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Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election to take place within weeks
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Nov 06, 2021 11:39am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Nov 02, 2021 11:00am |
| Description | Business in the House of Commons on Monday started with Government whip Mark Spencer issuing the writ for the vacant Old Bexley and Sidcup seat.
By-elections take place between 21 and 27 working days from the issuing of a writ, suggesting polling day will be on December 2.
Conservative MP Mr Brokenshire, 53, died from lung cancer last month, with tributes paid to him from across the political spectrum. |
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The by-election seems to be a very safe Tory hold. I expect the LibDems and Greens to do a little bit better than what they did in 2019 and I expect Richard Tice, the leader of Reform/Brexit to lose his deposit.
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| Joker:9757 | BrentinCO ( 9683.07 points) | November 06, 2021 11:11pm |
I don't know if I agree about Tice. All he needs to get is 5% of the vote to not lose his deposit. That seems like a a low bar. Could be close since this is metro London....but still seems very doable.
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| D:1989 | RBH ( 5686.17 points) | November 08, 2021 01:06pm |
kind of a surprise that they're not gonna hold the Bexley/Sidcup and Southend West by-elections on the same day. Obviously wouldn't save any money but since a bunch of parties aren't contesting Southend West, having that on the same day as Bexley&Sidcup would make sense.
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