Police Commisioner Elections : November 2012

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Are Labour holding primaries or just normal selections?

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Are Labour holding primaries or just normal selections?

I think normal selections.
They have apparently received around 150 applications overall. A NEC panel will draw up shortlists and then postal ballot papers will be sent out along internal elections (NEC/NPF) papers in June.

Oh good, that's what I meant. Assumed normal members would get a vote.

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Got my primary ballot today. Great.

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Just voted online, forgot today was the ballot deadline!

Voted for Jane Kennedy, not that i'm enthusiastic for either candidate. I'll be living at uni in November anyway.

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What a very Tory way to advertise these elections:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT-ywCilmdA&feature=plcp

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Got my polling card today. My polling station is in the downstairs of my Halls of Residence. Handy.

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Anyone who even tries to use these results to weigh up 2015 is insane.

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Anyone who even tries to use these results to weigh up 2015 is insane.

... or a hack for whichever party the results make look good.

Although, it should be accepted that it'd be shocking if the LibDems won anywhere...

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I love how the BNP have jumped on the "we don't like politicised police" bandwagon because they can't afford to run candidates.

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Labour candidate in Northamptonshire committed a minor offence 20+ years ago and didn't tell it earlier. It's too late to withdraw, so he will stay on the ballot paper.

I feel like the government's trying to punk us with these elections.

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Labour candidate in Northamptonshire committed a minor offence 20+ years ago and didn't tell it earlier. It's too late to withdraw, so he will stay on the ballot paper.

I feel like the government's trying to punk us with these elections.

Bloody hell, only just found out that they're using SV as well. If that's the case, I'm voting independent for first choice in protest.

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I expect a very low voter turnout for this.

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Any good sites for results? Or hasn't anywhere bothered.


BTW, I voted yesterday. My polling stations in my Uni Halls' reception, didn't see many strikes on their list at all...

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Cameron's response to the low turnout is beyond a joke. Just watching him on the BBC.

Omnishambles.

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Prescott's lost to the Tory.

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Smithson speculating on how much the Tories can blame losing Bedfordshire on Dorries' recent antics.

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I feel that Westmoreland must've been the only section of the country to vote Liberal.

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Presumably no one in Berwick voted?

It looks like the few who did, voted for the Tory. I know there was only a 16.5% turnout so the PCC election result is near worthless but come 2015 I can see a rare Tory gain there.

Berwick will be one of the "Our losses have been offset by gains from the Libs" seats for the Tories in 2015.

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Presumably no one in Berwick voted?

It looks like the few who did, voted for the Tory. I know there was only a 16.5% turnout so the PCC election result is near worthless but come 2015 I can see a rare Tory gain there.

Berwick will be one of the "Our losses have been offset by gains from the Libs" seats for the Tories in 2015.

In terms of number of seats won, I actually think the Libs will do much better than we all think. They always do.

They didn't in 2010...