrey 801 (52.7%;+16.4) Con 365 (24.0%;-23.9) Lab 195 (12.8%;+12.8) UKIP 159 (10.5%;+10.5) Turnout 26.2% Percentage change is since May 2007 Elsewhere, the Liberal
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 23rd Jul 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
What can you say about the Welsh? In an Assembly election, which will next take place in May 2011, Labour would get 35% of the votes (it got 32% in the 2007 election), Plaid Cymru 27% (22%), Conservatives 16% (22%), Liberal Democrats 12% (15%), Green 4% (-), UKIP 1% (8%) and Others 5% (-). I can only conclude that perverse incentives work, and that bribing the Welsh to remain unemployed is paying ...
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ObnoxioTheClown on 2nd Apr 2009 (via obotheclown.blogspot.com)
THE Conservatives have held onto Pentyrch at a Cardiff council by-election by just 12 votes.
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WalesOnline on 2nd Aug 2008 (via walesonline.co.uk)
A new ComRes survey for the Independent on Sunday suggests the Tory lead is down to 11%. All the main five pollsters have the Conservatives 10% to 12% ahead.
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ConservativeHome on 21st Mar 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
Two last night: Great Bowen & Arden Ward, Harborough DC. LD gain from Con in a split ward. LD 966 (61.8%, +12.1), Con 598 (38.2%, -12.1). Swing of 12.1% from Con to LD since 2007. Lyngford Ward, Taunton Deane DC. LD hold. LD 390 (43.7%, -7.3), Con 253 (28.4%, +1.7), Lab 190 (21.3%, +5.3), UKIP 59 (6.6%, +0.4). Swing of 4.5% from LD to Con since Oct 2009 by-election.
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LukeAkehurst on 29th Jan 2010 (via lukeakehurst.blogspot.com)
An update on our story from April last year: Three men have been found guilty of charges relating to election fraud in a Berkshire town. The counts related to an election in the Slough Central ward in May 2007 where Labour councillor Lydia Simmons lost her seat to Tory Raja Khan. Khan, along with two others, had previously
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 14th Mar 2009 (via libdemvoice.org)
There was just one yesterday: Starbeck Ward, Harrogate BC. LD hold. LD 886 (63.4%, -8.8), Con 252 (18%, +5), Ind 178 (12.7%, +12.7), Lab 82 (5.9%, +0.8). Swing of 6.9% from LD to Con since 2007.
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LukeAkehurst on 28th Aug 2009 (via lukeakehurst.blogspot.com)
My latest column at WPR is about the difference between security assistance and "governance" assistance: In March, the Stimson Center released a report (.pdf) by Gordon Adams and Rebecca Williams reviewing U.S. security assistance programs. Titled "A New Way Forward," the report argued that the United States should restructure its security assistance programs away from "security," as defined in Co...
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InformationDissemination on 2nd Jun 2011 (via informationdissemination.net)
From the BBC:Six men have been jailed for charges relating to election fraud during a council vote in Berkshire.The charges related to an election in the Slough Central ward in May 2007 where Labour councillor Lydia Simmons lost her seat to Tory Raja Khan.Raja Khan, along with two others, had previously admitted the offences. Three other men were convicted by a jury.The men, all from Slough, were
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LiberalBurblings on 2nd May 2009 (via paulwalter.blogspot.com)
A new Tory manifesto is being written as the party prepares for the next general election, David Cameron revealed, as the Conservatives regained a double-digit lead in the polls
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FT on 13th Jan 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
