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Post by marksenior on Mar 30, 2015 16:18:06 GMT
Rohini Simbodyal , Labour councillor for Jubilee ward on Enfield LBC has resigned
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Post by westlondoner on Mar 31, 2015 5:52:14 GMT
Mark Reen, Tory Councillor for Northfield ward in LB Ealing, has resigned and triggered a by-election for 7th May. The first by-election in the Borough since GLA election day in 2008.
Labour got within 110 votes of winning a seat in the ward last May despite not targetting it. Although it had only Labour Cllrs throughout the Blair years (1994-2006), it had been assumed to have become safely Tory due to demographic change. It was the only Green target ward in the Borough in 2014 (they stood 3 candidates using the "first choice" formulation on the ballot paper) but on average were only around half the Labour vote - c. 700 to c.1400.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 31, 2015 11:25:37 GMT
After a survey of all councils, I think the final situation is this. First, the councils which have elections on 7 May and are having additional ones to fill vacancies.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS
Birmingham: Sutton New Hall (double)
Bolton: Heaton and Lostock (double); Westhoughton North and Chew Moor (double)
Kirklees: Greenhead (double)
Knowsley: Halewood West (double)
Liverpool: Fazakerley (double)
Newcastle upon Tyne: Denton (double); Lemington (double)
Rotherham: Boston Castle (double)
St Helens: Haydock (double)
Sefton: Ravenmeols (double)
UNITARY COUNCILS
Derby: Littleover (double)
North East Lincolnshire: East Marsh (double)
Peterborough: Stanground Central (double)
Southend-on-Sea: St Laurence (double); West Shoebury (double)
NON-METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
Burnley: Hapton with Park (double)
Cherwell: Caversfield (additional)
Craven: Barden Fell (additional); Settle and Ribblebanks (additional); Upper Wharfedale (additional)
Epping Forest: Roydon (additional)
Harlow: Great Parndon (double)
Hart: Hartley Wintney (double)
Ipswich: St John’s (double); Sprites (double)
Maidstone: Park Wood (additional)
Mole Valley: Holmwoods (double)
Newcastle-under-Lyme: Clayton (additional)
Norwich: Mile Cross (double); Sewell (double)
Pendle: Barrowford (double)
Redditch: West (double)
Reigate and Banstead: Reigate Hill (additional)
Rossendale: Irwell (double); Whitewell (double)
Runnymede: Addlestone North (double)
Stroud: Eastington and Standish (additional)
Tunbridge Wells: Rusthall (double)
Watford: Callowland (double)
West Oxfordshire: Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield (double)
Winchester: Cheriton and Bishops Sutton (additional)
Now the byelections being held in authorities which would not otherwise have had elections.
LONDON BOROUGHS
Barnet: Garden Suburb
Camden: Hampstead Town
Ealing: Northfield
Enfield: Jubilee
Greenwich: Greenwich West
Kensington and Chelsea: Stanley
Kingston upon Thames: Grove; Tolworth and Hook Rise
Lambeth: Prince’s
Newham: Stratford and New Town
Southwark: Chaucer
Wandsworth: Earlsfield
Westminster: Warwick
COUNTY COUNCILS
Cambridgeshire: Whittlesey North
Cumbria: Cartmel
Derbyshire: Ashbourne
Hampshire: Andover West
Kent: Romney Marsh
Leicestershire: Narborough and Whetstone
Norfolk: Loddon
Oxfordshire: West Witney and Bampton
Suffolk: Haverhill Cangle
Surrey: Weybridge
UNITARY COUNCILS
Cornwall: Camborne Treswithian; Constantine, Mawnan and Budock
Durham: Barnard Castle West; Ferryhill; Sherburn; Willington and Hunwick
Wiltshire: Bromham Rowde and Potterne; Chippenham Hardenhuish
NON-METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
Cheltenham: Battledown
WALES
Flintshire: Caergwrle
Neath Port Talbot: Cwmllynfell
Swansea: Cockett, Morriston, Townhill
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 31, 2015 11:57:52 GMT
I thought the Rotherham elections had been deferred until 2016?
