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Denham scrapes home (From Daily Echo)
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John Denham retains Southampton Itchen from Tory challenger Royston Smith
5:10am Friday 7th May 2010 in News
By Matt Smith, Politics and business reporter
John Denham happy about keeping his seat.
Labour'S John Denham held onto his Southampton Itchen seat by just 192 votes in the face of a surge in support for the Conservatives.
The Cabinet minister won a fifth term in the seat he has held since 1992 after a recount delayed the declaration until 5am.
His rival, Tory Royston Smith, slashed his majority achieving a whopping 10.3 per cent swing.
Mr Denham admitted the result was "a little close for comfort" but said he had been expecting a very tight race and thought he was slightly ahead throughout the count.
He said he was proud of what the Labour Government had delivered for the city but also "saw the things that remained to be done".
Mr Smith, the deputy leader of the city council, launched a bitter attack on Mr Denham, accusing him of negative campaigning over alleged Tory cuts to SureStart centres and tax credits. He insisted: "Had they played with a straight bat we would have won."
Comments(45)
southy
says...
6:36am Fri 7 May 10
Condor Man wrote:dont he live in harefield, tim cutter i know he lives in itchen, the only true local man can trace back to his granparents that i know off to southampton. you can not with smith
I hope we have another election in the coming year as this lazy MP is rapidly losing touch. Note that Royston was the only candidate actually living in Itchen.
Condor Man
says...
6:39am Fri 7 May 10
southy wrote:Smith lives in Bitterne, Denham lives in Highfield, the Lib Dum candidate lives miles away and the Green guy was also from Test.
Condor Man wrote: I hope we have another election in the coming year as this lazy MP is rapidly losing touch. Note that Royston was the only candidate actually living in Itchen.dont he live in harefield, tim cutter i know he lives in itchen, the only true local man can trace back to his granparents that i know off to southampton. you can not with smith
Osterley
says...
7:01am Fri 7 May 10
clausentum
says...
7:08am Fri 7 May 10
warness
says...
7:26am Fri 7 May 10
clausentum wrote:Are your teeth in today?
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
clausentum
says...
7:31am Fri 7 May 10
warness wrote:Eat all your Weetabix like your mum tells you too and remember to wash behind your ears before you set off to school.
clausentum wrote:Are your teeth in today?
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
southy
says...
7:35am Fri 7 May 10
clausentum wrote:yes well like i said in the pass, it was shooting there own foot at the euro elections they should of gone with a name that could be used again. i did note that the liberals count is a very much higher than last time
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
warness
says...
7:39am Fri 7 May 10
clausentum wrote:I do not go to school.
warness wrote:Eat all your Weetabix like your mum tells you too and remember to wash behind your ears before you set off to school.clausentum wrote: I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!Are your teeth in today?
I am a senior man at Exxon Mobil, providing the wealth for this country, in order that council workers and clerks like you can fritter it on petty union disputes and Brussels initiatives.
Being new to this area, I started reading this site 2 years ago, in order to absorb the local culture. This has been a disappointment, but I have turned it into an amusing hobby, whilst I endure USA driven conference calls at odd times of the day.
I have all my own teeth.
clausentum
says...
7:41am Fri 7 May 10
southy wrote:Sounds like you have disowned your man in preference to jumping into bed with the wishy-washy Liberals.
clausentum wrote:yes well like i said in the pass, it was shooting there own foot at the euro elections they should of gone with a name that could be used again. i did note that the liberals count is a very much higher than last time
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
Whatever happened to loyalty and integrity in political life?? I guess a grey socialist/communist/
flat-earth-society nut doesn't need to bother with having those sort of values?
Adrian Smith
says...
7:46am Fri 7 May 10
southy wrote:Trace his grandparents back to Southampton - christ on a bike you don't stop do you. It doesn't matter where his grandparents lived - as long as he lives in the constituency. Using your logic I can probably trace my line back to Africa 60,000 years ago - making me the obvious president of all sorts of African Countries.
