Red Faction
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how do i find out which councillors won in southwark?
my old history teacher was running i want to know if she got in
my old history teacher was running i want to know if she got in
Wot, no local elections results thread?
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www.justfuckinggoogleit.comRed Faction said:
Or, if you're in a hurry, http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCouncil/YourVote/electionresults/
I think that www.socialistunitynetwork.co.uk are doing that.
For the Greens, we have made a net gain of 20 councillors. 5 in Lewisham, 4 in Norwich, 2 in Camden, 1 in Islington, 1 in Southwark, 1 in Lambeth, 1 in Hackney, 1 in Watford, 1 in Sheffield, 1 in Bristol, 1 in Watford and 1 in Oxford.
Matt
For the Greens, we have made a net gain of 20 councillors. 5 in Lewisham, 4 in Norwich, 2 in Camden, 1 in Islington, 1 in Southwark, 1 in Lambeth, 1 in Hackney, 1 in Watford, 1 in Sheffield, 1 in Bristol, 1 in Watford and 1 in Oxford.
Matt
bristol citizen pointed out on the thread in Bristol/SW that next year will be very interesting in Bristol. Southville, Bedminster and Windmill Hill are up again, raising the possibility of further Green gains. Ashley and Easton are also up (they didn't vote this year) and they could both produce a big Green vote.
I think the Lib Dems have reached their high water mark in Bristol, people are starting to rumble them for the craven, dishonest shower they are. They could easily haemorrhage votes to the Greens, with Labour votes going the same way.
I think the Lib Dems have reached their high water mark in Bristol, people are starting to rumble them for the craven, dishonest shower they are. They could easily haemorrhage votes to the Greens, with Labour votes going the same way.
Press statement from the Socialist Party
Socialist Party members’ election successes
Press statement from the Socialist Party
For immediate use: 5 May 2006
[email protected] [email protected]
Further information contact Ken Smith on 020 8988 8778
Socialist Party members – standing as Socialist Alternative candidates and on behalf of Save Huddersfield’s NHS campaign - scored outstanding successes in the local elections.
The election Dr Jackie Grunsell, standing as a Save Huddersfield’s NHS candidate, represents the local government equivalent of the election of the Wyre Valley MP in 2001 who stood against hospital closures in Kidderminster.
Jackie received 2,176 votes, a majority of over 700, on a turnout of over 49%.
Jackie’s victory comes in the aftermath of months of campaigning in the Huddersfield and Kirklees area against threatened hospital cutbacks and closures, where two major demonstrations mobilised thousands on the streets.
The campaign also squeezed out the BNP vote in an area where they were otherwise making some headway.
As well as Jackie, three other Socialist Party members were elected as councilors – Ian Page and Chris Flood in Lewisham Telegraph Hill and Rob Windsor in Coventry St Michael’s.
The Socialist Party now has seven members who are councilors in London, Yorkshire and the West Midlands.
Additionally, many other Socialist Party candidates scored creditable improvements on previous results and saw a consolidation of the party’s support in Coventry and Lewisham.
Socialist Party general secretary Peter Taaffe said today:
“The election of Jackie Grunsell, along with other Socialist Party candidates – as well as other left-wing and independent campaigners on issues such as the NHS – is to be welcomed and shows the potential for a new mass workers’ party to begin to be established.
“And, I’m sure that the election of Jackie Grunsell, which has come at a crucial time in the battle to defend the NHS for working-class people, will greatly assist in developing national campaign on the NHS which links NHS trade unions and community campaigners in calling for a national strike and demonstration to defend the NHS.
Socialist Party members’ election successes
Press statement from the Socialist Party
For immediate use: 5 May 2006
[email protected] [email protected]
Further information contact Ken Smith on 020 8988 8778
Socialist Party members – standing as Socialist Alternative candidates and on behalf of Save Huddersfield’s NHS campaign - scored outstanding successes in the local elections.
The election Dr Jackie Grunsell, standing as a Save Huddersfield’s NHS candidate, represents the local government equivalent of the election of the Wyre Valley MP in 2001 who stood against hospital closures in Kidderminster.
Jackie received 2,176 votes, a majority of over 700, on a turnout of over 49%.
Jackie’s victory comes in the aftermath of months of campaigning in the Huddersfield and Kirklees area against threatened hospital cutbacks and closures, where two major demonstrations mobilised thousands on the streets.
The campaign also squeezed out the BNP vote in an area where they were otherwise making some headway.
As well as Jackie, three other Socialist Party members were elected as councilors – Ian Page and Chris Flood in Lewisham Telegraph Hill and Rob Windsor in Coventry St Michael’s.
The Socialist Party now has seven members who are councilors in London, Yorkshire and the West Midlands.
Additionally, many other Socialist Party candidates scored creditable improvements on previous results and saw a consolidation of the party’s support in Coventry and Lewisham.
Socialist Party general secretary Peter Taaffe said today:
“The election of Jackie Grunsell, along with other Socialist Party candidates – as well as other left-wing and independent campaigners on issues such as the NHS – is to be welcomed and shows the potential for a new mass workers’ party to begin to be established.
“And, I’m sure that the election of Jackie Grunsell, which has come at a crucial time in the battle to defend the NHS for working-class people, will greatly assist in developing national campaign on the NHS which links NHS trade unions and community campaigners in calling for a national strike and demonstration to defend the NHS.
Ave N. Ham
winging it
Fisher_Gate said:
No! I didn't vote.
