Showing posts with label Norman Baker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norman Baker. Show all posts

7 May 2013

Which Lib Dem seat had the worst local election result?

Much has been made in the days since Thursday's local election rout of the resilience of the Lib Dem vote in seats held by Lib Dem MPs.  But what to make of this aggregated county election result from Lewes - a seat held by Lib Dem transport minister Norman Baker - with a majority of more than 7,500?
 
UKIP 6476 22.7%
Con  6412 22.5%
Ind   6344 22.3%
LD    5588 19.6%
Lab   2005  7.0%
Grn   1669  5.9%

By way of comparison in next door Eastbourne the Lib Dems topped the poll, leading the Conservatives by 6% and UKIP by 8%.

Was there a worse result in a Lib Dem held seat last Thursday?

Source: Vote UK Forum

21 March 2013

Liberal MPs pop singles are nothing new


Transport Minister and Lewes's Lib Dem MP, Norman Baker has received much publicity for his band's debut single - the Kinksesque 'Piccadilly Circus'.

But he's not the first Liberal MP to seek chart success.  In 1981 then Liberal Leader, David Steel, teamed up with Scots musician Jesse Rae to cut I Feel Liberal-Alright! 


I haven't been able to track down the track in its entirety - but there is some YouTube footage of HIGNFY featuring both Steel and I Feel Liberal-Alright!   And it's nowhere near as bad as it should have been.