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Post by hullenedge on May 9, 2024 12:47:27 GMT
November was not the ideal month for polling. The borough elections were always held on 1st November unless that day fell on a Sunday. Cross party agreement to move these elections to the Spring.
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Post by The Bishop on May 9, 2024 12:55:05 GMT
Ah, had been wondering if that explained it.
Did some other lower level councils carry on voting in November after that?
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Post by hullenedge on May 9, 2024 13:05:48 GMT
Ah, had been wondering if that explained it. Did some other lower level councils carry on voting in November after that? Only by-elections. The counties and districts polled in March or April and then moved to April or May in 1949. (Polling was staggered throughout the week for the counties and districts but boroughs always voted on a Thursday from 1949).
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Post by hullenedge on May 10, 2024 13:31:15 GMT
There is a bizarre exception (post 1948) of a borough not voting on a Thursday. Northampton CB's boundaries were extended in the mid-60s to allow for growth and this required a new set of ward boundaries. Three proposals were submitted - Tory, Labour and the Town Clerk's. There was no agreement on the scheme so an inquiry was held (Jack Dunnett representing Labour) and the May 1965 elections were postponed. The delayed municipal elections, on new ward boundaries, took place on Tuesday 23rd November. To the surprise of many (opinion polls showed national Labour leads of 4, 6.5 and 18.5%) the Conservatives stormed to victory by 22 seats to 14 albeit on a turnout of 30%(expected totals after election of aldermen 29 vs 19, Labour had controlled the old council by 25 vs 23). Jill Knight was the highest polling successful candidate (over 600 votes ahead of her Tory running mates). Articles were written about the inconsistencies between polls and municipal elections (the Tories were on a roll with by-election gains) and perhaps Reggie Paget could lose his seat. He didn't but Frank Soskice was soon removed as Home Sec partly because of his mishandling of the Northampton boundaries.
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Post by The Bishop on May 13, 2024 10:05:45 GMT
We had a rather more recent example in September 2010, with Exeter and Norwich going to the polls after previous plans to move to unitary status were shelved.
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