Local Election Results
The results have appeared on the Hyndburn website Local Election Results - Local Elections 2008
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Glad nearly all the wards had higher than 30% turnout though they're still low.
Central was interesting, huge turnout there for a local! |
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I wonder whether it is better to get everyone to vote or whether its wiser to have only people who are actually interested voting. Is it not more damaging if people just vote for the sake of it? Surely they must only be judging the book by the cover rather than reading it from cover to cover first if they do that? |
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As stated in another thread, considering what has happened in the rest of the country, I think Labour did incredibley well just to lose Altham, always seen as a marginal seat.
Very often mid term local elections and by-elections are used to send a message to central government. Those of us old enough to remember will recall the many safe Tory seats that were lost in the eighties, when by-elections happened mid-term at constituencies that were at the heart of true blue middle England. If I was a member of the local Conservative party, today's results would leave me very disappointed. If Hyndburn can't reflect what has happened in the rest of the country, I'd be fairly worried about the next General Election. |
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But to abandon the none-voters rather than encourage them to think, is a negative attitude that doesn't do British politics any good at all? :) |
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But if you mean discussing it voluntarily on an open forum such as this is hassling them then no it isn't, they can always ignore this type of thread if they choose to. :hehetable |
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I would have wanted to see the kind of massive swing that has happened in the rest of the country. |
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If there is nobody you feel represents you at elections then who are you meant to vote for? |
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Not everybody wants to have to ignore talking about their political views either even if it is a case of stating there is nobody that they wish to vote for, so I don't think ignoring the existence of threads should be their only option. There is nothing wrong with criticising peoples views and beliefs, but there are times when people gang up on each other and I dont think its the right way to get people interested in politics. I think there is more to be said in not voting at all if a party doesn't represent you. Why should a party get the satisfaction on thinking it has done its best to represent everyone when the reality is that the majority do not feel like there is anyone representative enough of them to vote for? And believe me, I am currently experiencing the joys of compromise right now as I have had to go against my tory beliefs to back a department of the university, which is under threat because of tory ideology. So to the point that the socialists are now calling me comrade >.< Fortunately I am able to tell wrong from right and not be completely blinded by my political agenda. I am not naive enough to believe that everyone is willing to do the same though. |
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