2021-22 Local government by-elections

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Full list of forthcoming byelections:

10 February
Eastleigh: Eastleigh Central. Cause: Resignation of Jephthe Doguie (L Dem) on 4 January 2022.
Somerset West and Taunton: Alcombe. Cause: Disqualification of Paul Bolton (Ind) on 8 December 2021.
Wealden: Hailsham South. Cause: Resignation of Kevin Balsdon (C) on 15 November 2021.

17 February
Allerdale: Stainburn and Clifton. Cause: Disqualification of Janet King (Ind) on 30 December 2021.
Bristol: Southmead. Cause: Resignation of Helen Godwin (Lab) on 1 January 2022.
Mid Suffolk: Thurston. Cause: Resignation of Wendy Turner (GP) on 20 December 2021.
Newark and Sherwood: Collingham. Cause: Death of Maureen Dobson (Ind) on 30 November 2021.
North East Lincolnshire: Park. Cause: Death of Debbie Woodward (C) on 2 December 2021.
Nottinghamshire: Collingham. Cause: Death of Maureen Dobson (Ind) on 30 November 2021.
North Northamptonshire: Oundle. Cause: Resignation of Annabel de Capell Brooke (C) on 5 January 2022.
Oadby and Wigston: Wigston Meadowcourt. Cause: Death of Robert Eaton (L Dem) on 28 December 2021.
West Devon: Tavistock North. Cause: Resignation of Steve Hipsey (Ind) on 16 November 2021.

23 February
Spelthorne: Stanwell North. Cause: Resignation of Jim McIlroy (C) on 31 December 2021.

24 February
Castle Point: St Peter's. Cause: Death of Bill Dick (C) on 4 December 2021.
Durham: Ferryhill. Cause: Death of Brian Avery (Ind) on 5 November 2021.
Lincolnshire: Colsterworth Rural. Cause: Death of Bob Adams (C) on 15 November 2021.
Maldon: Wickham Bishops and Woodham. Cause: Resignation of Karl Jarvis (non-aligned elected as C) on 31 December 2021.
South Kesteven: Aveland. Cause: Resignation of Peter Moseley (Ind elected as C) on 11 January 2022.
South Kesteven: Isaac Newton. Cause: Death of Bob Adams (C) on 15 November 2021.

3 March
East Lindsey: Halton Holegate. Cause: Death of Jim Swanson (NELIG) on 30 November 2021.
Essex: Rayleigh North. Cause: Death of Craig Cannell (L Dem) on 14 November 2021.
New Forest: Hythe West and Langdown. Cause: Resignation of Rebecca Clark (L Dem) on 24 November 2021.
Rochford: Downhall and Rawreth. Cause: Death of Craig Cannell (L Dem) on 14 November 2021.
Sevenoaks: Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge. Cause: Resignation of Anna Firth (C) on 7 January 2022.
South Somerset: Neroche. Cause: Resignation of Linda Vijeh (C) on 1 January 2022.
Southend-on-Sea: Southchurch. Cause: Resignation of Alex Bright (C) on 16 January 2022.
Sunderland: Redhill. Cause: Resignation of Keith Jenkins (Ind elected as UKIP) on 10 January 2022.

10 March
Herefordshire: Bromyard West. Cause: Resignation of Alan Seldon (Independents for Herefordshire) on 4 January 2022.
Hertfordshire: Hitchin South. Cause: Death of Paul Clark (L Dem) on 7 December 2021.
North Hertfordshire: Hitchin Highbury. Cause: Death of Paul Clark (L Dem) on 7 December 2021.
Rutland: Ryhall and Casterton. Cause: Resignation of Richard Coleman (Ind elected as C) on 5 November 2021.

