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Post by wirewiper on May 10, 2021 8:01:02 GMT
West Yorkshire Metro Mayor is going to second preferences. The current favourite, Labour's Tracy Brabin, has 261,170 first preference votes compared to the Conservative with 176,167 but Brabin's overall share of the vote is only 43.1%. These are the first preference results: Labour - 261,170 Conservatives - 176,167 Yorkshire Party - 58,851 Green - 55,833 LDs - 30,162 Reform UK - 14,943 English Democrats - 8,969 Source: www.theguardian.com/politics/series/politics-live-with-andrew-sparrowTracy Brabin has now been elected as the inaugural West Yorkshire Mayor after the second-preference votes have been taken into account. Brabin had a total of 310,293 votes (59.8%) whilst her Conservative rival, Leeds City Councillor Matthew Robinson, gained 209,137 votes (40.2%). She becomes the first woman to be elected as a Metro Mayor. Her transport pledges include bringing the county's buses back into public control and overseeing the delivery of a mass transit system linking the county's main towns and cities. One consequence of the vote is that Brabin must step down immediately as MP for Batley and Spen, as police and criume responsibilities in her new role are incompatible with being an MP. The seat is likely to be highly-contested by both Labour and Conservative. Brabin was elected to the seat in 2016 following the murder of the sitting MP, Jo Cox - the Conservatives did not contest the resulting by-election as a mark of respect. She retained the seat in the 2017 and again in 2019, but on a reduced majority. A likely date for the by-election will be 22nd July. www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/09/labour-tracy-brabin-elected-first-mayor-of-west-yorkshire |
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Post by wirewiper on May 10, 2021 8:04:21 GMT
West Yorkshire Metro Mayor is going to second preferences. The current favourite, Labour's Tracy Brabin, has 261,170 first preference votes compared to the Conservative with 176,167 but Brabin's overall share of the vote is only 43.1%. These are the first preference results: Labour - 261,170 Conservatives - 176,167 Yorkshire Party - 58,851 Green - 55,833 LDs - 30,162 Reform UK - 14,943 English Democrats - 8,969 Source: www.theguardian.com/politics/series/politics-live-with-andrew-sparrowThat's still quite a low vote for an area without any Tory heartlands as such. Admittedly the Tories have made a few surprise gains in recent years such as Outwood & Morley and Wakefield. Dewsbury, Halifax and Calder Valley have over the years been marginal. It is easy to forget that Tracy's constituency, Batley & Spen, was Conservative until 1997. As it was Labour's #25 target in 1997 they may well have gained the seat even without achieving their landslide. What is notable is the surprisingly good showing of the Greens and the Yorkshire Party (the latter is campaigning for devolution for Yorkshire including its own regional parliament and was only formed in 2014). Both had nearly double the votes of the LibDems. |
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Post by wirewiper on May 10, 2021 9:08:05 GMT
Interesting article by Thomas Ableman about The London Plan, which informs the direction that Mayoral policy should take now and in the future. It puts a lot of recent discussion about walking, cycling and bus priority into some sort of perspective. www.freewheeling.info/blog/london-plan |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2021 22:34:44 GMT
Assuming there was no voting coercion in Tower Hamlets, then we have to accept Khan as a mayor. There should have been an option for ‘we don’t need or want a mayor!’ However, the map showing how the boroughs voted confirms that there is no support for that hairbrained proposal to tax residents of Kent or Surrey who have to travel into a London borough for work, to visit doctors or dentists. How about a proposal to restrict the mayor to responsibility within the North and South Circular roads? I certainly agree about having a 'we don't need or want a mayor' option, the low turnout speaks for itself. Easy way around that, just write across the paper, we don't want a mayor, job done! |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2021 22:44:15 GMT
It’s not impossible to think that Labour will win a general election sooner than you think - the Tories will eventually implode as history tells us and I remember they eventually got themselves together to get into government (with the help of Clegg & his lying Lib Dem’s) so it’s very much possible It’s all cyclical so some day tories will be weak and labour will be strong. But it depends on how long the cycle is! true, swings and roundabouts |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 15, 2021 15:23:59 GMT
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Post by wirewiper on May 15, 2021 15:38:03 GMT
That has the potential to make things awkward for the Mayor! I'm not sure how well this will go down with grassroots Green and LibDem supporters though. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 20, 2021 19:54:27 GMT
That has the potential to make things awkward for the Mayor! I'm not sure how well this will go down with grassroots Green and LibDem supporters though. I do not blame them, if you read the articles and on the news, they say Labour is not listening and they put them in that position. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Nov 15, 2022 12:08:12 GMT
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Post by southlondon413 on Nov 15, 2022 14:53:19 GMT
I no could easily see a split vote for the first preference vote. A lot of labour voters would be torn between their loyalties. Corbyn would continue to attract those ultra hardcore left wing nutters, like the extinction rebellion crackpots, whilst the more centrist Labourites would continue with Kahn thereby splitting the first preference vote. If the Tories put up a good candidate who knows. We have to remember that Shaun Bailey did far better than anyone expected and did make good progress in some areas. Second preference could clinch it again for Kahn, given the only thing worse would be Comrade Corbyn, but then again Sadiq Kan’t isn’t any better considering the absolute shitshow he has turned this city into. |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Nov 19, 2022 2:45:37 GMT
Had Rory Stewart been allowed to stay in the Conservative party and been their candidate, I think he would have stood a chance in 2021. Had he become their candidate in 2024 amidst a split Corbyn/Khan vote I think he would definitely get in. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Nov 19, 2022 13:02:56 GMT
Had Rory Stewart been allowed to stay in the Conservative party and been their candidate, I think he would have stood a chance in 2021. Had he become their candidate in 2024 amidst a split Corbyn/Khan vote I think he would definitely get in. I completely forgot about Rory Stewart |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Dec 21, 2022 12:13:54 GMT
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Post by WH241 on Dec 21, 2022 12:33:44 GMT
The forum really needs a dislike button 🤣😜 |
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Post by northlondon83 on Dec 21, 2022 16:11:06 GMT
The forum really needs a dislike button 🤣😜 2026: Sadiq Khan stands for a 4th term as London Mayor (Assuming he wins the next term) |
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