The Local Parties On-Line

A variety of political parties will be vying for the two seats, up for grabs in the forthcoming by elections. We thought that we’d like to take a look at how the various political parties advertise themselves. Most lead with a banner showing people. Most, but not all. It is interesting to see the different ways that the parties’ market themselves to the public.

It is clear that the sites of some have not been updated for years.

If their on-line activity is a reflection of their activity on the ground, then Labour should have no problem in the upcoming by-elections.

Labour

Labour has a video and a message from the mayor.

The Lib-Dems

Undeniably the most youthful team!

The Conservative Party

A pity that we never see any of them outside election times.

The Greens

Do you see anything different between this group and all of the others?

TUSC

No people, but a bold banner. Kind of says it all.

The Christian People’s Alliance

Bizarrely, they picture none of their recent candidates nor their activists, and rely upon the former local and national leader of their party, who subsequently defected to stand for UKIP.

It is entirely possible that we will see an independent or two throw their hats into the ring. In 2022, Swarup Kanti Syam Chowdhury picked up almost 1000 votes in Wall End. This was only half of the vote for the winning Labour candidates, but creditable. You never know, in a by-election with a good campaign and a small turnout an independent might cause a few ripples.

In Boleyn in 2022, the other parties combined, struggled to match the Labour vote, so it would be a major surprise to see any change there.