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2006 Fareham Borough Council Election
The 2006 Fareham Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative 22 *Liberal Democrat 9 Election result The results saw the Conservatives keep control of the council, after the party defended all the seats they had been holding. The Liberal Democrats held the 6 seats they had been defending, while Labour failed to win any seats with their vote share dropping to 8%. This meant the Conservatives had 22 seats, compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats. The first British National Party candidate standing in Fareham finished with more votes than either of the Labour candidates in Portchester East and said the party would contest more seats at the next election. Overall turnout in the election was 40.86%, similar to the turnout in 2004. Ward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Fareham Borough Council Election
The 2004 Fareham Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election, with the Conservative Party increasing their majority. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative 22 *Liberal Democrat 9 Campaign Before the election there were 18 Conservative and 12 Liberal Democrat councillors, with 15 of the 31 seats being contested. One of the 15 seats, in Fareham South ward, was vacant after an independent, former Liberal Democrat, councillor had stepped down, after being fined for false housing and council tax benefit claims. Fareham South was among a number of wards which were reported as being vulnerable to a change in party control including Fareham East, Fareham North, Portchester West, Stubbington and Titchfield Common. A couple of former councillors who had been defeated in the 2002 election stood again, former Labour group leader Mick Prior in Fareham North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of Social democracy, social democrats, Democratic socialism, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (United Kingdom), Official Opposition. There have been six Labour List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom, prime ministers and thirteen Labour Cabinet of the United Kingdom, ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the Labour movement, trade union movement and History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom, socialist List of political parties in the United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fareham Borough Council Elections
Half of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England is elected every two years, while before 2002 the council was elected by thirds. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 31 councillors have been elected from 15 wards. Council elections * 1973 Fareham Borough Council election * 1976 Fareham Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1979 Fareham Borough Council election * 1980 Fareham Borough Council election * 1982 Fareham Borough Council election * 1983 Fareham Borough Council election * 1984 Fareham Borough Council election * 1986 Fareham Borough Council election * 1987 Fareham Borough Council election * 1988 Fareham Borough Council election * 1990 Fareham Borough Council election * 1991 Fareham Borough Council election * 1992 Fareham Borough Council election * 1994 Fareham Borough Council election * 1995 Fareham Borough Council election * 1996 Fareham Borough Council election * 1998 Fareham Borough Council election * 1999 Fareham Borough Council election * 2000 Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Fareham Council Election
The 2008 Fareham Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: * Conservative 22 * Liberal Democrat 9 Campaign Before the election the Conservatives held 22 seats compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats, with the Conservatives having run the council for the previous 9 years. Other candidates stood from the Labour Party, Green Party, United Kingdom Independence Party, British National Party and the English Democrats Party, but the election was seen as being mainly between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pledged to improve parking in Fareham, oppose a proposed gravel extraction site and build less new houses. The Conservatives defended their record in control of the council pointing to low council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fareham Local Elections
Half of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England is elected every two years, while before 2002 the council was elected by thirds. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 31 councillors have been elected from 15 wards. Council elections * 1973 Fareham Borough Council election * 1976 Fareham Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1979 Fareham Borough Council election * 1980 Fareham Borough Council election * 1982 Fareham Borough Council election * 1983 Fareham Borough Council election * 1984 Fareham Borough Council election * 1986 Fareham Borough Council election * 1987 Fareham Borough Council election * 1988 Fareham Borough Council election * 1990 Fareham Borough Council election * 1991 Fareham Borough Council election * 1992 Fareham Borough Council election * 1994 Fareham Borough Council election * 1995 Fareham Borough Council election * 1996 Fareham Borough Council election * 1998 Fareham Borough Council election * 1999 Fareham Borough Council election * 2000 Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Fareham Council Election
