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Radlett Wire

@radlettwire.bsky.social

We're new here but we've been keeping an eye on our small town in Hertfordshire - and its Parliamentary constituency Hertsmere - for 15 years.

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Radlett Wire @radlettwire.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

We've been relying on @theyworkforyou.com in our ceaseless sarcasm about politics - local and Parliamentary - for many years. They're launching an enhancement to their vital service…

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Radlett Wire @radlettwire.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

So, what happened here? It's the Hertfordshire County Council elections post-mortem you've been waiting for, WITH CHARTS, showing how what must have been one of the Toriest places in England suddenly became a much more mixed political location: bit.ly/3SqGaP0

Vote share, Hertfordshire County Council, 1973-2025 - tab-delimited table
1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Conservative 35 65 43 36 45 27 38 40 46 55 46 51 46 22
Labour 33 6 29 27 27 30 30 27 16 3 15 9 7 5
Liberal Democrat 3 0 4 14 5 19 9 10 14 17 16 18 23 31
Reform UK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
BNP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Independent 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

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Radlett Wire @radlettwire.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

With only SIX SEATS counted, this is what Hertfordshire County Council looks like at 10:15 on the day after polling day. No news yet from our division, Watling, where Caroline Clapper is going to be looking closely at her 2021 share of 75%!

Pie chart showing share of vote in Hertfordshire County Council election of 1 May 2025. The largest chunk (two-thirds of the pie - four seats) is the dark blue of the Conservatives and the smaller in light blue (two seats) is for Reform UK.

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Radlett Wire @radlettwire.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Democracy question: which are the most boring elections? parish, borough, county or Parliamentary? We think it's obvious: county, right? Who are they? What do they even do? Anyway, if you can bear to, click here for everything you need to know about Thursday's county council elections bit.ly/42SZ8CN

Map of the Watling electoral division in Hertfordshire, UK. Watling is outlined in dark blue and filled with a lighter blue

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Radlett Wire @radlettwire.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

If you're interested in where your MP's head is at right now, you might want to watch this clip from Parliament earlier today in which Sir Oliver Dowden asks if the UK Government has been grovelling sufficiently to Elon Musk…

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Radlett Wire @radlettwire.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

At Radlett Wire we've been droning on about local and Parliamentary politics, planning, business, schools and so on… for 15 years ffs. We've made a speciality of keeping an eye on our MP (Sir Oliver Dowden KCE CBE) and most recently on a HUGE data centre project planned for the area bit.ly/4jJOrKr

Computer rendering of a huge data centre planned for a site in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, UK. A hyper-modern, two-storey building with much green planting around it.

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