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Post by timmullen1 on Aug 7, 2018 12:49:51 GMT
That may be the solution to the Riddler. What's the question? See andrewteale post #160 from 3 August above. |
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Post by andrewteale on Aug 8, 2018 7:46:11 GMT
Hat-tip to Council Data UK for these:
The death has been announced of Ray Catchpole, Conservative councillor for Wenhaston and Westleton ward, Suffolk Coastal council.
Pat Ferguson has resigned as councillor for Clifton North ward, Nottingham council; she was elected as Labour but had gone independent.
Renata Jones has resigned as Conservative councillor for Birstall Wanlip ward, Charnwood council.
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Post by k9 on Aug 9, 2018 12:46:11 GMT
A by election has been called in Eccles, Salford for 27 September following the resignation of Peter Wheeler who is moving out the area.
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Post by redvers on Aug 9, 2018 18:26:27 GMT
She was running in the September 6th Ashton Waterloo ward by-election in Tameside until unpaid council tax was discovered. The Canary then waffles on about how Labour is against low-income candidates. They don't seem to have taken a moment to research the Local Government Finance Act and how she might have been barred from voting...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 19:02:58 GMT
She was running in the September 6th Ashton Waterloo ward by-election in Tameside until unpaid council tax was discovered. The Canary then waffles on about how Labour is against low-income candidates. They don't seem to have taken a moment to research the Local Government Finance Act and how she might have been barred from voting...
The Canary: not only could you make it up, they almost certainly did. |
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Post by andrewteale on Aug 9, 2018 20:05:14 GMT
She was running in the September 6th Ashton Waterloo ward by-election in Tameside until unpaid council tax was discovered. The Canary then waffles on about how Labour is against low-income candidates. They don't seem to have taken a moment to research the Local Government Finance Act and how she might have been barred from voting...
Also, it doesn't follow that just because you have tax or other debt arrears then necessarily you are poor. Mr Micawber had plenty of money coming in but his outgoings were another matter. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Aug 9, 2018 20:41:05 GMT
She was running in the September 6th Ashton Waterloo ward by-election in Tameside until unpaid council tax was discovered. The Canary then waffles on about how Labour is against low-income candidates. They don't seem to have taken a moment to research the Local Government Finance Act and how she might have been barred from voting...
I note that the lady in question runs a weekly protest outside the local Jobcentre. Perhaps if she spent that time earning some money she could start paying off her Council Tax arrears ... ? |
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Post by neilm on Aug 10, 2018 5:47:18 GMT
When was she deselected? Nominations are already up so there must have been a bit of a scramble to find a candidate.
Tameside seems like one of those councils that could benefit from STV.
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Post by thirdchill on Aug 10, 2018 7:07:23 GMT
They don't seem to have taken a moment to research the Local Government Finance Act and how she might have been barred from voting... Research is a concept unknown to The Canary. |
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 10, 2018 7:13:56 GMT
They don't seem to have taken a moment to research the Local Government Finance Act and how she might have been barred from voting... Research is a concept unknown to The Canary. it's not unknown to them - it is a bourgeois deviation to be avoided at all costs. |
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Post by The Bishop on Aug 10, 2018 9:54:08 GMT
She was running in the September 6th Ashton Waterloo ward by-election in Tameside until unpaid council tax was discovered. The Canary then waffles on about how Labour is against low-income candidates. They don't seem to have taken a moment to research the Local Government Finance Act and how she might have been barred from voting...
The Canary: not only could you make it up, they almost certainly did. Though it is still probably better than SquawkBox...... |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Aug 10, 2018 10:06:24 GMT
The Canary: not only could you make it up, they almost certainly did. Though it is still probably better than SkwawkBox...... How low are you setting the bar here? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 10, 2018 10:25:02 GMT
The difference between the Canary and Skwawkbox is the difference between shit and shite.
