Brexit again...

[Fosse69]

So is he registered to vote in two different places? Is that legal?

 

Probably per residence in local elections? But if he did vote in Oxfordshire why take the tweet down?

[Jacko51]

Probably per residence in local elections? But if he did vote in Oxfordshire why take the tweet down?

 

Because someone told him he was an idiot??

[Jacko51]

"After criticism, a source close to Johnson claimed he had voted near his second home in Thame in South Oxfordshire. He said he did not know why Johnson had deleted the tweet, and he could not explain why Johnson was registered to vote outside his Uxbridge constituency."

[For Us All]

In comparison to a remain city with Lab up from 52 to 53, LD 1, Con down to 0 from 1.

 

Where's that?

[For Us All]

So is he registered to vote in two different places? Is that legal?

 

Students seem to think it's ok?

[For Us All]

Probably per residence in local elections? But if he did vote in Oxfordshire why take the tweet down?

 

He's probably highlighting how easy it is double vote especially in places like Oxford?

[geosname]

In comparison to a remain city with Lab up from 52 to 53, LD 1, Con down to 0 from 1.

 

Hardly a swing mate...... Tories took a right kicking but Labour didn't fair any better..... on the losing end of the last one they lost another 100+ in this one.... that's not good mate, that's bloody terrible.

Both parties lost a lot, no sympathy from me, sad thing is lib dems and the greens are hailing the second coming....... both trying to become important in a two party system that will squeeze them dry..... and no matter how they try to spin it UKIP is dying on its feet and I wouldn't be surprised if the brexit party wipes them out in the Europeans.

 

If farage gets the by election all hell will break loose.

[Fosse69]

Where's that?

Leicester the former champions of England

[Fosse69]

Hardly a swing mate...... Tories took a right kicking but Labour didn't fair any better..... on the losing end of the last one they lost another 100+ in this one.... that's not good mate, that's bloody terrible.

Both parties lost a lot, no sympathy from me, sad thing is lib dems and the greens are hailing the second coming....... both trying to become important in a two party system that will squeeze them dry..... and no matter how they try to spin it UKIP is dying on its feet and I wouldn't be surprised if the brexit party wipes them out in the Europeans.

 

If farage gets the by election all hell will break loose.

It was not quoted as a swing, just a remain city Leicester unmoved. Brexit winning a by-election not likely, too many parties.

[RailwayRowdy]

Local elections ? What really is the point ?

 

I have NEVER found any local councillor to actually act on any of my complaints. Unless there was an upcoming election, you never hear from any candidate of any party.Most people would not even know who their local councillor was.

 

I find it quite depressing that people who bother to vote do so with little, if any, knowledge of what promises candidates offer yet will almost certainly fail to provide.

 

Don’t make alleged protest votes to Independant candidates, simply don’t vote. I pray for the day that we have an election, local or national, when not one single person casts one single vote.

 

Democracy in this country is dead.

[Fosse69]

He's probably highlighting how easy it is double vote especially in places like Oxford?

 

Someone such as a MP or student is allowed to register in 2 places, whether physically possible to vote at both places is a matter of trust. An electronic system would avoid that, but could let in the Chinese.

[mr.hobblesworth]

Hardly a swing mate...... Tories took a right kicking but Labour didn't fair any better..... on the losing end of the last one they lost another 100+ in this one.... that's not good mate, that's bloody terrible.

 

That's completely untrue. Labour didn't do very well but to compare their 80 losses to the tories 1,200+ and then state what you have is a bit insane. The BBC are doing it too; the Radio 4 Evening News stated "the conservatives losing over 1000 councillors and Labour also suffering losses" as if the scale was remotely comparable. Labour lost less than UKIP but I don't see any headlines about that.

[whotobeakiller]

No party gained overall control of the*city council*but the Tories more than doubled their number of councillors from 7 to 15, with everyone else losing seats.

