Local By elections November 23rd, 2017

[yellowperil]

I will create the thread in the hope that we get the details on the next ten by-elections rather sooner than last week which was all a bit of a last-minute rush. I'll wait a bit to see if somebody else feels like putting up the details but if not I will do so, bit by bit over the next day or so

[andrewteale]

Thanks yellowperil , was just about to start.

Ten by-elections on 23rd November 2017:

Perth City South

Perth and Kinross council; caused by the resignation of Conservative councillor Michael Jamieson.

Liz Barrett (LD)
Denise Baykal (Ind)
Audrey Coates (C)
Tricia Duncan (Lab)
Pauline Leitch (SNP)
Elspeth Maclachlan (Grn)

May 2017 first preferences LD 2417 SNP 1793 C 1757 Lab 444 Ind 253 Grn 213 Ind 96

Rutherglen Central and North

South Lanarkshire council; caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Ged Killen, who is now the MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

Ellen Bryson (LD)
Brian Finlay (Grn)
David Innes (SNP)
Martin Lennon (Lab)
Janice Mackay (UKIP)
Taylor Muir (C)

May 2017 first preferences SNP 2030 Lab 1592 C 835 LD 478 Grn 206

Parkfield and Oxbridge

Stockton-on-Tees council, County Durham; caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Alan Mitchell.

Louise Baldock (Lab)
Aidan Cockerill (C)
Drew Durning (LD)
Shakeel Noor (Ind)

January 2016 by-election Lab 598 C 363 UKIP 113 LD 65
May 2015 result Lab 1608/1501 C 950/887 Ind 419 Grn 285 LD 192/179 Libertarian 58

Wakefield West

Wakefield council, West Yorkshire; caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Ryan Case who had served since 2015.

Michael Graham (Lab)
Dawn Hunt (C)
Paul Phelps (Yorkshire Party)
Peter Williams (LD)

May 2016 result Lab 1563 C 962 Grn 324 LD 196 TUSC 143
May 2015 result Lab 2521 C 1714 UKIP 1324 Grn 298 TUSC 69
May 2014 result Lab 1506 C 885 Grn 504 TUSC 189 LD 172

Eyres Monsell

Leicester council; caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Rory Palmer, who has been promoted to the European Parliament to replace retiring MEP Dame Glenis Wilmott.

Christopher Doyle (C)
Tony Faithfull-Wright (LD)
Elaine Pantling (Lab)

May 2015 result Lab 1439/1229 UKIP 874/778 C 613/376 LD 253/179 Grn 203

Bryncoch South

Neath Port Talbot council, Glamorgan; caused by the death of Plaid Cymru councillor Janice Dudley who had served since at least 2004.

Peter Crocker-Jacques (C)
Emma Denholm-Hall (Lab)
Jo Hale (PC)
Sheila Kingston-Jones (LD)
Darren Thomas (UKIP)

May 2017 result PC 848/808 Lab 460/393 C 366/290 Grn 110 LD 102

Bishops Frome and Cradley

Herefordshire council; caused by the resignation of Conservative councillor Patricia Morgan.

Robert Carter (C)
Ellie Chowns (Grn)
Jeanie Falconer (LD)
Roger Page (Lab)

May 2015 result C 1331 Grn 610

Chalford

Stroud council, Gloucestershire; caused by the death of Conservative councillor Elizabeth Peters.

Kris Beacham (LD)
Robin Lewis (Grn)
Darren Loftus (C)
Karen Pitney (Lab)

May 2016 result C 930/927/905 Grn 810 Lab 799/738 UKIP 353

Grumbolds Ash with Avening

Cotswold council, Gloucestershire; caused by the death of Conservative councillor Jim Parsons.

Nicky Baber (LD)
Richard Morgan (C)
Edward Shelton (Lab)

May 2015 result C 1108 LD 442

St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

Dover council, Kent; caused by the resignation of Conservative councillor Paul Watkins who had served since at least 2003.

Peter Jull (C)
Charles Woodgate (Lab)

May 2015 result C 1424/1221 UKIP 684 Lab 590/555

[Merseymike]

Parkfield and Oxbridge

Stockton-on-Tees council, County Durham; caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Alan Mitchell.

Louise Baldock (Lab)
Aidan Cockerill (C)
Drew Durning (LD)
Shakeel Noor (Ind)

January 2016 by-election Lab 598 C 363 UKIP 113 LD 65
May 2015 result Lab 1608/1501 C 950/887 Ind 419 Grn 285 LD 192/179 Libertarian 58

Good luck to oldwarhorse

[Deleted]

I didn't know there was an Oxbridge in Stockton-on-Tees.

There is one in Dorset I've heard of.

[oldwarhorse]

It's quite an old neighbourhood, I would say most of the housing stock is Edwardian, some Victorian. My bit of Oxbridge is named mostly after royal residences: Buckingham, Osborne, Windsor, Kensington, Balmoral, Hampton etc - supplemented with Eton and Marlborough which I guess were added because they are distinguished old places. I live in Sydenham Road, not sure how that fits in but someone will no doubt tell me. It is a solidly working class area so I not sure that the name derives from a conflation of Oxford and Cambridge or whether it was a bridge with an ox.

