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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 10, 2021 22:33:02 GMT
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Post by andrewp on Aug 11, 2021 7:26:41 GMT
That article is from 2019. His son ( I think I remember) Charles Dehnel was elected at a by election on 18 Jul 2019.
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Post by Tony Otim on Aug 11, 2021 7:47:30 GMT
That article is from 2019. His son ( I think I remember) Charles Dehnel was elected at a by election on 18 Jul 2019. Yes - the current vacancy is folliwing the resignation of Charles Dehnel who succeeded his father Stephen at the by-election 2 years ago.
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Post by Merseymike on Aug 11, 2021 7:55:04 GMT
That article is from 2019. His son ( I think I remember) Charles Dehnel was elected at a by election on 18 Jul 2019. Yes - the current vacancy is folliwing the resignation of Charles Dehnel who succeeded his father Stephen at the by-election 2 years ago. There does seem to be a larger number of councillors not even completing a full term. Certainly there's a pattern of younger councillors failing to restand for their wards again, I think largely because it has such a detrimental effect on careers.
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Post by sjorford on Aug 11, 2021 17:27:22 GMT
Geoff Meadon - Green Party Carol Wilcox - Liberal Democrats Sarah Williams - Conservative party Sarah Williams was an independent candidate in the July 2019 by-election
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Post by samdwebber on Aug 11, 2021 22:44:23 GMT
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Post by heslingtonian on Aug 12, 2021 11:11:30 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 12, 2021 11:56:14 GMT
Sad news of the death of Ray Walker, Labour councillor for Blackfriars and Trinity ward on Salford City Council.
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Post by greenhert on Aug 12, 2021 13:11:27 GMT
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Post by Merseymike on Aug 12, 2021 13:19:24 GMT
There is a Liverpool Labour councillor who has moved permanently to Spain and also refuses to resign - Malcolm Kennedy. Really don't think this is acceptable.
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Post by greenhert on Aug 12, 2021 13:25:58 GMT
He will be disqualified soon enough for failing to attend meetings in six months (unless he flies back periodically to keep his councillor allowance).
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Post by peterl on Aug 12, 2021 13:31:59 GMT
Particularly on a unitary or county council, 6 months worth of allowance for doing nothing is a fair bit of cash. The basic allowance in Liverpool is £10,590. So 6 months would be over £5K for no work. And this is hardly a unique case. Should be a disqualification for people who move out of the country, you can't be a councillor from hundreds of miles away.
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Post by samdwebber on Aug 12, 2021 13:54:49 GMT
To reply to Merseymike , I would imagine the Thanet ward is a bit more marginal than the Liverpool ward! Was suprised to see how close this ward was in 2019: Conservative Reece Pugh 638 Conservative David Hart 602 Green Trevor Roper 599 Lib Dem Angie Curwen 567 UKIP Derek Crow-Brown551 Conservative Guy Wilson 460 Lib Dem Jeremy Kitt 416 Labour Del Goddard 223
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 12, 2021 14:01:30 GMT
To reply to Merseymike , I would imagine the Thanet ward is a bit more marginal than the Liverpool ward! Was suprised to see how close this ward was in 2019: Conservative Reece Pugh 638 Conservative David Hart 602 Green Trevor Roper 599 Lib Dem Angie Curwen 567 UKIP Derek Crow-Brown551 Conservative Guy Wilson 460 Lib Dem Jeremy Kitt 416 Labour Del Goddard 223 is that the Del Goddard who used to be an Enfield councillor??
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Post by carlton43 on Aug 12, 2021 15:01:53 GMT
There is a Liverpool Labour councillor who has moved permanently to Spain and also refuses to resign - Malcolm Kennedy. Really don't think this is acceptable.
On the contrary, it shows quite commendable contempt for Covid, convention, that party, Liverpool and local government.
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Post by evergreenadam on Aug 12, 2021 15:02:50 GMT
To reply to Merseymike , I would imagine the Thanet ward is a bit more marginal than the Liverpool ward! Was suprised to see how close this ward was in 2019: Conservative Reece Pugh 638 Conservative David Hart 602 Green Trevor Roper 599 Lib Dem Angie Curwen 567 UKIP Derek Crow-Brown551 Conservative Guy Wilson 460 Lib Dem Jeremy Kitt 416 Labour Del Goddard 223 Indeed, I didn’t think the Lib Dems or Greens would have any following in Thanet! Could be a very interesting by-election.
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Post by peterl on Aug 12, 2021 15:24:08 GMT
There is a Liverpool Labour councillor who has moved permanently to Spain and also refuses to resign - Malcolm Kennedy. Really don't think this is acceptable.
On the contrary, it shows quite commendable contempt for Covid, convention, that party, Liverpool and local government.
And a not so commendable contempt for the people that elected him.
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Post by Merseymike on Aug 12, 2021 15:25:20 GMT
There is a Liverpool Labour councillor who has moved permanently to Spain and also refuses to resign - Malcolm Kennedy. Really don't think this is acceptable.
On the contrary, it shows quite commendable contempt for Covid, convention, that party, Liverpool and local government.
But he shouldn't be doing it at public expense, irrespective of any other factors.
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Post by carlton43 on Aug 12, 2021 15:29:41 GMT
On the contrary, it shows quite commendable contempt for Covid, convention, that party, Liverpool and local government.
But he shouldn't be doing it at public expense, irrespective of any other factors.
Quite so Vicar!
Poor form and all that.
More gin with you tea?
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Post by Merseymike on Aug 12, 2021 15:37:37 GMT
But he shouldn't be doing it at public expense, irrespective of any other factors.
Quite so Vicar!
Poor form and all that.
More gin with you tea?
Well, I don't want to be paying his expenses and allowance.
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