A blog by Luke Akehurst about politics, elections, and the Labour Party - With subtitles for the Hard of Left. Just for the record: all the views expressed here are entirely personal and do not necessarily represent the positions of any organisations I am a member of.
Commiserations to Tower Hamlets Labour Party and candidate former council leader Prof Michael Keith re. yesterday's Shadwell Ward by-election.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 12:47 pm
Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
7 Comments:
Interesting to see Labour actually polling more votes in a by-election than in the main local election. Not easy to do. Lib Dem vote badly squeezed there it seems.
2:56 pm, August 11, 2007
More worring might be a sign of anti Labour tactical voting by Tories and LibDems in the face of a strong Labour campaign
9:07 am, August 13, 2007
David
Yeah, deeply disconcerting, if this wasn't the political equivalent of toe nail clippings.
10:13 am, August 13, 2007
This was a ward where Michael Keith won 72% of the vote in a by-election when he won in 1994.
What a pile of crap the Labour Party has turned into that it thinks a privatising failed council leader is its best hope of winning what should be a rock solid Labour seat.
11:27 pm, August 13, 2007
Bis question is when will Mr Brown go to the country. Trends suggest he shuld.
7:08 am, August 15, 2007
Luke,
You may find some amusement in the following:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6953621.stm
8:28 pm, August 19, 2007
I think this is probably more likely to be a case of former Lib Dem and Tory voters voting tactically for Labour rather than against!
10:50 am, August 21, 2007
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