By-elections - 7th February 2013

[greatkingrat]

FOREST OF DEAN - Berry Hill (Labour died)

2011 - Lab 273, Con 222
2007 - Con 279, Lab 210
2003 - Lab 219, Con 144

Nigel BLUETT (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Timothy GWILLIAM (Labour Party Candidate)
John MCOWAN (UK Independence Party (UKIP))

HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM - Wormholt and White City (Labour died)

2010 - Lab 3052/2971/2813, Con 1186/1152/1071, LD 843/727/723
2006 - Lab 1292/1278/1151, Con 767/623/519, LD 442/404/382, Ind 184
2002 - Lab 1141/1084/1082, Con 366/337/272, LD 289/279/242

Jeffrey BOATENG
Andrew DONALD (British National Party)
Andrew ELSTON (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Jamie MCKITTRICK (Conservative Party)
Max SCHMID (The Labour Party Candidate)
Chris WHITTAKER (Liberal Democrats)

STOCKTON-ON-TEES - Village (Thornaby Independent died)

2011 - TIA 1087/1022, Lab 660/591, Con 242/196, LD 60/56
2007 - TIA 1066/969, Lab 552/477, Con 209/195, BNP 188
2005 - TIA 1262/1113, Lab 1151/1078, Con 371, LD 314

John CHAPMAN (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Leslie HODGE (Labour Party Candidate)
Mick MOORE (Thornaby Independent Association)
Ted STRIKE (UKIP)
Isabel WILLIS (Liberal Democrat)

[innocentabroad]

Ah, the Wormholt. Why it isn't in Brent no one can tell...

[greatkingrat]

None of this ward borders Brent. I think you may be thinking of the College Park & Old Oak ward, part of which certainly should be in Brent.

[Tony Otim]

Jan 16, 2013 8:33:40 GMT innocentabroad said:

Ah, the Wormholt. Why it isn't in Brent no one can tell...

TBH, it sounds more like it should be in Middle Earth

[David Ashforth]

Ward maps

FOREST OF DEAN – Berry Hill

HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM - Wormholt & White City

STOCKTON-ON-TEES – Village

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Jan 16, 2013 10:51:05 GMT Tony Otim said:

Jan 16, 2013 8:33:40 GMT innocentabroad said:

Ah, the Wormholt. Why it isn't in Brent no one can tell...

TBH, it sounds more like it should be in Middle Earth

It doesn't look like it should.

[Arthur Figgis]

Middle Earth looks more pleasant.

[Pete Whitehead]

There was an adjustment to the boundary between Brent and Hammersmith & Fulham in the 1990s around the College Park area but I can't remember which borough lost territory and which gained. I think Brent gained an area north of Willesden Junction station, but they should have gone the whole hog and moved College Park in as well

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Jan 16, 2013 11:41:22 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

There was an adjustment to the boundary between Brent and Hammersmith & Fulham in the 1990s around the College Park area but I can't remember which borough lost territory and which gained. I think Brent gained an area north of Willesden Junction station, but they should have gone the whole hog and moved College Park in as well

Do you mean this one?

Pages 42-45 are fascinating.

[Pete Whitehead]

Indeed - thanks for that. It appears wuite alot of these proposed changes did not occur though the ones between Ealing and Brent did. I thought the changes between Hertfordshire and various London boroughs occurred around the same time but presumably as this affected a county boundary it is covered in a separate document

[Philip Davies]

Berry Hill is a very small ward. So small that it doesn't include Dennis Potter's birthplace in the village.

[andrewteale]

The official English Elections preview is published:

blog.englishelections.org.uk/2013/02/by-elections-preview-7th-february-2013.html

including the mandatory Dennis Potter reference.

[Pete Whitehead]

I can;t seem to post a comment on there but 'I don't think Thornaby is one of the more middle class parts of the constituency - far from it. The middle class and Tory areas are in places like Yarm and Ingleby Barwick and indeed in parts of Stockton itself like Hartburn. I should think that Thornaby is one of the most Labour areas in general elections'

[listener]

Here is some background to the by-election in Tetbury Town Council in the District of Cotswold (Gloucestershire).

Tetbury Town Council comprises 15 members, elected from a single ward.

