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Post by Admin Twaddleford on Mar 13, 2020 20:47:12 GMT
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peterl
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Post by peterl on Jul 25, 2020 19:25:38 GMT
Time to get the ball rolling on some of these threads.
The 2017 result was
Conservative 35 (+6)
Liberal Democrat 12 (-6)
Independents 3 (+1)
Labour 3 (-)
Green Party 2 (+2)
(UKIP -3)
Divisions with a majority of less than 200:
Frome East - 4 votes - Green Party victory over Conservative
Mendip West - 6 votes - Conservative victory over Lib Dem
Taunton North - 45 votes - Conservative over Lib Dem
Crewkerne - 70 votes - Lib Dem victory over Conservative
Bridgwater North & Central - 83 votes - Labour victory over Conservative
Yeovil West - 94 votes - Lib Dem victory over Conservative
Wells - 95 votes - Lib Dem victory over Conservative
Chard South - 97 votes - Conservative victory over Independent with Lib Dem in close third
Rowbarton & Staplegrove - 107 votes - Conservative victory over Lib Dem
Blackdown & Neroche - 142 votes - Conservative victory over Lib Dem
Chard North - 159 votes - Lib Dem victory over Conservative
Bishops Hull & Taunton West - 172 votes - Independent victory, followed by Lib Dems and Tories in close succession
Blackmoor Vale - 173 votes - Conservative victory over Lib Dem
Frome West - 186 votes - Green Party victory over Conservative
Top 3 targets per party:
Conservative:
Frome East - 5 votes to gain
Mendip West - Defence - 6 vote majority
Taunton North - Defence - 45 vote majority
Lib Dems:
Mendip West - 7 votes to gain
Taunton North - 46 votes to gain
Crewkerne - Defence - 70 vote majority
Labour:
Bridgwater North & Central - Defence - 83 vote majority
Bridgwater South - Defence - 227 vote majority
Taunton North - 151 votes to gain
Green Party:
Frome East - Defence - 4 vote majority
Frome West - Defence - 186 vote majority
No other ward was close.
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Post by andrewp on Jul 31, 2020 7:33:07 GMT
This election might or might not take place.
Somerset County Council voted by 33 votes to 14 on Wednesday to approve its Business Case for one Unitary Council for Somerset and submit it to the Secretary of State
The vote by party was
Conservative: 29 For, 4 abstentions/ absent
Lib Dem: 12 Against, 2 abstentions/ absent
Labour: 2 For, 1 abstention
Green: 2 Against
Independents: 2 For, 1 absent,
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Post by nn2019 on Aug 16, 2020 22:02:22 GMT
Sorry to sound dumb here, but what would this potential new council entail?
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Post by andrewp on Aug 17, 2020 14:45:53 GMT
Sorry to sound dumb here, but what would this potential new council entail? The County council proposal is for one unitary authority covering the area currently covered By Somerset County Council. The district councils are proposing two unitaries covering the same area- one covering Mendip & South Somerset, and one covering Sedgemoor & Somerset West and Taunton. |
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Post by peterl on Aug 17, 2020 15:10:15 GMT
Its also worth bearing in mind that, based on the amount of time Dorset's merger took to go through, there is a significant chance that these elections will go ahead next year as normal.
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Post by bjornhattan on Nov 20, 2020 3:30:36 GMT
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Post by alien8ted on Nov 20, 2020 6:48:42 GMT
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Post by peterl on Nov 20, 2020 22:52:34 GMT
I find it very unlikely that the elections will be postponed unless the structural changes get to the point of being a done deal by around March. Cancelling the elections because there only might be changes is not really a tenable course of action.
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Post by Foggy on Nov 26, 2020 5:11:39 GMT
By March?? If changes aren't agreed in the next few days, then it would be wrong to cancel the elections, even if the resultant Council didn't then last the full 4 years.