Unspecified
Carlisle: Longtown and the Border. Cause: Death of Val Tarbitt (C) on 28 January 2022.
Derbyshire Dales: Carsington Water. Cause: Death of Lewis Rose (C) on 6 January 2022.
Durham: West Auckland. Cause: Death of Mark Idwal-Roberts (C) on c. 7 January 2022.
East Riding of Yorkshire: South Hunsley. Cause: Death of Vanessa Walker (C) on 15 January 2022.
Harrow: Kenton West. Cause: Death of Vina Mithani (C) on 7 October 2021.
High Peak: Cote Heath. Cause: Death of Keith Savage (Lab) on 4 December 2021.
Horsham: Denne. Cause: Resignation of Francis Haigh (L Dem) on 17 January 2022.
Horsham: Storrington and Washington. Cause: Resignation of Jim Sanson (C) on 4 February 2022.
Ipswich: St John's. Cause: Resignation of Shelly Darwin (Lab) on 20 January 2022.
Knowsley: Page Moss. Cause: Resignation of Andy Moorhead (Lab) on 20 October 2021.
Liverpool: Everton. Cause: Resignation of Ian Byrne (Lab) on 1 February 2022.
Liverpool: Warbreck. Cause: Resignation of Cheryl Didsbury (Lab) on 1 February 2022.
Merthyr Tydfil: Vaynor. Cause: Death of Howard Barrett (Ind) on 31 October 2021.
North Hertfordshire: Letchworth East. Cause: Resignation of Sue Ngwala (Lab) on 1 October 2021.
Northumberland: Seghill with Seaton Delaval. Cause: Death of Paul Scott (C) on c. 5 January 2022.
Renfrewshire: Paisley Southeast. Cause: Disqualification of Paul Mack (Ind) following Standards Commission for Scotland hearing, on 10 May 2021.
Ryedale: Sherburn. Cause: Resignation of John Raper (Ind) on c. 1 February 2022.
Staffordshire Moorlands: Cheadle South East. Cause: Death of Jim Alcock (Ind) on 7 January 2022.
Telford and Wrekin: Brookside. Cause: Death of Jackie Loveridge (Lab) on 20 January 2022.
Tewkesbury: Brockworth East. Cause: Resignation of Louise Gerrard (Ind) on 9 November 2021.
Torfaen: Blaenavon. Cause: Resignation of Alan Jones (Lab) on 21 April 2021.
Walsall: Willenhall South. Cause: Resignation of Sean Coughlan (Lab) on 4 December 2021.
Welwyn Hatfield: Welwyn East. Cause: Death of Steven Markiewicz (C) on 21 October 2021.
West Lancashire: Burscough East. Cause: Resignation of David Evans (Lab) on 31 January 2022.
Wigan: Leigh East. Cause: Death of Anita Thorpe (Lab) on 1 February 2022.
Wolverhampton: East Park. Cause: Resignation of Harman Banger (Ind elected as Lab) on 21 December 2021.

Not before March 2022
City of London: Cordwainer Alderman. Cause: Death of Sir Roger Gifford (non-party) on 25 May 2021.

No byelection
Barking and Dagenham: Alibon. Cause: Resignation of Sanchia Alasia (Lab) on 10 December 2021.
Bexley: Crook Log. Cause: Disqualification of Linda Bailey (C) on 10 January 2022.
Birmingham: Stockland Green. Cause: Death of Penny Holbrook (Lab) on 22 November 2021.
Bromley: Shortlands. Cause: Death of Mary Cooke (C) on 7 January 2022.
Camden: Camden Town with Primrose Hill. Cause: Resignation of Lazzaro Pietragnoli (Lab) on 22 November 2021.
Carlisle: Botcherby and Harraby North. Cause: Resignation of Jack Paton (Ind) on 2 February 2022.
Carmarthenshire: St Ishmael. Cause: Death of Mair Stephens (Ind) on 9 January 2022.
City of London: Aldersgate. Cause: Resignation of Joyce Nash (non-party) on 5 May 2021.
City of London: Aldgate. Cause: Resignation of Sylvia Moys (non-party) on c. 7 April 2021.
City of London: Aldgate: Cause: Resignation of Dhruv Patel (non-party) on 20 December 2021.
City of London: Farringdon Within. Cause: Resignation of Karina Dostalova (non-party) on 12 November 2021.
Cumbria: Longtown. Cause: Death of Val Tarbitt (C) on 28 January 2022.
Ealing: Dormers Wells. Cause: Death of Tejinder Dhami (Lab) on 17 December 2021.
East Dunbartonshire: Bishopbriggs South. Cause: Death of Alan Brown (C) on 13 November 2021.
Edinburgh: Fountainbridge and Craiglockhart. Cause: Resignation of Gavin Corbett (SGP) on 7 November 2021.
Eilean Siar: Steòrnabhagh a Deas. Cause: Resignation of Charlie Nicolson (Ind) on 10 November 2021.
Fife: St Andrews. Cause: Resignation of Dominic Nolan (C) on c. 25 November 2021.
Harrogate: Marston Moor. Cause: Death of Norman Waller (C) on 25 January 2022.
Highland: Caol and Mallaig. Cause: Resignation of Ben Thompson (Ind) on 12 November 2021.
Hounslow: Bedfont. Cause: Death of Javed Akhunzada (Lab) on 29 November 2021.
Huntingdonshire: St Neots East. Cause: Resignation of David Wells (C) on 17 November 2021.
Ipswich: Bridge. Cause: Resignation of Collette Allen (Lab) on 1 January 2022.
Kingston-upon-Thames: Alexandra. Cause: Resignation of Sharron Falchikov-Sumner (GP elected as L Dem) on 31 January 2022.
Lambeth: Oval. Cause: Resignation of Philip Normal (Lab) on 13 January 2022.
Manchester: Crumpsall. Cause: Resignation of Sir Richard Leese (Lab) on 31 December 2021.
Merton: Graveney. Cause: Resignation of Tobin Byers (Lab) on 14 January 2022.
Monmouthshire: Llangybi Fawr. Cause: Death of Peter Clarke (C) on 10 January 2022.
Moray: Elgin City North. Cause: Resignation of Paula Coy (SNP) on 24 November 2021.
Powys: Gwernyfed. Cause: Resignation of James Evans (C) on 31 December 2021.
St Helens: Town Centre. Cause: Resignation of Carole Gill (Lab) on c. 21 January 2022.
Sandwell: Bristnall. Cause: Resignation of Rajbir Singh (Lab) on 17 November 2021.
Solihull: Castle Bromwich. Cause: Resignation of Cheryl Buxton-Sait (GP) on 28 November 2021.
Somerset: Chard North. Cause: Resignation of Amanda Broom (L Dem) on 7 December 2021.
Somerset: Ilminster. Cause: Resignation of Linda Vijeh (C) on 1 January 2022.
South Ayrshire: Ayr West. Cause: Resignation of Siobhan Brown (SNP) on 17 January 2022.
South Cambridgeshire: Harston and Comberton. Cause: Resignation of Fiona Whelan (L Dem) on 9 November 2021.
Southwark: Peckham. Cause: Resignation of Johnson Situ (Lab) on 15 November 2021.
Sutton: Beddington South. Cause: Resignation of Manuel Abellan (L Dem) on 30 January 2022.
Trafford: Bowdon. Cause: Resignation of Karen Barclay (C) on 1 January 2022.
Tunbridge Wells: Paddock Wood West. Cause: Resignation of Bill Hills (C) on 20 January 2022.
Walsall: Pleck. Cause: Disqualification of Simran Cheema (Lab) on 16 December 2021.
Wandsworth: East Putney. Cause: Resignation of Sarah Binder (C) on 20 December 2021.
Winchester: St Michael. Cause: Death of Lynda Murphy (L Dem) on 6 December 2021.

