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Discussion of elections & electoral systems in the UK
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Local Authority Byelection Results, Thursday 23rd May 2013
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Bolsover DC, Whitwell
Whitwell Residents Association 347 (57.5; +57.5)
Lab 256 (42.5; +23.2)
[Ind (0.0; -16.4)]
[Ind (0.0; -19.0)]
[Ind (0.0; -22.7)]
[Green (0.0; -22.7)]
Majority 91
Turnover not known
Whitwell Residents Association gain from Green
Percentage change is since May 2011.... more »
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Local Authority Byelection Results, Thursday 16th May 2013
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Somerset CC, Coker
Con 1303 (37.8%; -4.8)
LD 1079 (31.3%; -14.1)
UKIP 702 (20.4%; +20.4)
Lab 195 (5.7%; +5.7)
Grn 165 (4.8%' -3)
[Ind 0 (-4.1)]
Con gain from LD
Majority 224
Turnout not known
Percentage change is since June 2009
Note: This was a deferred county council election. It was originally... more »
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South Shield: Labour 1st, Ukip 2nd, LibDems 7th (SEVENTH)
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South Shields parliamentary by-election
Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab) 12,493 (50.51%, -1.51%)
Richard Elvin (UKIP) 5,988 (24.21%)
Karen Allen (C) 2,857 (11.55%, -10.04%)
Ahmed Khan (Ind) 1,331 (5.38%)
Phil Brown (Ind Soc) 750 (3.03%)
Lady Dorothy MacBeth Brookes (BNP) 711 (2.87%, -3.65%)
Hugh Annand (LD) 352 (1.42%, -12.79%)... more »
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The Housing Corporation (now TSA) and crime: AmicusHorizon Ltd.
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The HOUSING CORPORATION now TENANT SERVICES AUTHORITY (TSA)are old and new
names for a powerful quango / regulator of Housing Associations
Any way the regulator for social housing allows some memebers with not the
best reputation to operate in a very dubious way, this was the case of
Crystal Palace Housing Association in 1991 which went about mis-representing... more »
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Local Authority Byelection Results, Thursday 25th April 2013
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Cheshire East UA, Macclesfield Hurdsfield
Lab 341 (36.7; -9.9)
LD 239 (25.7; -1.0)
Con 168 (18.1; -8.5)
UKIP 132 (14.2; +14.2)
Green 49 (5.3; +5.3)
Majority 102
Turnout 26.65%
Lab hold
Percentage change is since May 2011.
Newcastle upon Tyne MBC, Castle
LD 1165 (43.7; -6.2)
Lab 1043 (39.2; +4.6)... more »
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Referendum democracy in Scotland and UK
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Campaign for Direct Democracy I&Rgb <[link]>
REPLY
Thank you Dr. Maver for this historical account of the referendum in Scotland. Work on this subject has been neglected, perhaps suppressed, in the countries of the UK.
To answer your implied question, do we need more, direct democracy,... more »
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County Council Elections / UKIP
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I happy to see a UKIP candidate standing for election in my local ward this time.
I wonder how they'll do overall, though?
-- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham
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