Progress Column
My Progress Column this week is about the problems facing "Red Tory" thinktank ResPublica: http://www.progressives.org.uk/articles/article.asp?a=8409
posted by Luke Akehurst at 11:48 am
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
About Me
- Name: Luke Akehurst
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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:
Luke
The results of last nights local council by-elections, although Conservative holds, were very good for Labour. The swings to Labour were very large.
In Cheshunt Central (Broxbourne Borough, Hertfordshire County), there was a 14.4% swing from Conservative to Labour.
The most notable result though was, placed in the context of recent elections, achieved by Labour in the Thamesfield ward in Wandsworth. Labour achieved a remarkable 11.8% against the Conservatives and halved the Conservative majority in the process.
Furthermore, the SNP lost by a much larger margin than was widely anticipated, and in the process performed very badly in the Parliamentary By-election. Labour's Iain McKenzie did extremely well as he largely held the same percentage vote that David Cairns (who sadly passed away at too young an age) garnered in the 2010 General Election. The fact is that the SNP surge came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats whoes vote collapsed, and the Conservatives whom experienced a decline of 2.1% in its vote share compared to the 2010General Election. There was a large element of 'churn' among the non-Labour vote.
Overall, another very good night for Labour...
10:59 am, July 01, 2011
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