[carolus]

Barrow-in-Furness, Dalton South. Shaun Blezard (Lab) has ceased to be a councillor. Presumably related to www.nwemail.co.uk/news/19671414.dalton-councillor-step-toxic-abuse-threats-reported-police/, although that article is from a few months ago.

[middleenglander]

Ian Byrne (Everton) and Cheryl Didsbury (Warbreck) were both elected to their respective Liverpool MB seats on 3rd May 2018. These vacancies therefore will be under the 6 month rule.

The two Carlisle vacancies of Botcherby & Harraby North and Longtown & the Border were both elected on 02 May 2019. Therefore either they both fall under the 6 month rule, as the council is to be abolished, or they are both are vacancies to be filled as the council will continue for another year following elections to the new Unitary in May. I suspect both of these vacancies will be filled on 05 May.

Similar Harrogate: Marston Moor, Ryedale: Sherburn and the newly reported vacancy in Barrow: Dalton South may well be contested on 05 May.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Feb 4, 2022 22:15:19 GMT middleenglander said:

Ian Byrne (Everton) and Cheryl Didsbury (Warbreck) were both elected to their respective Liverpool MB seats on 3rd May 2018. These vacancies therefore will be under the 6 month rule.

Not so, because of The City of Liverpool (Scheme of Elections and Elections of Elected Mayor) Order 2021 which in sections 2 and 3 provides that all councillors in Liverpool continue until 2023.

[andrewteale]

Feb 4, 2022 22:15:19 GMT middleenglander said:

The two Carlisle vacancies of Botcherby & Harraby North and Longtown & the Border were both elected on 02 May 2019. Therefore either they both fall under the 6 month rule, as the council is to be abolished, or they are both are vacancies to be filled as the council will continue for another year following elections to the new Unitary in May. I suspect both of these vacancies will be filled on 05 May.

The two situations in Carlisle are different from each other. There was a whole council election in Carlisle in 2019 on new ward boundaries. Jack Paton was elected in third place in Botcherby and Harraby South meaning his term was originally due to end in 2020; it has subsequently been extended twice to 2022, and will be extended again to 2023 once the Structural Change Order is passed. Until that happens the six-month rule applies to his vacancy. By contrast the late Valerie Tarbitt topped the poll in Longtown and the Border, so she was not due for re-election until 2023 and the six-month rule doesn't apply to her vacancy.

Paton, incidentally, was the winner of the January 2016 by-election in the former Botcherby ward which subsequently became the first entry in the first Andrew's Previews book.

[carolus]

Scarborough, Mayfield. David Chance (Con) has ceased to be a councillor.

[J.G.Harston]

Feb 7, 2022 12:27:00 GMT carolus said:

Scarborough, Mayfield. David Chance (Con) has ceased to be a councillor.