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Post by timmullen1 on Aug 10, 2018 10:55:08 GMT
Though it is still probably better than SkwawkBox...... How low are you setting the bar here? Low enough that The Canary can test for methane gas while it’s there..... |
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Post by redvers on Aug 10, 2018 11:09:01 GMT
When was she deselected? Nominations are already up so there must have been a bit of a scramble to find a candidate. Tameside seems like one of those councils that could benefit from STV. Well the candidate first tweeted about it on Wednesday 8th and the nominations went up the next day, but she did make reference to an attempt at an appeal with the party's regional office, so I'm guessing this all took place over the past week. Naturally her Twitter account is going along with the same narrative of she was done in simply because she's poor, and it's filled with retweets of people also going in for the same narrative. Never let research get in the way of a good story... |
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Post by middleenglander on Aug 10, 2018 21:57:59 GMT
There are 10 by-elections during the rest of August and 12 already in September. There are also 10 identified or impending vacancies where the date of the forthcoming election is not yet known.
16 August - 3
Bury MB, East - Labour resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP
Neath Port Talbot UA, Gwynfi - Labour resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, Plaid Cymru, 3 x Independent
North Yorkshire CC, Knaresborough - Conservative resigned - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD
23 August - 6
Cornwall UA, Bude - Liberal Democrat resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Ind
East Hertfordshire DC, Watton-at-Stone - Conservative resigned - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD
Knowsley MB, Halewood South - Labour died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Ind
North Warwickshire BC, Newton Regis & Warton - Conservative resigned - 2 candidates: Con, Lab
Rushcliffe BC, Gotham - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates : Con, Lab, LD, Green, Ind
Wirral MB, Bromborough - Labour resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, Ind
30 August - 1
Sevenoaks DC, Farningham, Horton Kirby & South Darenth - Conservative disqualified for non-attendance - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD
6 September - 4
Carlisle DC, Denton Holme - Labour died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, UKIP
Cumbria CC, Denton Holme - Labour died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, UKIP
Fife UA, Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay - Labour resigned following election as MP - 8 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, Green, Libertarian, 2 x Ind
Tameside MB, Ashton Waterloo - Labour died - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, Green
13 September - 6
Cambridge BC, Petersfield - Labour resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green
Charnwood BC, Birstall Wanlip - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP
Lambeth LB, Coldharbour - Labour died - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Women's Equality
Maidstone BC, Headcorn - Conservative resigned
New Forest DC, Pennington - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Ind
Pembrokeshire UA, Pembroke St Mary North - Conservative sitting as Independent resigned - 8 candidates: Con, Lab, 4 x Ind, 2 x No Description
20 September - 1
East Devon DC, Ottery St Mary Rural - East Devon Alliance disqualified for non-attendance
27 September - 1
Salford MB, Eccles - Labour resigned
Not yet called - 10
Chesterfield BC, Moor - Labour died 5 July
Dorset CC, Ferndown - Conservative died 20 July
East Dorset DC, Ferndown Central - Conservative died 20 July
Epson & Ewell BC, Nonsuch - Resident Association died 6 July
Kensington & Chelsea LB, Dalgarno - Labour impending resignation
Lichfield DC, Stowe - Conservative resigned 31 July
Nottingham UA, Clifton North - Labour sitting as Independent resigned around 16 July
Rutland UA, Cottesmore - Conservative resigned around 10 July
Suffolk Coastal DC, Wenhaston & Westleton - Conservative died around 15 July
Wyre Forest DC, Bewdley & Rock - Conservative died 16 July
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Post by bungle on Aug 11, 2018 22:37:15 GMT
Vacancy in Linton Ward, South Derbyshire DC following the sad death today of Cllr Bob Wheeler (Con).
He was Council Leader from 2010 to January this year and had been suffering from cancer. His wife Heather had put her ministerial role on hold to care for him.
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Post by sjorford on Aug 12, 2018 19:32:13 GMT
By-election in Luton BC, Limbury ward on 20 September:
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 12, 2018 20:16:34 GMT
By-election in Luton BC, Limbury ward on 20 September: Hmm. Don't know the cause - the two sitting councillors Steve Lewis and Jennifer Rowlands are both still listed on the council website. Luton's in the middle of reselections which has led to a lot of sitting Labour councillors losing. |
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