By Elections January 22nd 2015

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East Kirkcaldy, Ward 13, Fife. Arthur Morrison Resigned Due To Living In Austria.


Party
Peter Adams UKIP
Edgar Cook Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Liz Easton Scottish Labour Party
Ronald Hunter Independent
Callum Leslie Scottish Liberal Democrats
Alastair Macintyre Independent
Marie Penman SNP
Claire Reid Scottish Green Party

Alastair Macintyre - Formally UKIP
Marie Penman - Thinks the sun shines out Tommy Sheridans arse.
Ronald Hunter - Makes the UKIP and Former UKIP guys look like wooly minded Liberals.

[Deleted]

What party if any was Arthur Morrison?

[john07]

Dec 20, 2014 9:04:35 GMT @mairtinmaol said:

What party if any was Arthur Morrison?

SNP.

[gwynthegriff]

I'm assuming Mr Macintyre was formerly UKIP?

[Deleted]

Dec 20, 2014 16:50:31 GMT gwynthegriff said:

I'm assuming Mr Macintyre was formerly UKIP?

Yea, yup, aye, plus he was in UKIP, automatic spellchecker, my final abandonment of the concept of agency.

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Fife UA
Kirkcaldy East
SNP resigned

Ward Map


2007 - SNP 1,680, Lab 1,221/773, LD 572, Con 361, SSP 138
2012 - Lab 1,111/745, SNP 610/742, Con 224, Pensioners 180, LD 104

Candidates

Peter ADAMS (UKIP)
Edgar COOK (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Liz EASTON (Scottish Labour Party)
Ronald HUNTER (Independent)
Callum LESLIE (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Alastair MACINTYRE (Independent)
Marie PENMAN (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Claire REID (Scottish Green Party)


Wealden DC
Crowborough West
Conservative died

Ward map

2003 - Con 814/812, LD 394, Lab 238
2007 - Con 992/954, LD 336, Lab 192
2011 - Con 1,387/1,225, Lab 517

Candidates

Simon STAVELEY (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Jeannette TOWEY (The Conservative Party Candidate)

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Sorry @jimboo, I hadn't seen this thread when I started my own for the same day.

[Deleted]

Dec 26, 2014 9:34:51 GMT doktorb🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ said:

Sorry @jimboo, I hadn't seen this thread when I started my own for the same day.

No problem.

[casualobserver]

An unusual FoI request (2011figures) including ward 13 (Kirkcaldy East): www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/118964/response/292896/attach/2/FOI%201861%20final%20response.doc

amusing picture in this snippet of local journalism: www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/questions-raised-over-kirkcaldy-s-invisible-councillor-1-3515942

[casualobserver]

2012 detailed result in this ward: www.fifedirect.org.uk/applications/election/wards/2012/results/Kirkcaldy%20East.xls

[Deleted]

BossMan, can you merge this with "By Elections January 22nd 2015" started by jimboo plsthnx.

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Cheers Kris

[Deleted]

UAS call for Labour vote in Kirkcaldy, Labour candidate says Who are the UAS ?.

Apparently some facebook campaign.

[Deleted]

Lots and lots and lots of Labour people knocking on lots and lots of doors in Kirkcaldy East.

[Deleted]

big Guns out

twitter.com/ClaireBakerMSP/media

[Pete Whitehead]

Jan 9, 2015 19:42:43 GMT @jimboo said:

UAS call for Labour vote in Kirkcaldy, Labour candidate says Who are the UAS ?.

Apparently some facebook campaign.

www.facebook.com/browse/fanned_pages/?id=174186732640325&showauxiliary=1

Interestingly UAS like a number of pages of UK political parties - Labour, Tory, Lib Dem etc. UKIP do not feature there, but the Patriotic Socialist Party do

[andrea]

Jan 17, 2015 21:01:28 GMT @jimboo said:

big Guns out

twitter.com/ClaireBakerMSP/media

Gordon was out knocking on Saturday

/photos

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Labour still knocking on the doors with only a few hours too go. If they don't do well it will not be from the lack of trying.

[Deleted]

Jan 17, 2015 21:01:28 GMT @jimboo said:

big Guns out

twitter.com/ClaireBakerMSP/media

Where does she get them out?

[andrewteale]

For what it's worth, this would have been the preview for the week:

CROWBOROUGH WEST, Wealden district council, East Sussex; caused by the death of Conservative councillor Anthony Quin. Quin had served as a Wealden councillor since 1999 after a career in the Royal Marines, from which he retired with the rank of Major. He served on several committees during his time as a councillor and for some years chaired the regulatory and audit committee.

