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Post by robert1 on Mar 22, 2021 10:40:18 GMT
The same could be said of Bunhill Ward Islington where Claudia Webbe MP is still listed as a Labour Cllr despite having had the whip withdrawn in the Commons.
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Post by mrtoad on Mar 22, 2021 12:14:19 GMT
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Post by timrollpickering on Mar 22, 2021 12:34:10 GMT
Two more in Croydon:
When was the last time Croydon had five by-elections on one day?
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Post by mrtoad on Mar 22, 2021 12:48:27 GMT
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Post by peter on Mar 22, 2021 12:51:22 GMT
In June 1967 there were seven by elections on the same day in Waltham Forest. Four of them resulted in Conservative gains. Back in the days of Aldermanic by elections there would often be several by elections resulting from elevations. For example, in June 1968 there were four Aldermanic by elections in Wandsworth. These were two vacancies in each of Nightingale and Putney wards. Mark Wolfson, who won Putney, served a single term and and in 1979 became MP for Sevenoaks.
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Post by johnloony on Mar 22, 2021 13:37:14 GMT
Two more vacancies in Croydon:
Park Hill & Whitgift ward: Vidhi Mohan (Conservative) has resigned because of work commitments
Kenley: Steve O'Connell (Conservative) has resigned. He is the outgoing GLA member for Croydon & Sutton, and has decided to retire from both at the same time.
Kenley is very safe Conservative. PH&W is comfortable Conservative. PH&W is interesting because (a) it's where I live (b) it's a single-member ward.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 22, 2021 13:43:57 GMT
Going to stand for the candidature?
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Post by elinorhelyn on Mar 23, 2021 2:23:26 GMT
Caroline Ansell, Conservative MP for Eastbourne, has resigned from her Eastbourne Borough Council seat of Sovereign.
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Post by sjorford on Mar 23, 2021 8:27:15 GMT
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Post by middleenglander on Mar 23, 2021 11:46:27 GMT
Looks like a third vacancy in North Warwickshire; Polesworth East ward, previously 2 Labour elected in 2019.
Also a double vacancy in Rugby: Admiral & Cawston, Conservative
Vacancy in Warwick: Leamington Clarendon, Labour
Also Cotswold: Fosseridge, Conservative
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Post by ilerda on Mar 23, 2021 12:11:53 GMT
I believe the Rugby vacancy is former council leader Michael Stokes. He stood down from that role in May 2019 after the local elections (nothing to do with the results).
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Post by johnloony on Mar 23, 2021 12:49:46 GMT
Going to stand for the candidature? Me? No! |
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Post by johnloony on Mar 23, 2021 12:51:25 GMT
Two more in Croydon: When was the last time Croydon had five by-elections on one day? I don't think there have ever been. Looking at my notes, there were 4 by-elections on 17th July 1958, and there were 4 in November 1939 (although my source material didn't specify the exact dates so I don't know if they were all on the same day). |
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Post by ColinJ on Mar 23, 2021 16:04:08 GMT
Two more in Croydon: When was the last time Croydon had five by-elections on one day? I don't think there have ever been. Looking at my notes, there were 4 by-elections on 17th July 1958, and there were 4 in November 1939 (although my source material didn't specify the exact dates so I don't know if they were all on the same day). The preamble of the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939, which received its Royal Assent on 31 October 1939, described it as: "An Act to postpone elections of local authorities, to postpone the preparation of the Register of Electors, to suspend certain powers relating to the alteration of the areas or of the constitution of local authorities, and for the purposes connected with the matters aforesaid." The first clause of the Act stated that "a person to fill a vacancy shall be elected as soon as conveniently may be .... by the Council among the members of which the vacancy occurred." This would mean that your four Croydon by-elections in November 1939 should in fact have been appointments made at a Council meeting, and not by polling in the usual way. The LB Harrow managed 8 by-elections on 24 June 1964, following aldermanic appointments. Only one of them resulted in an unopposed return. |
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Post by johnloony on Mar 23, 2021 16:47:01 GMT
I don't think there have ever been. Looking at my notes, there were 4 by-elections on 17th July 1958, and there were 4 in November 1939 (although my source material didn't specify the exact dates so I don't know if they were all on the same day). The preamble of the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939, which received its Royal Assent on 31 October 1939, described it as: "An Act to postpone elections of local authorities, to postpone the preparation of the Register of Electors, to suspend certain powers relating to the alteration of the areas or of the constitution of local authorities, and for the purposes connected with the matters aforesaid." The first clause of the Act stated that "a person to fill a vacancy shall be elected as soon as conveniently may be .... by the Council among the members of which the vacancy occurred." This would mean that your four Croydon by-elections in November 1939 should in fact have been appointments made at a Council meeting, and not by polling in the usual way. My notes were copied by hand from reference books in the local studies library, which were themselves handwritten in exercise books, many years ago. It is possible that the original information which I was copying was not very precise about the distinction between by-elections and co-option appointments, or that I was not precise in copying them, or that I misunderstood the distinction. I copied them by hand essentially because I could be more bothered to spend a few days in the library copying them than spending money on photocopying the whole lot. : ) |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Mar 23, 2021 17:24:10 GMT
Vacancy in Waterside ward, Pendle, on the death of tonygreaves |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Mar 23, 2021 19:30:09 GMT
My notes were copied by hand from reference books in the local studies library, which were themselves handwritten in exercise books, many years ago. It is possible that the original information which I was copying was not very precise about the distinction between by-elections and co-option appointments, or that I was not precise in copying them, or that I misunderstood the distinction. I copied them by hand essentially because I could be more bothered to spend a few days in the library copying them than spending money on photocopying the whole lot. : ) I do the same, but my "copying by hand "is typing into a cheap laptop. Ooohhhhh when oh when oh when will Northallerton Archives be open again. |
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Post by spirit on Mar 23, 2021 19:37:07 GMT
Both the Rhondda Cynon Taf elections are set for May 6.
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 23, 2021 19:53:27 GMT
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Post by andrewteale on Mar 23, 2021 20:08:23 GMT
John Davies has resigned as Conservative councillor for St Ives South ward, Huntingdonshire council.
Mary Foy MP has resigned as Labour councillor for Lamesley ward, Gateshead council.
Andy Spry has resigned as Liberal Democrat councillor for Wroughton and Wichelstowe ward, Swindon council.
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