Tony Otim
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Post by Tony Otim on Sept 16, 2018 21:44:04 GMT
CAMBRIDGESHIRE CC; Soham North & Isleham (Con resigned)
Candidates:
CHARLESWORTH, Victoria (Liberal Democrat)
GOLDSACK, Mark Brannan (Conservative)
JINKS, Lee (Labour)
WOOLLARD, Geoffrey Ladbrooke (Independent)
2017: Con 1504; LD 396; Lab 371
The Conservative is a district councillor for Soham North (East Cambs) since a by-election last June. Isleham is represented on the district council by an indy, but not the one standing here.
CHESTERFIELD BC; Moor (Lab died)
Candidates:
MIHALY, Ron (Labour)
PARTINGTON, Gordon Franklin (Conservative)
ROGERS, Tony (Liberal Democrat)
THOMPSON, Barry (UKIP)
2015: Lab 943, 923; LD 669, 551; Con 301
2011: Lab 846, 788; LD 646, 565
2007: LD 893, 829; Lab 514; 449
2003: LD 1149, 1003; Lab 717, 613
Tony Rogers is the former Lib Dem councillor for the ward (lost his seat in 2011 and failed to retake it in 2015) and has been the top placed Lib Dem in all the results above.
HAMBLETON DC; Thirsk (Con resigned)
Candidates:
BARBER, Stewart Anthony (Yorkshire Party)
BEADLE, Trish (Labour)
ELDERS, Dave (Conservative)
2015: Con 1940, 1423; Ind 1009, 778
Trish Beadle was the second placed indy last time.
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Post by matureleft on Sept 17, 2018 7:09:49 GMT
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Post by yellowperil on Sept 17, 2018 8:17:06 GMT
Like the thought that the Cambs by-election is occasioned by the sitting councillor taking a goldsack.
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 17, 2018 9:23:36 GMT
Think he is ex-Labour, had quite a popular blog at one point. |
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Post by matureleft on Sept 17, 2018 9:58:56 GMT
Think he is ex-Labour, had quite a popular blog at one point. No, he was a Tory when I faintly knew him. Large landowner and councillor then (1980s). Some entertaining stories around this, including this one:
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Sept 17, 2018 12:18:32 GMT
He's never been Labour to my knowledge - he's very anti-Brexit but otherwise a traditional paternalist shire Tory.
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 18, 2018 10:33:26 GMT
He's never been Labour to my knowledge - he's very anti-Brexit but otherwise a traditional paternalist shire Tory. So I was misremembering on that then. But his Independent candidature in the 2010 GE was quite big on supporting the hunting ban IIRC, not a normal "shire Tory" thing. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Sept 18, 2018 12:18:54 GMT
Though foxhunting has never been a particularly big thing in this part of the world, because the terrain is not really suitable.
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Post by political2 on Sept 27, 2018 20:57:45 GMT
Soham North and Isleham's Independent at 80 is the oldest candidate in the field. He was elected to Soham Town Council in 2015 but quit last year to spend more time with his family. He had previously served in the 1980s and 1990s as a county and district councillor but quarrelled with colleagues in the Conservative Party - subsequently developing a role as a prolific letter writer to the local press and outspoken critic of Conservative policies and politicians. In 2010 he stood for Parliament in SE Cambs but secured a tiny 0.9% share of the poll. Then in 2014 he attempted another electoral foray in a district by-election at Soham South where he polled a reasonably respectable 14% of the vote. Woollard is no 'shire Tory' but his downfall has been his negativity toward just about everyone in local government and his feuding with those he believes are responsible for the real or imagined ills of the area.
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Post by political2 on Sept 27, 2018 21:09:27 GMT
It will be interesting to see how the votes fall in Soham North and Isleham. On paper it is a very safe Conservative seat but in 2017 neither Labour nor the Liberal Democrats put in more than a token effort. Isleham with about 1,800 electors is the strongest Conservative polling district while Labour can count on a better-than-average performance in central Soham in the newly-created Central parish ward. Liberal Democrat strength is evenly spread throughout the division. In 2017 observers noted a very high Conservative share of postal votes and there are more than 700 registered postal voters for the by-election. This is a traditionally low turnout area and 2017's 27% is unlikely to be surpassed. Postal votes, therefore, will probably account for up to a quarter of all votes cast and the Conservatives will head into polling day with a strong lead.
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Post by John Chanin on Oct 3, 2018 18:45:00 GMT
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Post by Rutlander on Oct 4, 2018 7:38:16 GMT
Local newspaper editor, the excellent john elworthy @johnelworthy tweets;
"Can we expect an upset in today’s @cambscc by election in Soham and Isleham? It’s intrigued me sufficiently to head to Isleham for the count. The manner by which the by election has come about could cost Conservatives an awful lot of votes but enough to lose?"
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Tony Otim
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Post by Tony Otim on Oct 4, 2018 8:16:46 GMT
Methinks they be ramping their own coverage a bit...
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 4, 2018 8:26:12 GMT
Don't see why a straightforward resignation on taking a politically restricted job should so offend ordinary people.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Oct 4, 2018 8:38:43 GMT
Don't see why a straightforward resignation on taking a politically restricted job should so offend ordinary people. Well, possibly the editor is puffing up his local rag's credentials, but he's a bit closer to the situation than most folk here. Has anyone followed the full story? Was there any whiff of scandal, cronyism or similar about the appointment? Might the fact that the departing councillor had only sat since May 2017 be upsetting some people? We shall see. |
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Post by Rutlander on Oct 4, 2018 9:23:32 GMT
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is a mess. The Mayor is a Conservative from East Cambs and you might be surprised how many times the best qualified candidate for a well paid job at the Combined Authority is an East Cambs Conservative.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Oct 4, 2018 15:17:53 GMT
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is a mess. The what? So, they've reinvented Cambridgeshire County Council? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 4, 2018 15:42:53 GMT
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is a mess. The what? So, they've reinvented Cambridgeshire County Council? This thing: cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/It's a result of pressure over development in Cambridge (which has been shared between the city council, the county council and South Cambs district) and also Peterborough's desire not to be left out. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 4, 2018 22:02:50 GMT
Soham North and Isleham turnout 21.22%
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Post by andrewp on Oct 4, 2018 22:17:24 GMT
Twitter suggesting Soham North is close between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat.
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