DOCSLIB.ORG

Green Party Candidate Rupert

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Green Party Candidate Rupert July 2009 The green newspaper for Norwich - By-Election Special Green Party A Fresh Approach to Politics reen Party Candidate Rupert Read is offering residents a Green Leader Gfresh approach to politics in the Norwich North by-election. He is Visits Norwich arguing for democratic reform of reen Party Leader Caroline Parliament, for the creation of new Lucas visited Norwich on 30th jobs in green industries and against June to support Rupert Read’s excessive development in the Norfolk G campaign in the Norwich North by- countryside. election. During her visit, Caroline Rupert said: “The election of one spoke to residents on the doorstep in more MP from one of the three old parts of Thorpe St. Andrew and had a establishment parties would make no tour of the Dussindale Walk-in Centre. difference to the overall composition of On the doorstep, several residents Parliament. But the election of the first Green Party Norwich North Candidate Rupert Read (left) with Party Leader said they were voting Green because of Green MP would send a very strong Caroline Lucas and Deputy Leader Adrian Ramsay at Thorpe River Green the need for a fresh approach to message that people want a fresh politics. Many said that Rupert Read fits approach to politics. It’s exciting that the bill of the independent-minded across the constituency to hear the residents of Norwich North have Rupert’s figure needed to replace Ian Gibson people’s views. this opportunity to make an impact on Policies for and stand up for the residents of the national political scene.” Rupert added: “The recession is Norwich North. understandably high on the list of Rupert, a Norwich Councillor and UEA Norwich North Caroline Lucas said: "I was delighted people’s concerns. I’m arguing for the lecturer, has been visiting residents to support Rupert’s campaign and creation of new jobs in green industries enjoyed meeting residents in Norwich and a truly accountable and well- • Better and cheaper North. We have elected Greens making regulated banking system that will stop public transport a difference in local councils, the the credit crunch from happening again. • Stopping excessive European Parliament and the Scottish “Residents are also saying that they development in the Parliament. We urgently need a fresh want a change from the three Norfolk countryside Green voice in Westminster fighting for establishment parties. In Norwich the democratic reform, protecting public Greens are best placed to provide that • More affordable housing services and the creation of new jobs in Will Giles’ Exotic Garden change. We are already a very credible green industries. Please vote for Rupert on brownfield sites force locally. In the most recent test of on 23rd July." Come along on Friday 31 July at 6.30pm public opinion on 4th June, the Green and enjoy wandering around Will’s • Free home insulation During her visit, Caroline Party won more County Council seats in marvellous tropical and arid gardens accompanied Rupert in meeting staff your constituency than Labour, the for every household • Live Music • Book Stall at the Dussindale Walk-in Centre, which LibDems and UKIP combined.” • Refreshments • Plants to Buy • Hundreds of new the Primary Care Trust intends to close. 126 Thorpe Road, just behind the For more information on The Green Party is supporting the Alan Boswell building Norfolk jobs in green Rupert’s campaign please campaign to keep this health centre Entrance £5, free for children industries visit www.rupertread.net open as a valued local facility. Edited and produced by Stephen Little. Printed by Archant Print, St. Andrews Business Park, Northside, www.norwichgreenparty.org Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0HT. Promoted by Tom Dylan on behalf of Norwich Green Party, both c/o 27 Clarendon Road, Norwich, NR2 2PN, and on behalf of Rupert Read, 17 Merton Road, Norwich, NR2 3TT. "The [Green] Party is in buoyant Summed Up mood after the local and European Green Success in election result where they topped the poll in Norwich… they may be 16,000 in a position to snatch the seat Local Elections from Labour when the by-election is called." • Number of children Eastern Daily Press, dying every day 10th June 2009 around the world from hunger- Labour MP Charles Clarke “warned related causes. that the Greens would be ‘a real threat’ in the by-election after showing their electoral strength in • Cost (in £s) of the city last week by coming first in feeding 250 the European election and winning African children 7 county council seats there.” Eastern Daily Press, for a whole year. 10th June 2009 • Amount (in £s) that "The Greens are unusually strong Labour MP and he Green Party won seven seats The seven Green Party County in Norwich, with 7 out of 13 of the ‘climate change on Norfolk County Council in last Councillors