View Full Version : Use your vote wisely tomorrow!
aurora green
03-05-2006, 19:50
Just in case anyone forgets, and inspired by Brixton Hatters excellent rant on the Green fair thread, thought it might be worth doing a last minute list of reasons why the current incumbents at the town hall need changing...
Well, there's the ridiculous new fencing rules concerning festivals in Brockwell Park for one, leading to the cancellation of above fair...
The banning of the much loved cannabis festival,
The travesty and loss of St. Agnes place,
The re-structuring of Lambeth housing (dis)services (re-locating neighbourhood housing offices away from neighbourhoods),
and the joke that was the 'one call, does it all' phone line....
The threat that currently hangs over the leisure centers...
Tate gardens...destroying and removing our fountain and replacing it with, concrete wasteland
Urm...Anyone got any more..?
Just in case anyone forgets, and inspired by Brixton Hatters excellent rant on the Green fair thread, thought it might be worth doing a last minute list of reasons why the current incumbents at the town hall need changing...
Urm...Anyone got any more..?
Hatboy came up with a few good'uns here:
http://www.electionmemory.com/?p=1147#comment-36
:D
aurora green
03-05-2006, 21:08
How could I forget all that Fitchett business?
...three million pounds that was supposed to be for council housing repairs has been embezzled. LibDem Councillor Fitchett was responsible for this but refused to resign and kept taking inflated wages as he “does a lot of extra work"...
:mad:
I'm voting for a Labour candidate called Steve Reed, purely because he's been a blooming fantastic councillor, and endlessly patient and helpful with problems I've had. Might not usually vote Labour but will make exception in his case! :)
Tricky Skills
03-05-2006, 21:43
There's the knobber Anthony Bottrall standing for re-election as a Love Me I'm a Liberal in Stockwell. This is the fool let us not forget who ordered his lackies to paint over the de Menezes murall (http://www.mondaysmusings.blogspot.com/pictemps/whitewash.html)
DJWrongspeed
03-05-2006, 21:45
well there's the LEAP candidates for schools, but i think i'll go green:p
Elkin Atwell and Be Atwell are both candidates for the green party.
top_biller
04-05-2006, 09:08
The only campaign leaflets I've had through the door are Green Party, are there any other specific local issues that the other parties are running on that I might need to know about?
citydreams
04-05-2006, 09:36
where to vote?
I've not received any info from Lambeth as to where my polling station is.
I know that I can vote at the town hall until 16:30, but after that is there a central voting place?
CharlieAddict
04-05-2006, 09:37
me too. i haven't even recieved me polling card!!!
RaverDrew
04-05-2006, 09:41
I've lost my polling card, is there anything I can do about it?
Donna Ferentes
04-05-2006, 09:41
You don't need one.
citydreams
04-05-2006, 09:41
The lambeth electoral number (whcih I couldn't find on the website) is
0207 926 2685
RaverDrew
04-05-2006, 09:50
You don't need one.
Would I need to provide any i.d. like a passport etc.
OpalFruit
04-05-2006, 10:01
I didn't receive a polling card, either.
Just give your address and then your name. No i.d needed.
The least 'high security' procedure I have encountered in ages!
CharlieAddict
04-05-2006, 10:02
I've not received any info from Lambeth as to where my polling station is.
I know that I can vote at the town hall until 16:30, but after that is there a central voting place?
the primary school off palace road, sw2 is open 'til 10pm. unsure if it's 'central.'
lemontop
04-05-2006, 11:30
I live in the Gipsy Hill / Crystal Palace bit of Lambeth but can't seem to find anything in the manifestos about where we live. It all seems to be concentrated on Brixton. Any idea where I can find some local info before I vote today?
Minnie_the_Minx
04-05-2006, 11:57
Tate gardens...destroying and removing our fountain and replacing it with, concrete wasteland
Urm...Anyone got any more..?
Wasting money on the sign telling us that it's Tate Gardens 100th anniversary :mad:
aurora green
04-05-2006, 12:02
Would I need to provide any i.d. like a passport etc.
Nope, I've just been to vote and I just gave my name and adress. No problem.
Can I just add to the list, Revitalise....
I think i'll be going Labour...the Lib Dems have fucked things up royally and Mark Bennet in Streatham South seems okay in the grand scheme of things.
CharlieAddict
04-05-2006, 12:31
I think i'll be going Labour...the Lib Dems have fucked things up royally and Mark Bennet in Streatham South seems okay in the grand scheme of things.
ditto.
did anyone get 'em coloured copied, hand-written letters?
quite a personable tactic, forgot which party it was.
Seem,s to habve got fuck all from the Cons (shame!) or LibDems, but loads from Labour - I think 4 different newsletters in the past few months.
I live in the Gipsy Hill / Crystal Palace bit of Lambeth but can't seem to find anything in the manifestos about where we live. It all seems to be concentrated on Brixton. Any idea where I can find some local info before I vote today?
