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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 20, 2019 23:42:32 GMT
Is it too late to hold a double election in May? No. Latest date for that would be Tuesday next week. Is it normal then to issue a notice of a casual vacancy in this kind of situation? Do they still need to get two voters requesting it and so on? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 20, 2019 23:50:53 GMT
No. Latest date for that would be Tuesday next week. Is it normal then to issue a notice of a casual vacancy in this kind of situation? Do they still need to get two voters requesting it and so on? It's perfectly normal. The local authority is required to give public notice of any vacancy among its members (s. 87 (2), Local Government Act 1972). |
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Post by Khunanup on Mar 21, 2019 0:58:08 GMT
Vacancy in Cosham Ward, Portsmouth City Council after the disqualification of Jim Fleming (Ind, elected as Con, Cosham) due to non-attendance. Term ends 2020.
This is the first non-six month rule vacancy in Portsmouth since the end of 2007.
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Post by alderman on Mar 21, 2019 9:49:24 GMT
Two by-elections are pending in the London Borough of Lewisham:
Whitefoot Ward following the resignation of Cllr Janet Daby MP
Evelyn Ward following the resignation of Cllr Alex Feis-Bryce
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Post by evergreenadam on Mar 21, 2019 11:12:01 GMT
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Post by listener on Mar 21, 2019 19:47:16 GMT
Tunbridge Wells has published a Notice of Vacancy for Paddock Wood East ward, following the resignation of Allan Gooda (Con), whose term of office runs to 2020.
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Post by Khunanup on Mar 22, 2019 10:48:24 GMT
Vacancy in Cosham Ward, Portsmouth City Council after the disqualification of Jim Fleming (Ind, elected as Con, Cosham) due to non-attendance. Term ends 2020. This is the first non-six month rule vacancy in Portsmouth since the end of 2007. Confirmed that this vacancy will be filled in a double election on 2nd May. |
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Post by middleenglander on Mar 22, 2019 17:46:09 GMT
There are 2 by-elections in the last week of March and 6 during April. This means there will be 31 by-elections in 2019 ahead of the May annual elections; 26 in England, 2 in Scotland and 3 in Wales.
28 March - 2
Clackmannanshire UA, Clackmannan Central - SNP resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, Green, UKIP
Sutton LB, Wallington North - Liberal Democrat resigned - 7 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Christian People, Ind
04 April - 1
Norfolk CC, Wroxham - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green
11 April - 4
Burnley BC, Rosehill with Burnley Wood - Liberal Democrat sitting as Burnley & Padiham Ind resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, Burnley & Padiham Ind
Edinburgh UA, Leith Walk - Labour resigned 11 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, Green, UKIP, For Britain, Libertarian, Socialist, 2 x Ind
Lambeth LB, Thornton - Labour resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Women's Equality
Merthyr Tydfil - Cyfarthfa - Independent died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, 2 x Ind
25 April -1
Shropshire UA, Belle Vue - Labour resigned
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Post by tucson on Mar 27, 2019 16:57:21 GMT
Newcastle under Lyme BC,
Conservative Cllr for Maer & Whitmore resigns.
I have no knowledge of why. This is a solid, rural Conservative seat.
Polling Day 02/05/19
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Post by middleenglander on Mar 30, 2019 1:01:44 GMT
There are 6 by-elections during April bringing the total in 2019 ahead of the May annual elections to 31; 26 in England, 2 in Scotland and 3 in Wales.
04 April - 1
Norfolk CC, Wroxham - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green
11 April - 4
Burnley BC, Rosehill with Burnley Wood - Liberal Democrat sitting as Burnley & Padiham Ind resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, Burnley & Padiham Ind
Edinburgh UA, Leith Walk - Labour resigned 11 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, Green, UKIP, For Britain, Libertarian, Socialist, 2 x Ind
Lambeth LB, Thornton - Labour resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Women's Equality
Merthyr Tydfil - Cyfarthfa - Independent died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, 2 x Ind
25 April -1
Shropshire UA, Belle Vue - Labour resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP
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Post by andrewp on Mar 31, 2019 20:01:05 GMT
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Post by tonyhill on Apr 1, 2019 9:16:26 GMT
I've just heard that Austin Hicks, Lib Dem councillor for Brockhurst ward on Gosport Borough Council, died yesterday. Aussie was a lovely guy who I first met in the 70s when he was in the Young Liberals in Salisbury. Very sad news.
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Post by offshore on Apr 1, 2019 20:30:08 GMT
I've just heard that Austin Hicks, Lib Dem councillor for Brockhurst ward on Gosport Borough Council, died yesterday. Aussie was a lovely guy who I first met in the 70s when he was in the Young Liberals in Salisbury. Very sad news. I know it gets said a lot, but he was the loveliest guy you could ever hope to meet. He had a condition, genetic I think, which progressively destroyed his lung function. Last time I saw him he had one of those oxygen backpack gadgets. I think he'd been reluctant to stand again, but he found it hard to say no to people. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Apr 1, 2019 20:51:08 GMT
I've just heard that Austin Hicks, Lib Dem councillor for Brockhurst ward on Gosport Borough Council, died yesterday. Aussie was a lovely guy who I first met in the 70s when he was in the Young Liberals in Salisbury. Very sad news. I know it gets said a lot, but he was the loveliest guy you could ever hope to meet. He had a condition, genetic I think, which progressively destroyed his lung function. Last time I saw him he had one of those oxygen backpack gadgets. I think he'd been reluctant to stand again, but he found it hard to say no to people. Was that Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis? I've a good friend who suffers from this, he has good periods and bad days, but can never predict these, and has probably outlived his initial prognosis so lives one day at a time. |
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Post by offshore on Apr 1, 2019 21:22:41 GMT
I know it gets said a lot, but he was the loveliest guy you could ever hope to meet. He had a condition, genetic I think, which progressively destroyed his lung function. Last time I saw him he had one of those oxygen backpack gadgets. I think he'd been reluctant to stand again, but he found it hard to say no to people. Was that Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis? I've a good friend who suffers from this, he has good periods and bad days, but can never predict these, and has probably outlived his initial prognosis so lives one day at a time. It's possible - I know he told me once, but I can't remember. He certainly outlived his prognosis, and also had two children, despite being told it wasn't possible. |
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Post by andrewp on Apr 2, 2019 17:48:57 GMT
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 2, 2019 17:51:24 GMT
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Post by johnloony on Apr 12, 2019 0:34:18 GMT
Thornton Ward, Lambeth Council - not sure which Cllr has quit though Are you sure? The three councillors there are the leader of the council, the chief whip, and a cabinet member. i was mildly curious about why there have been two by-elections in the same ward only two months apart, but a brief search did not find the cause of the first vacancy. Which one resigned first? |
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Post by timmullen1 on Apr 12, 2019 0:42:08 GMT
Are you sure? The three councillors there are the leader of the council, the chief whip, and a cabinet member. i was mildly curious about why there have been two by-elections in the same ward only two months apart, but a brief search did not find the cause of the first vacancy. Which one resigned first? Jane Edbrooke resigned to take up a politically restricted post with The Big Lottery Fund; she announced her resignation in a Medium blog in December last year. Lib Peck announced her resignation almost a month later. |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Apr 12, 2019 11:30:03 GMT
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