on the day they were elected city's seats on Norfolk County envoy’, Elliott Tmonth’s local elections. In your Council. They are the second constituency of Norwich North, the important social services and opposing biggest party on Norwich City Morley, claimed on Greens made a breakthrough into Mile Council, with 13 seats out of 39, to all plans for incineration of waste. a non-existent Cross and Sewell wards. The Green Labour's 15." Party now holds more County Council “Residents are giving us similar The Independent, 2nd July 2009 mortgage. seats in Norwich North than Labour, feedback ahead of the Norwich North the LibDems and UKIP combined. by-election. Rupert Read is best placed • Number of Andrew Boswell, Leader of the Green to provide the fresh approach that we The Greens "have been propelled mortgage Party County Councillors, said: “At the need in Westminster. He will stand up by winning two new north County Council election, hundreds of for the area by defending public Norwich seats, in Sewell and Mile applications being residents told us on the doorstep that services from privatisation, opposing Cross, in the County Council refused by UK they were looking for a fresh approach excessive development in the elections earlier this month." Norwich Evening News, banks every month. to politics. People said that they liked countryside and putting forward our proposals on improving public proposals for hundreds of new jobs in 17th June 2009 transport, defending funding for green industries.” Mark Thomas One in Five Swine Flu - Let’s Backs Green Party • Children leave primary school Tackle the Causes without basic pandemic is believed to have started in maths and English. intensive pig factories in Mexico, where tens of thousands of pigs are crammed • Parents won’t get together in filthy conditions. their first choice “We know that intensive factory- Mark Thomas with Rupert Read farming of animals creates conditions school for their where viruses thrive, spread and The Greens are the children. mutate into human variants. It’s time only“ people who have to move away from intensive farming consistently called for • Students fear he Green Party is leading calls for of animals – it has huge costs in terms sensible measures insolvency the Government to investigate of human health, animal suffering and the causes of swine flu and to pollution.” ranging from work-life because of debts. T take action to prevent future pandemics. The Green Party is asking balance to taming the • Young people Rupert Read, Green Party Candidate Governments to take serious and swift power of corporations for Norwich North, said: "As well as action to improve the conditions in and making sure that experience a tackling the symptoms of swine flu, which animals are kept. Greens are democratic voices count. Governments must look closely at the also calling for international action to stress-related So please vote Green! mental illness. causes and take action to prevent eliminate the long haul transportation future outbreaks of animal-related of live animals, which leads to the rapid MARK THOMAS,” CAMPAIGNER AND COMEDIAN viruses. The current swine flu spread of animal diseases. New Jobs to Build a Brighter Future GreenView Profile reen Party proposals for The Green Party’s plans would create a creating new jobs in green million new jobs in the UK in areas such Gindustries would reduce fuel as renewable energy production, home bills and help tackle climate change as insulation, improved public transport, well as addressing unemployment, local food supplies and repairing goods. says Norwich North by-election Rupert Read commented: “By candidate Rupert Read. investing in these areas, the Government would create lasting jobs, meet climate change commitments Keep the and make long-term economic savings. “Gordon Brown has promised to invest £1 billion in creating 150,000 Royal Mail new jobs, but he hasn’t specified what these jobs should be. This is an ideal Green Party plans would create Public opportunity to invest in much-needed thousands of new UK jobs in the solar green jobs that would improve lives, energy sector and other green industries upert Read, 43, is a Green cut bills and bring future savings. The Party Councillor in Norwich. Green Party has been calling for this He also teaches at the many people are employed in the solar R since the economic crisis began, but University of East Anglia. Rupert industry in Germany as in the UK. Gordon Brown hasn’t made the links. lives in the city with his wife We need joined-up thinking in “Green economic proposals such as Juliette. He is your Green Party Government or we’ll just keep investment in free home insulation Candidate for the Norwich North throwing good money after bad.” schemes would tackle several problems by-election on 23rd July. at once: they would help people pay Adrian Ramsay, Green Party Deputy What do you like about fuel bills, reduce carbon emissions and living in Norwich? Leader and Parliamentary Candidate create skilled new jobs.” he Government has hit for Norwich South, added: “The UK is I like the fact that Norwich is a more stumbling blocks with lagging far behind other EU countries More information about Green city built on a human scale.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Method of Wittgenstein's Tractatus
