Andrew Teale

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Quizzer. Clarinettist. Lancastrian. Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com https://andrewspreviews.substack.com . Edits the Local Elections Archive Project https://andrewteale.me.uk/leap/

The market town of Ramsey lies some miles to the north of Huntingdon, and is the centre of a large parish which includes several other settlements with “Ramsey” at the beginning of their names. Ramsey Forty Foot takes its name from Cornelius Vermuyden’s Forty Foot Drain which removes water from the fens; Ramsey St Mary’s is named after its parish church; and Ramsey Heights has an approximate elevation of 0 metres above sea level.

|ScFm| RUK| C| SNP| JR| RT| LD
----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----
ScFm| 0| 294| 331| 263| 260| 309| 333
RUK | 708| 0| 590| 672| 667| 680| 717
C | 753| 644| 0| 718| 710| 736| 755
SNP | 923| 884| 889| 0| 885| 896| 909
JR | 664| 599| 548| 498| 0| 627| 666
RT | 523| 471| 438| 418| 319| 0| 531
LD | 400| 374| 331| 267| 303| 336| 0

Boltonians refer to Westhoughton residents as “keaw yeds” or “cow heads”, referencing a local legend concerning a Westhoughton farmer who discovered a cow with his head stuck in a new and expensive gate. Deciding the gate was worth more than the animal, the farmer resolved the issue by beheading the cow.

Party Votes Percent Seats
Green Party 20167 23.4% 4
Labour 20070 23.3% 8
Conservative 19954 23.2% 5
Reform UK 16355 19.0% 2
Liberal Democrat 9083 10.6% 2
Advance UK 205 0.2% 0
Social Democratic Party 145 0.2% 0
Independent 109 0.1% 0