Local by-election results from 5/12/13
The results from local UK by-elections involving Green candidates are as follows:
Glasgow, Shettleston: Lab 2025 (53.5%), SNP 1086 (28.7%), Con 224 (5.9%), UKIP 129 (3.4%), TUSC 68 (1.8%), Lib Dem 53 (1.4%), No Bedroom Tax 50 (1.3%), Green 41 (1.1%), Socialist 35 (0.9%), Christian 34 (0.9%), Britannica 31 (0.8%), SDA 6 (0.2%)
Liverpool, Riverside: Lab 1055 (70.9%), Green 144 (9.7%), UKIP 119 (8.0%), Lib Dem 64 (4.3%), TUSC 49 (3.3%), Con 39 (2.6%), English Democrats 9 (0.6%), Cooney (Ind) 7, Goudie (Ind) 1 (0.1%)
Manchester, Ancoats & Clayton: Lab 965 (57.5%), Liberal 219 (13.1%), UKIP 138 (8.2%), Green 106 (6.3%), Con 75 (4.5%), Pirate 72 (4.3%), BNP 46 (2.7%), Lib Dem 31 (1.8%), TUSC 17 (1.0%), Comm League 9 (0.5%).
Nuneaton and Bedworth, Arbury: Con 395 (40.4%), Lab 369 (37.7%), UKIP 109 (11.1%), Green 56 (5.7%), BNP 35 (3.6%), TUSC 8 (0.8%), English Democrats 6 (0.6%).
Although these by-elections were remarkably interesting in the choice of candidates, the turnout for all of them ranged from deplorable to just awful, with Liverpool Riverside's by-election having a turnout of 11%-surely one of the lowest turnouts for a local by-election on record! Partly as a result of these terrible turnout figures, there were several candidates who got fewer than 10 votes.
We Greens have strength in some parts of Glasgow, although Govan has sadly never been one of them-and with 12 candidates including ours in a part of Glasgow dominated by Labour and the SNP, it was quite an uphill struggle. John Flanagan's no bedroom tax ticket fared pretty badly here, considering his respectable performance in the Govan local by-election nearby some time ago. As for hopeless Scottish Democratic Alliance (a somewhat right-wing, Eurosceptic, Scottish Independence party) leader James Trolland, he at least got more than one vote.
Our notable upswing in Riverside is well-deserved, as we Greens have perservered in that area for many years against Labour's overwhelming dominance of Liverpool in general. Our candidate there, Martin Dobson, was selected to contest the Westminster seat of Liverpool Riverside in 2015, and I hope he can at least obtain second place, particularly with the Con-Dem vote in decline (it dropped further still in this seat). One surprise in this ward is that three candidates got fewer than 10 votes, including the English Democrats who contested this ward in 2012.
In Manchester's Ancoats and Clayton ward (which had a by-election not so long ago) the old Liberals (whose original members refused to merge with the SDP in 1988) achieved a surprising second place from nowhere to otherwise completely dominant Labour. Peter Birkinshaw contested again, and tried his best in a crowded field, with UKIP and the Pirate Party (to a lesser extent) on the up in many Manchester wards. As with Liverpool, the already weak Con/Lib Dem vote declined even further,as did the vote of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.
Although we Greens are making good progress in Nuneaton, we sadly did not do as well as we hoped even though this ward's by-election was caused by the disqualification of its Labour councillor, which I hoped would give us Greens an upsurge similar to the one we experienced in Warwickshire as a whole earlier this year. Owing to the low turnout and the particular circumstances, this was a surprising but nevertheless narrow Conservative gain, with TUSC failing to make any real impact at all despite having built a base in many areas of Warwickshire, especially Rugby.
Even though both Welsh local by-elections were in Cardiff wards, Cardiff Green Party did not contest either of them even though it had done so in both cases before, and fielded candidates in all Cardiff wards in 2012-why? At least Cardiff voters who otherwise would have voted Green could (and did to a slight extent) vote against Labour via Plaid or TUSC, the latter of which are at least making progress on their otherwise poor results.
On another note, I will write my special tribute post about Nelson Mandela, who sadly passed away yesterday aged 95, tomorrow. I will remember his legacy for as long as I still live, or at least whilst I still have a functioning memory (life is pretty uncertain, you know).
