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Post by markgoodair on Jan 21, 2013 16:34:31 GMT
Just been down to County Hall to hand my nomination papers for the Castleford Central & Glasshoughton byelection.
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Post by arnieetc on Jan 21, 2013 20:08:37 GMT
When did you guys last stand in Cas? 2006?
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Post by AdminSTB on Jan 21, 2013 22:05:12 GMT
You standing too? We've already had one VoteUK vs VoteUK battle this year.  |
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Post by arnieetc on Jan 21, 2013 22:43:17 GMT
Not for me, this one. Our lovely branch chairman & UKIP LGBT member Nathan Garbutt is doing it.
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Post by AdminSTB on Jan 21, 2013 23:02:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2013 23:10:54 GMT
"The deputy chairman of UKIP’s affiliated LGBT group is defending the party from accusations of homophobia and says he would never be kicked out of the party for supporting same-sex marriage.
Nathan Garbutt, who resigned from the Conservative Party in 2006 after activists in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, allegedly tried to stop him posing for gay magazine Attitude, has dismissed claims that last week’s resignation of Olly Neville, the former chairman of the party’s youth wing, was down to his support of equal marriage.
In a letter to PinkNews, Mr Garbutt, deputy chair of LGBTQ* in UKIP, wrote:
It is well documented I resigned from the Conservative Party in 2006 with a few headlines like ‘Gay Tory in Photo Row’. Homophobia was very much at large during my time in the Conservative Party especially from my local Conservative branch, shortly after resigning I joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and my experience has been quite the opposite, UKIP members and officials have had no issues with my sexuality at all, in fact as an openly gay man I have twice been elected as Chairman of UKIP Wakefield District, stood as a candidate several times and after a resignation was elected onto the parties National Executive Committee (NEC) with 1,957 votes from the parties membership.
Last year I was also involved in forming LGBT in UKIP, in the role of deputy chair. I am often asked why I am supporting a party that does not support gay marriage. Primarily, I’d like to make it clear that the former Young Independence Chairman Olly Neville was not removed for having personal views favouring gay marriage. Olly, who I have always found to be decent chap, was removed as acting (interim) chairman of Young Independence for a variety of other reasons given in a statement from the party.
If he had been removed for favouring gay marriage, the question stands; ‘Why have I not been removed too?’, as I do believe in the concept of gay marriage, however understanding we have to be careful not to put religious institutions in a position of uncertainty. The government simply does not have the power to make the guarantees it is making.
I personally believe in gay marriage but NOT at the expense at other people’s personal liberties, UKIP support civil partnership, has equality not already been achieved here? Perhaps the gay community should tackle far more important issues of equality like homophobia in schools?
UKIP are polling on 16%, third in the polls, we are expected to come first in the 2014 European elections and gain MPs in 2015, Cameron is desperate to label us homophobes, racists and “Fruit cakes” but quite frankly I would be a rather be a principled fruit cake than a lying Eton mess"
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Post by arnieetc on Jan 25, 2013 12:03:31 GMT
Nathan's papers have been accepted, so Ukip definitely have a candidate here.
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Post by markgoodair on Jan 25, 2013 15:11:54 GMT
Candidates – Castleford Central and Glasshoughton No 4 Ward By-Election – Thursday 21 February 2013
FORSTER, Richard Anthony Labour Party Candidate
GARBUTT, Nathan UK Independence Party (UKIP)
GLOVER, Annemarie The Conservative Party Candidate
GOODAIR, Mark Andrew Liberal Democrats
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Post by independentukip on Jan 25, 2013 16:45:34 GMT
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Post by ColinJ on Jan 25, 2013 17:15:53 GMT
There will be 6 candidates for the West Harrow by-election.
CROSSMAN, Herbert W. (Independent)
LANGLEY, Rowan N.C. (Green)
MERISON, Julia S. (Conservative)
NANDHRA, Prakash K. (Liberal Democrat)
ROBSON, Christine (Labour)
ZEID, Jeremy S. (UKIP)
CROSSMAN has been a member of many political parties. Elected for this ward in 1994 as a Lib Dem. Has also been an Independent, Conservative, Referendum Party and UKIP member, as well as being the founder of the short-lived 'People's Independent Party'. Re-appears here as an Independent, despite being UKIP candidate in this ward in 2010.
LANGLEY has been a Green candidate in Harrow local elections before: in Rayners Lane ward in 2006 and 2010.
MERISON was Conservative councillor for this ward between 2006 and 2010.
NANDHRA was Lib Dem councillor for Rayners Lane ward between 1986 and 2002, when she became a casualty of the great Lib Dem nomination paper cock-up. Has also been a Parliamentary candidate.