    The Method of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus: Toward a New Interpretation Nikolay Milkov, University of Paderborn, Germany Abstract This paper introduces a novel interpretation of Wittgenstein‘s Tractatus, a work widely held to be one of the most intricate in the philosophical canon. It maintains that the Tractatus does not develop a theory but rather advances an original logical symbolism, a new instrument that enables one to ―recognize the formal properties of propositions by mere inspection of propositions themselves‖ (6.122). Moreover, the Tractarian conceptual notation offers to instruct us on how better to follow the logic of language, and by that token stands to enhance our ability to think. Upon acquiring the thinking skills that one can develop by working with the new symbolism, one may move on and discard the notation—―throw away the ladder‖ (6.54), as Wittgenstein put it. 1. The New Wittgensteinians This paper introduces a novel interpretation of Wittgenstein‘s Tractatus. In the process, it takes issue with the New Wittgensteinians, in particular Cora Diamond and James Conant,1 who some twenty-five years ago fielded a comprehensive, essentially skeptical interpretation of the entire body of the Tractatus. Diamond and Conant argued that the core propositions of the Tractatus are literally nonsense, gibberish equivalent to phrases like ―piggly wiggle tiggle‖ (Diamond, 2000, p. 151). To be more explicit, Diamond and Conant defended their view that the book‘s core content is philosophically vacuous by arguing (i) that the Tractatus is divided into a body and a frame; (ii) that the Preface, 3.32–3.326, 4–4.003, 4.111–2 and 6.53–6.54 compose the frame (Conant 2001, p.
    [Show full text]
  • “Nothing Is Shown”: a 'Resolute' Response
    Philosophical Investigations 26:3 July 2003 ISSN 0190-0536 “Nothing is Shown”: A ‘Resolute’ Response to Mounce, Emiliani, Koethe and Vilhauer Rupert Read and Rob Deans, University of East Anglia Part 1: On Mounce on Wittgenstein (Early and Late) on ‘Saying and Showing’ H. O. Mounce published in this journal two years ago now a Criti- cal Notice of the The New Wittgenstein,1 an anthology (edited by Alice Crary and Rupert Read) which is evenly divided between work on Wittgenstein’s early and later writings. The bulk of Mounce’s article was devoted to those contributions primarily con- cerned with the Tractatus.2 There is a straightforward sense in which this selective focus is natural. The pertinent contributions – most conspicuously those by Cora Diamond and James Conant – describe a strikingly un- orthodox interpretation of Wittgenstein’s early book on which it is depicted as having an anti-metaphysical aim. Mounce takes an inter- est in this interpretation because he believes that, in characterizing the Tractatus in anti-metaphysical terms, it misrepresents the central Tractarian doctrine of ‘saying and showing’ – a doctrine which he understands in terms of the idea that “metaphysical truths, though they cannot be stated, may nevertheless be shown”(186). Mounce argues that Diamond and Conant et al. fail to treat this doctrine as “one that Wittgenstein himself advances,” and he claims that they therefore make Wittgenstein’s thought “less original than one might otherwise suppose” (186) by implying that it is “indistinguishable from positivism” in the sense of “not even attempt[ing] to provide positive knowledge [and] confin[ing] itself to removing the confu- 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Regulation 25 Consultation
    Regulation 25 Consultation Technical & Public Consultation Summary August 2009 Greater Norwich Development Partnership Regulation 25 Consultation 233902 BNI NOR 1 A PIMS 233902BN01/Report 14 August 2009 Technical & Public Consultation Summary August 2009 Greater Norwich Development Partnership Regulation 25 Consultation Issue and revision record Revision Date Originator Checker Approver Description A 03.08.09 Needee Myers Draft Report B 15.08.09 Needee Myers Emma Taylor Eddie Tyrer Final Report This document has been prepared for the titled project or Mott MacDonald accepts no responsibility or liability for this named part thereof and should not be relied upon or used document to any party other than the person by whom it was for any other project without an independent check being commissioned. carried out as to its suitability and prior written authority of Mott MacDonald being obtained. Mott MacDonald accepts no To the extent that this report is based on information supplied responsibility