Condor Man wrote: I hope we have another election in the coming year as this lazy MP is rapidly losing touch. Note that Royston was the only candidate actually living in Itchen.dont he live in harefield, tim cutter i know he lives in itchen, the only true local man can trace back to his granparents that i know off to southampton. you can not with smith
clausentum
says...
7:49am Fri 7 May 10
warness wrote:I am a University Don so socially outrank and outsmart you and own a massive amount of shares in Exxon whose profits don't stay here but prop up the USA failing economy and I know your mum. She is very disappointed with your breakfast habits and appalled with your lousy school attendance record. She also cannot understand why you never use a handkerchief but insist on wiping your snotty nose on your sleeve.
clausentum wrote:I do not go to school.
warness wrote:Eat all your Weetabix like your mum tells you too and remember to wash behind your ears before you set off to school.clausentum wrote: I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!Are your teeth in today?
I am a senior man at Exxon Mobil, providing the wealth for this country, in order that council workers and clerks like you can fritter it on petty union disputes and Brussels initiatives.
Being new to this area, I started reading this site 2 years ago, in order to absorb the local culture. This has been a disappointment, but I have turned it into an amusing hobby, whilst I endure USA driven conference calls at odd times of the day.
I have all my own teeth.
Iw61
says...
7:50am Fri 7 May 10
Denham has been warned. He has to perform better. I partially agree with CondorMan. (thats rare!!)
Itchen is not a natural Tory seat. It has plenty of people angy with Labour but not in the way CondorMan thinks.
Big Liberal vote I note
Cyber-Fug
says...
7:50am Fri 7 May 10
southy wrote:Nothing to do with the name Southy........ 99.6% of the people do not believe in what they stand for.
clausentum wrote:yes well like i said in the pass, it was shooting there own foot at the euro elections they should of gone with a name that could be used again. i did note that the liberals count is a very much higher than last time
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
Right..... back to my sun-bed in a country that is in one hell of a mess and it's being run by...... the Socialist Party !!
southy
says...
7:59am Fri 7 May 10
clausentum wrote:you dont have a clue do you, or got a very short memory, tim cutter i was backing in the itchen, but i dont live in the itchen you under stand that part ok, now the hard part for you, i live on the test side, where there is no centre or centre-left or left standing on this side, so on the test side i was supporting the libs who are the nearest party to the centre, now that was't to hard for you to under stand, but please let me know if it went over your head most things do i notice
southy wrote:Sounds like you have disowned your man in preference to jumping into bed with the wishy-washy Liberals.
clausentum wrote:yes well like i said in the pass, it was shooting there own foot at the euro elections they should of gone with a name that could be used again. i did note that the liberals count is a very much higher than last time
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
Whatever happened to loyalty and integrity in political life?? I guess a grey socialist/communist/
flat-earth-society nut doesn't need to bother with having those sort of values?
clausentum
says...
8:00am Fri 7 May 10
Adrian Smith wrote:Didn't know JC rode a bike. Thought he preferred walking on water?
southy wrote:Trace his grandparents back to Southampton - christ on a bike you don't stop do you. It doesn't matter where his grandparents lived - as long as he lives in the constituency. Using your logic I can probably trace my line back to Africa 60,000 years ago - making me the obvious president of all sorts of African Countries.
Condor Man wrote: I hope we have another election in the coming year as this lazy MP is rapidly losing touch. Note that Royston was the only candidate actually living in Itchen.dont he live in harefield, tim cutter i know he lives in itchen, the only true local man can trace back to his granparents that i know off to southampton. you can not with smith
southy
says...
