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Saturday 17 July, 2pm, Frognal & Fitzjohn Ward |
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We'll be running a joint campaigning event with London Young Labour to help Young Fabian Jack Smith fight the Tory safe council seat of Frognal & Fitzjohn. You can read about why Jack's decided to stand for this seat in his Young Fabian blog post.
We'll be meeting outside the Hampstead branch of Barclay's at 2pm to talk to local residents and voters till 4pm (ish) when we'll be decamping to a local watering hole to hopefully enjoy the great weather! The Jubilee line will be working and Hampstead tube is really near.
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Looking back on the general election of 2010 it’s worth reflecting on the impact made by the Young Fabians...
Over the short campaign, we led YF members to a series of campaign days – and we saw some excellent results and a 100% record...
- In Walthamstow, after mid-campaign concern of a post-debate Clegg effect, Labour-Coop candidate Stella Creasy won with a swing in her favour.
- Jeremy Corbyn held the safe seat of Islington North.
- Our driver for the Hope Not Hate day of action in east London, Jon Cruddas, saw off the threat of the BNP and Conservatives to be elected MP for Dagenham and Rainham.
- In one of the worst results of the night for David Cameron’s Conservatives and Michael Ashcroft’s wallet, Karen Buck held on to her Westminster North seat from a much-flouted Cameroon despite difficult boundary changes.
- Rushanara Ali took back Bethnal Green and Bow for Labour with a 5 figure majority that helped push Respect into third place.
- And our final campaign day – in Harrow West – saw another Conservative disappointment and the return of Gareth Thomas.
Congratulations to all the candidates, and to all the Young Fabians who joined our campaign days over the last month or so for an immense amount of hard work and enthusiasm – it made a difference.
Other good news comes from Airdrie and Shotts where Young Fabian executive committee member, Pamela Nash was elected, winning more votes than John Reid had in that seat in 2005 – well done Pamela! As the first ever current Young Fabian executive member to sit in parliament, we are sure Pamela will bring something special to her role of Parliamentary Officer.
Elsewhere on our executive committee, in one of the last results to be announced, James Green put in a good showing in the Lib Dem-Tory marginal of Cheltenham – the seat saw a considerable swing to the Lib Dems, suggesting many of James’ supporters opted to vote tactically. And Rebecca Rennison, standing in South West Wiltshire did well to keep the Labour to Tory swing below the national average in this Conservative stronghold.
Read our blog for more accounts of Young Fabian campaigning in the run up to the general election |
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