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Vote/Poll History

Please find below our history of recent topics you've voted on.

 

Do speed cameras make roads safer?

Created on Thursday, 22/Jul/2010

Yes - much s

9%

No - they ca

3%

No - they ar

71%

They make no

4%

There are mo

13%

How do you feel the Rolls celebrations went on Monday 12th July?

Created on Thursday, 15/Jul/2010

Well

6%

Poorly

35%

I missed the

48%

Average

10%

Will you be taking part in the celebrations of Charles Rolls on Monday?

Created on Thursday, 08/Jul/2010

Yes

17%

No

23%

Will be at w

60%

Do you think Fabio Capello should resign following England's performance at the World Cup?

Created on Thursday, 01/Jul/2010

Yes

25%

No

75%

Are you looking forward to the Shire Hall reopening?

Created on Thursday, 24/Jun/2010

Yes

85%

No

15%

Do you think fly-tipping and the dumping of commercial waste is a problem in Monmouthshire?

Created on Thursday, 17/Jun/2010

Yes

46%

No

27%

Bigger probl

27%

What do you think is causing the mysterious feature on page 6 of this weeks Beacon?

Created on Thursday, 10/Jun/2010

Spider

43%

Caterpillar

32%

Cuckoo

4%

Beetle

11%

Human

7%

Other

4%

Will you be backing the campaign to see Greg Pritchard sing at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics?

Created on Thursday, 03/Jun/2010

Yes

77%

No

23%

Do you think that patrols are needed in Raglan?

Created on Thursday, 27/May/2010

Yes

74%

No

26%

Do you think the police are doing enough to prevent crime in Monmouthshire?

Created on Thursday, 20/May/2010

Yes

41%

No

59%

Do you think the new coalition government will be good for the country's economy?

Created on Thursday, 13/May/2010

Yes

46%

No

43%

Will stay th

11%

After the troubles in Greece, do you think the UK should adopt the euro as its currency?

Created on Thursday, 06/May/2010

Yes

24%

No

76%

Are you going to vote in next weeks general election?

Created on Thursday, 29/Apr/2010

Yes

82%

No

13%

Undecided

5%

Has anti-social behaviour stopped you enjoying Chippenham and other areas?

Created on Thursday, 22/Apr/2010

Yes

75%

No

25%

Do you feel there should be a memorial or plaque dedicated to the late Keith Kissack?

Created on Friday, 16/Apr/2010

Yes

53%

No

47%

Do you feel you get good value for your council tax?

Created on Thursday, 08/Apr/2010

Yes

15%

No

85%

Should Easter be kept as a special family time, or should traders be allowed a more flexible working arrangement to suit themselves and provide a retail opportunity for the public

Created on Tuesday, 30/Mar/2010

Kept special

51%

more flexibi

43%

As is

5%

Do you expect the plain-clothes police operation currently being carried out in Monmouth will have any beneficial effect on crime?

Created on Wednesday, 24/Mar/2010

Yes

41%

No

53%

Don't know

6%

Should ambulances speed up?

Created on Friday, 19/Mar/2010

Yes

67%

No

20%

Don't know

13%

Does Monmouthshire County Council need restructuring?

Created on Thursday, 04/Mar/2010

Yes

69%

No

10%

Don't Know

21%

In light of the news that council tax in Monmouthshire is to increase by 3.9 per cent, do you feel that Monmouthshire County Council is spending its money correctly?

Created on Wednesday, 24/Feb/2010

Yes

8%

No

88%

Don't know

4%

Do you think Monmouth has a drugs problem?

Created on Wednesday, 17/Feb/2010

Yes

0%

No

0%

Do you think Monmouth has a drugs problem?

Created on Wednesday, 17/Feb/2010

Yes

84%

No

16%

Do you do all your shopping at a large supermarket, or a smaller local shop or outlet

Created on Wednesday, 10/Feb/2010

Mostly at a

63%

Try to suppo

37%

Mostly local

0%

Do you feel priority should be to funding cycle paths or to filling in potholes in the road after the bad weather following Welsh Assembly rules that five per cent of their road maintenance grant to Local Authorities should be spent on cycleways

Created on Wednesday, 03/Feb/2010

Roads comes

13%

Cycleways sh

87%

Do you think the Council should 'enhance' the area between the two Monnow Bridges or leave the car park alone

Created on Wednesday, 27/Jan/2010

Enhance area

7%

Leave it as

90%

Limit change

4%

Would you like to see a proper job centre in town or are the current facilities ok

Created on Wednesday, 20/Jan/2010

Proper job c

23%

Present faci

77%

Wouls you like to see Monmouthshire County Council HQ in Usk?

