Local By-elections, December 14th 2017

[tucson]

Nominations for Newcastle Borough by-elections

Bradwell Ward
Gail Elizabeth Benbow (Con)
Andrew Gareth Fox-Hewitt (Lab)
Richard Hugh Virr (LD)

Newchapel Ward
Angela Cooper (Lab)
Nigel Peter Morgan (Ind)
Jill Waring (Con)

[stananson]

Would someone with admin privileges please give this thread a name that will be intelligible to future readers? The old format -- "Local By-elections, December 14th, 2017" -- covered everything.

[yellowperil]

Actually there has been no consistent pattern for the labelling of these threads- there have been different ways of expressing the date, the year has quite often been missed off and the word "local" has not always been there, and could be presumed as its on the local elections board. The format which stananson calls the"old format" is the one I generally adopted as being fairly complete, but it scarcely matters. I for one am grateful for anyone who puts up the details of forthcoming elections and its good to have these up for Dec 14th before we have November 23rd or 30th or Dec 7th! I have only created threads if nobody else has done so - in the case of this last week, less than 48 hours before.

[markf]

Barnsley metropolitan borough council
Rockingham ward
14th December
Labour resigned
Paul Nugent, Libdem
Nicola Sumner, Lab
Michael John Toon, Con

[Deleted]

Langworthy (Salford) - Lab defence.

Michael Felse (Ind)
James Mount (Con)
Wilson Nkurunziza (Lab)
Jake Overend (LD)
Ian Pattinson (Grn)

2016: Lab 1142, UKIP 586, Ind 264, Con 151, Grn 139, TUSC 45

2015: Lab 2424, UKIP 1065, Con 460, Grn 341 TUSC 98

2014: Lab 1250, UKIP 824, Con 207, BNP 86, MAP 50

2012: Lab 1269, LD 416, BNP 242, Con 147

2011: Lab 1400, LD 368, Con 198 BNP 167 UKIP 161 TUSC 98

2010: Lab 1888, LD 1211, Con 572, BNP 505, Ind 123

*MAP = Motorcycle Alliance Party

Prediction: Lab hold.

[middleenglander]

Following a stormy meeting of Newcastle-under-Lyme Council tonight, where the CEO and Head of Governance are suspended over electoral issues at the General Election, the Labour Council Leader has resigned and the Conservatives are reportedly forming a Minority Administration.

The current composition of the 60 member Council is 24 Labour, 22 Conservative, 3 Liberal Democrat, 1 UKIP, 5 Independent Group, 2 Kidsgrove Independent, 1 Newcastle Independent, 2 Vacant.

This should add a little spice to the 2 by-elections next week where Labour are defending both seats.

[Deleted]

Dec 5, 2017 23:30:56 GMT middleenglander said:

Following a stormy meeting of Newcastle-under-Lyme Council tonight, where the CEO and Head of Governance are suspended over electoral issues at the General Election, the Labour Council Leader has resigned and the Conservatives are reportedly forming a Minority Administration.

The current composition of the 60 member Council is 24 Labour, 22 Conservative, 3 Liberal Democrat, 1 UKIP, 5 Independent Group, 2 Kidsgrove Independent, 1 Newcastle Independent, 2 Vacant.

This should add a little spice to the 2 by-elections next week where Labour are defending both seats.

Bradwell should be safe, but at least one other councillor in Newchapel is a Tory, and we won the seat by six votes last time. We're in trouble.

[Merseymike]

Dec 5, 2017 23:30:56 GMT middleenglander said:

Following a stormy meeting of Newcastle-under-Lyme Council tonight, where the CEO and Head of Governance are suspended over electoral issues at the General Election, the Labour Council Leader has resigned and the Conservatives are reportedly forming a Minority Administration.

The current composition of the 60 member Council is 24 Labour, 22 Conservative, 3 Liberal Democrat, 1 UKIP, 5 Independent Group, 2 Kidsgrove Independent, 1 Newcastle Independent, 2 Vacant.

This should add a little spice to the 2 by-elections next week where Labour are defending both seats.

What is it about the Stoke area? Why do their local councils all appear to be so bizarre?

