Comments on: Blackpool North and Cleveleys

By: richard

richard — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:13:23 +0000

“I remember reading years ago that Sedgefield was very pleasant. Might not be now as this was a while back.”

Sedgefield town is pleasant and would vote Conservative.

I suspect the Durham pit villages which make up the majority of Sedgefield constituency aren’t and don’t.

By: Tory

Tory — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:55:11 +0000

Stone, in the West Midlands region.

By: BT SAYS...

BT SAYS... — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:31:02 +0000

I don’t mean because LD won, but because of my English!

By: BT SAYS...

BT SAYS... — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:30:16 +0000

Can someone please remind me what the constituency is where the by-election was where Lib Dem had a rare win ( I think from Labour) – reported earlier today.

What an awful sounding sentence.

By: Hector

Hector — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:20:53 +0000

For wealthiest Labour seats there are probably a few around where people have got into the habit of voting Labour and have always done so, such as former mining towns, many of which have now become quite affluent.

I remember reading years ago that Sedgefield was very pleasant. Might not be now as this was a while back.

For Tory seats there are many around where parts of them are extremely run down, often the town centres, and they contain some big Labour-voting estates, but the strength is in the outer areas.

By: Tory

Tory — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:39:54 +0000

I liked Joe’s question about the wealthiest Labour constituencies. Off the top of my head, Wirral South comes to mind. There are a couple of council estates but it is overwhelmingly middle-class on the whole- something like 82% owner occupied.

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:13:31 +0000

Yes the figures can’t measure aesthetic qualities and its true Thurrock must be one of the ugliest Conservative held seats, but it certainly wouldn’t be near the bottom on the sort of measures of deprivation. Hastings is a possible I’d agree

By: akmd

akmd — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:13:05 +0000

Forgot to mention that all three of those seats are in three of the top four most expensive London boroughs for property.

By: akmd

akmd — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:11:19 +0000

“How about the most affluent Labour seats? Birmingham Edgbaston? East Renfewhsire? Hammersmith”

I think Hampstead & Kilburn and Westminster North would be better choices than Hammersmith. Those two have some extremely expensive properties within their boundaries which Hammersmith doesn’t really have.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:52:52 +0000

On purely income it certainly wouldn’t be granted. I think its more grotty and generally awful than the figures would suggest. Maybe Hastings would be a better SE option