| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. 11:55 - Jul 3 with 2888 views | Bloots |
….how do we feel about this?
I’ll use a real example, but not state the parties to avoid influencing.
Cand A: Lives in constituency, has done for a number of years, reasonably active locally.
Cand B: Doesn’t live in constituency, doesn’t live in county, doesn’t even live in a neighbouring county. Rarely seen locally.
Should this count against “Cand B”?
My feeling is that it should. |  |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:07 - Jul 3 with 2788 views | Steve_M |
I think it's a factor, no the only one of course but definitely one. Nothing wrong with living in a fairly local location but outside the constituency boundaries though IMO. |  |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:14 - Jul 3 with 2744 views | WeirdFishes |
I think it *should* matter but I can’t say it would for me. If it was between a local Tory or a Labour candidate who’s never been to Ipswich, I’d still vote against the Tory 1000 times. |  |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:32 - Jul 3 with 2644 views | Mullet |
I think it should be a local candidate for local people, but the boundaries mean they should probably live within a radius innit |  |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:35 - Jul 3 with 2618 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:32 - Jul 3 by Mullet |
I think it should be a local candidate for local people, but the boundaries mean they should probably live within a radius innit |
You’re quite right. Both our Reform and Tory candidates are non-local, not even from a neighbouring constituency. I suspect that’s because they’ve given up and struggled to find people locally. |  |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:37 - Jul 3 with 2604 views | brazil1982 |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:07 - Jul 3 by Steve_M |
I think it's a factor, no the only one of course but definitely one. Nothing wrong with living in a fairly local location but outside the constituency boundaries though IMO. |
How about a candidate that was born, and lives in N*rwich standing for a Suffolk seat? |  | | |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:45 - Jul 3 with 2552 views | bluelagos |
Is one factor for sure. When the main parties drop a candidate on a constituency who has previously lived miles away, that's not good.
Worst case recently was the Tory chairman Richard Holden who was the MP for Durham. He was responsible for pulling together a shortlist for the local party members to choose from. For Basildon (a safe tory seat) he presented them with a short list of 1, the day before nominations had to be made, too late for them to find anyone else if unhappy.
The one name on the shortlist was Richard Holden. |  |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:09 - Jul 3 with 2464 views | SuffolkSpezial |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:37 - Jul 3 by brazil1982 |
How about a candidate that was born, and lives in N*rwich standing for a Suffolk seat? |
Better to be a n**wich fan than a Tory in my book!! |  | | |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:16 - Jul 3 with 2424 views | Zx1988 |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 12:45 - Jul 3 by bluelagos |
Is one factor for sure. When the main parties drop a candidate on a constituency who has previously lived miles away, that's not good.
Worst case recently was the Tory chairman Richard Holden who was the MP for Durham. He was responsible for pulling together a shortlist for the local party members to choose from. For Basildon (a safe tory seat) he presented them with a short list of 1, the day before nominations had to be made, too late for them to find anyone else if unhappy.
The one name on the shortlist was Richard Holden. |
Another one from this election is the Conservative candidate in Wimbledon - Danielle Dunfield-Prayero.
Martin Calladine, who normally does a lot of the donkey work exposing the seedier side of football, has taken the bit between his teeth trying to expose her this election, claiming to live locally in Wimbledon, but with all the evidence suggesting that she has never lived there but, instead, lives in Chichester.
https://theuglygame.wordpress.com/2024/05/03/a-local-seat-for-local-people/ | |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:18 - Jul 3 with 2403 views | Help |
That is up to the voter, who may not have even read that far into it. Hell they may vote for that party even if the candidate was from another planet. |  |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:18 - Jul 3 with 2396 views | bluelagos |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:16 - Jul 3 by Zx1988 |
Another one from this election is the Conservative candidate in Wimbledon - Danielle Dunfield-Prayero.
Martin Calladine, who normally does a lot of the donkey work exposing the seedier side of football, has taken the bit between his teeth trying to expose her this election, claiming to live locally in Wimbledon, but with all the evidence suggesting that she has never lived there but, instead, lives in Chichester.
https://theuglygame.wordpress.com/2024/05/03/a-local-seat-for-local-people/ |
There was one guy who booked an Airbnb and then pretended that was his address :-) | |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:24 - Jul 3 with 2349 views | Zx1988 |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:18 - Jul 3 by bluelagos |
There was one guy who booked an Airbnb and then pretended that was his address :-) |
Christ. I'd forgotten about that one! | |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:36 - Jul 3 with 2301 views | EastTownBlue |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:09 - Jul 3 by SuffolkSpezial |
Better to be a n**wich fan than a Tory in my book!! |
An improvement on a Tory from Ely. | | | |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:42 - Jul 3 with 2268 views | yorkshireblue |
Certainly a factor for me. Maybe not living there, but certainly a connection to the area. I no longer live in Ipswich, but would be comfortable with my credentials (on that, and that alone!) to stand if I so desired.
However, I accept it's one of many factors. I wouldn't vote for someone purely based on it if I disagreed with all of their policies - but I would use it as a tie-breaker.
Policies aside, I have the choice of wth the three main parties:
A) a local candidate - lived here most of his life, a former councillor and teacher in the constituency
B) the incumbant, who wouldn't have been able to point to the constituency on a map before being selected. A fomer councillor somewhere else, and had stood there before, but won on there first try here.
C) A London Councillor, who has previously been the candidate in multiple constituencies dotted around the country.
That being said, I was once told it was always prudent in local elections to vote for the person who lives closest to you irrespective of party - if you have an issue with say street lighting, you want them to know the area you are talking about. |  | | |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 14:23 - Jul 3 with 2181 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Relax - they’ll buy a secret nd j’me on expenses and then claim to live locally whilst renting it out | |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 14:34 - Jul 3 with 2150 views | MidlandBlue25 |
For me it's a sign they don't actually care about representing their constituents. It's more about rising up the party ladder. | | | |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 10:06 - Jul 4 with 1975 views | Zx1988 |
Interestingly I ended up with this exact scenario when I cast my vote this morning.
The candidate best placed to beat the incumbent Tory had an address in the Alyn and Deeside constituency. The first I'd heard of him not being local all campaign, despite his literature stressing his passion for the constituency.
I still voted for him, as he's the runaway option to get the Tories out, but it did make me stop and think. Had it been a battleground seat between two non-Tories, it probably would have impacted my decision. | |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 10:09 - Jul 4 with 1962 views | baxterbasics |
The Lib-Dem standing in CS & NI is based in Huntingdon FFS.
All the others at least had some Ipswich connection. |  |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 10:19 - Jul 4 with 1941 views | Churchman |
I would never vote for somebody not living in the constituency in National or Local elections. I haven’t much time for my local MP Laura Trott, but she lives here and has done more for the constituency in five years than her predecessor managed in 20. He was Michel Fallon - an odious berk who’d been parachuted into the constituency after being booted out in Darlington. Didn’t live here and did nothing for it.
He resigned from Secretary of State for defence (I gather he was useless) ‘after being implicated in the 2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations’ - according to Wki. Allegedly was creative with his expenses too.
Managed to get a knighthood, mind. |  | | |
| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 10:32 - Jul 4 with 1921 views | Trequartista |
For me, at a general election, i'm voting party first, prime minister second and candidate third, so I don't really care who i'm voting for, never mind where they live. |  |
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| Candidates that don’t live in the constituency…. on 13:11 - Jul 4 with 1821 views | textbackup |
Do they get access to away tickets if they live close to an away stadium we play at?
Sorry, wrong thread |  |
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