Here you go - info for whole of Lambeth:
http://www.electionmemory.com
i'm going to wander up in a bit. only one option i can see
citydreams
04-05-2006, 15:02
Gah! I still haven't found out where the Herne Hill polling station is.
aurora green
04-05-2006, 15:07
Gah! I still haven't found out where the Herne Hill polling station is.
Wish I could help with this, Herne Hill is a really crucial ward if you're thinking of voting Green....
Are you anywhere near Jessops school?
citydreams
04-05-2006, 15:10
Hoorah! finally got through to Lambeth council. My nearest polling station is St Saviour's Church Hall.
Thanks Aurora.
Mr Retro
04-05-2006, 15:18
Does anybody happen to know where the polling station is for the Ferndale Ward?
citydreams
04-05-2006, 15:19
Dunno... it's worth letting the phone ring and ring on
0207 926 2685 (Lambeth electoral dept)
It's a shambles innit.
CharlieAddict
04-05-2006, 15:37
i got through really quickly. gave my name/address and they gave me a number to vote with.
RaverDrew
04-05-2006, 15:40
Managed to vote green without my polling card. :cool:
Sweetpea
04-05-2006, 19:08
I would have, except I was excluded by violence: http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=161279
Nickster
04-05-2006, 20:01
This is the first election where I've actually read all the main parties' manifestos as I've been really unsure about who to vote for. I was planning on voting Green but I couldn't find anything in their manifesto about tackling crime. Living in central Brixton this is kind of a high priority for me! So in the end I didn't vote for them. Please, any Greens out there correct me if I've got it wrong.
I was gonna vote green but the horror of having the libdem/tory alliance again was just too threatening so I voted tactically!
And gave the greens one cos that's where my heart lies....
aurora green
05-05-2006, 06:32
I was gonna vote green but the horror of having the libdem/tory alliance again was just too threatening so I voted tactically!
And gave the greens one cos that's where my heart lies....
Sounds like you weren't the only one....
Results (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/ay.stm)
and Yippee!!! We have a change of power at the Town Hall.
I am very dissapointed for Shane Collins and the rest of the Greens though, I know they worked really hard..
memespring
05-05-2006, 07:43
Sounds like you weren't the only one....
Results
(http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/ay.stm)
and Yippee!!! We have a change of power at the Town Hall.
I am very dissapointed for Shane Collins and the rest of the Greens though, I know they worked really hard..
Looks like Herne Hill is having a recount though - maybe Shane is still in with a chance?
Edit: Just checked and the Libdems have been properly humped havent they! lost 10 seats or so.
aurora green
05-05-2006, 07:53
Looks like Herne Hill is having a recount though - maybe Shane is still in with a chance?
Wow, is it that close?
memespring
05-05-2006, 08:00
Wow, is it that close?
I dont know. The radio saiud one or two seats are still being counted, and the council website says herne hill hasnt been decided.
Results so far are here: http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D0E72067-F98F-40DB-9798-E52330ADFAAA/0/LambethElectionResults2006.pdf
(very large file)
memespring
05-05-2006, 08:03
Looks like Keith Fitchett has gone.
aurora green
05-05-2006, 08:10
Looks like Keith Fitchett has gone.
Can this be true???? Don't want to celebrate too soon.....:D
btw, my machine just totally crashed trying to look at that Lambeth file...
memespring
05-05-2006, 08:14
Can this be true???? Don't want to celebrate too soon.....:D
btw, my machine just totally crashed trying to look at that Lambeth file...
Here's the page:
http://www.memedev.com/princes.png
aurora green
05-05-2006, 08:15
Ding Dong the witch is dead!!!!!
We had a power cut on the road the jessops school polling station was last night - maybe that's why Herne Hill was still being counted. The street lights still worked so they had to take the polling station outside. It was quite bizarre. I took a pic of it (no one got anry with me for taking pics of a polling station)
memespring
05-05-2006, 08:34
We had a power cut on the road the jessops school polling station was last night - maybe that's why Herne Hill was still being counted. The street lights still worked so they had to take the polling station outside. It was quite bizarre. I took a pic of it (no one got anry with me for taking pics of a polling station)
The election of councillors in Herne Hill is subject to a recount, which is expected to be declared today.
Looks like it's an actual recount.
Mr Retro
05-05-2006, 09:44
I didn't vote.
I couldn't find where to vote on the lambeth website. I couldn't get through to Lambeth Electoral dept and on the way home from work there were no flyers or sign posts or anything.
To be honest I wasn't prepared to put much more effort than that into finding the polling station.
Quite a remarkable result which looks to buck the national and London trend.
My guess would be that the Lib Dems have paid a price for coalition with the Conservatives. Labour lost 15 seats last time (if I recall correrectly). A lot of those would have been traditional Labour voters who decided to give Labour a kick and then were horrified to find they'd let the Conservatives (and specifically some of the 'characters' in Lambeth Conservatives) into office.
This time round they've taken no chances.
The turnout looks to be up too.
Needless to say: Commiserations and congratulations, as appropriate, to those Urban75 posters 'directly' affected!
Unofficial word seems to be that one Green has got in in Herne Hill and the recount is around a second. Anyone else heard that?
