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.
Only one council by-election yesterday:
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:20 am
Labour MP for North Durham since 2024. 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. Dad. Unite and GMB union member. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
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Result - Labour win seat
Roger Sterry Lab 496
Conservative 236
UKIP 119
LibDem 89
Turnout 24%
10:40 am, January 13, 2012
And of course, it's "since May *last* year" now.....
Easy mistake to make :)
3:33 pm, January 13, 2012
Council By-elections 2011
Party Votes Per Cent
CON 112,208 32.3%
LAB 106,787 30.7%
LD 58,892 17.0%
SNP 19,435 5.6%
IND 19,226 5.5%
GRN 11,402 3.3%
UKIP 7,474 2.2%
4:08 pm, January 13, 2012
Let's see Cameron call for a snap general election! If the Tories are as popular as they seem to think, they'll walk it. My guess is that they'll be shot down in flames. And good riddance.
9:01 am, January 14, 2012
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