The largest inland town in East Sussex, Crowborough can be found in the High Weald seven miles south-west of Tunbridge Wells. The town grew in the mid-Victorian period following the completion of the town's rail link to London; at the time it was promoted as health resort thanks to its relatively high altitude and surrounding forest. Crowborough lies on the eastern edge of Ashdown Forest, the setting for A A Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories, and also has literary connections as the home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who died here in 1930; Conan Doyle has a statue in the town centre and Crowborough once hosted an annual Sherlock Holmes festival.

The Crowborough West ward is a safe Tory ward where the party are not seriously challenged. At the most recent election in 2011 the two-person Tory slate polled 73% in a straight fight with a single Labour candidate. The Tories hold both the county council seats for the town as a whole, with the runner-up spot at the last county elections in 2013 going to an independent who was just ahead of the UKIP slate.

Whoever wins this by-election is likely to be back on the campaign trail immediately in order to seek re-election at May's ordinary election. Defending in the blue corner is Jeannette Towey, an accredited tennis referee and volunteer at Citizens Advice. Challenging in the purple corner is Simon Staveley, a manager at an IT company.

Parliamentary constituency: Wealden
East Sussex county council division: Crowborough
ONS Travel to Work Area: Tunbridge Wells
Postcode districts: TN6, TN7

May 2011 result C 1387/1225 Lab 517
May 2007 result C 992/954 LD 336 Lab 192
May 2003 result C 814/812 LD 394 Lab 238


KIRKCALDY EAST, Fife council; caused by the resignation of SNP councillor Arthur Morrison, who now lives and works in Austria.

This ward is based on the old town of Dysart, a royal burgh which was an important port from the late mediaeval period, exporting salt and coal to the Low Countries; as a result of this trade Dysart became known as "Salt Burgh" or "Little Holland". The port declined in the inter-war period following the closure of the local colliery, and in 1930 Dysart was annexed by Kirkcaldy.

The Kirkcaldy East ward has several other points of interest, notably the ruined Ravenscraig Castle on the coast at Pathhead. Pathhead also includes the Manse in which the polymath John Buchan and his novelist sister O. Douglas were brought up; while traditional industries in the village include nailmaking, as commemorated in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and on the Bank of England £20 note. There is still manufacturing in the ward, with a flour mill and one of the world's biggest linoleum factories.

This was one of the weakest areas of Kirkcaldy for Labour at the 2003 elections to Fife council, the party winning just one of the predecessor first-past-the-post wards (Dysart and Gallatown) while the SNP won the other two (Glebe Park, Pathhead and Sinclairtown by 23 votes over Labour, and Smeaton and Overton more comfortably). The first PR election to Fife in 2007 saw Labour top the poll in the ward with 42% to 35% for the SNP, 12% for the Lib Dems and 8% for the Tories; Labour took two seats to the SNP's one, but the second Labour seat had a majority of just nine votes over the Lib Dems who got strong transfers from the Conservatives. In 2012 the votes for smaller parties crashed and Labour polled 50% to 36% for the SNP, the two Labour councillors being comfortably re-elected and the SNP winning the final seat.

Much has been made recently of an SNP surge in Scottish opinion polling, but their local by-election performances since the referendum have been mixed, so an SNP hold in this by-election could be an important indicator for the next general election. Their candidate is Marie Penman, who ran the Yes campaign in Kirkcaldy. Labour have selected Liz Easton, who is a manager at the Kirkcaldy YMCA. Also standing are Edgar Cook for the Conservatives; Callum Leslie for the Lib Dems; Peter Adams for UKIP; independent candidates Ronald Hunter and Alastair Macintyre, who will probably dispute the UKIP vote (Macintyre is a former UKIP figure); and Claire Reid from the Scottish Green Party.

Westminster constituency: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (except for a small part in Glenrothes)
Holyrood constituency: Kirkcaldy
ONS Travel to Work Area: Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes
Postcode districts: KY1, KY2

Peter Adams (UKIP)
Edgar Cook (C)
Liz Easton (Lab)
Ronald Hunter (Ind)
Callum Leslie (LD)
Alastair Macintyre (Ind)
Marie Penman (SNP)
Claire Reid (Grn)

May 2012 first preferences Lab 1856 SNP 1352 C 224 All Scotland Pensioners Party 180 LD 104
May 2007 first preferences Lab 1994 SNP 1680 LD 572 C 361 SSP 138