OpalFruit
05-05-2006, 10:36
So pleased Fitchett got trounced. 27 votes!!
How did he have the gall to even stand? Why on earth would the LibDems have allowed him to stand?
Any other news? My computer can't open the pdf, either.
memespring
05-05-2006, 10:48
My computer can't open the pdf, either.
Trying to copy it out at the mo.
memespring
05-05-2006, 11:09
Maybe not - there's a zip here though www.electionmemory.com/results.zip
corporate whore
05-05-2006, 11:24
Unofficial word seems to be that one Green has got in in Herne Hill and the recount is around a second. Anyone else heard that?
council Web site saying similar..
Just glanced at Sky News, and there was Tessa Jowell beaming in Herne Hill, expressing regret about Charles Clarke (and secretly offering thanks for her own hide) like she had anything to do with Labour taking back the borough.
:rolleyes:
aurora green
05-05-2006, 11:37
Unofficial word seems to be that one Green has got in in Herne Hill and the recount is around a second. Anyone else heard that?
Yeah, I've also heard that.
One Green in, and the recount is for Shane Collins, by a margin of 10 votes apparently.
William of Walworth
05-05-2006, 12:51
Yeah, I've also heard that.
One Green in, and the recount is for Shane Collins, by a margin of 10 votes apparently.
MORE NEWS NEEDED -- please post it when you hear ... :)
aurora green
05-05-2006, 15:07
The recount began at 2pm...
Streathamite
05-05-2006, 15:37
I'd love it if shane got in....
William of Walworth
05-05-2006, 15:45
Posted by jpm in the other thread ("Labour gain Lambeth") at 2:35 pm :
Looked at the count as if Kirsty McHugh (Lab) was top, Jim Dickson (Lab) second apparently a handful of votes ahead of Rebecca Thackray (Green) who was just in front of Shane Collins. So recount for second and third, likely to end up as written.
Health Warning : Above is NOT authoritative. And is out of date by now.
It does sound like jpm is/was at the count ... unless he saw it on TV??
Just to confirm - Becca Thackeray topped the poll in Herne Hill for the Greens and Shane Collins missed out by just 16 votes for the third seat.
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2541
Posted by jpm in the other thread ("Labour gain Lambeth") at 2:35 pm :
Health Warning : Above is NOT authoritative. And is out of date by now.
It does sound like jpm is/was at the count ... unless he saw it on TV??
Yes, but this is. Got the order wrong - Thackray top on 1359, McHugh on 1343, Dickson on 1314. Shane fourth on 1298.
Just to confirm - Becca Thackeray topped the poll in Herne Hill for the Greens and Shane Collins missed out by just 16 votes for the third seat.
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2541
Damned! Beat me to it!
William of Walworth
05-05-2006, 16:21
Sixteen votes!!
What a pisser :(
And Labour were miles ahead (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/ay.stm) (I mean across Lambeth generally), they could have managed with 38 rather than 39 councillors ... :(
aurora green
05-05-2006, 16:21
16 votes eh? That was close.
corporate whore
05-05-2006, 16:28
Wasn't it just.. shame for Shane, but fucking hell I've got a green councillor..
:)
gaijingirl
05-05-2006, 16:29
Ah no!!! I wish I'd moved to Herne Hill and had a large family now... :(
16 votes.. what a bummer! :(
Still good show! :)
aurora green
05-05-2006, 16:29
... fucking hell I've got a green councillor..
:)
innit!!!! :cool: :cool: :cool:
Sixteen votes!!
What a pisser :(
And Labour were miles ahead (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/ay.stm) (I mean across Lambeth generally), they could have managed with 38 rather than 39 councillors ... :(
slow and steady wins the race Will. Everywhere I've bothered looking Greens have been quietly building their vote over the past few years. Take a look at Lewisham to see what happenes when one good Green gets elected to the council - last night Darren Johnson got five more councillors to keep him company in the town hall :)
There's Green breakthroughs all over London now and plenty more around the country. If past performance is anything to go by they'll maintain their foothold and win more seats in the future :)
William of Walworth
06-05-2006, 07:50
That's fair enough, but sixteen votes!!!!
Congrats to Shane on geting so close, but it's still a shame to miss out so narrowly, and with him being a friend of ours and all, I was looking out for his result particularly.
I don't know Rebecca Thackeray, but I'm sure she'll do a good job!
Ms Ordinary
06-05-2006, 08:20
Yes, but this is. Got the order wrong - Thackray top on 1359, McHugh on 1343, Dickson on 1314. Shane fourth on 1298.
So it really was only 16 votes away from 2 Green councillors!
Proves your vote really could count.
Wasn't it just.. shame for Shane, but fucking hell I've got a green councillor..
:)
Absofuckinglutely. So refreshing to know my vote counted for something more than a token gesture for once. Looks like it was a fantastic turnout in Herne Hill ward too and massive support for the greens generally. Unlucky for Shane but looking at the results, reckon we can return 3 Green Councillors for the ward next time!
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