Peterborough by-election, 6 June 2019

[colacubes]

Galloway is standing though. Looks to be a field crowded with maniacs.

Poor people of Peterborough

 

[chilango]

Galloway is standing though. .

For who?

 

[andysays]

For who?

For himself, obvs...

Anyone know when nominations have to be in by?

 

[butchersapron]

I wonder if Galloway is getting his hat in early to block Farage in what may prove to be a winnable seat. That's exactly the sort of thing he would do. His argument why he would be voting for Farage's party would surely also apply to standing for them?

 

[PR1Berske]

For himself, obvs...

Anyone know when nominations have to be in by?

From the current guidance:

To be fixed by the
acting Returning
Officer; not earlier than
Day 4 (if the Notice of
Election is published on
Day 1) nor later than
Day 8 (not later than the
seventh day after the
Writ is received)

The deposit is £500.

 

[William of Walworth]

The date of the by-election has been confirmed as Thursday 6th June, from Labour's nomination of the date.

Does that affect PR1Berske 's information above??

 

[cupid_stunt]

Poor sods, local elections 2nd May, Euro elections 23rd May, and then a by-election on the 9th June.

 

[William of Walworth]

Poor sods, local elections 2nd May, Euro elections 23rd May, and then a by-election on the 9th June.

Never any by-elections on a Sunday
We should be talking Thursday +6th+ June, I've just re-checked**

**Phone and thread headline

 

[cupid_stunt]

I wonder if Galloway is getting his hat in early to block Farage in what may prove to be a winnable seat. That's exactly the sort of thing he would do. His argument why he would be voting for Farage's party would surely also apply to standing for them?

Galloway has decided not to stand as the Brexit Party declined his offer to endorse him, and has named their own candidate.

Nigel Farage's Brexit Party has announced its candidate for the forthcoming Peterborough by-election - and it's a former businessman who has appeared on The Secret Millionaire.

Mike Green will stand for Nigel Farage's new party in its first shot at a seat in Westminster after the leader claimed he was "too busy" to stand for an eighth time to try to win a seat in the House of Commons.

'Secret Millionaire' is Brexit Party's by-election candidate

 

[PR1Berske]

The full list of candidates in ballot paper order.



Paul Bristow (Con)
Lisa Forbes (Lab)
Stephen Goldspink (English Democrats)
Mike Greene (The Brexit Party)
Howling Laud Hope (OMRLP)
Pierre Kirk (UK European Union Party)
Andrew Moore (no description)
Patrick O'Flynn (SDP)
Dick Rodgers (The Common Good)
Tom Rogers (Christian People's Alliance)
Beki Sellick (Lib Dem)
Bobby Elmo Smith (no description)
Peter Ward (Renew)
Joseph Wells (Green)
John Whitby (UKIP)


"No description" means that the candidate has chosen not to stand as either the candidate of a Registered party, or under the description "independent".

 

[MickiQ]

The full list of candidates in ballot paper order.



Paul Bristow (Con)
Lisa Forbes (Lab)
Stephen Goldspink (English Democrats)
Mike Greene (The Brexit Party)
Howling Laud Hope (OMRLP)
Pierre Kirk (UK European Union Party)
Andrew Moore (no description)
Patrick O'Flynn (SDP)
Dick Rodgers (The Common Good)
Tom Rogers (Christian People's Alliance)
Beki Sellick (Lib Dem)
Bobby Elmo Smith (no description)
Peter Ward (Renew)
Joseph Wells (Green)
John Whitby (UKIP)


"No description" means that the candidate has chosen not to stand as either the candidate of a Registered party, or under the description "independent".

Wot No Chuka's?

 

[redsquirrel]

Apparently all down to the dastardly Labour Party

Change UK MP Gavin Shuker said the four parties had agreed "to stand down any candidates we might field in favour of a genuinely independent, pro-People's Vote and pro-Remain candidate who had expressed an interest and intention to stand".

But he blamed "senior Labour figures, including senior figures campaigning for a People's Vote" for having "made it clear that they would strenuously disrupt the campaign and obstruct an independent candidate, driven by fears that it would harm their party in Peterborough".

Yeah makes as much sense as their politics does.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Wot No Chuka's?

In a leave seat?

 

[Dogsauce]

The full list of candidates in ballot paper order.



Paul Bristow (Con)
Lisa Forbes (Lab)
Stephen Goldspink (English Democrats)
Mike Greene (The Brexit Party)
Howling Laud Hope (OMRLP)
Pierre Kirk (UK European Union Party)
Andrew Moore (no description)
Patrick O'Flynn (SDP)
Dick Rodgers (The Common Good)
Tom Rogers (Christian People's Alliance)
Beki Sellick (Lib Dem)
Bobby Elmo Smith (no description)
Peter Ward (Renew)
Joseph Wells (Green)
John Whitby (UKIP)


"No description" means that the candidate has chosen not to stand as either the candidate of a Registered party, or under the description "independent".

