General Election 2010 - Stafford results

[Tumble weed]

Stafford's gone Conservative

Just been on Sky News, bye David Kidney.

 

[Alan B'Stard]

Just announced, Stafford turned Blue.

Jeremy Lefroy Conservative 22,047 43.9 +4.7
David Kidney Labour 16,587 33.0 -10.2
Barry Stamp Liberal Democrat 8,211 16.3 +2.0
Roy Goode UK Independence Party 1,727 3.4 +0.1
Roland Hynd British National Party 1,103 2.2 +2.2
Mike Shone Green 564 1.1 +1.1

 

[John Marwood]

Just announced, Stafford turned Blue.

Jeremy Lefroy Conservative 22,047 43.9 +4.7
David Kidney Labour 16,587 33.0 -10.2
Barry Stamp Liberal Democrat 8,211 16.3 +2.0
Roy Goode UK Independence Party 1,727 3.4 +0.1
Roland Hynd British National Party 1,103 2.2 +2.2
Mike Shone Green 564 1.1 +1.1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsyXdj_p_I

 

[My Name is URL]

Come on you blues

 

[Slainte]

Not a positive thing in my personal opinion that the BNP is up by 2.2 though

 

[tek-monkey]

On a side note the greens got over 500 in Stafford, does that mean they get their fee back?

 

[macabremagpie]

Just saw the results, feeling a little disappointed by this town.

Not sure which is worse - Conservative majority or the fact more people voted BNP than Green!




Admin edit: Edited thread title for clarity.

 

[John Marwood]

The number of BNP voters is not a huge surprise, humans are strange beings and strange beings exist in Stafford too

The Conservative victory is less of a surprise given both the jaded performance of the previous Government and the poor record of Kidney on both the Stafford Hospital disaster and his voting on ID cards, and he also became involved with what has been, and is still a National disaster in practical politics - that being, the rise rise and rise of Junior Ministers who have felt their need to spend our money bringing in endless reams of legislation to Parliament, all of which has to be implemented by businesses, administrators, hospitals, schools etc at huge cost to us individuals - at infinitum

All that, and of course the main story of the last three years - the corrupt gambling syndicate known as the stock market and the world fraud in banking - Not a single prosecution - not a single ray of hope that it will end

 

[Gramaisc]

On a side note the greens got over 500 in Stafford, does that mean they get their fee back?

No. These days your deposit is £500 and you only get it back if you receive 5%, or more, of the total valid votes cast in that constituency.

 

[tek-monkey]

On a side note the greens got over 500 in Stafford, does that mean they get their fee back?

No. These days your deposit is £500 and you only get it back if you receive 5%, or more, of the total valid votes cast in that constituency.

Bugger

 

[Gramaisc]

On a side note the greens got over 500 in Stafford, does that mean they get their fee back?

No. These days your deposit is £500 and you only get it back if you receive 5%, or more, of the total valid votes cast in that constituency.

Bugger

Until 1985 it was £150, but you needed to get 12.5% of the vote. That's "democracy" for you..

 

[Admin]

This thread was actually started by macabremagpie at 07:53, but to keep all relevant discussion in one thread I have moved several of the Exit Poll posts in here, hence Tumble Weed appearing as the author.

 

[shoes]

Come on you blues

Damn straight!

 

[tek-monkey]

Looking at the constituencies left, and assuming polls are correct for the expected results in these places, we should have the remaining split as:

- con 14
- lib 4
- lab 15
- other 2

This means no Con majority, and no chance of a coalition that doesn't involve the LD TBH.
Lab no chance, chance of a majority coalition even with LD very slim.
LD not a chance unless in a coalition with the Cons.

I can't see the 'others' being able to make up the numbers, and would expect a lot of fighting to get them on board. If they agreed with the Cons manifesto they'd be Cons as well.

So, no gov or a Con/Lib gov?

EDIT: If Con/Lib doesn't happen (and I don't think Cameron will allow PR), then who runs the country til we get another vote?
EDIT2: Assuming you think the country is actually ran at all.

 

[Lucy]

Gordon Brown. And he'd stick his heels in. Then I think his own party would have to overthrow him, or the next election (around October time?) will be even worse for Labour.

 

[tek-monkey]

If GB stays I may be forced to vote tory myself next time round, don't let this happen

 

[John Marwood]

Eton Dave crowned King

 

[Gramaisc]

I don't think Cameron will allow PR

Our representatives shouldn't be deciding what they will allow in a 'modern democracy'.

 

[shoes]

Eton Dave crowned King

Excellent!

 

[John Marwood]

Eton Dave crowned King

Excellent!

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