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Post by highpeakblue on Jul 7, 2024 8:34:13 GMT
There is now only one club in the whole of the 92 that plays in a Tory constituency. Where is it?
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Post by devastadium on Jul 7, 2024 9:06:14 GMT
Leicester City ?
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Post by bryndjones on Jul 7, 2024 9:11:16 GMT
The newest - Bromley
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Post by highpeakblue on Jul 7, 2024 11:03:15 GMT
Exactly. If they hadn't got promoted it would have been none. A bit of a quirk. Had you heard that already or did you work it out?
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Post by borussiachester on Jul 7, 2024 12:02:02 GMT
Interesting to note that the team they beat in the playoff final, Solihull, are also in a Tory constituency, and the team they beat in the semis, Barnet, are in what’s now the most marginal Labour seat in the country. Perhaps following non-league football is more of a Tory pastime than we thought!
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Post by welshrover on Jul 7, 2024 12:14:10 GMT
Interesting to note that the team they beat in the playoff final, Solihull, are also in a Tory constituency, and the team they beat in the semis, Barnet, are in what’s now the most marginal Labour seat in the country. Perhaps following non-league football is more of a Tory pastime than we thought! Maybe it's because non league fans don't join the herd 😀
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Post by Lobster on Jul 7, 2024 13:47:31 GMT
The Deva is situated across two Labour constituencies, so does that mean we're the most not-Tory club around?
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Post by welshrover on Jul 8, 2024 6:07:52 GMT
The Deva is situated across two Labour constituencies, so does that mean we're the most not-Tory club around? Yes, however in an even more weird world if you live in Bridge Street you are Labour but cross the bridge to Handbridge you are Conservative. I realise that constituency boundaries have to go somewhere but it does seem an odd one the way Chester has been "cut in half" City centre, Blacon, Saughall etc in one half, Huntingdon, Christleton, Handbridge etc in another one.
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Post by newblue on Jul 8, 2024 14:20:31 GMT
The Deva is situated across two Labour constituencies, so does that mean we're the most not-Tory club around? Yes, however in an even more weird world if you live in Bridge Street you are Labour but cross the bridge to Handbridge you are Conservative. I realise that constituency boundaries have to go somewhere but it does seem an odd one the way Chester has been "cut in half" City centre, Blacon, Saughall etc in one half, Huntingdon, Christleton, Handbridge etc in another one.
And add in Guilden Sutton which finds itself in Runcorn and Helsby. Madness.
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Post by welshrover on Jul 8, 2024 16:24:23 GMT
Yes, however in an even more weird world if you live in Bridge Street you are Labour but cross the bridge to Handbridge you are Conservative. I realise that constituency boundaries have to go somewhere but it does seem an odd one the way Chester has been "cut in half" City centre, Blacon, Saughall etc in one half, Huntingdon, Christleton, Handbridge etc in another one.
And add in Guilden Sutton which finds itself in Runcorn and Helsby. Madness.
That I didn't know! So this morning on my bike ride I have cycled through three different constituencies whilst in Chester!!
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Post by jamieablock on Jul 8, 2024 18:07:18 GMT
And add in Guilden Sutton which finds itself in Runcorn and Helsby. Madness.
That I didn't know! So this morning on my bike ride I have cycled through three different constituencies whilst in Chester!! Thank god you have brought this to the table
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Post by welshrover on Jul 8, 2024 22:51:16 GMT
That I didn't know! So this morning on my bike ride I have cycled through three different constituencies whilst in Chester!! Thank god you have brought this to the table You having a bad day?
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Post by devadiva on Jul 9, 2024 7:28:39 GMT
Yes, however in an even more weird world if you live in Bridge Street you are Labour but cross the bridge to Handbridge you are Conservative. I realise that constituency boundaries have to go somewhere but it does seem an odd one the way Chester has been "cut in half" City centre, Blacon, Saughall etc in one half, Huntingdon, Christleton, Handbridge etc in another one.
And add in Guilden Sutton which finds itself in Runcorn and Helsby. Madness.
Factoid for the day: Any town/city etc with a population greater than the avg population they aim for in electoral constituencies will have to be split up in some way. That’s one of the ways in which they try and make each vote of equal value across the UK. If they didn’t, a vote in a high population constituency would be “worth” less than one in a lower one.
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Post by Lobster on Jul 9, 2024 13:12:10 GMT
Apparently, the population of CWaC went up by 8.4% between 2011 and 2021, while Wirral only went up 0.1% in the same time. That might explain why Wirral West and Wirral South have more or less been merged into one constituency, and Ellesmere Port has been lumped in with Merseyside towns as well. That's left Neston out on a limb, so they've had to include the north of Chester in it, and the south of Chester in with the rural Tory heartland of Eddisbury, even though I can't imagine people in places like the Lache voted Tory.
I'm aware that this is becoming the most boring thread ever. Has anyone got any more quiz questions? ❓
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Post by sealandender1 on Jul 9, 2024 13:34:04 GMT
Talking of boring threads . . . where is Sychdyn’s very own Kier Hardie?
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