[Pete Whitehead]

Ropner Park looks nice

[Robert Waller]

Presumably named after this family ...?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Ropner

(I'm skimming through Harold Macmillan's multi-volume memoirs at present and while he was Stockton MP the Ropners come up quite a bit)

[yellowperil]

Nov 21, 2017 14:05:27 GMT Robert Waller said:

Presumably named after this family ...?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Ropner

(I'm skimming through Harold Macmillan's multi-volume memoirs at present and while he was Stockton MP the Ropners come up quite a bit)

I'm wondering which Ropners turn up in the memoirs- I got a bit confused by these baronetcies as both grandfather and grandson seem to have had baronetcies created for them but
no mention of those succeeding them in either case - a family with  some key players and some  nonentities? ( not all that unusual among baronetcies, actually)

[Deleted]

Sydenham was a desirable area once I think.

I believe it's in Lewisham.

[Adrian]

Nov 21, 2017 12:25:09 GMT oldwarhorse said:

It's quite an old neighbourhood, I would say most of the housing stock is Edwardian, some Victorian. My bit of Oxbridge is named mostly after royal residences: Buckingham, Osborne, Windsor, Kensington, Balmoral, Hampton etc - supplemented with Eton and Marlborough which I guess were added because they are distinguished old places. I live in Sydenham Road, not sure how that fits in but someone will no doubt tell me. It is a solidly working class area so I not sure that the name derives from a conflation of Oxford and Cambridge or whether it was a bridge with an ox.

Good q. Name of a bridge. maps.nls.uk/view/102341740

[Pete Whitehead]

Nov 22, 2017 20:10:14 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

Sydenham was a desirable area once I think.

I believe it's in Lewisham.

I'm not sure how much that helps, though it's possible I suppose that the road was so named because of the presence in Sydenham of the Crystal Palace at the time that these streets were built

[froome]

Nov 22, 2017 21:25:47 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Nov 22, 2017 20:10:14 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

Sydenham was a desirable area once I think.

I believe it's in Lewisham.

I'm not sure how much that helps, though it's possible I suppose that the road was so named because of the presence in Sydenham of the Crystal Palace at the time that these streets were built

Sydenham gained early popularity for its mineral waters, so it is likely it had Royal visitors. It developed into a very affluent village set on the hills, well above the pollution found in much of Victorian London. This attracted the Crystal Palace to be re-erected there.

It actually now straddles three London boroughs. I grew up close to the southern portion which is within Bromley, and always remember it as a pleasant area to wander around.

[Adam in Stroud]

Andrew's preview now available: link

[danny]

Thanks for the link Adrian. In fact "Ox Bridge" is still identified on my 2015 edition A-Z of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on Tees etc, page 97, 1E.

[middleenglander]

Cotswold, Grumbolds Ash & Avening - result awaited

Party	2017 votes	2017 share	since 2015
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Swing

Council now 21 Conservative, 12 Liberal Democrat, 1 Vacant

Dover, St Margaret's at Cliffe - result awaited

Party	2017 votes	2017 share	since 2015 "top"	since 2015 "average"	since 2011 "top"	since 2011 "average"
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UKIP			-25.4%	-26.5%
Total votes	Row 5 column 2		Row 5 column 4	Row 5 column 5	Row 5 column 6	Row 5 column 7

Swing

Council now 24 Conservative, 18 Labour, 1 Vacant

Herefordshire, Bishops Frome & Cradley - result awaited

Party	2017 votes	2017 share	since 2015
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Swing

Council now 28 Conservative, 10 Its Our County, 8 Independent, 3 Green, 2 Liberal Democrat, 1 No Party, 1 Vacant

Leicester, Eyres Monsell - result awaited

Party	2017 votes	2017 share	since 2015 "top"	since 2015 "average"	since 2011 "top"	since 2011 "average"
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UKIP			-25.8%	-26.9%
Green			-6.0%	-6.6%
Total votes	Row 7 column 2	Row 7 column 3	Row 7 column 4	Row 7 column 5	Row 7 column 6	Row 7 column 7

Swing

Council now 51 Labour, 1 Conservative, 1 Liberal Democrat, 1 Vacant

NeathPortTalbot - Bryncoch South - result awaited

Party	2017 B votes	2017 B share	since 2017 "top"	since 2017 "average"	since 2012 "top"	since 2012 "average"
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Green			-5.8%	-6.1%
Total votes	Row 8 column 2		Row 8 column 4	Row 8 column 5	Row 8 column 6	Row 8 column 7

Swing

Council now 43 Labour, 14 Plaid Cymru, 5 Independent, 1 Liberal Democrat, 1 Vacant

[andrewteale]

Nov 22, 2017 22:13:59 GMT Adam in Stroud said:

Andrew's preview now available: link

Foggy might be dismayed to know that I've had some criticism on Twitter for describing Stockton as "County Durham" and Neath as "Glamorgan".

[andrewp]

Do we know which are counting tonight?

[Deleted]

Apparently Bryn-coch is a plaid hold

[Foggy]

Nov 23, 2017 22:47:39 GMT andrewteale said:

Nov 22, 2017 22:13:59 GMT Adam in Stroud said:

Andrew's preview now available: link

Foggy might be dismayed to know that I've had some criticism on Twitter for describing Stockton as "County Durham" and Neath as "Glamorgan".

Makes me glad I don't have a Twitter account!

Your descriptions in those cases seem correct, although the town of Stockton appears to have expanded south of the River Tees (the borough certainly has) and could therefore be considered to be partly in North Yorkshire.

[maxque]

25.5% turnout, 3094 votes in Rutherglen Central and North.