[andrewteale]

Dec 5, 2017 23:30:56 GMT middleenglander said:

Following a stormy meeting of Newcastle-under-Lyme Council tonight, where the CEO and Head of Governance are suspended over electoral issues at the General Election, the Labour Council Leader has resigned and the Conservatives are reportedly forming a Minority Administration.

The current composition of the 60 member Council is 24 Labour, 22 Conservative, 3 Liberal Democrat, 1 UKIP, 5 Independent Group, 2 Kidsgrove Independent, 1 Newcastle Independent, 2 Vacant.

This should add a little spice to the 2 by-elections next week where Labour are defending both seats.

Newcastle council have appointed Paul Sidaway as Acting Returning Officer for the by-elections. He is the City Director at Stoke-on-Trent council (or, as Newcastle's Twitter coyly puts it, "our neighbouring authority") and has brought with him some Stoke staff to make these by-elections work.

[gwynthegriff]

Dec 6, 2017 18:22:52 GMT andrewteale said:

Dec 5, 2017 23:30:56 GMT middleenglander said:

Following a stormy meeting of Newcastle-under-Lyme Council tonight, where the CEO and Head of Governance are suspended over electoral issues at the General Election, the Labour Council Leader has resigned and the Conservatives are reportedly forming a Minority Administration.

The current composition of the 60 member Council is 24 Labour, 22 Conservative, 3 Liberal Democrat, 1 UKIP, 5 Independent Group, 2 Kidsgrove Independent, 1 Newcastle Independent, 2 Vacant.

This should add a little spice to the 2 by-elections next week where Labour are defending both seats.

Newcastle council have appointed Paul Sidaway as Acting Returning Officer for the by-elections. He is the City Director at Stoke-on-Trent council (or, as Newcastle's Twitter coyly puts it, "our neighbouring authority") and has brought with him some Stoke staff to make these by-elections work.

And what is a "City Director" anyway?

[gwynthegriff]

Dec 6, 2017 18:01:07 GMT Merseymike said:

Dec 5, 2017 23:30:56 GMT middleenglander said:

Following a stormy meeting of Newcastle-under-Lyme Council tonight, where the CEO and Head of Governance are suspended over electoral issues at the General Election, the Labour Council Leader has resigned and the Conservatives are reportedly forming a Minority Administration.

The current composition of the 60 member Council is 24 Labour, 22 Conservative, 3 Liberal Democrat, 1 UKIP, 5 Independent Group, 2 Kidsgrove Independent, 1 Newcastle Independent, 2 Vacant.

This should add a little spice to the 2 by-elections next week where Labour are defending both seats.

What is it about the Stoke area? Why do their local councils all appear to be so bizarre?

The rise of the Independents, and Independents, and Independents has rather muddied the water.

I wonder how co-operative they are? On Crewe & Nantwich at one point we had six LDs, 3 Leighton Independents and 3 (ex-others) Independents. For administrative purposes we acted as a single bloc which helped the officers no end.

They called us the 633 Squadron.

Worth noting that NULBC is having all-out elections next year on new boundaries. I get the distinct impression that some councillors have lost interest/ are demob happy, and just drawing their rations till May.

Deplorable, but ...

[yellowperil]

I am grateful to tucson for starting this thread and the two Newcastle elections, and to markf and europeanlefty for adding a couple more of these last elections before Christmas. However that leaves four more with nothing yet, so I am going to start with them, and then if I have time I may bring the four already noted together in one post and under the same format, just to make it easier for everyone to scan through come next Thursday. I'll start with north Devon which has been a very interesting area lately...
edit: I have now brought 5 of these  by elections together under a common post with 2 others( Wigan and Barnsley) nearby, and have left europeanleftie's post(Salford) in its original format as it contained all the important information and its also near at hand.

