As long as people have the information they can choose how they use it. But actually living in the ward is a good campaign point - especially the question of why candidates *aren't* running in their own wards... Safe seats for the anointed boys(/girls)... maybe.
Paul /)/+) On 4 May 2011 10:39, Mark Goodge <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/05/2011 09:48, Paul Waring wrote: > >> On 04/05/11 09:36, Mark Goodge wrote: >> >>> On 04/05/2011 09:25, Paul Waring wrote: >>> >>> The one thing I would like to see if anyone is designing a generic 'ward >>>> and candidate finder' is to plot the addresses of candidates to see >>>> which of them actually live in the area they're standing for election in >>>> (only one of mine does). >>>> >>> >>> I can understand the attraction of this, but I'm not sure it's as useful >>> as you might think. There are many reasons why a candidate might live >>> outside their ward, so without knowing those reasons there aren't many >>> helpful conclusions you can draw from the knowledge. >>> >> >> Perhaps - in my ward the distance from the ward seems to be an >> indication of how serious the candidate is (paper candidates live over a >> mile away, serious candidates live within the ward or neighbouring >> wards). I don't know if that applies further afield though. >> > > I don't think it can be generally assumed. Council wards tend to be fairly > small, so a sitting candidate can easily find themselves outside their ward > either as a result of boundary changes or because they need to move house. > It's quite hard in some parts of the country to persuade people to stand at > all for council elections, and the supply of suitable candidates doesn't > necessarily match ward boundaries, so the main political parties in > particular will often need to allocate candidates to wards other than where > they live. The alternative would be a lot of uncontested seats, or even > vacancies, which IMO would be a far worse scenario. > > > Mark > -- > Sent from my Babbage Difference Engine > http://mark.goodge.co.uk > http://www.ratemysupermarket.com > > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/paul%40idltd.com >
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