bigfatronssba
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Comes in 5th behind Labour, Conservatives, greens, and Bnp.
Comes in 5th behind Labour, Conservatives, greens, and Bnp.
5th out of 6. Only beat the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition party.
Not sure whether This is good news or not. Have nothing against any sort of protest. But it does show that the protest vote isn't there. The Labo idea of getting the fans behind the SISU plan isn't working. It might have even got more votes for Lucas that are against it happening. But how much longer are SISU happy or prepared to attempt to get what they want?
Lucas got 15% of the vote. 85% did not elect the person who leads the council. Given that only a tiny percentage of the electorate can be bothered to vote for the leader what do you expect?
Lucas got 15% of the vote. 85% did not elect the person who leads the council. Given that only a tiny percentage of the electorate can be bothered to vote for the leader what do you expect?
235 Votes. Did he get his deposit back? Better than I expected ( maybe because he's a decent guy - apparently ). It got publicity, but does it help us move forward?
Lucas got 15% of the vote. 85% did not elect the person who leads the council. Given that only a tiny percentage of the electorate can be bothered to vote for the leader what do you expect?
Lucas got 15% of the vote. 85% did not elect the person who leads the council. Given that only a tiny percentage of the electorate can be bothered to vote for the leader what do you expect?
I think you're clutching at straws a bit there grendull. Yes the turn out was low, but it wasn't the lowest and besides. It's a reflection of politics in general not a reflection of AL. And when you look at the bigger picture nothing changed. Coventry still has the same balance of power as it did before.
Labour has 34 seats and Conservative have 11.
And by that measure, Mr Patton got less than 2 per cent "of the vote".
Where was the turnout lower out of interest - national average was 36%
Comes in 5th behind Labour, Conservatives, greens, and Bnp.
Which I would say is about right, at least 95% dont care where the club plays or about the concrete block near the M6. It is not an issue if we stay in Northampton to the vast majority of the electorate, problem isn't it.
Where was the turnout lower out of interest - national average was 36%
Lucas got 15% of the vote. 85% did not elect the person who leads the council. Given that only a tiny percentage of the electorate can be bothered to vote for the leader what do you expect?
235 votes, more of a laughing stock than a stalking horse. Ann Lucas got more votes than all the votes cast for the other candidates added together.
i rather think that Rob Stevens has a long way to go if he is to become a political strategist!
To be fair, she got 55 per cent of the votes cast in Holbrook - http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-city-council-elections-early-7161495
Turnout across the city wasn't great (30.69%)
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She got 15% of the eligable vote
It shows the Coventry public don't care if we stay in Northampton or not.
When I asked Brian yesterday he said he'd be happy to get into three figures. To go from a standing start to this in just a few weeks is pretty good going in my book. Didn't finish last either which was next on the list
The main aim was to keep the cause in the media – a great success – and to move things forward with pressure on all sides to get this mess sorted.
We saw this as another way of keeping the ball rolling and we've got a good platform to build on with more support and a louder voice.
BTW, thanks to everyone here who has given feedback – both -ve & +ve – and 99.9% with respect and good humour and it is appreciated.
We put out a short press release last night which is here:
http://getcovbacktothericoh.org/our-reaction-to-our-election-campaign/
When I asked Brian yesterday he said he'd be happy to get into three figures. To go from a standing start to this in just a few weeks is pretty good going in my book. Didn't finish last either which was next on the list
It shows the Coventry public don't care if we stay in Northampton or not.
I was talking about the local elections. If you look at the other wards Holbrooks was not the lowest turnout and a good few were lower. So like I say, an indication of politics in general not of AL's approval. But you keep clutching.
It shows the Coventry public don't care if we stay in Northampton or not.
Personally, I was disappointed Mr Patton didn't turn up to the count.
I would have been interested to meet him face to face.
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BTW, no deposit required in local elections. The thing that does cost is registering a party which is something we didn't have time to do (takes 20 working days) and there was some discussion as to whether we'd have got more 'casual votes' with Get Cov Back to the Ricoh on the ballot paper.
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