Comments on: Grantham and Stamford

By: Paul D

Paul D — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:51:11 +0000

Indeed – also the approach to byelections seems to change through the years. When, on the 30th anniversity, the BBC repeated Election ’79 they reported Ashfield as a Lab Gain (a by-election reversal). In 2005 Brent East was a LibDem Gain (they, of course, won it in a by-election during the 01-05 parliament). In 2010, C&N and North Norwich were dubbed “Conservative Win” rather than Gain/Hold, and Labour “won” D&WF, rather than “Hold” – reversing the byelection loss

By: Votedave

Votedave — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:28:44 +0000

Quite right too. It’s not a practise they have always adopted.

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:26:59 +0000

VoteDave – It was reported as a Tory hold because the Tories won it at the Election 2005.

By: Votedave

Votedave — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:23:22 +0000

I’m recalling our long-ago discussion here;
Was this seat reported as a Conservative gain on Election Night?

By: Philip Marlowe

Philip Marlowe — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:50:26 +0000

Apparently Quentin’s getting a peerage in the Dissolution honours list.

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:11:05 +0000

CON HOLD (in effect regain)

By: Robert Waller

Robert Waller — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:05:42 +0000

Would I be right in saying Quentin Davies is not standing anywhere in the election?
If so, he should be added to the list of retiring MPs. He is not marked as such in the Guardian’s ‘politics’ supplement today.

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:52:42 +0000

Con maj 15,000

By: Neily

Neily — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:50:05 +0000

Con Hold

Maj 10 300

By: Shaun Bennett

Shaun Bennett — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:40:43 +0000

Cons Hold (regain)= 11,000 maj