So many nutty right-wing factions these days. Really hope they balkanise the right-of-centre vote between them. Also can’t see Renew (Centrist Dad’s Front of Judaea) going home with their deposit.

 

[treelover]

Tried googling for polls, can't see any.

 

[colacubes]

Tried googling for polls, can't see any.

Unlikely to be any recent ones. All the big polling companies will have been preoccupied with the Euros. Give it a couple of days and I’m sure they’ll start appearing.

 

[treelover]

What do posters think, 1st seat for Falanges lot?

 

[killer b]

They dont usually bother with polls for by elections

 

[killer b]

What do posters think, 1st seat for Falanges lot?

They seem to have the momentum right now. Itll be a low turnout though, and the anti Brexit vote will be very motivated - just depends if they coalesce around one party or not.

 

[Dogsauce]

Brexit party will eat more of the Tory vote than the labour one. It’s whether they get enough from both parties to surpass Labour, could see it splitting the opposition. Are the tories actually trying hard in that seat? I could see them quietly telling voters to go for Farage’s lot, although they might not want to gift the Brexit crew some more attention and publicity.

 

[cupid_stunt]

According to C-4 News, the bookies reckon the Brexit Party are going to win the seat.

Look at the figures in the Euro elections...

The Brexit Party got 16,196 votes in the city, more than twice that runners up Labour got. Labour's 7,272 votes were closely followed by the Lib Dems' 6,491 votes.

Interestingly, the difference between the Conservatives and the Greens was just a mere 31 votes. With the Tories securing 4,594 votes against the Green's 4,563.
This is how Peterborough voted in the European Elections

Peterborough byelection: Labour and Tories fear Brexit party surge

Could this be the first time a Farage Party candidate comes from nowhere & get elected?

 

[not a trot]

The full list of candidates in ballot paper order.



Paul Bristow (Con)
Lisa Forbes (Lab)
Stephen Goldspink (English Democrats)
Mike Greene (The Brexit Party)
Howling Laud Hope (OMRLP)
Pierre Kirk (UK European Union Party)
Andrew Moore (no description)
Patrick O'Flynn (SDP)
Dick Rodgers (The Common Good)
Tom Rogers (Christian People's Alliance)
Beki Sellick (Lib Dem)
Bobby Elmo Smith (no description)
Peter Ward (Renew)
Joseph Wells (Green)
John Whitby (UKIP)


"No description" means that the candidate has chosen not to stand as either the candidate of a Registered party, or under the description "independent".

Dick Rodgers sounds like a comic book hero from the 1950s.

 

[Gerry1time]

Are the tories actually trying hard in that seat? I could see them quietly telling voters to go for Farage’s lot, although they might not want to gift the Brexit crew some more attention and publicity.

I used to know the tory candidate, Paul Bristow vaguely through work things. He's an ex chairman of Conservative Future, which isn't a role you get by accident, and I'd be amazed if he wasn't in this one to win it. If he doesn't win here, I'd expect to see him standing somewhere else, and appearing in the news as an MP over the next decade or so. Very ambitious chap, and, for a tory, actually quite a nice person. If you stay away from the politics.

 

[The39thStep]

According to C-4 News, the bookies reckon the Brexit Party are going to win the seat.

Look at the figures in the Euro elections...



Peterborough byelection: Labour and Tories fear Brexit party surge

Could this be the first time a Farage Party candidate comes from nowhere & get elected?

Best opportunity for them imo they'll win it or be very close .

 

[Proper Tidy]

Just seen odds of 1/5 for brexit party, labour next best on 7-2. Incredible when you think about it, absolute single issue, nothing else

 

[cupid_stunt]

Just seen odds of 1/5 for brexit party, labour next best on 7-2. Incredible when you think about it, absolute single issue, nothing else

I am surprised the LibDem were not in the top 2, considering the latest yougov poll for the next GE have them on 24%, Brexit 22%, Tory & Lab both on 19%.

 

[redsquirrel]

60% Leave vote. And a lost deposit in both 2017 and 2015.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Wonder if anti farage/remain vote will coalesce around labour candidate as most likely to beat BP - suspect not, it's a by, also Onasanya, loads of candidates etc

 

[teqniq]

This guy seems to spend a lot of his time (having looked further at his twitter feed) searching for instances of antisemitism in the Labour party. Thing is, if it wasn't there he'd have nothing to tweet about. It does actually seem to be Lisa Forbes btw.

 

[extra dry]

Whats the result?, i would wager a fiver on brexit party