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« Reply #75 on: July 06, 2011, 05:29:20 PM »


Update:

An inqury found that John Dixon (South Wales Central, DQ for being a member of the Care Council for Wales) hadn't realised he was disqualified because he didn't read the rules, so it was his own silly fault.  He isn't returning to the Assembly and the No 2 candidate Eluned Parrott has been sworn in in his place.

It turned out that the other AM involed, Aled Roberts (North Wales, DQ for being a member of the Valuation Tribunal for Wales) had gone to the Electoral Commission's website to check the rules and thought he was in the clear.  Unfortunately, he checked the Welsh-language pages which it turned out pointed to an outdated version of the rules, and not the English-language pages which were correct.  The Electoral Commission have apologised and the Assembly today voted 30-20 to reinstate him.
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« Reply #76 on: July 06, 2011, 06:19:58 PM »

That seems like a reasonable resolution. No sympathy for Dixon, and as for Roberts... yet another example of the failure of some public bodies to take bilingualism as seriously as they ought to.
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« Reply #77 on: December 01, 2011, 01:23:06 PM »

We now have figures on how much the parties spent during the election.

Tories £283,000
Plaid £173,000
Labour £153,000
LibDems £114,000
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« Reply #78 on: December 01, 2011, 02:15:56 PM »

We now have figures on how much the parties spent during the election.

Tories £283,000
Plaid £173,000
Labour £153,000
LibDems £114,000

Calculation time!

Constituency vote
Tories: £1.19 per vote
LibDems: £1.14 per vote
Plaid: £0.95 per vote
Labour: £0.38 per vote

Regional vote
LibDems: £1.49 per vote
Tories: £1.32 per vote
Plaid £1.02 per vote
Labour: £0.44 per vote

Cost per seat
LibDems: £22,800.00 per seat
Tories: £20,214.29 per seat
Plaid: £15,727.27 per seat
Labour: £5,100.00 per seat

My conclusions: The Liberal Democrats wasted a lot of money that they probably couldn't afford to lose. Plaid Cymru also spent a bunch, especially considering how many seats they lost. The Conservatives spent a lot too, but I'm assuming they have the cash to throw around like that. It looks like Labour ran a very affordable-yet-effective campaign.
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« Reply #79 on: December 01, 2011, 04:25:26 PM »

Given the parties can't not participate without forfeiting their role as a serious party, and that x party heartlands will always be more cost-effective for x party than their competitors, I don't think it's telling us much - interesting though!
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