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Post by maxque on Feb 24, 2016 3:50:52 GMT
Kingswinford North & Wall Heath – Dudley MBC – Natalie Neale (Conservative) resigned for personal reasons (very difficult divorce). She was first elected in 2014 and is a caseworker for Mike Wood, MP for Dudley South.
2014-2018 term
2015: Con 3672, Lab 1944, UKIP 1553, Grn 196
2014: Con 1704, UKIP 1090, Lab 1071, Grn 131
2012: Lab 1574/1482, Con 1464/1192, UKIP 560/419, Grn 151/87
2011: Con 1895, LD 1599, Lab 814, UKIP 272, Grn 92
2010: Con 2972, LD 2873, Lab 887, UKIP 622
2008: Con 2003, LD 1610, Lab 429, UKIP 402
2007: LD 1829/1527, Con 1489/1171, UKIP 760/698, Lab 563/285
2006: LD 1874, Con 1813, Lab 631
2004: LD 2280/2127/1964, Con 1606/1531/1443, Lab 563/562/478
The Labour winners of 2012 are former LD councillors for that ward (one of them is Lynn Boleyn, which also lost in 2014 and 2015)).
Lynn Boleyn (Labour Party Candidate)
Mick Forsyth (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Edward Lawrence (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Andi Mohr (Green Party)
St. James’s – Dudley MBC – Mary Roberts (Labour) died. She was a councillor since 2007.
2015-2019 term
2015: Lab 2641, UKIP 1642, Con 1398, Grn 186
2014: Lab 1217, UKIP 1183, Con 673, Grn 124
2012: Lab 1321, UKIP 1132, Con 396, Grn 109
2011: Lab 1755, Con 794, UKIP 554, LD 204
2010: Lab 2030, Con 1725, UKIP 1285, LD 853
2008: UKIP 994, Lab 776, LD 631, Con 625, BNP 311, Ind 142
2007: Lab 1078, UKIP 814, LD 594, BNP 548, Con 533
2006: Lab 895, LD 844, BNP 743, Con 586, UKIP 426
2004: LD 1246/1234/1225, Lab 1051/956/838, Con 849/796/749, Ind 323
One of the 2004 LD councillors defected to UKIP, lost in 2007, was back in 2008-2012 and was the 2013 Conservative candidate.
Cathryn Bayton (Labour Party Candidate)
Graeme Lloyd (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Wayne Sullivan (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Catterick – Richmondshire DC – Derek Sankey (Conservative) died. He was first elected last May.
2015: Ind 570, Con 528/392, Grn 208
2011: Ind 512, Con 338/263
2007: Con 403, Ind 318, LD 247, BNP 123/98
2003: SDP 492, Con 326, LD 310
Jill McMullon (Independent)
Simon Young (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Studley with Sambourne – Stratford-on-Avon DC – Nick Moon (Conservative) resigned due to frustration with the district council and Studley parish council and a lack of time. Despite that, he is running as an Independent, citing than the choice of Conservative candidate (the LD candidate of 2015) was morally reprehensible, due to his defection.
2015: Con 655, LD 628, Lab 364, UKIP 207, Ind 111, Grn 44
Paul Beaman (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Nick Moon (Independent)
Nigel Rogers (UKIP)
Karen Somner-Brown (Labour Party)
Hazel Wright (Liberal Democrat)
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Post by Dan on Feb 24, 2016 9:23:06 GMT
I've heard some speculation that UKIP in Dudley could be seeking to turn the two by-elections into a quasi-referendum on the supposedly undemocratic creation of the West Midlands Combined Authority and its proposed elected mayor. Are they making any sort of effort in these votes? Does anyone have any on-the-ground knowledge?
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Feb 24, 2016 9:36:34 GMT
I'd be surprised if they're not making an effort given that Dudley is one of relatively few places where the party is well organised and that they have won St James ward in the past and remained competitive since then
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Post by overthehill on Feb 24, 2016 11:35:24 GMT
Do we need know that someone resigned due to a 'very difficult divorce'?
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Post by maxque on Feb 24, 2016 13:16:03 GMT
Do we need know that someone resigned due to a 'very difficult divorce'? No, but she decided to state it when resigning. If she decided to say it, I don't see why I would not say it (if it was found by a newspaper without her approval, I wouldn't have said it). It also opens the door to her coming back once everything is solved. |
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Post by Tony Otim on Feb 24, 2016 15:10:18 GMT
As reasons for a resignation can sometimes have an impact on the outcome of the subsequent by-election (although probably not in this case), I'd say that id such things are in the public domain as cited reasons for resignation, then they are relevant for inclusion on this thread.