The 2004 Fareham Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election, with the Conservative Party increasing their majority. After the election, the composition of the council was: * Conservative 22 * Liberal Democrat 9 Campaign Before the election there were 18 Conservative and 12 Liberal Democrat councillors, with 15 of the 31 seats being contested. One of the 15 seats, in Fareham South ward, was vacant after an independent, former Liberal Democrat, councillor had stepped down, after being fined for false housing and council tax benefit claims. Fareham South was among a number of wards which were reported as being vulnerable to a change in party control including Fareham East, Fareham North, Portchester West, Stubbington and Titchfield Common. A couple of former councillors who had been defeated in the 2002 election stood again, former Labour group leader Mick Prior in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as '' The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voter Turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford University political scientists Adam Bonica and Michael McFaul, there is a consensus among political scientists that "democracies perform better when more people vote." Institutional factors drive the vast majority of differences in turnout rates.Michael McDonald and Samuel Popkin"The Myth of the Vanishing Voter"in American Political Science Review. December 2001. p. 970. For example, simpler parliamentary democracies where voters get shorter ballots, fewer elections, and a multi-party system that makes accountability easier see much higher turnout than the systems of the United States, Japan, and Switzerland. Significance Some parts of society are more likely to vote than others. As turnout approaches 90%, significant differences between v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portchester
Portchester is a locality and suburb northwest of Portsmouth, England. It is part of the borough of Fareham in Hampshire. Once a small village, Portchester is now a busy part of the expanding conurbation between Portsmouth and Southampton on the A27 main thoroughfare. Its population according to the 2011 United Kingdom census was 17,789 residents. Name Portchester is derived from its former Latin name Portus Adurni and the Old English suffix ''ceaster'' ("fort; fortified town"), itself derived from the Latin word “castrum.” History The fort of Portus Adurni is considered the best-preserved Roman fort north of the Alps. It is sometimes identified as the ''Caer Peris''Nennius (). Theodor Mommsen (). ''Historia Brittonum'', VI. Composed after AD 830. Hosted at Latin Wikisource. listed by the 9th-century ''History of the Britons'' as among the 28 cities of Britain.Ford, David Nash.The 28 Cities of Britain" at Britannia. 2000.Newman, John Henry & al''Lives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Daily Echo
The ''Southern Daily Echo'', more commonly known as the ''Daily Echo'' or simply ''The Echo'', is a regional tabloid newspaper based in Southampton, covering the county of Hampshire in the United Kingdom. The newspaper is owned by Newsquest, one of the largest publishers of local newspapers in the country, which is in turn owned by Gannett. It began publication in August 1888 and a website has been in existence since 1998. Publication of the print edition is from Monday to Saturday and there is one edition a day, down from six editions a day in 2006. The ''Echo'' was initially a daily newspaper before becoming an evening paper and changing its name to the ''Evening Echo'' on 1 July 1958. It returned to being the ''Daily Echo again'' on 10 January 1994. The ''Echo'' is currently the only paid-for local newspaper covering the city of Southampton. The editorial position is that of a politically neutral publication. On Saturdays, the ''Daily Echo'' produced the ''Sports Pink'' un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News (Portsmouth)
''The News'' is the only local paid-for newspaper in Portsmouth, England, and covers a wide area of south Hampshire. It is produced by Johnston Press, owners of Portsmouth Publishing & Printing, at their headquarters in North Harbour, Portsmouth, and printed in nearby Hilsea. Its official title is ''The News'', though it was formerly known as ''The Portsmouth Evening News'' and is still popularly referred to as ''The Evening News'' despite being printed in the early hours of the morning. ''The News'' is printed Monday to Saturday. There was also a weekly sports paper, ''The Sports Mail'', which followed the fortunes of local club Portsmouth F.C. and local sports news. A weekend magazine and an entertainment supplement called ''WOW247'' (formerly ''The Guide'') are also printed. Sales have declined following price rises and the rise of social media. Like many regional newspapers ''The News'' circulation has plummeted in recent years, slumping by 15% in the last six months of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Fareham Borough Council Election
The 2008 Fareham Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative 22 *Liberal Democrat 9 Campaign Before the election the Conservatives held 22 seats compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats, with the Conservatives having run the council for the previous 9 years. Other candidates stood from the Labour Party, Green Party, United Kingdom Independence Party, British National Party and the English Democrats Party, but the election was seen as being mainly between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pledged to improve parking in Fareham, oppose a proposed gravel extraction site and build less new houses. The Conservatives defended their record in control of the council pointing to low council tax ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
