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My Ward
« on: April 22, 2010, 04:13:33 PM »
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2001 Census Demographics

Total 2001 Population: 70884
Male: 47.5%
Female: 52.5%
Under 18: 22.6%
Over 60: 26%
Born outside UK: 2.8%
White: 98.8%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 0.4%
Mixed: 0.5%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 77.6%
Full time students: 2.5%
Graduates 16-74: 15.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 33%
Owner-Occupied: 72.4%
Social Housing: 13.3% (Council: 9.4%, Housing Ass.: 3.9%)
Privately Rented: 11.1%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 12.7%

You would have thought, looking at the demographics, that the Tories would be the party of choice but Labour got a majority of over 4500 in 2005.

2005 Result:
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Conservative: 10206 (31.6%)
Labour: 14875 (46%)
Liberal Democrat: 3820 (11.8%)
Plaid Cymru: 2309 (7.1%)
UKIP: 375 (1.2%)
Other: 728 (2.3%)
Majority: 4669 (14.4%)

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Re: My Ward
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2010, 04:24:23 PM »
No chance here of getting the smug fooking incumbent out

http://www.andrew-miller-mp.co.uk/home
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Re: My Ward
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2010, 04:41:44 PM »
I think it's a straight fight twixt Labour and Conservative here. Nobody else stands a hope.

Used to be Conservative here but the last Tory member (Sir Anthony Meyer) rather blotted his copybook by (i) Having a very public affair with his Secretary and (ii) Standing against Mrs T (as a "Stalking Horse") thus paving the way for her eventual demise. One indiscretion could be forgiven but both .....  noooo:
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Re: My Ward
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2010, 05:08:11 PM »
Lib Dems have been gaining on Kate Hoey here but she's still got about a 10K majority  rubschin:
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2010, 05:11:37 PM »
Kate is the best sort of MP ~ don't care what party .... she speaks her mind and votes with her conscience.
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2010, 05:37:37 PM »
She's been the MP since '89 and each and every election the other parties field a fresh contestant... to no avail. You can add consistent to her strengths too.
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« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2010, 10:05:44 AM »
See if you can read this without shouting at your screen!!  cussing:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8655697.stm
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« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2010, 03:15:33 PM »
Just had a doorstep chat with the Labour candidate, Bill Rammell. I was polite  eeek:
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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2010, 03:25:17 PM »
SHame on you  point:
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2010, 06:21:10 PM »
Arrived home to find an answerphone message from a Peer of the Realm hoping for support for his party's candidate  eeek:
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Re: My Ward
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2010, 06:22:22 PM »
Did it sound remotely like Nick  rubschin:
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2010, 06:37:37 PM »
 rubschin:

Nah, the accent wasn't right. Besides, I know him slightly and I was thinking of voting for his candidate anyway.
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Re: My Ward
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2010, 08:11:47 AM »
Just skewered a campaign poster for the Rt dis-honourable slave labour MP A.Miller, then set fire to it.
Most satisfying.
Shame it wasn't actually the bastard himself. sick2:

My hatred for the cnut runs deep long and wide.
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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2010, 08:23:12 AM »
His canvasser fled from my tirade  eveilgrin:

And welcome back  cloud9:
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Re: My Ward
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2010, 08:25:31 AM »
My study window overlooks  the Polling Station or GORSAF BLEIDLEISIO as they like to call it.

I can report a steady and continuous stream of electors since they opened at 7am.
We look to be on track to match our previous 76% turnout.






Translation for those wondering:

Gorsaf is Station .... thus we have Gorsaf Dan for Fire Station, Gorsaf Heddlu for Police Station etc. (Remember that a single F is pronounced as V in Welsh, dd is pronounce th and u is i or ee depending on context)

Bleidleisio looks like something BM has made up but I am assured it means Polling or rather "Place at which to cast a vote" which is typical of the sort of problems I suffer trying to get to grips with the bloody language here.
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