8:06am Fri 7 May 10
Cyber-Fug wrote:its a new party and like i said it takes time to build up, and before the next elections most of the unions will backing this new party. the turn around has started this be your last time you see the tory-con party in power. if you take a real close look at who really gain on more votes for there party, it was the liberals.
southy wrote:Nothing to do with the name Southy........ 99.6% of the people do not believe in what they stand for.
clausentum wrote:yes well like i said in the pass, it was shooting there own foot at the euro elections they should of gone with a name that could be used again. i did note that the liberals count is a very much higher than last time
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
Right..... back to my sun-bed in a country that is in one hell of a mess and it's being run by...... the Socialist Party !!
clausentum
says...
8:08am Fri 7 May 10
southy wrote:Tommyrot, Mr Rumpelstiltskin. Citing the Itchen and Test boundaries is an outrageous red herring. Own up. You are walking backwards to Christmas in distancing yourself from your man's paltry 0.38% and it's significance to your failed political posturing.
clausentum wrote:you dont have a clue do you, or got a very short memory, tim cutter i was backing in the itchen, but i dont live in the itchen you under stand that part ok, now the hard part for you, i live on the test side, where there is no centre or centre-left or left standing on this side, so on the test side i was supporting the libs who are the nearest party to the centre, now that was't to hard for you to under stand, but please let me know if it went over your head most things do i notice
southy wrote:Sounds like you have disowned your man in preference to jumping into bed with the wishy-washy Liberals.
clausentum wrote:yes well like i said in the pass, it was shooting there own foot at the euro elections they should of gone with a name that could be used again. i did note that the liberals count is a very much higher than last time
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
Whatever happened to loyalty and integrity in political life?? I guess a grey socialist/communist/
flat-earth-society nut doesn't need to bother with having those sort of values?
southy
says...
8:14am Fri 7 May 10
clausentum wrote:use your head, being able to say to people yes i have a very long linage here in southampton go's a long way with the older familys of the city. it even go's even more if your family came from back of the walls.
Adrian Smith wrote:Didn't know JC rode a bike. Thought he preferred walking on water?
southy wrote:Trace his grandparents back to Southampton - christ on a bike you don't stop do you. It doesn't matter where his grandparents lived - as long as he lives in the constituency. Using your logic I can probably trace my line back to Africa 60,000 years ago - making me the obvious president of all sorts of African Countries.
Condor Man wrote: I hope we have another election in the coming year as this lazy MP is rapidly losing touch. Note that Royston was the only candidate actually living in Itchen.dont he live in harefield, tim cutter i know he lives in itchen, the only true local man can trace back to his granparents that i know off to southampton. you can not with smith
clausentum thats my trick walking on water
southy
says...
8:22am Fri 7 May 10
clausentum wrote:no leave all that garbage to you, that 0.38% was a bad result i know, and its not a red herring i do live here in the test side, theres and easy clue for you to spot it says redbridge. so unless redbridge has moved from the banks of the test to the banks of the itchen so yes i am on the test side
southy wrote:Tommyrot, Mr Rumpelstiltskin. Citing the Itchen and Test boundaries is an outrageous red herring. Own up. You are walking backwards to Christmas in distancing yourself from your man's paltry 0.38% and it's significance to your failed political posturing.
clausentum wrote:you dont have a clue do you, or got a very short memory, tim cutter i was backing in the itchen, but i dont live in the itchen you under stand that part ok, now the hard part for you, i live on the test side, where there is no centre or centre-left or left standing on this side, so on the test side i was supporting the libs who are the nearest party to the centre, now that was't to hard for you to under stand, but please let me know if it went over your head most things do i notice
southy wrote:Sounds like you have disowned your man in preference to jumping into bed with the wishy-washy Liberals.
clausentum wrote:yes well like i said in the pass, it was shooting there own foot at the euro elections they should of gone with a name that could be used again. i did note that the liberals count is a very much higher than last time
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
Whatever happened to loyalty and integrity in political life?? I guess a grey socialist/communist/
flat-earth-society nut doesn't need to bother with having those sort of values?
clausentum
says...