Alan.
Glasgow, Shettleston: Lab 2025 (53.5%), SNP 1086 (28.7%), Con 224 (5.9%), UKIP 129 (3.4%), TUSC 68 (1.8%), Lib Dem 53 (1.4%), No Bedroom Tax 50 (1.3%), Green 41 (1.1%), Socialist 35 (0.9%), Christian 34 (0.9%), Britannica 31 (0.8%), SDA 6 (0.2%)
Liverpool, Riverside: Lab 1055 (70.9%), Green 144 (9.7%), UKIP 119 (8.0%), Lib Dem 64 (4.3%), TUSC 49 (3.3%), Con 39 (2.6%), English Democrats 9 (0.6%), Cooney (Ind) 7, Goudie (Ind) 1 (0.1%)
Manchester, Ancoats & Clayton: Lab 965 (57.5%), Liberal 219 (13.1%), UKIP 138 (8.2%), Green 106 (6.3%), Con 75 (4.5%), Pirate 72 (4.3%), BNP 46 (2.7%), Lib Dem 31 (1.8%), TUSC 17 (1.0%), Comm League 9 (0.5%).
Nuneaton and Bedworth, Arbury: Con 395 (40.4%), Lab 369 (37.7%), UKIP 109 (11.1%), Green 56 (5.7%), BNP 35 (3.6%), TUSC 8 (0.8%), English Democrats 6 (0.6%).
Although these by-elections were remarkably interesting in the choice of candidates, the turnout for all of them ranged from deplorable to just awful, with Liverpool Riverside's by-election having a turnout of 11%-surely one of the lowest turnouts for a local by-election on record! Partly as a result of these terrible turnout figures, there were several candidates who got fewer than 10 votes.
We Greens have strength in some parts of Glasgow, although Govan has sadly never been one of them-and with 12 candidates including ours in a part of Glasgow dominated by Labour and the SNP, it was quite an uphill struggle. John Flanagan's no bedroom tax ticket fared pretty badly here, considering his respectable performance in the Govan local by-election nearby some time ago. As for hopeless Scottish Democratic Alliance (a somewhat right-wing, Eurosceptic, Scottish Independence party) leader James Trolland, he at least got more than one vote.
Our notable upswing in Riverside is well-deserved, as we Greens have perservered in that area for many years against Labour's overwhelming dominance of Liverpool in general. Our candidate there, Martin Dobson, was selected to contest the Westminster seat of Liverpool Riverside in 2015, and I hope he can at least obtain second place, particularly with the Con-Dem vote in decline (it dropped further still in this seat). One surprise in this ward is that three candidates got fewer than 10 votes, including the English Democrats who contested this ward in 2012.
In Manchester's Ancoats and Clayton ward (which had a by-election not so long ago) the old Liberals (whose original members refused to merge with the SDP in 1988) achieved a surprising second place from nowhere to otherwise completely dominant Labour. Peter Birkinshaw contested again, and tried his best in a crowded field, with UKIP and the Pirate Party (to a lesser extent) on the up in many Manchester wards. As with Liverpool, the already weak Con/Lib Dem vote declined even further,as did the vote of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.
Although we Greens are making good progress in Nuneaton, we sadly did not do as well as we hoped even though this ward's by-election was caused by the disqualification of its Labour councillor, which I hoped would give us Greens an upsurge similar to the one we experienced in Warwickshire as a whole earlier this year. Owing to the low turnout and the particular circumstances, this was a surprising but nevertheless narrow Conservative gain, with TUSC failing to make any real impact at all despite having built a base in many areas of Warwickshire, especially Rugby.
Even though both Welsh local by-elections were in Cardiff wards, Cardiff Green Party did not contest either of them even though it had done so in both cases before, and fielded candidates in all Cardiff wards in 2012-why? At least Cardiff voters who otherwise would have voted Green could (and did to a slight extent) vote against Labour via Plaid or TUSC, the latter of which are at least making progress on their otherwise poor results.
On another note, I will write my special tribute post about Nelson Mandela, who sadly passed away yesterday aged 95, tomorrow. I will remember his legacy for as long as I still live, or at least whilst I still have a functioning memory (life is pretty uncertain, you know).
Alan.
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