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 31, 2015 12:04:32 GMT
No, that is when they are having "all out" elections - one third of the council is up this May, as normal.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 31, 2015 12:31:52 GMT
Were they originally planning to have all out elections this year then and that was deferred or am I totally confused?
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Post by maxque on Mar 31, 2015 20:35:54 GMT
Were they originally planning to have all out elections this year then and that was deferred or am I totally confused? No, only Doncaster was planning all-out this year (and there will be all-out there this year). All-out elections in Rotherham is coming from the report on the sex abuse scandal, which blamed current leadership. |
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Post by greenchristian on Mar 31, 2015 20:45:36 GMT
Am I the only person who is bothered by the inaccuracy in the thread title (surely there will be more than one by-election on the 7th of May)?
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Post by listener on Apr 1, 2015 23:03:49 GMT
David
Thank you very much for your summary above, which was extremely helpful. I don't know how you got round the Notices of Election so quickly.
Here are another half dozen to add to the list:
NON-METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
Basingstoke and Deane (Rooksdown) - additional
Rushmoor (West Heath) - double
Stroud (Nailsworth) - double
COUNTY COUNCILS
Somerset (Taunton North)
SCOTLAND
Fife (4. Dunfermline South)
Perth and Kinross (12. Perth Town Centre).
I think this makes the tally 85 so far - 11 Metropolitan Boroughs, 5 Unitary Councils, 30 Non-Metropolitan Districts (including the Cheltenham vacancy), 19 County Councils (including 8 in Unitary Counties), 13 London Boroughs, 5 Wales and 2 Scotland.
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Post by middleenglander on Apr 1, 2015 23:47:26 GMT
NON-METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
Stroud (Nailsworth) - double
I think this seat was due this May and is not a by-election.
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Post by Tony Otim on Apr 2, 2015 8:34:13 GMT
NON-METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS Stroud (Nailsworth) - double I think this seat was due this May and is not a by-election. This seems to be right from the Stroud website under seats up for election, Nailsworth is listed as currently vacant. |
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Post by listener on Apr 2, 2015 9:55:59 GMT
My apologies - Middle Englander is correct.
The six-month rule applies to the Nailsworth vacancy - so there is only the ordinary election and not a double.
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Post by middleenglander on Apr 3, 2015 17:10:35 GMT
A total of 50 by-elections along with 32 "double" elections have been identified so far on 7th May.
All arise from a resignation unless a death (D) or disqualification (Dis)
Conservative defend - 35
- by-elections - 26
* Barnet LB, Garden Suburb
* Basingstoke & Deane BC, Roosdown
* Cambridgeshire CC, Whittlesey North
* Camden LB, Hampstead Town
* Cheltenham BC, Battledown
* Cherwell DC, Caversfield
* Cornwall UA, Constantine, Mawnan & Budock
* Craven DC, Barden Fell
* Craven DC, Settle & Ribblebanks (D)
* Craven DC, Upper Wharfedale (D)
* Derbyshire CC, Ashbourne
* Durham UA, Barnard Castle West
* Ealing LB, Northfield
* Epping Forest DC, Roydon
* Hampshire CC, Andover West
* Kensington & Chelsea LB, Stanley
* Leicestershire CC, Narborough & Whetstone
* Newcastle-under-Lyme BC, Clayton (D)
* Norfolk CC, Loddon
* Oxfordshire CC, Witney West & Bampton
* Reigate & Banstead BC, Reigate Hill
* Suffolk CC, Haverhill Cangle
* Surrey CC, Weybridge
* Wandsworth LB, Earlsfield (D)
* Westminster LB, Warwick
* Wiltshire UA, Bromhan, Rowde & Potterne
* Winchester BC, Cheriton & Bishops Sutton
- "double" elections - 9
