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I know who I'd vote for
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:34 am
by Gob
Stoke-on-Trent Central candidates, in alphabetical order
Mohammed Yaqub Akram - Independent
Zulfiqar Ali - Liberal Democrats
Jack Brereton - Conservatives
The Incredible Flying Brick - Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Adam Colclough - Green Party
Godfrey Davies - Christian Peoples Alliance
Barbara Fielding - Independent
David Furness - British National Party Local People First
Paul Nuttall - UKIP
Gareth Snell - Labour
Re: I know who I'd vote for
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:38 am
by Bicycle Bill
I assume you're talking about the "candidate" whose name you turned into a hyperlink. Just be careful. Most
(reasonable) people thought Trump was just a joke too. Now he's living proof of the truism:
-"BB"-
Re: I know who I'd vote for
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:24 pm
by Lord Jim
I see the UKIP candidate has the unfortunate name of "Nuttall"...
Re: I know who I'd vote for
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:34 am
by Gob
Stoke-on-Trent Central results in full
Gareth Snell, Labour 7,853
Paul Nuttall, UKIP 5,233
Jack Brereton, Conservative 5,154
Zulfiqar Ali Lib Dems, 2,083
Adam Colclough, Greens, 294
Barbara Fielding, Independent, 137
The Incredible Flying Brick, Official Monster Raving Loony Party, 127
David Furness, British National Party Local People First, 124
Godfrey Davies Christian People's Alliance, 109
Mohammed Akram, Independent, 56
Re: I know who I'd vote for
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:25 pm
by Lord Jim
So a Conservative constituency where Labour won because of a Conservative-UKIP vote split...
Re: I know who I'd vote for
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:23 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Re: I know who I'd vote for
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:48 pm
by Sue U
I note Official Monster Raving Loony Party bested BNP, at least. Truly, it is the better joke.
Re: I know who I'd vote for
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:47 pm
by Scooter
Lord Jim wrote:So a Conservative constituency where Labour won because of a Conservative-UKIP vote split...
It is a constituency where Labour received an outright majority of the vote in every election from 1950 to 2005, except for 1983. In 2010 there was a Labour/Lib Dem/Conservative three-way split which changed to a Labour/UKIP/Conservative split in 2015 (and which held within a couple of points in 2017). 2015 was the first time that UKIP broke 5%.