8:28am Fri 7 May 10
southy wrote:" . . . thats my trick walking on water"
clausentum wrote:use your head, being able to say to people yes i have a very long linage here in southampton go's a long way with the older familys of the city. it even go's even more if your family came from back of the walls.
Adrian Smith wrote:Didn't know JC rode a bike. Thought he preferred walking on water?
southy wrote:Trace his grandparents back to Southampton - christ on a bike you don't stop do you. It doesn't matter where his grandparents lived - as long as he lives in the constituency. Using your logic I can probably trace my line back to Africa 60,000 years ago - making me the obvious president of all sorts of African Countries.
Condor Man wrote: I hope we have another election in the coming year as this lazy MP is rapidly losing touch. Note that Royston was the only candidate actually living in Itchen.dont he live in harefield, tim cutter i know he lives in itchen, the only true local man can trace back to his granparents that i know off to southampton. you can not with smith
clausentum thats my trick walking on water
Really??
Thought your party trick was to be a ventriloquist's dummy for the local socialist/communist/
revolutionary workers party, while blowing smoke up your own ar@e.
0.38%
Nuff said.
clausentum
says...
8:30am Fri 7 May 10
southy wrote:It's surprising you have the ability to recognise your own name.
clausentum wrote:no leave all that garbage to you, that 0.38% was a bad result i know, and its not a red herring i do live here in the test side, theres and easy clue for you to spot it says redbridge. so unless redbridge has moved from the banks of the test to the banks of the itchen so yes i am on the test side
southy wrote:Tommyrot, Mr Rumpelstiltskin. Citing the Itchen and Test boundaries is an outrageous red herring. Own up. You are walking backwards to Christmas in distancing yourself from your man's paltry 0.38% and it's significance to your failed political posturing.
clausentum wrote:you dont have a clue do you, or got a very short memory, tim cutter i was backing in the itchen, but i dont live in the itchen you under stand that part ok, now the hard part for you, i live on the test side, where there is no centre or centre-left or left standing on this side, so on the test side i was supporting the libs who are the nearest party to the centre, now that was't to hard for you to under stand, but please let me know if it went over your head most things do i notice
southy wrote:Sounds like you have disowned your man in preference to jumping into bed with the wishy-washy Liberals.
clausentum wrote:yes well like i said in the pass, it was shooting there own foot at the euro elections they should of gone with a name that could be used again. i did note that the liberals count is a very much higher than last time
I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!
Whatever happened to loyalty and integrity in political life?? I guess a grey socialist/communist/
flat-earth-society nut doesn't need to bother with having those sort of values?
10 Minute Man
says...
8:39am Fri 7 May 10
Most of us didn't vote for you.
love,
The Southampton Itchen Electorate
Ohreally!!
says...
8:53am Fri 7 May 10
Iw61
says...
9:49am Fri 7 May 10
Lets face it, nationally Labour lost but the Conservatives didnt win!!
Embarrassing that after three terms of Labour and the worst recession in living memory the Conservatives are still useless.
Bassettbadger
says...
10:23am Fri 7 May 10
espanuel
says...
10:36am Fri 7 May 10
Lone Ranger
says...
11:24am Fri 7 May 10
Bassettbadger wrote:I hate the taste of Sour Grapes.............d
Absolutely gutted for Royston, he's a genuine bloke who always puts Southampton first! Denham is a waste of space. The huge swing was truly phenomenal, just hope that there will be another election soon, all those tory voters will need to really push for Royston!
ont you !!!!
loadcee
says...
11:30am Fri 7 May 10
southy
says...
12:17pm Fri 7 May 10
Lone Ranger wrote:lone you should of been at the civic last nyte, 5-30am this morning after smithy call for 2 recounts and still got no nearer. his little loser speech he spat the dummy. very amusing speech had many laughing at him. where he was spitting the dummy out.