** Birmingham MB, Sutton New Hall
** Bolton MB, Heaton & Lostock
** Hart DC, Hartley Wintney
** Pendle BC, Barrowford
** Peterborough UA, Stanground Central
** Redditch BC, West sitting as Independent
** Runneymeade BC, Addlestone North
** Southend UA, West Shoebury
** West Oxfordshire DC, Hailey, Minster Lovell & Leafield
Labour defend - 32
- by-elections - 15
* Durham UA, Ferryhill
* Durham UA, Sherburn
* Durham UA, Willington & Hunwisk
* Enfield LB, Jubilee
* Fife UA, Dunfermline South - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP
* Flintshire UA, Caergwrle (D)
* Greenwich LB, Greenwich West
* Lambeth LB, Prince's
* Neath Port Talbot UA, Cwmllynfell (D)
* Newham LB, Stratford & New Town (Dis)
* Southwark LB, Chaucer
* Stroud DC, Eastington & Standish
* Swansea UA, Crockett
* Swansea UA, Morriston
* Swansea UA, Townhill
- "double" elections - 17
** Bolton MB, Westhoughton North & Chew Moor
** Burnley BC, Hapton with Park
** Ipswich BC, St John's
** Ipswich BC, Sprite
** Kirklees MB, Greenhead
** Knowsley MB, Halewood West
** Liverpool MB, Fazakerley
** Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB, Denton
** Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB, Lemington
** Norwich BC, Miles Cross sitting as Independent
** Norwich BC, Sewell
** North East Lincolnshire UA, East Marsh sitting as Independent
** Rossendale BC, Irwell
** Rossendale BC, Whitewell
** Rotherham MB, Boston Castle
** Sefton MB, Ravenmeols
** St Helens MB, Haydock (D)
Liberal Democrat defend - 5
- by-elections - 5
* Cumbria CC, Cartmel
* Kingston-upon-Thames LB, Grove
* Kingston-upon-Thames LB, Tolworth & Hook Rise
* Somerset CC, Taunton North
* Wiltshire UA, Chippenham Hardenhuish
- double" elections - 1
** Derby UA, Littleover
SNP defend - 1
* Perth & Kinross UA, Perth City Centre - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, No Description
UKIP defend - 8
- by-elections - 3
* Cornwall UA, Camborne Treswithian
* Kent CC, Romney Marsh
* Maidstone BC, Park Wood
- "double" elections - 5
** Harlow BC, Great Parndon
** Mole Valley DC, Holmwoods
** Rushmoor BC, West Heath
** Southend UA, St Laurence
** Tunbridge Wells BC, Rusthall
Green defend - 1
** Watford BC, Callowland
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 3, 2015 20:15:23 GMT
There is no byelection in Epping Forest, Roydon; it's a single member ward but it changed cycles and now elects in 2007, 2011, 2015 etc.
There is no double vacancy election in Derby, Littleover. This was a misreading of last year's Notice of Election.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 8:45:07 GMT
There will also be a by-election in the Nairn ward of the Highland Council after Colin Macaulay of the SNP resigns for health reasons. The by-election will be contested by the SNP, Labour, the LibDems, and two Independents.
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Post by andrea on Apr 6, 2015 11:34:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 19:12:50 GMT
Two in Merthyr Tydfil - Town ward and Gurnos ward. Not sure why.
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Post by iain on Apr 9, 2015 21:29:34 GMT
The Battledown by-election will have the following candidates:
Paul McCloskey, Lib Dem
Helen Pemberton, Labour
Elizabeth Roberts, UKIP
Louis Savage, Conservative
Roberta Smart, Green
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Post by marksenior on Apr 9, 2015 21:44:24 GMT
Candidates for the 2 Cornwall by elections are both Con/Lab/LD/UKIP/Meb K
Candidates for the 2 Kingston On Thames by elections are both Con/Lab/LD/UKIP/Green/TUSC and an Independent in each contest too
Candidates for Wiltshire Bromhan Con/Lab/LD/UKIP
Candidates for Wiltshire Chippenham Hardenhuish Con/LD/Green
Candidates for Durham Barnard Castle West Con/Lab/Green
Candidates for Durham Ferryhill Lab/Green/Ind
Candidates for Durham Sherburn Con/Lab/Green
Candidates for Durham Willington Lab/Green/Ind
Candidates for Cheltenham Battledown Con/Lab/LD/UKIP/Green
Candidates for Craven Barden Fell Con/Green/Ind
Candidates for Craven Settle Con/Lab/Green
Candidates for Craven Upper Wharfedale Con/Lab
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