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Post by Tony Otim on Feb 24, 2016 16:24:18 GMT
Catterick – Richmondshire DC – Derek Sankey (Conservative) died. He was first elected last May.2015: Ind 570, Con 528/392, Grn 208 2011: Ind 512, Con 338/263 2007: Con 403, Ind 318, LD 247, BNP 123/98 2003: SDP 492, Con 326, LD 310 Jill McMullon (Independent) Simon Young (The Conservative Party Candidate) This really is a case of musical chairs - the successful Conservative candidate in 2003 was the independent in 2007, when the incumbent SDP councillor didn't stand. By 2011 the Con/Ind incumbent was back with the Conservatives and the former SDP candidate was standing as an independent topping the poll and defeating the other incumbent Conservative, before holding his seat again in 2015, when the former independent conservative stood down and was replaced by the now sadly deceased councillor Sankey. |
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Post by maxque on Feb 24, 2016 16:49:20 GMT
Catterick – Richmondshire DC – Derek Sankey (Conservative) died. He was first elected last May.2015: Ind 570, Con 528/392, Grn 208 2011: Ind 512, Con 338/263 2007: Con 403, Ind 318, LD 247, BNP 123/98 2003: SDP 492, Con 326, LD 310 Jill McMullon (Independent) Simon Young (The Conservative Party Candidate) This really is a case of musical chairs - the successful Conservative candidate in 2003 was the independent in 2007, when the incumbent SDP councillor didn't stand. By 2011 the Con/Ind incumbent was back with the Conservatives and the former SDP candidate was standing as an independent topping the poll and defeating the other incumbent Conservative, before holding his seat again in 2015, when the former independent conservative stood down and was replaced by the now sadly deceased councillor Sankey. Whole Richmondshire is that. Many Independent councillors there are former Conservatives (the previous Independent Council Leader was first elected as Conservative, for exemple. They tried running against him, but stopped trying about a 95-5 defeat.). Some Independents return to Conservatives, too. See, Jill MCMullon was first elected as a Conservative councillor for Middleton Tyas, but defected at some point between 2007 and 2011 (and from her Twitter account, she won't go back there soon, she seems to hate current government / Conservative Council and hate all national politicians but Corbyn.). She was beaten by a Conservative in 2015, so she runs there. She must have some local support, her proposer is Tony Pelton, the SDP-Independent councillor for the ward (which topped the poll every time he was on ballot since 1999). |
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Post by keithn on Feb 24, 2016 21:44:44 GMT
Stratford looks fascinating
So if I understand correctly, the Conservative councillor stands down and discovers his local party is putting up the Lib Dem that he beat last year as his replacement.
Angry at this, he decides to stand as an independent to stop the Conservative/ex-Lib Dem from holding the seat - hoping that either (i) he will win the seat back as an Independent - which will put him back to square one or (ii) he will split the Conservative vote and the Lib Dems will win.
The top two from last year will be on the ballot paper with different labels.
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Post by maxque on Feb 24, 2016 21:52:51 GMT
Stratford looks fascinating So if I understand correctly, the Conservative councillor stands down and discovers his local party is putting up the Lib Dem that he beat last year as his replacement. Angry at this, he decides to stand as an independent to stop the Conservative/ex-Lib Dem from holding the seat - hoping that either (i) he will win the seat back as an Independent - which will put him back to square one or (ii) he will split the Conservative vote and the Lib Dems will win. The top two from last year will be on the ballot paper with different labels. I suspect there is some dislike between them. While resigning, he complained about Studley parish council "procrastination" about supporting the new Studley Business Forum. The new Conservative (former LD) candidate is the Chairman of the parish council. |
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Post by BossMan on Feb 24, 2016 21:54:55 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Feb 25, 2016 3:35:14 GMT
Do we need know that someone resigned due to a 'very difficult divorce'? I've never found that there is such a thing as 'too much information' wrg to these by-elections (unless it's a blog post about a ward that Andrew Teale is intimately acquainted with and/or has played a pub quiz in  ) |
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Post by Dan on Feb 25, 2016 15:02:33 GMT
Is this correct? I make the council currently: Labour - 37 seats Conservative - 24 seats UKIP - 7 seats Green - 1 seat Independent - 1 seat vacancies - 2 If the two vacant seats are won by parties other than Labour, then the Labour majority is still 2 by my reckoning, rather than going NOC. |
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Post by maxque on Feb 25, 2016 15:16:04 GMT
Is this correct? I make the council currently: Labour - 37 seats Conservative - 24 seats UKIP - 7 seats Green - 1 seat Independent - 1 seat vacancies - 2 If the two vacant seats are won by parties other than Labour, then the Labour majority is still 2 by my reckoning, rather than going NOC. Andrew's point is Labour losing 2 seats in May elections would see the council going NOC. |
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Post by maxque on Feb 25, 2016 22:37:36 GMT
39.5% turnout in Studley with Sambourne.
Quite wierdly, we have live tweeting from the count by the Chief Executive of the Council.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 25, 2016 22:54:06 GMT
RICHMONDSHIRE Catterick
Simon Young (The Conservative Party Candidate) 308
Jill McMullon (Independent) 203
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Post by maxque on Feb 25, 2016 22:55:02 GMT
Richmondshire:
Con 308 (60.3%; +19.9)
Ind 203 (39.7%)
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 25, 2016 23:07:43 GMT
Studley with Sambourne is a Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.
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Post by Ben Walker on Feb 25, 2016 23:19:00 GMT
Would be nice if they could, y'know, give the entire bloody result.
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Post by timmullen1 on Feb 25, 2016 23:26:36 GMT
From the Council website:
Paul Anthony Beaman (Conservative) 233 votes
Nick Moon (Independent) 66 votes
Nigel Thomas Rogers (UKIP) 55 votes
Karen Somner-Brown (Labour) 256 votes
Hazel Dawn Wright (Liberal Democrat) 632 votes Elected
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