General Election 2017 Archives - Bradley Stoke Journal

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Friday 9th June 2017 SH (Editor)

Jack Lopresti holds FaBS but has majority halved

Conservative Jack Lopresti has retained his Filton and Bradley Stoke (FaBS) parliamentary seat but with a much reduced majority of 8.2 percent, compared to 20.0 percent in 2015. His share of the total votes cast was 50.0 percent (46.7 percent in 2015). Labour’s candidate Naomi Rylatt finished second with a 41.7 percent share of the vote, significantly up from the 26.6 percent her predecessor Ian Boulton

Wednesday 7th June 2017 SH (Editor)

[Letter] UKIP’s Ben Walker: Why I am not standing in GE2017

After a huge amount of deliberation, I have decided not to stand in the upcoming snap general election on 8th June. I campaigned tirelessly along with other local branch members to ensure we obtained a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU and once we got it, we worked even harder to win it. Given that the previous member