A blog by Luke Akehurst about politics, elections, and the Labour Party - With subtitles for the Hard of Left. Just for the record: all the views expressed here are entirely personal and do not necessarily represent the positions of any organisations I am a member of.
I missed the only council-byelection to happen last Thursday. Which is a shame as it was an interesting result:
posted by Luke Akehurst at 1:28 pm
Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
1 Comments:
This was a really interesting result and is a massive swing away from the Tories to the Greens.
There is an even more interesting by-election happening in the John O'Gaunt ward in Lancaster this Thursday. The ward is a Labour/Green split where Lab had two councillors (one resigned) and the Greens had one. The ward is part of the new Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
If the Greens take the ward then they become the biggest party in the constituency in terms of councillor numbers.
It will be an interesting teller right before the GE is called.
3:43 pm, March 30, 2010
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