Friday, May 06, 2005
| Another General Election, another constituency. Either I'm on the move or the boundaries are - I wish we could make up our minds! | |
| June 9th, 1983 | The end of my first year at Swansea University but only days into my 19th year of life. Can't remember if campus was Swansea East or West - actually, I don't recall voting anyway but it would have been Conservative in what was (and still is) a safe Labour seat. |
| June 11th, 1987 | I had only just moved to Reading and was probably still in the YMCA and not yet on the electoral register. Reading East and West both Tory seats. |
| April 9th, 1992 | Living in Woodley now with Sue |
| May 1st, 1997 | The Boundaries Committee decided that our maisonette, although quite near to central Woodley, was actually part of Maidenhead (Teresa May), a safe Tory seat - much to Sue's annoyance. We lived on a corner and the two roads that joined to make it formed the very bottom left of the constituency. We played fun games on election day by running backwards and forwards across the road shouting "Reading East, Maidenhead, Reading East, Maidenhead". What an General Election THAT was! |
| June 7th, 2001 | New house, new constituency. Reading East and the safe Labour seat held by Jane Griffiths. Would have voted LibDem. |
| May 5th, 2005 | OK, no change this time. So I lied. Voted Green (Rob White) as advised by www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com and also he has a friendly face. |
| From the Green Party's website:
He lives in Reading, and works at a local independent garden centre. Rob grew up in Surrey and studied computer science at De Montfort University. He worked as a software engineer for four years before changing jobs to work in a garden centre. Rob has been active in the Green Party since 2004, standing in the local elections in Reading. |  |
| "The only wasted vote is a vote for something that you don't believe in" Rob also says: "Reading already has many campaigns and activities based around the Green Party themes of social justice and environmental sustainability. "Reading Green Party has been working hard and will continue to work hard, to build on these solid foundations and make Reading the greenest town in the UK." "Vote Green for a better future. For you, and for future generations." | |
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