Pointless exercise but I enjoy it
Tue, 6 May 2008 20:41:17 +0100
Portsmouth North - currently a Labour parliamentary seat
Labour votes by ward last Thursday:
Baffins - 8%
Copnor 12%
Cosham 21%
Drayton & Farlington 7%
Hilsea 19%
Nelson 28%
Paulsgrove 39%
Methinks someone may have a fight on her hands ...
Nick Russell
Herefordshire
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2nd preference transfers in Mayoral contest
Tue, 6 May 2008 02:48:51 -0700 (PDT)
I'd like to know how the 2nd preference votes transferred in the
Mayoral contest. The London Elects site gives total numbers, but is a
breakdown available by 1st preference vote, i.e. how many Paddick
supporters put Ken or Boris 2nd, etc. etc.?
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Henry ...
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Does PR harm the Lib Dems?
Mon, 5 May 2008 12:20:50 +0100
An interesting piece in the blogosphere about why the Lib Dems do so badly
when they have a "fair" voting system. At the rate they're going they're
going to make PR *more* attractive by reducing the threat of permanent Lib
Dem balance of power!
http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-are-lib-dems-so-ba ...
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Re: Local Authority Byelection Results: Thursday 1st May 2008
Sat, 3 May 2008 10:10 +0100 (BST)
In article <4f99605195john@acornusers.org>, john@acornusers.org (John M
Ward) wrote:
> In article <memo.20080502230712.1496r@cam002297.rosenstiel.co.uk>,
> Colin Rosenstiel <rosenstiel@cix.co.uk> wrote, in part:
> > Hammersmith and Fulham LBC, Sands End
> > Con 2257 (57.5;+0.3), Lab 1147 (29.2;-5.3), LD 518 ...
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OPWTN Scuttles off Stage as Barnbrook Speaks
Sat, 3 May 2008 01:25:31 -0700 (PDT)
As Richard Barnbrook took his turn to to speak about his election to
the London Assembly, the wretched and despised OPWTN (One Party With
Three Names) in a pre-planned plot all left the stage leaving Richard
and a few of the minor candidates. As they scuttled away Richard
referred to them as rats leaving a sinking ...
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Local Authority Byelection Results: Thursday 1st May 2008
Fri, 2 May 2008 23:07 +0100 (BST)
Aberdeenshire UA, Troup
SNP 1721 (62.5%;+14.8%), Con 515 (18.6%;-5.7%), LD 503 (18.3%;+10.7%)
Turnout 36%. SNP hold - elected at 1st stage
(Percentage change is since May 2007).
Barnet LBC, Hale
Con 2798 (50.1;+4.0), Lab 1882 (33.7;-2.5), LD 487 (8.7;-1.8),
B ...
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Re: Spoiled my ballot paper...
Fri, 02 May 2008 17:00:03 GMT
On Fri, 2 May 2008 at 03:54:53, ikr2@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote in
uk.politics.electoral :
>
>> So does that mean we'll hear nothing from you on Cheltenham matters
>> until your next chance to vote? After all if you didn't vote for,
>> or against, any party you cannot now complain. [/irony]
>
>Good point. Why d ...
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BNP Wins and Holds 100 Seats
Fri, 2 May 2008 08:57:05 -0700 (PDT)
* Labour Mayor knocked out in Rotherham
* One vote short of third gain in Amber Valley
* Huge swing in Halifax
* Seven second places in Barnsley
* 31 % in Daventry
* Tories, Plaid Cymru and Lib Dems trounced in Swansea
* Labour heartland of Jarrow gets BNP heart attack
The British National Party h ...
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Re: Spoiled my ballot paper...
Fri, 02 May 2008 03:54:53 -0500
In article <fvehg0$156l$1@energise.enta.net>, ginge@freeola.org (Ginge)
wrote:
> "Paul Hyett" <pah@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:DCYc7lDr8qGIFwK1@blueyonder.co.uk...
> > On Thu, 1 May 2008 at 15:43:07, ikr2@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote in
> > uk.politics.electoral :
> >>In article <GSFdveVdXfGIFw7L@bl ...
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Workers of the world unite - with the middle class!
Thu, 1 May 2008 17:19:06 -0700 (PDT)
May Day is now over, on which local elections took place in England
and Wales (which I prefered not to affect). The following text is
from
the international edition of a newsletter of my Foundation for PR-
based Socialism (where PR stands for proportional representation):
Foundation for PR-based Socialism
We ...
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