By-Election - 13th December 2012

[greatkingrat]

HARROGATE - Bilton (Conservative resigned)

2011 - Con 976, LD 801, Lab 376
2010 - LD 1662, Con 1241, BNP 181
Feb 2009 by - LD 902, Con 673, BNP 164, Lab 51
2007 - LD 974, Con 877, BNP 122
2006 - LD 906, Con 770, Lab 53

Neil BENTLEY (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Andrew GRAY (Labour Party Candidate)
Val RODGERS (Liberal Democrat)
David SIMISTER (UK Independence Party (UKIP))

[thirdchill]

Well given the lib dems by-election success in this area on 15th november, this seat should definitely be in their sights for a gain.

[listener]

Here is some background to the by-election in the Orchard Hill ward of Northam Town Council in the District of Torridge (Devon).

Northam Town Council comprises 14 members, elected from four wards as follows – Appledore (4), Northam (6), Orchard Hill (2) and Westward Ho! (2).

Orchard Hill town ward is coterminous with the Orchard Hill ward of Torridge District.

The Northam town council strengths were:

Elections on 3 May 2007: Con 6, Independent 3, Green Party 2, No Description 1, Vacant 2
Appledore and Westward Ho! Wards were contested; the nominations in Northam and Orchard Hill wards were both one short – leaving two vacancies to be filled by co-option.

Elections on 5 May 2011: Independent 4, No Description 3, Con 3, Green Party 1, Northam Resident 1, Vacant 2
Only Appledore ward was contested; the nominations in Northam ward were two short – leaving two vacancies to be filled by co-option

The current town mayor is No Description and the deputy mayor is Independent.

The result in Orchard Hill ward on 3 May 2007 was:
No description 1 – the remaining vacancy was filled by co-option

The result in Orchard Hill ward on 5 May 2011 was:
No description 1, Independent 1 - unopposed

The by-election in Orchard Hill ward on 13 December is caused by the resignation of Richard Osborne (Independent).

The two candidates on 13 December are UKIP and Con.

The results in the Orchard Hill ward of Torridge District Council were as follows:

3 May 2007 – Independent 475, Lib Dem 155

5 May 2011 – Independent 475, Lib Dem 172

[listener]

Here is some background to the by-election in the Churchill ward of Lancing Parish Council in the District of Adur (West Sussex).

Lancing Parish Council comprises 16 members, elected from five wards as follows – Churchill (4), Manor North (2), Manor South (2), Mash Barn (4) and Widewater (4).

The Churchill parish ward is coterminous with the Churchill ward of Adur District.

The Lancing parish council strengths were:

Elections on 1 May 2008: Con 13, Lib Dem 3
Elections on 3 May 2012: Con 11, Lib Dem 4, UKIP 1

The current chairman and vice-chairman are Con.

The result in Churchill ward on 1 May 2008 was:
Lib Dem 503/486, Con 493/490, Beach Green Action Group 401
Elected: Lib Dem 2, Con 2

The result in Churchill ward on 3 May 2012 was:
Con 436/432/383/348, Lib Dem 387/380/292
Elected: Con 3, Lib Dem 1

The by-election in Churchill ward on 13 December is caused by the death of Alan Milton (Con).

I am waiting for Adur District Council to publish the candidates nominated for 13 December.



The results in the Churchill ward of Adur District Council were as follows:

4 May 2006 – Con 575, Lib Dem 514

1 May 2008 (including a by-election) – Con 506/443, Lib Dem 430/408, Lab 117

6 May 2010 – Con 885, Lib Dem 762, UKIP 314, Green Party 117

3 May 2012 – Con 326, UKIP 325, Lib Dem 252

[marksenior]

Candidates in Lacing are Con , Lib Dem and UKIP

[David Ashforth]

Ward map

HARROGATE – Bilton

[danlew]

Chair of Liberal Youth England has tweeted the Lib Dems have gained Bilton.

LIB DEM GAIN in #Harrogate, #Bilton: LIB DEMS 623 CONS 395 LABOUR 208 UKIP 127

[Pete Whitehead]

LD 623 46.0%
Con 395 29.2%
Lab 208 15.4%
UKIP 127 9.4%

[The Bishop]

Another good result for the LibDems vis a vis the Tories. Becoming a bit of a trend now......

[Rural Radical]

Not a bad Labour vote either

[Tony Otim]

Dec 13, 2012 23:52:15 GMT Rural Radical said:

Not a bad Labour vote either

The vote share is actually a wee bit down on 2011.

Changes:
LD + 8.8
Con - 16.1
Lab -2.1
UKIP +9.4

[arnieetc]

Lancing PC result:

UKIP 174
Conservative 95
Lib Dem 84

A UKIP gain! I feel all faint..

[AdminSTB]

First Romney Ramsey, now Lancing. Soon UKIP will have control of park benches and town clocks all across the country. ;D

[listener]

My report above on Northam Town Council was incomplete.

Two of the No Description councilors returned unopposed in Northam ward on 5 May 2011 were also elected as Conservatives for Northam ward on the District Council. One of these two is currently the town mayor.

The town council co-opted two members to fill the remaining vacancies in Northam ward – one of whom was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate in the district elections.

She subsequently resigned and a by-election was held in Northam ward on 26 July 2012 – UKIP 314, Ind 280, Con 245 – UKIP gain from Con

So the Council strength prior to yesterday’s by-election was:
Con and No Description 5, Independent 3, Green Party 1, UKIP 1, Northam Resident 1, No Description 1, Co-opted 1, Vacant 1

The result of the Orchard Hill by-election was:
Con 123, UKIP 71 – Con gain from Ind

So the Council strength is now:
Con and No Description 6, Independent 3, Green Party 1, UKIP 1, Northam Resident 1, No Description 1, Co-opted 1

[listener]

The result of the Lancing (Churchill) by-election in Adur was
UKIP 174, Con 95, Lib Dem 84 – UKIP gain from Con

The council strength is now:
Con 12, Lib Dem 4, UKIP 2



and we missed a UKIP gain from Con in Northam on 26 July 2012 (see above)

[The Bishop]

So the Tories are dropping seats to both the LibDems and UKIP at the minute - pincer movement??

[stepney]

Dec 14, 2012 13:36:20 GMT The Bishop said:

So the Tories are dropping seats to both the LibDems and UKIP at the minute - pincer movement??

Tory parish councils across the land shiver at the UKIP surge...

[marksenior]

Dec 14, 2012 14:37:40 GMT stepney said:

Dec 14, 2012 13:36:20 GMT The Bishop said:

So the Tories are dropping seats to both the LibDems and UKIP at the minute - pincer movement??

Tory parish councils across the land shiver at the UKIP surge...

the vast majority of parish/town councils are in fact non political .

[erlend]

That's true Mark. I suspect it's a lot nearer if one accounts for the electorate represented by TCs/PCs that are at least partly political. In the areas I know in Watford/Three Rivers and St Albans most of the cllrs are party people and a few more are Resident Associations. Even the non party majority councils (redbourn as an example) have a few party people. These of course are several thousand electorate council (Harpenden is ca 12K). So the smaller ones in the rest of the county add up of course and are numerically numerous,

[arnieetc]

It's good to win contested elections, no matter what level they're at. And the fact that this ward is identical to the district council ward above it is very cheering. Just because it's not the local planning authority doesn't mean it isn't electorally significant..