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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 26, 2019 8:16:07 GMT
The double by-election in Aberdeen, Bridge of Don will be on 3rd October. Has there been a double by-election in a Scottish ward since the introduction of STV? Be interesting to see if one or more parties field two candidates. I guess the SNP might |
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Jul 26, 2019 8:17:57 GMT
The double by-election in Aberdeen, Bridge of Don will be on 3rd October. Given the closeness of the wards in Aberdeen, what are the rules about distance from a ward that you want to stand in? For instance if someone lived in the George and St. Harbour ward (1.43 miles from the border of Bridge of Don) would the returning officer state that that was a valid nomination? |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 26, 2019 8:28:07 GMT
The double by-election in Aberdeen, Bridge of Don will be on 3rd October. Given the closeness of the wards in Aberdeen, what are the rules about distance from a ward that you want to stand in? For instance if someone lived in the George and St. Harbour ward (1.43 miles from the border of Bridge of Don) would the returning officer state that that was a valid nomination? There are no rules about distance from a ward you want to stand in - you only have to live (or othwerwise be qualified) in the Local authority. Are you getting confused with the rules for standing in Parish councils? |
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 26, 2019 8:55:12 GMT
The double by-election in Aberdeen, Bridge of Don will be on 3rd October. Has there been a double by-election in a Scottish ward since the introduction of STV? Be interesting to see if one or more parties field two candidates. I guess the SNP might Yes, in Edinburgh back in 2015. |
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Jul 26, 2019 9:06:04 GMT
Given the closeness of the wards in Aberdeen, what are the rules about distance from a ward that you want to stand in? For instance if someone lived in the George and St. Harbour ward (1.43 miles from the border of Bridge of Don) would the returning officer state that that was a valid nomination? There are no rules about distance from a ward you want to stand in - you only have to live (or othwerwise be qualified) in the Local authority. Are you getting confused with the rules for standing in Parish councils? I would not be surprised if I was to be honest, there are so many of them even I find it tricky to keep track of them all. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 26, 2019 10:02:44 GMT
If a Labour candidate is elected in Aberdeen, will they be subject to the suspension which the entire group has been under since 2017?
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Post by yellowperil on Jul 26, 2019 11:29:23 GMT
I thought I would look at the 15 July by-elections as a whole(i.e. not counting in the City of London which is its own thing entirely).I know in due course Middleenglander will do this in his own inimitable style and his perspective will be a bit different to mine, but this is a very interesting set. We can look at individual results and blame them on specific local factors but when you look at 15 different elections over a month certain patterns emerge which go beyond the local circumstances.
The Conservatives were defending 6 seats, and retained 2 , losing the other 4 to the Lib Dems.
Labour were defending 3 seats, including that technical defence in Hartlepool. They lost 1 to Plaid, 1 to LibDems, retained the 1 in Hartlepool
Lib Dems were defending 3 seats, all comfortably retained, and gained the 4 from Conservatives and 1 from Labour to finish on 8.
Plaid were defending 1 seat, duly retained and gained 1 from Labour, ending on 2.
Others were defending 2 and those were retained ( 1 independent in Middlesbro and 1 IOC in Herefordshire)
So we end with LDs 8 (+5). Cons 2(-4), PC 2 (+1), Lab 1 (-2), IOC 1 (nc), Ind 1 (nc) All other parties (Greens, Brexit, UKIP, etc) fail to score.
Not even the current opinion polls look that good for the Lib Dems, but it certainly reinforces the message of the recent polls.
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Post by andrewteale on Jul 26, 2019 11:49:20 GMT
Has there been a double by-election in a Scottish ward since the introduction of STV? Be interesting to see if one or more parties field two candidates. I guess the SNP might Yes, in Edinburgh back in 2015. Also in Aberdeenshire later the same year. |
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Post by andrewp on Jul 27, 2019 6:30:20 GMT
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Post by aintree92 on Jul 29, 2019 10:37:44 GMT
Councillor Alain Dekker, St Marks ward, Farnborough, Rushmoor Borough Council has resigned. He was elected May 2019 and is moving to Berlin. His partners Employment is being relocated to Germany. He gained the seat from the Tories as a Lib Dem in May. By-election confirmed for 12th September.