Important gains for the Tories included Dr Chandra Kanneganti’s win in Goldenhill and Sandyford,a seat previously held by Labour.

It was a Conservative clean sweep in Baddeley,Milton and Norton and it means Dave Evans,Carl Edwards and James Smith are all victorious.

Maxine Clark won Blurton West and Newstead which is another Conservative gain from Labour.

Victory in Broadway and Longton East for Asman Ali as he defeated sitting Labour councillor Chris Robinson.

In Meir South Faisal Hussain has also taken the seat for the Tories after defeating Labour’s Debbie Wheeldon.

And finally,Tory veteran Ross Irving is back in after winning the Weston Coyney seat.

The Greens,UKIP and For Britain who fielded 12 candidates between them failed to win a single seat.

Overall turnout in Stoke-on-Trent was 30.25%

 

UKIP did not field candidates in a lot of areas where they would have won. I was asked to stand at very late notice and only 24 hours before the deadline but I didn't have enough time to get together relevant nominations...looking at the turnouts in the wards in Stoke I don't think I missed out on much

 

Burslem Central turnout very poor and I voted for the independent candidate who mustered 444 votes. The 580 votes for the Labour candidate obviously local labour diehards who would vote for a murderer with a red rosette. Areas like Derby and Sunderland saw UKIP gain seats and a brilliant achievement for a small party who are building up again.. the picture is that people are fed up with the political system and there needs to be Proportional representation...not backed by Labour's Ruth Smeeth but then again it wouldn't be in her parties and her own best interests to back a PR system

 

In her words...keeps the smaller parties out...in other words keeps her in

 

In another posters words...democracy is dead

[Jacko51]

UKIP did not field candidates in a lot of areas where they would have won. I was asked to stand at very late notice and only 24 hours before the deadline but I didn't have enough time to get together relevant nominations...looking at the turnouts in the wards in Stoke I don't think I missed out on much

 

Burslem Central turnout very poor and I voted for the independent candidate who mustered 444 votes. The 580 votes for the Labour candidate obviously local labour diehards who would vote for a murderer with a red rosette. Areas like Derby and Sunderland saw UKIP gain seats and a brilliant achievement for a small party who are building up again.. the picture is that people are fed up with the political system and there needs to be Proportional representation...not backed by Labour's Ruth Smeeth but then again it wouldn't be in her parties and her own best interests to back a PR system

 

In her words...keeps the smaller parties out...in other words keeps her in

 

In another posters words...democracy is dead

 

UKIP lost 80% of the seats it defended. If that's a party building up I'd hate to see what a party in decline looks like. Perhaps it was they were so well organised in sorting out their candidates?

[geosname]

That's completely untrue. Labour didn't do very well but to compare their 80 losses to the tories 1,200+ and then state what you have is a bit insane. The BBC are doing it too; the Radio 4 Evening News stated "the conservatives losing over 1000 councillors and Labour also suffering losses" as if the scale was remotely comparable. Labour lost less than UKIP but I don't see any headlines about that.

 

Even with a loss of 1334 the Tories still have 1539 more than Labour.

A party ripped by division and infighting, failing miserably as a government, propped up by another party and the party of the people didn't make up any ground and in fact lost 80+ isn't good, in fact it's a disaster.

You would normally see gains by the opposition mid term but it couldn't even hold the few it had... the Tories gained in Labour's target city of Stoke.

The Tories could have lost another 1,000 and still have more than Labour.

The Tories deserved to lose heavily.... but you would expect Labour to gain some if not a huge amount..... but they lost another 80 on top of what they lost last time.

I very much doubt this result would be repeated in a general election but it should be shaking Labour to the core..... the problem is..... which way will they jump off the fence?.... Will it be a case of..... oh well we didn't do as badly as the Tories?

UKIP were crushed... good.

Independents did well..... which could be a sign of dissatisfaction with the big 2.

 

The Tories started with 4896.

Labour started with 2105.