UK local by-elections 2011

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From their website :

http://ymlp.com/z0ZaSm

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Some more info on Brig's affluence level and social makeup would be welcome, thanks!

If you still need this (sorry for the late reply!).....Bamber Bridge (or as you are quite rightly directed to call it, Brig) is a fairly suburban little town/large village.  Good mix of the "hard working families" working locally in below average pay offices and shops and the like, and commuter country working in Preston or Blackburn, maybe even further away,  and then there's a good slice of new build estates springing up with the young professionals that flock to such places.  There's no obvious pockets of poverty, it's very much "comfortable".

The ward with a byelection is an odd one - a good slice of it is an industrial estate (where I worked for nearly 2 years).

Here are some streets within Bamber Bridge East :

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=mounsey+road,+bamber+bridge&hl=en&ll=53.725738,-2.659496&spn=0.000013,0.017585&sll=53.385022,-3.02817&sspn=0.008946,0.026994&vpsrc=6&hnear=Mounsey+Rd,+Bamber+Bridge,+Preston+PR5,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.72574,-2.656091&panoid=nddZHi0mKpE5gt_TwacaCg&cbp=12,119.03,,0,3.95


http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=poplar+avenue,+bamber+bridge&hl=en&ll=53.731889,-2.660215&spn=0.000013,0.017585&sll=53.72574,-2.656091&sspn=0.004462,0.017585&vpsrc=6&hnear=Poplar+Ave,+Bamber+Bridge,+Preston+PR5,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.731891,-2.656819&panoid=eEJCLA11DdJ8kA9Ex1z_jw&cbp=12,343.57,,0,-3.41

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Yoxall

Conservative 478 (84%)
Labour 89 (16%)

(Via the lovely Nicola at East Staffs electoral office)

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LibDems win Inverness South by 4 votes at the Final Count

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"Where do I start when describing Sparkbrook?"

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To compliment Andrew's wonderful profiles (I didn't know that amazing fact about Redcar for one thing), these images might be useful.

        

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Walsall Council has scheduled a by-election for the 22nd December, Good luck getting turnout for that one.....

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Ruabon - Labour won by 1 vote
Salthill - Conservative won by 4 votes

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I love how this forum can talk about absolutely anything at length

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Rayleigh Central



Street View from one street chosen at random - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=rayleigh&hl=en&ll=51.594055,0.634289&spn=0.000053,0.053988&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=18.199598,55.283203&vpsrc=6&hnear=Rayleigh,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.585049,0.616324&panoid=QxmdBKswfN8uqsANseZFtQ&cbp=12,25.26,,0,7.05



Brent





Obviously the ward is huge so here's a field - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Lympsham,+Weston-Super-Mare&hl=en&ll=51.28436,-2.971373&spn=0.016964,0.107975&sll=51.237202,-2.951889&sspn=0.151112,0.4319&vpsrc=0&hnear=Lympsham,+Weston-Super-Mare,+Avon,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=51.284384,-2.971366&panoid=0qcZdNQXqjiMMUtTiLXaqQ&cbp=12,34.1,,0,9.97

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So 12%, then.