Comments on: Devizes

By: John D

John D — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:50:43 +0000

A good Conservative vote share here, comparing with past decades (of course there’ve been boundary changes over the years).

In fact I think 55% is the largest share the Tories have got in a seat called Devizes, post WW2.

Conversely, 10% is the worst share Labour have got post ’45.

The Third Party has hit 26-28% several times over the past few decades, but I don’t think they’ve ever hit 30% in the post-war era.

This remains the safest Tory seat in Wiltshire.

By the by, the former MP Michael Ancram (who of course holds a hereditary peerage as 13th Marquess of Lothian) now sits in the House of Lords, having been given a life peerage, with the title of Baron Kerr of Monteviot, of Monteviot in Roxburghshire.

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:51:26 +0000

CON HOLD

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:04:46 +0000

Con maj 14,000

By: Neily

Neily — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:54:25 +0000

Con Hold

Maj 12 700

By: doktorb

doktorb — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:47:32 +0000

Andrew Neil’s interview with the leader of the Libertarian Party on Daily Politics was an absolute disgrace.

By: Blake Reynolds

Blake Reynolds — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:35:13 +0000

Labour org site has Junab Ali as Labour PPC for Devizes. (Same also on BBC GE2010 site.) Not sure what happened to Sharon Charity. Change has occurred in last two months.

By: The Governor

The Governor — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:10:36 +0000

A raft of good candidates. UKIP and Libs may make it a three horse race here.

By: Shaun Bennett

Shaun Bennett — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:02:57 +0000

Cons Hold= 13,000 maj

By: doktorb

doktorb — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:31:29 +0000

The Libertarian Party website seems to have stopped at Nic Coombe’s candidature. Wonder if the party are much of a going concern anymore?

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:34:54 +0000

The new Lib Dem candidate is Fiona Hornby who stood here in 2005