Torridge DC Westward Ho! ward
Conservative resigned
6 candidates:
Stan Coats (Lab)
Nick Laws (Ind)
Roger Charles Levick (Con)
Barry Mason (Ind)
Stephen Roland Christopher Potts (Lib Dem)
Derek Sargent (UKIP)

Election results 2003: Community Alliance 428, Ind 315
Election results 2007: Ind 325, Con 198, Ind 87, LD 72
Election results 2011: Ind 478, Con 390
Election results 2015: Con 528, Ind 473, Green 311

Torbay UA Watcombe ward:
Lib Dem died
4 candidates:
Swithin Long (Lib Dem)
Daniel Maddock (Con)
Julia Elizabeth Neal (Lab)
Eleanor Taylor (Green)

Election results 2003: LD 1289/1288, Con 418/385, Lab 223, UKIP 186, BNP 196
Election results 2007: LD 1134/1050, Con 812/790
Election results 2011: LD 1122/1025, Con 574/502, Lab 457, Green 211
Election results 2015: LD 1383/1146, Con 746/595, Lab 612/365, UKIP 277, Green 194

Welwyn Hatfield  BC Handside Ward
LD resigned
4 candidates:
Berenice Constance Mary Dowlen (Green)
Siobhan Anne Elam (Lib Dem)
Drew Robert Richardson (Con)
Belinda Claire Yeldon (Lab)

Election results 2002: Con 888,LD 866, Lab 383
Election results 2003: Con 1022, LD 1002, Lab 279
Election results 2004: LD 1230, Con 1180, Lab 296
Election results 2006: LD 1127,Con 1103, Lab 273
Election results 2007: Con 1194, LD 1044, Lab 213
Election results 2008:Con 1385/1370/1221, LD 1338/1283/1278, Lab 167/159
Election results 2010: LD 1824, Con 1812, Lab 433
Election results 2011: Con 1603, LD 970, Lab 515
Election results 2012:Con 1130, LD 763, Lab 34, Green 176
Election results 2014: Con 1029, LD 952, Lab 330, UKIP 294, Green 159
Election results 2015: Con 1987, LD 1317, Lab 603,Green 206
Election results 2016: Con 1202/1170/1015, LD 1020/1016/1015, Lab 451/430/386, Green 180

Newcastle under Lyme BC Bradwell Ward ( thanks Tucson)
Labour died 
3 candidates:
Gail Elizabeth Benbow  (Con)
Andrew Gareth Fox-Hewitt (Lab)
Richard Hugh Virr (LD)

Election results 2002: Lab 749/730/697, Con 270/234/205,LD 243/152
Election results 2003: Lab 756, Con 347, LD 243
Election results 2004: Lab 870, Con 361, LD 303
Election results 2006: Lab 643, Con 325, UKIP 310, LD 279
Election results 2007: Lab 557, Con 469, UKIP 289, LD 225
Election results 2008:Con 623, Lab 485, UKIP 413, LD 135
Election results 2010: Lab 1441, Con 999, LS 636
Election results 2011: Lab 873, Con 406, UKIP 346, LD 79
Election results 2012:Lab 992, Con 391, LD 70
Election results 2014: Lab 720, UKIP 527, Con 208
Election results 2015: Lab 1411, Con 735, UKIP 712, Green 97, LD 79, Ind 24
Election results 2016: Lab 732, UKIP 329, Con 254, LD 45

Newcastle under Lyme BC Newchapel Ward
Labour resigned
3 candidates:
Angela Cooper (Lab)
Nigel Peter Morgan (Con)
Jill Waring (Ind)

Election results 2002: LD 330/313, Lab 270/260, Con 221/196
Election results 2003: Con 305, LD 238, Lab 222
Election results 2004: Lab 352, LD 319, Ind 237
Election results 2007:Con 314, Lab 258. LD 188, UKIP 131
Election results 2008: Con 416, Lab 220, LD 180,UKIP 127
Election results 2011: Lab 304, Con 254. Ind 168, UKIP 143, LD 60
Election results 2012: Lab 386, Con 248,LD 54,Ind 39
Election results  2015: Con 929, Lab 633, Green 190
Election results 2016: Lab 385, Con 379

[yellowperil]

Wigan MB Shevington w Lower Ground Ward
Labour resigned 
5 candidates:
Janet Brown (Shevington Ind)
Callum David Owen Chadwick (Con)
Joshua Michael Hindle (Lib Dem)
Joseph Robert Rylance (Green)
Marlaine Teresa Whitham (Lab)