Bassettbadger wrote:I hate the taste of Sour Grapes.............d
Absolutely gutted for Royston, he's a genuine bloke who always puts Southampton first! Denham is a waste of space. The huge swing was truly phenomenal, just hope that there will be another election soon, all those tory voters will need to really push for Royston!
ont you !!!!
still he has his very safe council seat to fall back on, but not so sure about moulton lo he could be a goner in freemantle.
ploggy1
says...
12:35pm Fri 7 May 10
Justabloke
says...
12:38pm Fri 7 May 10
When Royston Smith finally communicated anything to me, I was struck by his sheer lack of ambition ("I have no ministerial ambition" he claimed). I had just had the chance to discuss my hopes and fears with a man who was (and will be again) a cabinet minister, who had real influence. Royston Smith would have been just another make-weight. Don't get me wrong, pawns are important but I for one thought Southampton deserved more.
Huffybear
says...
12:59pm Fri 7 May 10
southy wrote:Radio Solent said that Denham had called for a recount, not Smith.
Lone Ranger wrote:lone you should of been at the civic last nyte, 5-30am this morning after smithy call for 2 recounts and still got no nearer. his little loser speech he spat the dummy. very amusing speech had many laughing at him. where he was spitting the dummy out.
Bassettbadger wrote:I hate the taste of Sour Grapes.............d
Absolutely gutted for Royston, he's a genuine bloke who always puts Southampton first! Denham is a waste of space. The huge swing was truly phenomenal, just hope that there will be another election soon, all those tory voters will need to really push for Royston!
ont you !!!!
still he has his very safe council seat to fall back on, but not so sure about moulton lo he could be a goner in freemantle.
262red@blue
says...
3:22pm Fri 7 May 10
Maine Lobster
says...
4:25pm Fri 7 May 10
262red@blue
says...
5:33pm Fri 7 May 10
Stupideditor
says...
7:20pm Fri 7 May 10
Jesus_02
says...
11:08am Sat 8 May 10
Osterley wrote:Royston Smith deserved to represent Southampton
Royston Smith deserved to represent Southampton. Denham has forgotten what he was elected for and off he goes for another holiday at Westminster! Just 193 more votes would have seen the change this City deserved at the highest level. Denham - you are on borrowed time - this glorious City is watching your every move.
He clearly didn't otherwise he would have won the vote.
Denham is a cracking politician that serves his constituency much better than most.
Still you don't know what you've got till its gone. Which I have a horrible feeling the rest of the country is about to find out. FSTE is already down 3.5% "roll on the glory days!"
southy
says...
11:09am Sat 8 May 10
Huffybear wrote:no it wrong info i was there all night has was dmc, it was smith called for a recount twice, demham had no reason to ask for a recount, he had won the count of votes. if smith had keep quite apart from we could of gone home at 2-30 in the morning instead of 6am, the count would of been closer.
southy wrote:Radio Solent said that Denham had called for a recount, not Smith.
Lone Ranger wrote:lone you should of been at the civic last nyte, 5-30am this morning after smithy call for 2 recounts and still got no nearer. his little loser speech he spat the dummy. very amusing speech had many laughing at him. where he was spitting the dummy out.
Bassettbadger wrote:I hate the taste of Sour Grapes.............d
Absolutely gutted for Royston, he's a genuine bloke who always puts Southampton first! Denham is a waste of space. The huge swing was truly phenomenal, just hope that there will be another election soon, all those tory voters will need to really push for Royston!
ont you !!!!
still he has his very safe council seat to fall back on, but not so sure about moulton lo he could be a goner in freemantle.
because of the secrets act and i had to sign i can not tell you any more than this.
Jesus_02
says...
11:51am Sat 8 May 10
Iw61 wrote:Yeah this recession is the toughest I can think of, I can hardly afford takeaways every night and the cost of Itunes has gone through the roof.
Look at the percentages above. Most people didnt vote Conservative!!
Lets face it, nationally Labour lost but the Conservatives didnt win!!
Embarrassing that after three terms of Labour and the worst recession in living memory the Conservatives are still useless.