or liability for the consequence of this document by other parties, Mott MacDonald accepts no liability for any being used for a purpose other than the purposes for which it loss or damage suffered by the client, whether contractual or was commissioned. Any person using or relying on the tortious, stemming from any conclusions based on data document for such other purpose agrees, and will by such supplied by parties other than Mott MacDonald and used by use or reliance be taken to confirm his agreement to indemnify Mott MacDonald in preparing this report. Mott MacDonald for all loss or damage resulting therefrom. Regulation 25 Consultation Content Chapter Title Page 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Graduation 2014. Monday 21 July 2014 the University of Sheffield
    Graduation 2014. Monday 21 July 2014 The University of Sheffield Your graduation day is a special day for you and your family, a day for celebrating your achievements and looking forward to a bright future. As a graduate of the University of Sheffield you have every reason to be proud. You are joining a long tradition of excellence stretching back more than 100 years. The University of Sheffield was founded with the amalgamation of the School of Medicine, Sheffield Technical School and Firth College. In 1905, we received a Royal Charter and Firth Court was officially opened by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. At that time, there were 363 students reading for degrees in arts, pure science, medicine and applied science. By the time of our centenary, there were over 25,000 students from more than 100 countries, across 70 academic departments. Today, a degree from Sheffield is recognised all over the world as a hallmark of academic excellence. We are proud of our graduates and we are confident that you will make a difference wherever you choose to build your future. With every generation of graduates, our university goes from strength to strength. This is the original fundraising poster from 1904/1905 which helped raise donations for the University of Sheffield. Over £50,000 (worth more than £15 million today) was donated by steelworkers, coal miners, factory workers and the people of Sheffield in penny donations to help found the University. A century on, the University is now rated as one of the top world universities – according to the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities.
    [Show full text]
  • Reason, Causation and Compatibility with the Phenomena
    Reason, causation and compatibility with the phenomena Basil Evangelidis Series in Philosophy Copyright © 2020 Vernon Press, an imprint of Vernon Art and Science Inc, on behalf of the author. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Vernon Art and Science Inc. www.vernonpress.com In the Americas: In the rest of the world: Vernon Press Vernon Press 1000 N West Street, C/Sancti Espiritu 17, Suite 1200, Wilmington, Malaga, 29006 Delaware 19801 Spain United States Series in Philosophy Library of Congress Control Number: 2019942259 ISBN: 978-1-62273-755-0 Cover design by Vernon Press. Cover image by Garik Barseghyan from Pixabay. Product and company names mentioned in this work are the trademarks of their respective owners. While every care has been taken in preparing this work, neither the authors nor Vernon Art and Science Inc. may be held responsible for any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in it. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been inadvertently overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. Table of contents Abbreviations vii Preface ix Introduction xi Chapter 1 Causation, determinism and the universe 1 1. Natural principles and the rise of free-will 1 1.1. “The most exact of the sciences” 2 1.2.
    [Show full text]
  • Roger-White-Tractatus-Wars.Pdf
    BEYOND THE TRACTATUS WARS The New Wittgenstein Debate Edited by Rupert Read and Matthew A. Lavery First published 2011 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Editorial matter © 2011 Taylor & Francis; individual chapters, respective contributors The right of the Editors and Contributors to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beyond the Tractatus wars: the new Wittgenstein debate / edited by Rupert Read and Matthew A. Lavery. p. cm. 1. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889–1951. Tractatus logico-philosophicus. I. Read, Rupert J., 1966– II. Lavery, Matthew A. B3376.W563T732158 2011 192—dc22 2010047956 ISBN: 978–0–415–87439–7 (hbk) ISBN: 978–0–415–87440–3 (pbk) ISBN: 978–0–203–81605–9 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Keystroke, Station Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton Printed and bound in the United States of America on acid-free paper by Walsworth Publishing Company, Marceline, MA CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Notes on Contributors ix Note on Translations xi Introduction 1 Matthew A.