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Post by markgoodair on Jul 29, 2019 12:11:10 GMT
Councillor Alain Dekker, St Marks ward, Farnborough, Rushmoor Borough Council has resigned. He was elected May 2019 and is moving to Berlin. His partners Employment is being relocated to Germany. He gained the set from the Tories in May. By-election confirmed for 12th September. He is a Liberal Democrat councillor. |
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Post by aintree92 on Jul 29, 2019 15:50:57 GMT
Councillor Alain Dekker, St Marks ward, Farnborough, Rushmoor Borough Council has resigned. He was elected May 2019 and is moving to Berlin. His partners Employment is being relocated to Germany. He gained the set from the Tories in May. By-election confirmed for 12th September. He is a Liberal Democrat councillor. Sorry I missed that, now corrected. |
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Jul 29, 2019 18:18:54 GMT
Councillor Alain Dekker, St Marks ward, Farnborough, Rushmoor Borough Council has resigned. He was elected May 2019 and is moving to Berlin. His partners Employment is being relocated to Germany. He gained the seat from the Tories as a Lib Dem in May. By-election confirmed for 12th September. Would I be right in thinking that's the ward that contains the airfield where the international air show is held? If so, I wonder if the Greens will stand and raise their concern about airline travel? |
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 29, 2019 18:32:34 GMT
Councillor Alain Dekker, St Marks ward, Farnborough, Rushmoor Borough Council has resigned. He was elected May 2019 and is moving to Berlin. His partners Employment is being relocated to Germany. He gained the seat from the Tories as a Lib Dem in May. By-election confirmed for 12th September. Would I be right in thinking that's the ward that contains the airfield where the international air show is held? If so, I wonder if the Greens will stand and raise their concern about airline travel? It is.
That would be plane daft.
I'll get my parachute.
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Post by john07 on Jul 29, 2019 19:06:34 GMT
Councillor Alain Dekker, St Marks ward, Farnborough, Rushmoor Borough Council has resigned. He was elected May 2019 and is moving to Berlin. His partners Employment is being relocated to Germany. He gained the seat from the Tories as a Lib Dem in May. By-election confirmed for 12th September. Would I be right in thinking that's the ward that contains the airfield where the international air show is held? If so, I wonder if the Greens will stand and raise their concern about airline travel? From Farnborough? It is not that central to the global aerospace industry. |
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Post by Foggy on Jul 30, 2019 2:02:43 GMT
It is.
That would be plane daft.
I'll get my parachute.
Hanger on there, you will be propelling us to new heights soon with these puns..! What has a hanger got to do with aeronautics? Did you perhaps mean a hang ar? |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 30, 2019 11:54:03 GMT
Would I be right in thinking that's the ward that contains the airfield where the international air show is held? If so, I wonder if the Greens will stand and raise their concern about airline travel? From Farnborough? It is not that central to the global aerospace industry. Quite. It'd be a bit like protesting against shipping emissions by standing in the ward that the NEC is in because it hosts a boat show. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jul 30, 2019 12:06:19 GMT
From Farnborough? It is not that central to the global aerospace industry. Quite. It'd be a bit like protesting against shipping emissions by standing in the ward that the NEC is in because it hosts a boat show. Now you'll be giving the Solihull Greens ideas for their next target ward |
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Post by john07 on Jul 30, 2019 15:07:25 GMT
From Farnborough? It is not that central to the global aerospace industry. Quite. It'd be a bit like protesting against shipping emissions by standing in the ward that the NEC is in because it hosts a boat show. One of my former students was sponsored by British Nuclear Fuels at Sellafield. He told us that anyone who even mentioned a slightly anti-nuclear statement in a local pub there was likely to be beaten up. They were very protective of their jobs. I can image what would have happened to anyone standing in a local election on an anti-nuclear programme. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jul 30, 2019 15:16:25 GMT
Quite. It'd be a bit like protesting against shipping emissions by standing in the ward that the NEC is in because it hosts a boat show. One of my former students was sponsored by British Nuclear Fuels at Sellafield. He told us that anyone who even mentioned a slightly anti-nuclear statement in a local pub there was likely to be beaten up. They were very protective of their jobs. I can image what would have happened to anyone standing in a local election on an anti-nuclear programme. Jeremy Corbyn's anti-nuclear history can't have helped the Labour candidate in the Copland by-election, no matter how much distance she tried to put between him and her campaign - he was still the party leader, after all. |
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