Calling them off with under 5 months notice wouldn't be fair on voters, poll workers, potential candidates, the Admin who created this thread and (if there isn't cross-party support for new local government arrangements, which there isn't in this case) the political parties.
Besides, I want to have something to vote for next spring other than a blasted Police Commissioner.
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peterl
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Post by peterl on Nov 26, 2020 15:04:59 GMT
Well March at the absolute latest, as in when the notice of election is due to be posted. But the later it is left, the more unreasonable cancelling them would be.
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Post by David Boothroyd on Feb 22, 2021 20:29:17 GMT
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 22, 2021 20:35:21 GMT
TTTHHHHHHHHFFFFPPPTTT!!!!! We've just had a campaign meeting this evening where I made the strong argument that with the consultation that was supposed to happen last November kicking off six days before Election Season, it was too late for the government to cancel this year's elections. Sigh. Well, that saves some money. Dunno what I'll do with 7000 undelivered leaflets on my landing. |
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Post by froome on Feb 22, 2021 21:05:53 GMT
TTTHHHHHHHHFFFFPPPTTT!!!!! We've just had a campaign meeting this evening where I made the strong argument that with the consultation that was supposed to happen last November kicking off six days before Election Season, it was too late for the government to cancel this year's elections. Sigh. Well, that saves some money. Dunno what I'll do with 7000 undelivered leaflets on my landing.
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Post by london(ex)tory on Feb 22, 2021 22:11:39 GMT
TTTHHHHHHHHFFFFPPPTTT!!!!! We've just had a campaign meeting this evening where I made the strong argument that with the consultation that was supposed to happen last November kicking off six days before Election Season, it was too late for the government to cancel this year's elections. Sigh. Well, that saves some money. Dunno what I'll do with 7000 undelivered leaflets on my landing.
Use them for insulation? Take them straight to the recycling, that’s where they’d have ended up anyway... |
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peterl
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Post by peterl on Feb 22, 2021 23:27:20 GMT
Again this shower that passes for a government show that they have no time either for democracy or even for doing things in an orderly manner by giving reasonable notice. Well past time there was a national government reorganisation.
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Post by Foggy on Feb 23, 2021 4:39:08 GMT
If there is any semblance or justice or democracy left in this country, Robert Jenrick and the rest of the Cabinet, as well as the enemies within local government around here who are pushing for a unitary outcome, must eventually face some sort of custodial punishment for what they have allowed to happen.
The experiences of Cheshire, Bedfordshire, Cornwall, Wiltshire and Shropshire since 2009 should demonstrate why this is not a good idea. If there has to be local government reorganisation here, a two-tier system should still have been on the table. And elections should not be able to be outright cancelled, under any circumstances, at just ten and a half weeks' notice.
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Post by peterl on Feb 23, 2021 5:46:48 GMT
It has occured to me that, if the Tories are having a reasonably bad night, they could have lost Somerset this May. Might have encouraged the decision to cancel.
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Post by Foggy on Feb 23, 2021 8:08:35 GMT
It has occured to me that, if the Tories are having a reasonably bad night, they could have lost Somerset this May. Might have encouraged the decision to cancel. I don't doubt for a second that this formed part of the thought process. Decisions such as this, taken (or at least only confirmed) at such short notice, should not have any scope to be seen as partisan. I think losing overall control of Mendip and losing the new SW&T district outright in 2019 must've spooked them. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 23, 2021 8:10:15 GMT
The experiences of Cheshire, Bedfordshire, Cornwall, Wiltshire and Shropshire since 2009 should demonstrate why this is not a good idea. If there has to be local government reorganisation here, a two-tier system should still have been on the table. And elections should not be able to be outright cancelled, under any circumstances, at just ten and a half weeks' notice. On the gov webpage: "The Local Government Secretary will consider all proposals following the consultation before making a decision about which option, if any, to implement in each of the 3 areas. This would be subject to Parliamentary approval." That tells me that Status Quo is an option. |
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