You know the otherday I went to Starbucks and I could only afford the one shot. Its a wonder anyone can afford to post on here.
The worst is yet to come, under the con/lib axis
southy
says...
12:35pm Sat 8 May 10
Jesus_02 wrote:if they accept this lib/con axis its not going to last long, the tory con party will say no to it any way, not in there interest to accept it, what they will do is keep talking about it just to keep the support of liberals. the liberals probley all ready know this but will give it a try just in case, but in the end they will say enough is enough then put in a vote of no confidence in parliament. and that will be it back to polls.
Iw61 wrote:Yeah this recession is the toughest I can think of, I can hardly afford takeaways every night and the cost of Itunes has gone through the roof.
Look at the percentages above. Most people didnt vote Conservative!!
Lets face it, nationally Labour lost but the Conservatives didnt win!!
Embarrassing that after three terms of Labour and the worst recession in living memory the Conservatives are still useless.
You know the otherday I went to Starbucks and I could only afford the one shot. Its a wonder anyone can afford to post on here.
The worst is yet to come, under the con/lib axis
now that polls have ended you will see all those partys go till its time for the polls again then they will get them selfs involve again, the only group that will still be on the streets helping people will be the socialist. its some thing they all ways done stay on the streets helping out and dont ask for any thing in return, like to vote for them when the time comes round.
Iw61
says...
1:44pm Sat 8 May 10
Jesus_02 wrote:Arent you lucky.
Iw61 wrote:Yeah this recession is the toughest I can think of, I can hardly afford takeaways every night and the cost of Itunes has gone through the roof.
Look at the percentages above. Most people didnt vote Conservative!!
Lets face it, nationally Labour lost but the Conservatives didnt win!!
Embarrassing that after three terms of Labour and the worst recession in living memory the Conservatives are still useless.
You know the otherday I went to Starbucks and I could only afford the one shot. Its a wonder anyone can afford to post on here.
The worst is yet to come, under the con/lib axis
Whats your name ? Royston Smith?
Lone Ranger
says...
7:27pm Sat 8 May 10
Iw61 wrote:Hang on a minute..unless i have read this wrong arent you on the same side!!!
Jesus_02 wrote:Arent you lucky.
Iw61 wrote:Yeah this recession is the toughest I can think of, I can hardly afford takeaways every night and the cost of Itunes has gone through the roof.
Look at the percentages above. Most people didnt vote Conservative!!
Lets face it, nationally Labour lost but the Conservatives didnt win!!
Embarrassing that after three terms of Labour and the worst recession in living memory the Conservatives are still useless.
You know the otherday I went to Starbucks and I could only afford the one shot. Its a wonder anyone can afford to post on here.
The worst is yet to come, under the con/lib axis
Whats your name ? Royston Smith?
Iw61
says...
7:34pm Sat 8 May 10
Maybe I didnt 'get' Jesus_o2' and his sharp humour.
I stand corrected if I didnt!!
southampton liza
says...
12:46am Tue 11 May 10
warness wrote:We meet again warness.
clausentum wrote:I do not go to school. I am a senior man at Exxon Mobil, providing the wealth for this country, in order that council workers and clerks like you can fritter it on petty union disputes and Brussels initiatives. Being new to this area, I started reading this site 2 years ago, in order to absorb the local culture. This has been a disappointment, but I have turned it into an amusing hobby, whilst I endure USA driven conference calls at odd times of the day. I have all my own teeth.warness wrote:Eat all your Weetabix like your mum tells you too and remember to wash behind your ears before you set off to school.clausentum wrote: I note that Mr Cutter got a whopping 0.38% of the vote!Are your teeth in today?
good to see your still spouting rubbish and trying your hardest to put down people's view's and opinions with un-witty remarks.
You disappoint me though warness as you have failed to make up your own made up word this time!!!
carpagial is still not a word.... haha haha thanks for the giggle warness.
Condor Man says...
6:27am Fri 7 May 10