Tetbury Town is coterminous with the Cotswold District ward of Tetbury.

The council strengths were as follows:

Elections on 3 May 2007: Independent 4, No Description 3, Non Political Description 2, Tetbury Resident 1, Lib Dem 3, Con 1, Lab 1

Elections on 5 May 2011: Independent 3, No Description 2, Non Political Description 2, Tetbury Resident 2, Lib Dem 4, Con 2,

The current town mayor is Independent and the deputy mayor has a non-political description.

The result in Tetbury Town on 3 May 2007 was:
Independent 4, No Description 3, Non Political Description 2, Tetbury Resident 1, Lib Dem 3, Con 1, Lab 1 – all unopposed

The result in Tetbury Town on 5 May 2011 was:
Non Political Description 1338/784, Tetbury Residents 1219/654, Independents 879/624/526/454, Lib Dems 875/749/635/564, Con 822/654, No Description 741/586
Elected – Non Political Description 2, Tetbury Residents 2, Independents 3, Lib Dems 4, Con 2, No Description 2

The defeated Independent candidate had been returned as a Conservative in 2007.

The by-election on 7 February is caused by the resignation of Malcolm Philby (Independent), because he no longer has the time to devote to the role.

The two candidates are Con and UKIP.

The result in the Tetbury ward of Cotswold District Council on 3 May 2007 was
Independent 887/823, Con 872/764/700, Lib Dem 642
Elected – Ind 2, Con 1

The result in the Tetbury ward of Cotswold District Council on 5 May 2011 was
Independent 905/467/169, Con 834/627/560, Lib Dem 577/277/236, Lab 371/292, Green Party 167, UKIP 158
Elected – Ind 1, Con 2 – one Con gain from Ind

The Independent who came second in the Town poll in 2007 and first in 2011 was returned to the Town Council as a Tetbury Resident in each year.

[listener]

Here is some background to the by-election in the South ward of Bretton Parish Council in the unitary City of Peterborough.

Bretton Parish Council comprises 20 members, elected from two wards as follows – Bretton North (15) and Bretton South (5).

The parish wards are coterminous with the city wards of the same name.

The council strengths were as follows:

Elections on 3 May 2007: Con 9, Independent 8, Lab 2, Vacant 1
The vacancy in Bretton South was filled by co-option.

Elections on 5 May 2011: Con 6, Lab 6, No Description 5, Independent 2, Caring about Bretton 1

2 February 2013: Con 5, Lab 6, No Description 5, Independent 3, Caring about Bretton 1, Vacant 1

The current chairman of the parish council is Labour and the deputy chairman is Independent.

The result in Bretton South on 3 May 2007 was:
Con 4 unopposed – with one further vacancy

The result in Bretton South on 5 May 2011 was:
Con 5 unopposed

On 28 June 2011, John Stancombe (Lab) was co-opted as a member for Bretton South, following the resignation of Elisa Perna (Con).

On 22 May 2012, Ray Cave (Independent) was co-opted as a member for Bretton South, following the resignation of John Stancombe (Lab).

The by-election on 7 February is caused by the resignation of Val Kaur (Con), due to ill health.

The two candidates are Lab and Lib Dem.

The result in the Bretton South ward of Peterborough City Council on 3 May 2007 was
Con 416, Independent 218, Lab 134

The result in the Bretton South ward of Peterborough City Council on 5 May 2011 was
Con 551, Lab 190, UKIP 94, Green Party 66

[middleenglander]

How many results do we expect tonight? The Forest of Dean, Berryhill one should not take too long to count.

[andrea]

You call, Berry Hill replies

Lab 276 Con 101 UKIP 85

[greatkingrat]

Tetbury TC - Con 452, UKIP 290 (Con gain from Ind)
Eastwood TC (South ward) - LD 831, Lab 227, Ind 221 (LD gain from Lab)

[Andrew_S]

Turnout is normally pretty low in White City so maybe that won't take long.

[andrea]

Hammersmith

Lab 1419
Con 251
LD 209
UKIP 122
Boateng 75
BNP 45

Turnout 24.77%
www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Council_and_Democracy/Democracy_and_Elections/Electoral_services/Useful_links/177932_2013_Wormholt_and_White_city_ward_by_election_result.asp