I went to a couple of things over the mayday weekend expecting to bump into some respect people but didn't. On monday on the Flag Market you were not present.
The greens were and I talked to them. I would put them down as more like lib-dems than anything else.I went to a night organised by the anarchist/syndicalists and that was good and I talked to them. I'll be going to their next meeting.
Nigel Irritable
Five, Ten, Fifteen Years
mutley said:
Yes and if Respect repeat their astonishing breakthrough at every council election from here on in, they should be challenging the mainstream parties in about the year 2110.
articul8
Dishonest sociopath
Macullam said:
I agree with Taaffe about its implications for the medium-long term, but doesn't this win suggest something about the massive distrust of party politics in general at present? - even the BNP (which has a presence in W Yorks and might otherwise have picked up votes as a 'protest' party) were defeated out of site by this campaign. And its not the first time this sort of thing has happened - look at that independent MP elected for Kidderminster.
Couldn't it be cited as evidence for a strategy of (far-) lefts helping to develop and lead single-issue campaigning groups with solid roots in the local communities to begin with, rather than focusing on a developing an (invevitably small at this stage) national party infrastructure?
Perhaps its not an either-or choice. But it does more emphasis should be given to this kind of work at present.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Election for Mayor of Hackney
Candidate 1st Preference 2nd Preference Total
Andrew Boff
Conservative 7,454 1,331 8,785
Mima Bone
Green Party 4,683
Monty Goldman
Communist Party
of Britain 896
Matthew Penhaligon
Liberal Democrats 4,882
Hettie Peters
Independent 2,907
Jules Pipe
Labour Party 20,830 3,403 24,233
Dean Ryan
Respect 2,800
jules pipe romps home in hackney, respect beaten by purple bus driving hettie peters
Candidate 1st Preference 2nd Preference Total
Andrew Boff
Conservative 7,454 1,331 8,785
Mima Bone
Green Party 4,683
Monty Goldman
Communist Party
of Britain 896
Matthew Penhaligon
Liberal Democrats 4,882
Hettie Peters
Independent 2,907
Jules Pipe
Labour Party 20,830 3,403 24,233
Dean Ryan
Respect 2,800
jules pipe romps home in hackney, respect beaten by purple bus driving hettie peters
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
Fisher_Gate said:
Have you got the percentages of the IWCA and Cowley wards?
I just want to see if 'bombing' in 2 wards not stood in 2002 as you say is worse than the 'pretty good for a first outing' 13%.
The IWCA result in Barton was not good. It was only marginally higher than the Green vote - and that ain't a high hurdle to jump, I readily admit. It was 102, which off the top of my head was about 7%. I was very surprised at the margin of Labour victory in Churchill - not quite sure how they managed that one.
Matt
Matt
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
Matt S said:
Did Claire lose her seat then? or the IWCA just not win the other one? I'm lapsed IWCA and nned to get password sorted at the other place so not in the loop like I was.
FG was just trying to make out it was all over in his post despite the IWCA having more people on the council than they've ever had.
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
So the IWCA 'bombed' in Churchill despite coming 2nd and Respect got a great result in Cowley coming last.
LOL I know to get impartial political commentary from fisher gate in future.
LOL I know to get impartial political commentary from fisher gate in future.
Anyone heard of the Community Action Party? Seem a bit like the IWCA without the class-based politics. Despite losing 3 seats in the locals, they are still the main opposition on Wigan Council with 15 seats, only one less than Respect has nationally.
Fisher_Gate
Active Member
Harold Hill said:
Don't misquote me - I said the IWCA 'bombed' in Barton & Sandhills, and 'lost heavily' in Churchill in a ward they won in 2004. Judge for yourself.
I also said the Respect vote in Cowley was 'pretty good' for a first outing, - not 'great'.
The Green result in Iffley Fields was the only one I said was 'excellent'. Because it was.
dennisr
the acceptable face
articul8 said:
There is more than an element of truth in your points article8. but i would agree its not an either/or (as you said yourself). In Hudderfield the NHS campaigners result shows that single-issues are getting results. In Southwark Lois Austin got a - not to bad - 8% primarilly over housing. Other independant housing campaigners got reasonable results in Southwark as well. The respect result in Bristol reflects the candidates standing over the issue of jobs in the area.
In the limited areas where the SP already has a base of support we stand on a full programme as a party but building that initial base is often around key local single-issue campaigns. Where a campaign based on a working-class issue (for want of a better term...) takes off, gets an echo and sees wider activity and involvement by local people we would support that campaign over standing ourselves as SP. And elections can be usefull in building such campaigns - although not a replacement of course. Whatever approach is getting the biggest echo and whatever approach is drawing the widest layers into independant activity - but i don't think we can base a completely prescriptive strategy around "only single-issue as the way forward" as some tend to argue. It is, certainly, a key part of any strategy if the left is serious about re-building its support within working class communities.
On occasion we also stand paper candidates as one, admitedly limited, way of attempting to build our own membership and more generally 'test the water' using the limited opportunity elections offer for talking with people.
KeyboardJockey
Clowns to the Left of me
cockneyrebel said:
So both Newham and Barking and Dagenham have now got Communitarian wankstains of one sort or another as councillors
Makes you want to weep.
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
belboid said:
Don'tr live in Hounslow at the moment and don't know anything about this group - although I did note that they had some Asian candidates. There is however an Isleworth Community party that has been on the council for some years, one of whose leaders had links with the far right in the past. Odd to see Labour lose control of Hounslow as even when the Borough had two Tory MP's the council was always Labour.
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