Created on Wednesday, 13/Jan/2010

Yes

7%

No

76%

Yes but clos

17%

Do you think there should be more residential houses down Wonastow Road

Created on Tuesday, 05/Jan/2010

Yes

92%

No

7%

Yes but else

1%

Will you be making any New Year's resolutions?

Created on Wednesday, 30/Dec/2009

Yes

32%

No

68%

Did the snow conditions affect you?

Created on Wednesday, 23/Dec/2009

Yes

40%

No

60%

Are hundreds of new homes needed in Monmouth?

Created on Wednesday, 16/Dec/2009

Yes

80%

No

20%

Should £25M be spent on new council HQ?

Created on Wednesday, 09/Dec/2009

Yes

6%

No

94%

In view of the recent spate of burglaries; does Monmouth need CCTV?

Created on Wednesday, 02/Dec/2009

Definitely

87%

Maybe

6%

No

6%

Does Monmouth need a welcome centre for tourists?

Created on Wednesday, 25/Nov/2009

Yes

36%

No

64%

Should tolls on The Severn Bridge be cut?

Created on Wednesday, 18/Nov/2009

Yes

67%

No

33%

Should tolls on The Severn bridge be cut

Created on Wednesday, 18/Nov/2009

Yes

96%

No

4%

Is crime on the increase in Monmouth

Created on Wednesday, 11/Nov/2009

Yes

76%

No

24%

Do you think we need a police station in Monmouth?

Created on Thursday, 05/Nov/2009

Yes

95%

No

5%

Should the Savoy Theatre be renamed?

Created on Wednesday, 28/Oct/2009

Yes

20%

No

80%

Is a national postal strike justified?

Created on Thursday, 22/Oct/2009

Yes

16%

No

84%

Should MP's have to repay cash they claimed?

Created on Wednesday, 14/Oct/2009

yes

88%

no

1%

In some case

11%

Should relatives be able to make suicide pacts with terminally ill people?

Created on Wednesday, 07/Oct/2009

No

11%

Yes

77%

Only in some

12%

Should street signs be in Welsh as well as English?

Created on Wednesday, 30/Sep/2009

Yes

46%

No

51%

In some area

3%

Is the TV programme Jam and Jerusalem insulting to the WI?

Created on Wednesday, 23/Sep/2009

Yes

0%

No

78%

In some ways

22%

Are laws imposed by the European Union having a detrimental effect on the British way of life?

Created on Wednesday, 16/Sep/2009

Yes

51%

No

35%

Slightly

14%

Should events on the river be controlled?

Created on Wednesday, 09/Sep/2009

Yes

42%

No

24%

Are already

33%

Should GCSE exams be made harder?

Created on Thursday, 03/Sep/2009

Yes

62%

No - should

2%

Leave as the

36%

Should the Council stop the black box recycling scheme?

Created on Friday, 28/Aug/2009

Yes

17%

No

74%

Seek public

9%

Is a pedestrian crossing needed in Agincourt Square?

Created on Thursday, 20/Aug/2009

Yes

41%

No

53%

Should be co

7%

Should the road from Monmouth to Coleford be closed?

Created on Wednesday, 12/Aug/2009

For essentia

59%

One way syst

31%

Total closur

10%

Should there be bans on alcohol in the town?

Created on Wednesday, 05/Aug/2009

In certain a

31%

No

25%

Yes

44%

Are people being given enough information on swine flu?

Created on Wednesday, 29/Jul/2009

Yes

95%

No

2%

Little more

2%

Should the town be made brighter with flowers?

Created on Thursday, 23/Jul/2009

Definitely

26%

Parts of tow

7%

No

67%

Are Councillors paid too much?

Created on Friday, 17/Jul/2009

Yes

83%

No

8%

Needs reduci

9%

Should large scale housing be allowed in Monmouth

Created on Friday, 10/Jul/2009

Not needed

28%

Yes

65%

Limited deve

7%

Should AM's have trips at public expense?

Created on Friday, 03/Jul/2009

Never

87%

Only if nece

11%

Yes

3%

Should MP's face jail if caught fiddling their expenses?

Created on Friday, 26/Jun/2009

Most certain

72%

Only in some

9%

No

18%

Does town need 500 new homes?

