Comments on: Blackburn

By: Lancs Observer

Lancs Observer — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:37:14 +0000

Beardwood By-election result: Cons 1,097. Labour 572. LibDem 51. rejected: 29votes.

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:49:18 +0000

Blackburn with Darwen May 2011
Lab gain from NOC

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:04:04 +0000

This seat was unchanged boundaries in 1974.
They said Barbara Castle had had some difficulty here in 1970. – but not all that much (figures below).

February 1974
Blackburn
[E] Labour hold
BA Castle Labour 20,340 48.37%
ID McGaw Conservative 14,040 33.39%
F Beetham Liberal 5,891 14.01%
J Kingsley Read National Front 1,778 4.23%
Electorate: 53,767; Turnout: 78.21%;
Majority: 6,300 (14.98%)

1970
Blackburn
[E] Labour hold
B Castle Labour 22,473 53.24%
RT Gardner Conservative 19,737 46.76%
Electorate: 55,875; Turnout: 75.54%;
Majority: 2,736 (6.48%)

By: Rachel B

Rachel B — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:25:37 +0000

I think you’ll find he was elected President of the NUS (National Union of Students) NOT the NHS in 1969.

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:53:24 +0000

I predicted this,
I see I have over-estimated the Tories.
I thought I might be being too generous to Labour actually, with any significant increase,
but Straw did really quite well .

“I think this result had a somewhat distorted result last time, and also rather doubt it would have as large a Conservative increase as national – but still a substantial one.

May 2010

Most likely

*Lab 19,367 43.9% +1.9%
Con 12,617 28.6% +5.8%
LD 5,515 12.5% -8.1%
BNP 2,559 5.8%
UKIP 1,147 2.6%
Green 1,103 2.5%
Oths 1,809 4.1%

Total votes 44,117
Lab majority 6,750 15.3% (-3.9%)
Swing 2.0% from Lab to Con
Lab hold “

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:49:30 +0000

Few of them came back in any thread, except where they want to point score about seats where other parties did badly.
I think it’s rude, because other people have had the courtsey to go back over seats where their parties did badly, and try to find out why.
They’re bad losers basically

By: H.Hemmelig

H.Hemmelig — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:22:27 +0000

Strange that none of the idiotic posters above have come back to defend their predictions of a Lib Dem gain.

Straw won by almost 10,000 with Lib Dems 3rd on 15%.

That kind of nonsense ramping should warrant being banned from the site.

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:09:26 +0000

Jack Straw announced today that he is to stand down from the Labour Front Bench when the new leader is elected.

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:56:26 +0000

LAB HOLD

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 03 May 2010 11:27:05 +0000

Straw will win this easily