ROBSON is a bit of an unknown quantity to me.
ZEID was Counservative councillor for Kenton West ward between 2006 and 2010 and is obviously a defector to UKIP.
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Post by independentukip on Jan 28, 2013 18:49:37 GMT
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jan 28, 2013 19:54:20 GMT
Based on the addresses given, the UKIP candidate is from a village a few miles outside of Norwich, the Conservative candidate is from a village just up the coast from Cromer, the Labour candidate lives on the street that's just beyond the ward's eastern boundary and the Lib Dem candidate is within the ward.
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Post by independentukip on Jan 28, 2013 20:22:36 GMT
Plumstead (where the UKIP candidate is from) is far closer to Cromer than it is to Norwich.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jan 28, 2013 21:09:21 GMT
Ah, I appear to have confused it with the similarly named settlement of Great Plumstead.
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Post by independentukip on Jan 28, 2013 22:55:07 GMT
Ah, I appear to have confused it with the similarly named settlement of Great Plumstead. I see. Though Great Plumstead is in Broadland not North Norfolk. A handy map of Parishes is on the council website. Plumstead being under the number 11. www.northnorfolk.org/files/Wardparishes_Map_2011.pdf |
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Post by greatkingrat on Feb 15, 2013 19:54:22 GMT
19TH FEBRUARY
CHELMSFORD - Broomfield and The Walthams (Independent died)
2011 - Con 1278/1145/923, Ind 1065, LD 785/500/492, Grn 373, Lab 348/341/324
Sep 2007 by - LD 1198, Con 742, Lab 76, UKIP 57, Grn 53
2007 - Con 1433/1279/1214, LD 469/440/399, Grn 256/251/248, UKIP 216, Lab 200
2003 - Con 1245/1123/1040, LD 714/574/564, Lab 243/200/191
Reza HOSSAIN (Green Party Candidate)
Sinead JEIN (The Labour Party Candidate)
Ian NICHOLLS (UK Independence Party)
Graham POOLEY (Liberal Democrat)
William WETTON (The Conservative Party Candidate)
21ST FEBRUARY
HARROW - West Harrow (Labour resigned)
2010 - Lab 2197/1831/1783, Con 1767/1760/1651, LD 1056/871/797, UKIP 265, CPA 129/96/87
2006 - Con 1441/1353/1195, Lab 1251/1199/1095, LD 561/461/434, PIP 133/124/109
2002 - Lab 1249/1172/1102, Con 1161/1079/1062
Herbert CROSSMAN (Independent)
Rowan LANGLEY (Green Party)
Julia MERISON (Conservative Party Candidate)
Pash NANDHRA (Liberal Democrats)
Christine ROBSON (The Labour Party Candidate)
Jeremy ZEID (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
NORTH NORFOLK - Cromer Town (Conservative died)
2011 - Con 509/476, LD 367/312, Lab 332/286, Grn 154
2007 - Con 594/531, LD 406/317, Lab 218/193, Ind 160/157
2003 - Con 558/529, LD 272/210, Lab 179, Ind 123
Jen EMERY (The Labour Party Candidate)
John MORGAN (Independent) - nomination invalid
Tony NASH (Conservative Party)
David RAMSBOTHAM (UK Independence Party)
Andreas YIASIMI (Liberal Democrats)
WAKEFIELD - Castleford Central and Glasshoughton (Labour resigned)
2012 - Lab 2306, UKIP 482, Con 235
2011 - Lab 2641, UKIP 477, Con 426
2010 - Lab 4146, Con 1209, BNP 1147
2008 - Lab 1775, BNP 854, Con 649
2007 - Lab 2077, BNP 745, Con 453
2006 - Lab 1884, BNP 876, LD 475, Con 333
Richard FORSTER (Labour Party Candidate)
Nathan GARBUTT (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Annemarie GLOVER (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Mark GOODAIR (Liberal Democrats)
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 15, 2013 20:18:19 GMT
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Post by markgoodair on Feb 16, 2013 16:57:12 GMT
Finished off this afternoon getting our leaflet out . Labour have done a second glossly leaflet. No sign of anything from either the Tories or UKIP.
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Post by arnieetc on Feb 16, 2013 17:46:41 GMT
UKIP have put out a few thousand glossy leaflets. Have seen nothing from the Tories.
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Post by arnieetc on Feb 17, 2013 13:52:58 GMT
Pretty positive reaction today. To tie in with what Mark said, saw some Lib Dem & Labour leaflets around. Nothing from the Tories though.
Will be surprised if UKIP don't get in the top two.
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