    [Show full text]
  • FBU Firefighter Magazine • October/November 2916
    THE MAGAZINE OF THE FIRE BRIGADES UNION | WWW.FBU.ORG.UK OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2016 SAFETY FOR SALE TIMES HAVE CHANGED THE RISKS HAVE NOT SEE P14 Plus FBU AT THE LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE SEE P10 FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES: MORE THAN JUST GUIDANCE NEEDED SEE P12 GENERAL SECRETARY’S COMMENT MATT WRACK CUTS, AND THOSE WHO FORCE THEM THROUGH, MUST BE RESISTED During September our BOX/REPORTDIGITAL.CO.UK PAUL current state of affairs where members in Greater response times are increasing, Manchester were facing a putting lives at risk. bleak future. We have campaigned More than 1,250 relentlessly over the past six firefighters faced the sack – years, warning politicians only those who agreed to sign that the scale of cuts to the up to worse conditions of fire and rescue service is service would be re-engaged. such that public safety is Greater Manchester seriously compromised. Fire and Rescue Service We now have fire authority has to find savings of more Rapid response – but continuing cuts will take effect members also publicly than £14m, but this is no expressing this fear, as the justification for threatening negotiating process was of mental ill health than the link between an increased such action. stopped, but our officials in rest of the population. response time and rising fire FBU officials mounted Greater Manchester are well We are proud that our deaths is inextricably linked. a vigorous campaign that aware that further battles lottery will see a higher But this government attracted a lot of public and lie ahead. They will get our percentage of the monies remains deaf to the political support.
    [Show full text]
  • English Is a Welsh Language
    ENGLISH IS A WELSH LANGUAGE Television’s crisis in Wales Edited by Geraint Talfan Davies Published in Wales by the Institute of Welsh Affairs. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means without the prior permission of the publishers. © Institute of Welsh Affairs, 2009 ISBN: 978 1 904773 42 9 English is a Welsh language Television’s crisis in Wales Edited by Geraint Talfan Davies The Institute of Welsh Affairs exists to promote quality research and informed debate affecting the cultural, social, political and economic well-being of Wales. IWA is an independent organisation owing no allegiance to any political or economic interest group. Our only interest is in seeing Wales flourish as a country in which to work and live. We are funded by a range of organisations and individuals. For more information about the Institute, its publications, and how to join, either as an individual or corporate supporter, contact: IWA - Institute of Welsh Affairs 4 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9LJ tel 029 2066 0820 fax 029 2023 3741 email [email protected] web www.iwa.org.uk Contents 1 Preface 4 1/ English is a Welsh language, Geraint Talfan Davies 22 2/ Inventing Wales, Patrick Hannan 30 3/ The long goodbye, Kevin Williams 36 4/ Normal service, Dai Smith 44 5/ Small screen, big screen, Peter Edwards 50 6/ The drama of belonging, Catrin Clarke 54 7/ Convergent realities, John Geraint 62 8/ Standing up among the cogwheels, Colin Thomas 68 9/ Once upon a time, Trevor
    [Show full text]
  • Truth, Yes … but Justice?
    SUMMER 2016 TRUTH, YES … BUT JUSTICE? REMEMBER THE 96 2 FOODWORKER EDITOR’S SUMMER 2016 NOTES TRUTH, YES "… Jeremy Corbyn is … BUT the leader, get over JUSTICE? it and unite for the benefit of those you purport to represent" REMEMBER THE 96 "Ronnie Draper @ronniebfawu INSIDE THIS ISSUE: As we approach Annual Conference, We don’t want a return to the disloyalty of Editor’s Notes . 2 which will be held in Southport, the time to 1981 when the gang of four Roy Jenkins, reflect on where the political landscape has David Owen, Shirley Williams and Bill National President . 3 moved over the last year is upon us. If we Rogers left the party to form the SDP Dennis Nash presentation . .4 are honest the only significant political although if that is the only way that we are FastFood Day of Action . .5 change has been the landslide election of going to rid our party of the treachery that Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader and appears to abound then so be it. Trade Union Bill . 6 the massive increase in the number of Who is the common enemy? Thank You Pauls! . 6 grassroots members who have joined in the Working people and the disadvantaged in our Womens' TUC Conference . .7 hope that we will see a move to a more society are under constant attack from the socialist agenda. most heinous government in living memory. Signature Flatbreads . .8 Labour = Loyalty? We and all those that we elected to Poverty Wages make us Ill! . 8 Since that day we have seen a number of parliament should be concentrating all our efforts on defeating the common enemy We are Wakefield .
