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==Message to the voters==
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On 7 December 2021, journalist and broadcaster [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Lustig Robin Lustig tweeted:]{{QB|This is a message to the voters of #NorthShropshire: Thursday of next week will be your chance to speak for the nation. Tell @BorisJohnson what you think of his record. We’re relying on you.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/robinlustig/status/1468345267942473731 "Tell @BorisJohnson what you think of his record"]''</ref>}}
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===Tweets in response===
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* [https://twitter.com/MatthewGreen02 Matthew Green tweeted:] And they can send Johnson that message by voting for local @LibDems Helen Morgan who is the only person who can beat Johnson’s candidate from Birmingham.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/MatthewGreen02/status/1468349274660478982 "They can send Johnson that message by voting for local @LibDems Helen Morgan"]''</ref>
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* [https://twitter.com/petesaardvark Petesaardvark tweeted:] If Conservatives can’t vote for someone else in #NorthShropshire they can abstain. It should send a message that we all want a decent and honest government.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/petesaardvark/status/1468560590297874436 "If Conservatives can’t vote for someone else in #NorthShropshire they can abstain"]''</ref>
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* [https://twitter.com/Harlescott2021 Cllr Elisabeth Roberts tweeted:] Ben Wood, Labour’s local candidate, is getting a huge positive response & the only opposition to the conservatives! After hearing about them partying whilst the rest of us kept away from loved ones, to protect them last Christmas, I hope no one votes for them!!<ref>''[https://twitter.com/Harlescott2021/status/1468367749978198018 "Ben Wood, Labour’s local candidate, is getting a huge positive response"]''</ref>
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* [https://twitter.com/MikeRea15167544 Mike Read tweeted:] Even Labour's candidate in North Shropshire for the last 3 General Elections (Graeme Currie) is not backing Ben Wood!<ref>''[https://twitter.com/MikeRea15167544/status/1468481023080079360 "Even Labour's candidate in North Shropshire for the last 3 General Elections (Graeme Currie) is not backing Ben Wood"]''</ref>
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* [https://twitter.com/L3w1sAJL AJL tweeted:] People of #NorthShropshire earn far too much money and own a Tesla! They will never vote anything except Tories...<ref>''[https://twitter.com/L3w1sAJL/status/1468365054684934145 "People of #NorthShropshire will never vote anything except Tories..."]''</ref>
  
 
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Event.png 2021 North Shropshire by-election  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Date16 December 2021

A by-election in North Shropshire is scheduled to take place on 16 December 2021 following the announcement of Owen Paterson's resignation on 4 November 2021.[1]

Paterson was appointed as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on 5 November 2021, the process by which an MP's resignation is effected.[2]

The writ of election was moved by Conservative Chief Whip Mark Spencer on 9 November 2021 for the by-election to take place on 16 December 2021.[3]

Candidates

Fourteen candidates are standing at the 2021 North Shropshire by-election:

Message to the voters

On 7 December 2021, journalist and broadcaster Robin Lustig tweeted:

This is a message to the voters of #NorthShropshire: Thursday of next week will be your chance to speak for the nation. Tell @BorisJohnson what you think of his record. We’re relying on you.[4]

Tweets in response

  • Matthew Green tweeted: And they can send Johnson that message by voting for local @LibDems Helen Morgan who is the only person who can beat Johnson’s candidate from Birmingham.[5]
  • Petesaardvark tweeted: If Conservatives can’t vote for someone else in #NorthShropshire they can abstain. It should send a message that we all want a decent and honest government.[6]
  • Cllr Elisabeth Roberts tweeted: Ben Wood, Labour’s local candidate, is getting a huge positive response & the only opposition to the conservatives! After hearing about them partying whilst the rest of us kept away from loved ones, to protect them last Christmas, I hope no one votes for them!![7]
  • Mike Read tweeted: Even Labour's candidate in North Shropshire for the last 3 General Elections (Graeme Currie) is not backing Ben Wood![8]
  • AJL tweeted: People of #NorthShropshire earn far too much money and own a Tesla! They will never vote anything except Tories...[9]


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References

  1. ↑ "Owen Paterson: Former cabinet minister faces 30-day suspension for ‘egregious’ breach of lobbying rules"
  2. ↑ "Owen Paterson resigns as MP after government U-turn on sleaze committee"
  3. ↑ "What next as North Shropshire by-election is officially confirmed?"
  4. ↑ "Tell @BorisJohnson what you think of his record"
  5. ↑ "They can send Johnson that message by voting for local @LibDems Helen Morgan"
  6. ↑ "If Conservatives can’t vote for someone else in #NorthShropshire they can abstain"
  7. ↑ "Ben Wood, Labour’s local candidate, is getting a huge positive response"
  8. ↑ "Even Labour's candidate in North Shropshire for the last 3 General Elections (Graeme Currie) is not backing Ben Wood"
  9. ↑ "People of #NorthShropshire will never vote anything except Tories..."
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