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So how did the party of women do?

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Hugesunflower · 05/07/2024 07:01

How many votes did they get in the areas they stood? BBC isn’t giving a breakdown of results.

How many voted do you have to get to reclaim your deposit?

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Bloom15 · 05/07/2024 14:40

KJK is a very divisive figure - I am GC and not a fan of her personally.

Ineverlose · 05/07/2024 14:33

I think Labour will be awful

CatsArentFansOfFans · 05/07/2024 14:13

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Ineverlose · 05/07/2024 14:08

Yep @Ereshkigalangcleg I’m a straight talker just like your queen KJK. I care too much about this issue to see it being ruined by egomaniacs

DrSpartacular · 05/07/2024 14:07

Christinapple · 05/07/2024 14:04

KJK, Party of Women, received less votes than independent trans woman Sophie Molly.

*fewer

Christinapple · 05/07/2024 14:04

KJK, Party of Women, received less votes than independent trans woman Sophie Molly.

So how did the party of women do?
Ereshkigalangcleg · 05/07/2024 13:50

I think kjk did very badly because she causes so many fights.

While you are of course, with your goady name change, completely impartial.

Oldcroneandthreewitches · 05/07/2024 13:43

Ineverlose · 05/07/2024 07:45

Total disaster for KJK, 196 votes. I guess that’s what happens when you fight with everyone and then moan all the time that nobody will talk to you. Such a massive lost opportunity, had kjk not been so divisive, loads of people would have voted for her. Party of Women was a great idea that has been lost as a result of an out of control ego. Presumably all attention will turn to the Northumbria police matter so that KJK can pretend this hasn’t happened.

It wasn’t a total disaster. It’s about raising awareness. They will not water down their stance to appease the people pleasers - not sorry that others you

OldCrone · 05/07/2024 13:42

Kendodd · 05/07/2024 13:04

What was the aim of this party being formed and standing?
If it was to highlight an issue, unfortunately, I think it's backfired, it looks like nobody cared, or worse, take the opposite view. I suspect PoW is nothing more than a vanity project for KLK.
Do we know who's funding them? It's not cheap to stand and I don't think they got any of their deposits back.

Have you heard of crowdfunding?

OldCrone · 05/07/2024 13:37

XXRepealtheGRA · 05/07/2024 12:54

I think for a new party POW did incredibly well standing 16 candidates and I hope mumsnetters join POW as members.

Regarding the number of votes KJK got I think local people always dislike someone being "parachuted in" and although she hoped it would be good for publicity I think for politics she needs to represent her own constituency, I'm sure she's very popular there. She needs to build up her local vote which I bet she could do.

That's a good point. I think the other candidates all stood in their own constituencies, and most of them got more votes than she did.

LilyBartsHatShop · 05/07/2024 13:36

Kendodd · 05/07/2024 13:04

What was the aim of this party being formed and standing?
If it was to highlight an issue, unfortunately, I think it's backfired, it looks like nobody cared, or worse, take the opposite view. I suspect PoW is nothing more than a vanity project for KLK.
Do we know who's funding them? It's not cheap to stand and I don't think they got any of their deposits back.

Do we know who's funding them?
It's dreadful, Mr Dodd. Women up and down the country have disposable incomes that they're free to spend as they wish!

Ineverlose · 05/07/2024 13:25

I think kjk did very badly because she causes so many fights. It turns out I was wrong earlier, I had only looked at a few candidates and they had awful numbers but some of the POW candidates did ok. But KJK’s numbers were terrible. The POW is a great idea ruined by an egomaniac. If someone like Helen Joyce had done this it would have been a huge success

Sloejelly · 05/07/2024 13:18

Cangar · 05/07/2024 13:10

Yeah fair point I suppose, Im just surprised she didn’t manage to pick up many of that type of voter - not wanting to vote mainstream.

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Not being local would be a big hinderence.

ihavebecomecomfortablynumb · 05/07/2024 13:16

Doncaster North 452 votes.

chilling19 · 05/07/2024 13:15

I think it is a good start.

Cangar · 05/07/2024 13:10

Sloejelly · 05/07/2024 13:08

You don’t understand why a bunch of local people not wanting to vote for mainstream parties might vote for the local pub?

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Yeah fair point I suppose, Im just surprised she didn’t manage to pick up many of that type of voter - not wanting to vote mainstream.

Sloejelly · 05/07/2024 13:08

Cangar · 05/07/2024 13:05

I’m amazed KJK did so badly. We have a guy in our area who stood so that his pub name would be on the list and he’d get some publicity for it. He managed 349 votes while explicitly saying he didn’t expect anyone to actually vote for him.

You don’t understand why a bunch of local people not wanting to vote for mainstream parties might vote for the local pub?

Cangar · 05/07/2024 13:05

I’m amazed KJK did so badly. We have a guy in our area who stood so that his pub name would be on the list and he’d get some publicity for it. He managed 349 votes while explicitly saying he didn’t expect anyone to actually vote for him.

Kendodd · 05/07/2024 13:04

What was the aim of this party being formed and standing?
If it was to highlight an issue, unfortunately, I think it's backfired, it looks like nobody cared, or worse, take the opposite view. I suspect PoW is nothing more than a vanity project for KLK.
Do we know who's funding them? It's not cheap to stand and I don't think they got any of their deposits back.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 05/07/2024 12:57

Yes I think that's a good point @XXRepealtheGRA

XXRepealtheGRA · 05/07/2024 12:54

I think for a new party POW did incredibly well standing 16 candidates and I hope mumsnetters join POW as members.

Regarding the number of votes KJK got I think local people always dislike someone being "parachuted in" and although she hoped it would be good for publicity I think for politics she needs to represent her own constituency, I'm sure she's very popular there. She needs to build up her local vote which I bet she could do.

JulesJules · 05/07/2024 12:49

They got just over 5k votes (which is twice what the Communist Party got). It's really about publicising the current issues for women rather than winning seats though isn't it?

OldCrone · 05/07/2024 12:41

Ereshkigalangcleg · 05/07/2024 12:04

They're a very new party, not sure what people were expecting? It's a single issue. As pp pointed out the WEP, a much more established party with more money, didn't do any better.

I would say WEP did considerably worse. Despite being an established party they only managed to put up 4 candidates for election, compared to POW's 16. And WEP's candidates only got a similar number of votes to POW's.

Ramblingnamechanger · 05/07/2024 12:40

Oops … had been a good MP but who really hadn’t spoken out about the issue. Let’s seen how Carla gets on. Don’t hold out much hope for rational contributions on this though

Ramblingnamechanger · 05/07/2024 12:38

KJK sounded very clear in the hustings where she was actually allowed to speak. That was why those women were there …to stand up and clarify the issue of women’s rights being removed to satisfy men’s desires. The points were made. In Bristol people voted and ejected an Mp who