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Victory in Bedford and second place in Leicester South
In amongst all the bad results, it’s understandable that news from two of the best candidates I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the years has been mostly overlooked. But it’s worth highlighting that Dave Hodgson won re-election as Mayor in Bedford, whilst Zuffar Haq held on to second place in Leicester South. Congratulations [...]
Conservative Bedford woes
Fresh from losing the Mayor election in Bedford to Dave Hodgson comes this news of further Conservative problems, via the BBC:
The leader of the Conservative group on Bedford Borough Council has been suspended from the party for two years.
The Tory Party said the action against Nicky Attenborough was taken because of comments she made about [...]
What the media didn’t tell you about the Bedford Mayor election
Cross-posted from The Wardman Wire:
Good news, though you’d be hard press to spot it from the media reports. On a like-for-like basis turnout was up significantly in the Bedford Mayor election this week.
In the first Mayor election, in October 2002, turnout was just 25% whilst this Thursday it was up to 31%. Six percentage points [...]
Backlash over Conservative Bedford Mayor selection
From Bedfordshire on Sunday:
Snubbed tory leader Nicky Attenborough has launched a scathing attack on her party claiming Monday’s open primary to elect a mayoral candidate was ‘hijacked’…
In Mrs Attenborough’s email, copied in to Tory chief David Cameron and leaked to Bedfordshire on Sunday, she says: ‘Exactly why should anyone become a member of the Conservative [...]
Bedford: it was a caucus, not a primary
The Conservative selection of their Mayor candidate in Bedford was, on any sensible meaning of the words, a caucus, not a primary. A caucus requires people to turn up to a meeting and sit there for a while before casting a vote. A primary simply requires people to vote. They’ve both got their pros and [...]