Election results 2004: Lab 1843/1468/1461, Con 1456/1228/1191, LD 739/664/607
Election results 2006: Con 1827, Lab 1311
Election results 2007: Con 1377, Lab 1248, UKIP 337,LD 311
Election results 2008: Con 1531, Lab 971, LD251, UKIP 251, Ind 157
Election results 2010: Lab 2180, Con 1404, WIC 1210, LD 995, UKIP 534
Election results 2011: Lab 1557, CA 377, Con 360, WIC 220, Ind 198
Election results 2012: Lab 1362, Con 532,UKIP 450
Election results 2014: Lab 1050, WIC 797,UKIP 797, Con 353, Green 156
Election results 2015:Lab 2717,Con 1661, UKIP 1439, Green 426
Election results 2016: Lab 1239, Sh.Ind 813, UKIP 584, Con 349, Green 112
note: WIC= Wigan Independent Conservatives, CA = Community Action 

[The Bishop]

Dec 9, 2017 11:40:46 GMT yellowperil said:

Wigan MB Shevington w Lower Ground Ward
Labour resigned 
5 candidates:
Janet Brown (Shevington Ind)
Callum David Owen Chadwick (Con)
Joshua Michael Hindle (Lib Dem)
Joseph Robert Rylance (Green)
Marlaine Teresa Whitham (Lab)

Election results 2015:Lab 2717,Con 16651, UKIP 1439, Green 426
Election results 2016: Lab 1239, Sh.Ind 813, UKIP 584, Con 349, Green 112

A bit high even on GE turnout levels, I think.....

[yellowperil]

Dec 9, 2017 11:44:08 GMT The Bishop said:

Dec 9, 2017 11:40:46 GMT yellowperil said:

Wigan MB Shevington w Lower Ground Ward
Labour resigned 
5 candidates:
Janet Brown (Shevington Ind)
Callum David Owen Chadwick (Con)
Joshua Michael Hindle (Lib Dem)
Joseph Robert Rylance (Green)
Marlaine Teresa Whitham (Lab)

Election results 2015:Lab 2717,Con 16651, UKIP 1439, Green 426
Election results 2016: Lab 1239, Sh.Ind 813, UKIP 584, Con 349, Green 112

A bit high even on GE turnout levels, I think.....

sorry, fat fingers! corrected , thanks

[yellowperil]

Barnsley MBC Rockingham Ward ( thanks markf)
Labour resigned
3 candidates:
Paul Nugent (Lib Dem)
Nicola Sumner ( Lab)
Michael John Toon (Con)

Election results 2004: Ind 1494/1330/1242, Lab 1397/1342/1291, BNP 383, Con 345
Election results 2006: Lab 1225, BIG 816, Ind 320, Con 297
Election results 2007: BIG 1394, Lab 1301, Con 360
Election results 2008: BIG 1336, Lab 910, BNP 343, Con 296, LD 159, Ind 128
Election results 2010: Lab 2430, BIG 1381, Con 710, BNP 544, Ind 239
Election results 2011: Lab 1846, BIG 1263, Con 333, BNP 210
Election results 2012: Lab 1611, BIG 774, EDP 253, Con 168
Election results 2014: Lab 1032, UKIP 829, BIG 652, Con 194, EDP 69, TUSC 64
Election results 2015: Lab 2845, UKIP 1289, Con 619, EDP 192, TUSC 135
Election results  2016: Lab 1258, UKIP 792,Con 205, EDP 122, TUSC 63

[markf]

I,m sure the Rockingham ward has had a Barnsley Independents group councillor in that ward before

[yellowperil]

Dec 9, 2017 15:37:16 GMT markf said:

I,m sure the Rockingham ward has had a Barnsley Independents group councillor in that ward before

Yes indeed - I've now added the historical data, but no BIG councillor elected since 2008.

[markf]

I should have known that one lol, being at local level a B.I.G. voter

[thetop]

Dec 9, 2017 18:20:52 GMT markf said:

I should have known that one lol, being at local level a B.I.G. voter

Can you describe what BIG stand for, and what their grievances are with the Barnsley Labour group?