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Post by mattb on Aug 29, 2019 20:27:37 GMT
There will be a by-election on 3 October for the Primrose Hill ward of Abbots Langley PC following the resignation of Lib Dem Cllr. Alex Michaels. His resignation follows very quickly on his resounding re-election in May, topping the poll (LD 437, 378; Lab 77, 66). Mysteriously, Michaels continues as a member of Three Rivers DC. Maybe mattb can throw some light on the reasons for his resignation? Not sure i can add much. If it helps: Alex has recently gone back to work full-time having had a short career break after his second child was born. He has also stepped down as a Cabinet member at Three Rivers. His contact details are not on the leaflet at his own request.
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Post by tonygreaves on Aug 31, 2019 22:29:04 GMT
Apart from the fact that Swindon Borough Council cannot spell and headline the notice "Eletion Petition" more than once, this seems very odd. What is the "block vote" that they refer to? The petition alleges that you could "tick the box" once for all ten candidates from one party (as in an American election). Surely this is not the case? But to announce a result in which all the successful candidates get more votes than the number cast is hilarious. Were there no candidates attending the count? At first I thought this case in Swindon was an understandable mistake; bound to happen with so many authorities electing 10+ candidates on one ballot paper. Now it looks like incompetence? Ah, thanks. I don't think incompetence is the word! A sacking offence in my view. But again I ask the question - were none of the other candidates at the count? Were they not told the provisional result? Can no-one count in that part of the world? Has no-one there any common sense?
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Post by sonofkrautrock on Sept 2, 2019 10:26:21 GMT
A further 29 August by-election:
Witney TC, North
Con 268 LD 259 Green 254 Lab 156
Turnout just over 30%.
Conservative gain from Labour whose councillor resigned having sexted someone who had approached him for help. In May, the sole Green topped the poll followed by Lab and Con. The district seat was won by an Independent,
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 2, 2019 11:56:54 GMT
A further 29 August by-election: Witney TC, North Con 268 LD 259 Green 254 Lab 156 Turnout just over 30%. Conservative gain from Labour whose councillor resigned having sexted someone who had approached him for help. In May, the sole Green topped the poll followed by Lab and Con. The district seat was won by an Independent, Only all the other candidates can beat Labour here !
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Post by MeirionGwril on Sept 7, 2019 8:23:06 GMT
Pencoed Community Council By-election Penprysg Ward (near Bridgend) 5 September [3 member ward] William Bond, Labour - 59 Judi Butcher, Conservative - 64 Leanne Lewis, Plaid Cymru - 232 turnout: 20.15%
The 3 councillors elected in 2017 were 2xLabour, 1 Conservative. Since then Plaid have won a previous by-election in the ward (July 2019), and now a second win. Councillor Alex Owen (Labour) seems to be the current 3rd councillor for this ward, but I couldn't discover which of the other two left in July and which in September to cause the by-elections. Looking at the by-election candidates, it would seem that the July win for Plaid was a gain from the Tories (no Labour candidate); so a good guess is that the September by-election was a gain from Labour - but this is only educated guesswork! Thus, this is a GAIN, probably from Labour.
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 7, 2019 10:04:33 GMT
Pencoed Community Council By-election Penprysg Ward (near Bridgend) 5 September [3 member ward] William Bond, Labour - 59 Judi Butcher, Conservative - 64 Leanne Lewis, Plaid Cymru - 232 turnout: 20.15% The 3 councillors elected in 2017 were 2xLabour, 1 Conservative. Since then Plaid have won a previous by-election in the ward (July 2019), and now a second win. Councillor Alex Owen (Labour) seems to be the current 3rd councillor for this ward, but I couldn't discover which of the other two left in July and which in September to cause the by-elections. Looking at the by-election candidates, it would seem that the July win for Plaid was a gain from the Tories (no Labour candidate); so a good guess is that the September by-election was a gain from Labour - but this is only educated guesswork! Thus, this is a GAIN, probably from Labour. This can be far from a given in non "principal authority" byelections.
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Post by ColinJ on Sept 7, 2019 22:29:50 GMT
Meanwhile the runners and riders have been announced for the Primrose Hill ward (Abbots Langley PC) by-election on 3 October. (See earlier posts for recent musings on this.)
We have:
Fran DESCHAMPSNEUFS, Liberal Democrat, lives in the ward. A quick search shows she is Chair of the Board of Hertfordshire Mind Network. First time as a candidate, I think.
Bruce PROCHNIK, Labour, lives in the ward. Regular candidate for Labour at parish and district levels. A child actor in the early 1960s, with roles as Oliver Twist in the stage production of Oliver! and on TV in Emergency Ward 10.
Hitesh TAILOR, Conservative. A parish councillor for the nearby ward of Leavesden between 2015 and 2019.