    [Show full text]
  • The Precautionary Principle Under Fire Rupert Read and Tim O'riordan
    The precautionary principle under fire Rupert Read and Tim O’Riordan The precautionary principle carries great significance for ‘sustainability science’. It provides a powerful framework for improving the quality, decency and reliability of decisions over technology, science, ecological and human health, and improved regulation of risk- burdened human affairs. It asks us to pause and to review before leaping headlong into innovations that might prove disastrous. Such a call does not sit well with a ‘deregulatory’ (i.e. environmentally-non-protecting) policy setting, nor with the expectation by corporates of maintaining profit in an economic climate where competition is yelping and recession is barking at the door. Because of this, the precautionary principle is now under fire. Looking across the world, we find a paradox. The precautionary principle is entrenched in government and legal systems in various places, but most strikingly in the European Union (EU). It has a presence in the patterns and processes of environmental management right across the EU. It is therefore especially alarming that the precautionary principle is under considerable threat in the EU. Specifically, it may be at risk in trade treaties currently being negotiated (https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/media-room/eu-referendum/ttip-and-eu ); it is being challenged by the rival so-called Innovation Principle (http://esharp.eu/debates/innovation/the-innovation- principle ); and it may be at severe risk in the U.K. as part of the Brexit process (see e.g. http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Food-Safety/Food-safety-precautionary-principle-must- continue-post-Brexit). This issue of Environment both reaffirms the need for and asserts the changing nature of the precautionary principle.
    [Show full text]
  • Register of All-Party Groups
    REGISTER OF ALL-PARTY GROUPS (As at 13 June 2007) REGISTER OF ALL-PARTY GROUPS PAGE 2 SECTION 1: COUNTRY GROUPS TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction............................................................................................................................... 2 The Nature of All-Party Groups ..................................................................................... 2 Purpose and Form of the ‘Register of All-Party Groups’............................................... 2 Purpose and Form of the ‘Approved List’ of Groups..................................................... 2 Administration of the Register and Approved List......................................................... 4 Complaints about All-Party Groups................................................................................ 4 Section 1: Country Groups ...................................................................................................... 6 Section 2: Subject Groups.................................................................................................... 141 REGISTER OF ALL-PARTY GROUPS PAGE 3 SECTION 1: COUNTRY GROUPS INTRODUCTION The Nature of All-Party Groups All-party groups are regarded as relatively informal compared with other cross-party bodies such as select committees of the House. The membership of all-party groups mainly comprises backbench Members of the House of Commons and Lords but may also include ministers and non-parliamentarians. Groups flourish and wane according to the interests and enthusiasm of Members.
    [Show full text]
  • By-Elections 2005 - 2010 RESEARCH PAPER 10/50 4 August 2010
    By-elections 2005 - 2010 RESEARCH PAPER 10/50 4 August 2010 This research paper provides the results of the 14 by-elections held during the 2005-10 Parliament. Since 2005, 9 of the 14 by-elections have been won by the incumbent party. There has been a net gain to the Conservatives of two seats, after wins in Norwich North, and Crewe and Nantwich; a net gain of one seat to the Liberal Democrats, following a win in Dunfermline and West Fife; and a net gain of one seat to the SNP after victory in Glasgow East. All of these seats were previously held by Labour. Thus, after accounting for their win in Glasgow North East (previously held by former Speaker Michael Martin), Labour saw a net loss of three seats over this period. Kathryn Keith Social and General Statistics Recent Research Papers 10/40 Sudan: peace or war, unity or secession? 02.06.10 10/41 Identity Documents Bill [Bill 1 of 2010-11] 04.06.10 10/42 Progress towards nuclear disarmament? 15.06.10 10/43 Unemployment by Constituency, June 2010 16.06.10 10/44 Local Elections 2010 22.06.10 10/45 The ‘AfPak policy’ and the Pashtuns 22.06.10 10/46 Economic Indicators, July 2010 06.07.10 10/47 Unemployment by Constituency, July 2010 14.07.10 10/48 Academies Bill [HL] [Bill 57 of 2010-11] 15.07.10 10/49 Economic Indicators, August 2010 15.07.10 Research Paper 10/50 This information is provided to Members of Parliament in support of their parliamentary duties and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual.
    [Show full text]