vic Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Lib Dems chose the day carefully for a low turnout - perhaps hoping for bad weather (several people had falls while out voting) - but if the Bewsey by-election is a guide, Labour will be back in power in Warrington next May. McATEER, Lyndsay Green Party 47 MULHALL, John Independent 33 RAYMOND, Ann Liberal Democrat 221 REAH, Lance Conservative 118 RICHARDS, Jeff Labour 1032 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Gosh that's quite a difference in votes eh... the cons and dims weren't even close Did anyone actually fall near the polling station? A few claims going in if they did eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Full story http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/articles/9574/1/Labour-sweep-to-election-victory/Page1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Already read it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Well done to Jeff. I thought that he had had enough of that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 well now i can at least mither my local councillor when the bins don't get emptied on time. he only live round the corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 An 18% turnout - a victory for apathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Come on Obs it was treacherous outside and people were being warned to stay indoors or risk paying with their lives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 An 18% turnout - a victory for apathy. thats 10 times the percentage that voted for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Think the key word is "relevence" Diz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 An 18% turnout - a victory for apathy. What's a normal turnout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 An 18% turnout - a victory for apathy. In this case the apathy was clearly with regard to support for the Lib Dem and Con candidates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 well now i can at least mither my local councillor when the bins don't get emptied on time. he only live round the corner Does he live in Bewsey then Sid or is he going to get a flat of convenience like Grotty did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 82% of folk appear to have considered the whole thing as irrelevent to their lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 well i think we are actually whitecross area and as he only live two streets away and has done for some time. was mayor for a while and used to pop into the imperial pub after the odd engagement in full regalia so you could say he is a local man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enlightened Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 I think that the Libs and the Tories will be quite pleased with the low turnout, chances are the margin of victory would have been even more embarrassing. While we are on the topic of low percentages tho' it is interesting to note that the Tories can have the deputy leader of the council whilst having less than 11% of the seats and the Lib Dems can hold the balance of power in the country with less than 9% of all MPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Makes a bit of a mockery of the voting system eh You're probably right that the libs and cons will be pleased by the low turnout locally as they can blame their lack of support on the weather. Better than having to face upto the reality or admit that maybe 'supporters' have abandoned them due to the government coalition... the coalition that during the run up to the general elections we were all promised would NEVER EVER happen Welcome to the forum by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 I think that the Libs and the Tories will be quite pleased with the low turnout, chances are the margin of victory would have been even more embarrassing.While we are on the topic of low percentages tho' it is interesting to note that the Tories can have the deputy leader of the council whilst having less than 11% of the seats and the Lib Dems can hold the balance of power in the country with less than 9% of all MPs. Quite true, but if we end up with a PR voting system, this kind of arrangement may well become a regular thing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Has this result altered the balance of power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted December 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 It still leaves the coalition with a majority of one. The whips will be busy..... Liberal Democrat 23 + Conservative 6 Labour 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Thanks Vic. They will be getting twitchy with the next lot of elections on the horizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 The LibDems are politically a dead man walking; both locally and Nationally. However, don't expect any changes; there's still a budget deficit to clear, unless they want to run up even more debts that has caused this crisis in the first place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 It still leaves the coalition with a majority of one. The whips will be busy..... Liberal Democrat 23 + Conservative 6 Labour 28 If the Cons had any honour or any sense they'd dump the 'alliance' now. ..........but then they didn't have any honour or sense making this 'pact for power' in the first place! Let them all get what they deserve in May! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 I still can't come to terms with how the two loosers are in power but the party with the majority of seats are the complete outsiders with no power. Should it really be allowed? I'm not an avid labour supporter by the way... so not based on political bias. Does this happen anywhere else of just in politics and council/government areas ? Imagine the uproar with X-factor if the winner (based on the highest number of public votes) was told they had won but then two runners up added their votes together so were now the 'winners' and the true 'winner' then was pushed into 3rd place. Odd comparison you may say to compare politics with the xfactor..... but not really as both are a complete FARCE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Conservatives hate the Lib Dems anyway, but they were offering two cabinet posts, whereas Labour (in local government) can't enter a formal coalition without National Executive approval, and while certain Tory councillors (hello Paul) would have preferred to give ad hoc support to a minority Labour administration they were outvoted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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