There are about 2,000 voters on the register. The ward lies entirely within the St Albans parliamentary constituency.
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Post by cibwr on Sept 8, 2019 12:03:24 GMT
Pencoed Community Council By-election Penprysg Ward (near Bridgend) 5 September [3 member ward] William Bond, Labour - 59 Judi Butcher, Conservative - 64 Leanne Lewis, Plaid Cymru - 232 turnout: 20.15% The 3 councillors elected in 2017 were 2xLabour, 1 Conservative. Since then Plaid have won a previous by-election in the ward (July 2019), and now a second win. Councillor Alex Owen (Labour) seems to be the current 3rd councillor for this ward, but I couldn't discover which of the other two left in July and which in September to cause the by-elections. Looking at the by-election candidates, it would seem that the July win for Plaid was a gain from the Tories (no Labour candidate); so a good guess is that the September by-election was a gain from Labour - but this is only educated guesswork! Thus, this is a GAIN, probably from Labour. I have always thought that Pencoed should be an area that Plaid should do well in.
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Post by peterl on Sept 10, 2019 19:52:48 GMT
There will be a by election for 7 seats on Bourton Pariah Council, Dorset on October 17th. Nominations deadline is September 20th.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Sept 10, 2019 20:06:39 GMT
There will be a by election for 7 seats on Bourton Pariah Council, Dorset on October 17th. Nominations deadline is September 20th. I like the idea of a Pariah council. But do you really need seven members on it?
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Post by peterl on Sept 10, 2019 21:38:00 GMT
Depends on the size of the parish I guess.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 10, 2019 21:59:54 GMT
Depends on the size of the parish I guess. Or the scale of the pariah ...
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Post by CatholicLeft on Sept 11, 2019 10:11:27 GMT
There will be a by election for 7 seats on Bourton Pariah Council, Dorset on October 17th. Nominations deadline is September 20th. I like the idea of a Pariah council. But do you really need seven members on it? Seven is the holiest number, so required to fight the Great Pariah!
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Post by tonygreaves on Sept 13, 2019 16:13:59 GMT
Did the whole Council resign en bloc. Or what?
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Post by cogload on Sept 14, 2019 5:52:45 GMT
Hedge End TC by election on Thursday: a monster 19.7% turnout.
LD hold (unsurprisingly):
LD 328 Cons 131 Lab 27.
According to Keith House (boo hiss).
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Post by cibwr on Sept 17, 2019 16:43:54 GMT
Labour has won in Tir-y-Berth and Glan-y-Nant, a community council election in what I think is the Caerphilly council area. Don't have further details at the moment. Gelligaer Community Council, your.caerphilly.gov.uk/gelligaercc/homeTiryberth Ward of the Gelligaer Community Council BOUCHER Hannah Plaid Cymru-The Party Of Wales 90 POSTIANS Jodie Welsh Labour/Llafur Cymru 220(elected 31.3% TURNOUT also in Caerffili for the Bedwas Ward of the Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen Community Council BIRD Adam Welsh Labour/Llafur Cymru 287 LLEWELLYN Daniel David Tudor Plaid Cymru-The Party Of Wales 297(Elected) 19.2% TURNOUT Decentish turn outs for community council byelections.
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Post by jamesgroves on Sept 26, 2019 21:52:34 GMT
Morecambe Town Council Out Moss Lane Ward By-election caused by the death of Barry Vickers (MBI)
Margaret Pattison (Labour) 37 ELECTED Alan Lingwood (MBI) 29 Richard Blaikie (Lib Dem) 22 Electorate 476 Turnout 18.5%
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Post by BossMan on Sept 26, 2019 21:57:50 GMT
Morecambe Town Council Out Moss Lane Ward By-election caused by the death of Barry Vickers (MBI) Margaret Pattison (Labour) 37 ELECTED Alan Lingwood (MBI) 29 Richard Blaikie (Lib Dem) 22 Electorate 476 Turnout 18.5% Looks a bit like one of our forum polls.
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Post by ricmk on Sept 27, 2019 11:26:56 GMT
Is this the right thread? Who knows but let's try anyway.
We had a neighbourhood plan referendum in a rural village of North Crawley in Milton Keynes borough last night, and it's a very unusual result - they have voted to reject their plan.
I can only find a handful of examples of this compared to over 700 successful votes: Swanwick in Derbyshire, Middlewich in Cheshire and one in Hull. There may be more but clearly not at all routine. I'm not close enough to the detail to know the issues, but it's a small electorate (I think it was something like 170-200) and inevitably the tensions of rural development could have been a factor.
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Post by peterl on Sept 28, 2019 18:44:01 GMT
Very interesting, it is indeed very rare given the extensive multi-stage consultation that plans have to undergo. In at least one case, a plan has been rejected because it had to be modified extensively following the independent examiner's report. Do you know the name of the village?
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