Comments on: Lib Dems contest more seats than Labour http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-contest-more-seats-than-labour-673.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Antony Hook http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-contest-more-seats-than-labour-673.html#comment-10973 Antony Hook Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:33:56 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-contest-more-seats-than-labour-673.html#comment-10973 Matt- they have more but they are concentrated in certain places, the same as Tory MPs. Everyone knows the Tories are not a national party but mainly a party of the English south. Matt- they have more but they are concentrated in certain places, the same as Tory MPs.

Everyone knows the Tories are not a national party but mainly a party of the English south.

]]> By: Hywel http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-contest-more-seats-than-labour-673.html#comment-10854 Hywel Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:52:58 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-contest-more-seats-than-labour-673.html#comment-10854 The Conservatives had far more candidates than the Lib Dems in 1996. I'm not sure whether that was a great demonstratation of them being a national party of government though. The Conservatives had far more candidates than the Lib Dems in 1996. I’m not sure whether that was a great demonstratation of them being a national party of government though.

]]> By: Matt Simpson http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-contest-more-seats-than-labour-673.html#comment-10841 Matt Simpson Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:22:51 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-contest-more-seats-than-labour-673.html#comment-10841 And the Conservatives have far more candidates than the LibDems, showing that they are the national party of local government And the Conservatives have far more candidates than the LibDems, showing that they are the national party of local government

]]> By: Antony Hook http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-contest-more-seats-than-labour-673.html#comment-10832 Antony Hook Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:30:54 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-contest-more-seats-than-labour-673.html#comment-10832 Iain published stats the other day about the number of Councils which have no councillors of one of the main parties. His contention was that the Tories are a national party afterall because it is rarer to have a Council with no Tories than either no Lib Dem. The point he has missed is that many of the Councils with no Tories cover urban areas with large portions of the poluation. The Tories are concentrated in rural areas. In the sense of the amount of the population in any given area the Tories remain not proper a national proper. Iain published stats the other day about the number of Councils which have no councillors of one of the main parties.

His contention was that the Tories are a national party afterall because it is rarer to have a Council with no Tories than either no Lib Dem.

The point he has missed is that many of the Councils with no Tories cover urban areas with large portions of the poluation. The Tories are concentrated in rural areas. In the sense of the amount of the population in any given area the Tories remain not proper a national proper.

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