Created on Friday, 19/Jun/2009

Yes

53%

No, far too

34%

Limited numb

13%

Are cycleways a good idea?

Created on Friday, 12/Jun/2009

Yes, in rura

76%

Not in towns

9%

Not at all

14%

Should waste collections be fortnightly?

Created on Friday, 05/Jun/2009

No, weekly

90%

Yes, Fortnig

10%

Don't know

0%

Should staff decide what public can read in the school library?

Created on Friday, 29/May/2009

Yes

17%

No

70%

In most case

13%

Has Monmouth's MP been damaged by expenses scandal?

Created on Friday, 22/May/2009

Yes

83%

No

13%

Undecided

4%

Do you believe MP's have been damaged by the latest expenses scandal?

Created on Friday, 15/May/2009

Yes

96%

No

0%

Some

4%

Are cameras needed on Usk bridge?

Created on Friday, 08/May/2009

Yes

56%

No

30%

Limited came

14%

Does Monmouth have enough parking facilities for lorries?

Created on Wednesday, 15/Apr/2009

Yes

0%

No

38%

Keep lorries

63%

Should the TIC be put in the Shire Hall?

Created on Friday, 03/Apr/2009

Yes

64%

No

14%

Stay where i

21%

Is Monmouth Council wrong in not paying for CCTV cameras?

Created on Friday, 20/Mar/2009

No

28%

Yes

57%

Should consi

15%

Should there be a lorry park for overnight stays in Monmouth?

Created on Tuesday, 10/Mar/2009

Yes

63%

No

10%

Only Outside

27%

Should Town Council give cash for CCTV cameras?

Created on Friday, 27/Feb/2009

Most definit

69%

For some are

25%

Not at all

6%

Should Raglan be twinned with a French Village?

Created on Thursday, 19/Feb/2009

Yes

67%

No

17%

Only if vill

17%

Should the County Council fund CCTV cameras in Monmouth?

Created on Friday, 13/Feb/2009

Most definit

61%

Partly fund

17%

Not needed

22%

Where should the new County Council HQ be based?

Created on Friday, 30/Jan/2009

In Monmouth

76%

In Usk

19%

In Chepstow

5%

Should advertising boards be allowed outside shop premises?

Created on Wednesday, 21/Jan/2009

Most definit

35%

In some case

43%

Not at all

22%

Should the County Council provide a new burial ground in Monmouth?

Created on Friday, 09/Jan/2009

Most definit

92%

Yes, but not

4%

Spaces elsew

4%

Should the County Council provide a new burial ground in Monmouth?

Created on Friday, 19/Dec/2008

Most definit

0%

Yes, but not

0%

Spaces elsew

0%

Is action needed to stop cold calling?

Created on Wednesday, 10/Dec/2008

Most definit

91%

No

9%

Leave things

0%

Do you councillors get paid too much?

Created on Friday, 05/Dec/2008

Definitely !

64%

Should be re

21%

Leave things

14%

Should fight be launched to keep Woolworth's Shops

Created on Friday, 28/Nov/2008

Most definit

47%

Fighting a l

40%

All shops sh

13%

Does Monmouth need a new 60 bed hotel?

Created on Friday, 21/Nov/2008

Definitely b

67%

Tourism alre

25%

Yes, but dif

8%

Should the go ahead be given to a Severn Barrage ?

Created on Monday, 17/Nov/2008

Yes,immediat

33%

Never,it wou

0%

Should be in

67%

Should the County Council be considering spending £20 million on a new headquarters?

Created on Friday, 07/Nov/2008

Definitely n

76%

Yes, if it's

7%

Look for a c

17%

Should there be a drinks ban in public places Monmouth?

Created on Wednesday, 29/Oct/2008

Yes because

46%

No there is

46%

Don't really

7%

Do ambulances take too long to attend incidences?

Created on Wednesday, 22/Oct/2008

Definitely !

35%

Occasionally

59%

Response tim

6%

Should Monmouth Job Centre be reopened?

Created on Friday, 17/Oct/2008

Yes full tim

62%

Yes part tim

31%

No

8%

Should the Shire Hall have a coffee shop?

Created on Friday, 10/Oct/2008

Yes ... Capp

79%

No .. not my

21%

Should C S gas be used to subdue offenders?

Created on Monday, 06/Oct/2008

Yes

83%

No

17%

Don't Know

0%

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Do speed cameras make roads safer?

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Yes - much safer
No - they cause more accidents
No - they are a money-making ploy
They make no difference
There are more effective measures


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