[J.G.Harston]

Feb 7, 2022 12:27:00 GMT carolus said:

Scarborough, Mayfield. David Chance (Con) has ceased to be a councillor.

This will be a weird one, because while the boroughs are being abolished, and the new county elections are this May and so the six-month rule applies to county vacancies, the boroughs still exist until next April so this as a borough vacancy becomes a live vacany. And, so far as I've checked, David Chance hasn't resigned from the county. So it's to be seen if he is the local candidate for the new council where I've had him pencilled in.

[iainbhx]

Dudley MBC, Halesowen South, Cllr David Vickers (Con) has passed away.

[carolus]

Test Valley, North Baddesley. Simon Cross (Lib Dem) has resigned.

[jm]

Doncaster, Wheatley Hills & Intake ward

Councillor Daniel Barwell (Labour) has had the Labour whip withdrawn following his arrest for an 'offence relating to the distribution of a controlled drug on a warrant issued at the request of the United States authorities'

He is currently being held on remand and extradition proceedings have commenced.

[carolus]

Rhondda Cynon Taff, Cymmer. Margaret Tegg (Labour) has ceased to be a councillor. No byelection.

[carlton43]

Feb 8, 2022 18:23:49 GMT jm said:

Doncaster, Wheatley Hills & Intake ward

Councillor Daniel Barwell (Labour) has had the Labour whip withdrawn following his arrest for an 'offence relating to the distribution of a controlled drug on a warrant issued at the request of the United States authorities'

He is currently being held on remand and extradition proceedings have commenced.

What is the basis of the many places named 'Intake'.  Is it to do with water supply to canals or air supply to mines, or what?

[lackeroftalent]

I seem to recall "intake" is a piece of land that has been turned into farmland, usually adjacent.

[markgoodair]

Feb 8, 2022 23:58:49 GMT lackeroftalent said:

I seem to recall "intake" is a piece of land that has been turned into farmland, usually adjacent.

I used to work on Intake Lane in Ossett.

[froome]

Feb 8, 2022 23:58:49 GMT lackeroftalent said:

I seem to recall "intake" is a piece of land that has been turned into farmland, usually adjacent.

Yes, that is also my understanding. It was literally land which had been taken into cultivation, hence intake.

[carlton43]

Feb 9, 2022 6:16:30 GMT froome said:

Feb 8, 2022 23:58:49 GMT lackeroftalent said:

I seem to recall "intake" is a piece of land that has been turned into farmland, usually adjacent.

Yes, that is also my understanding. It was literally land which had been taken into cultivation, hence intake.

Some observations upon that line of reasoning.

Is this very ancient or associated with such matters as 'The Enclosures'?

Taken in from what?

Surely all agricultural land was 'taken in' to cultivation from woodland, scrub or moor at some time, so why the special term for these particular plots?

[yellowperil]

Feb 9, 2022 8:47:17 GMT carlton43 said:

Feb 9, 2022 6:16:30 GMT froome said:

Yes, that is also my understanding. It was literally land which had been taken into cultivation, hence intake.

Some observations upon that line of reasoning.

Is this very ancient or associated with such matters as 'The Enclosures'?

Taken in from what?

Surely all agricultural land was 'taken in' to cultivation from woodland, scrub or moor at some time, so why the special term for these particular plots?

My understanding is that the term dates from the seventeenth/ eighteenth centuries primarily though probably continuing into the nineteenth- so a function of the rapid population increase of those years which forced people to start cultivating land not previously considered worth it. In other words the same pressures that induced  enclosure of open fields, but more a feature of the highland zone whereas enclosure of open fields was primarily a lowland phenomenon, but obviously a lot of overlap between the two. Of course a lot of land had been taken in from the wild from the neolithic revolution onwards but that process had I think generally slowed in the late medieval years (post Black Death?)

[froome]

Feb 9, 2022 8:47:17 GMT carlton43 said:

Feb 9, 2022 6:16:30 GMT froome said:

Yes, that is also my understanding. It was literally land which had been taken into cultivation, hence intake.

Some observations upon that line of reasoning.

Is this very ancient or associated with such matters as 'The Enclosures'?

Taken in from what?

Surely all agricultural land was 'taken in' to cultivation from woodland, scrub or moor at some time, so why the special term for these particular plots?

Intake is a very local term, found AFAIK just in your neck of the woods, possibly just the Pennine edges of West Riding (which obviously included parts of what is now South Yorkshire). I suspect it will have had a very specific meaning which may now be lost, but could have been based on its size, i.e. a small area of land taken in from the open land and presumably then enclosed for agricultural use (in Anglo Saxon times all open land was known as the feld which has given us the word field, which originally was a large tract of open land, and was not an agricultural term until much later). The Yorkshire and Lancashire Pennines are particularly rich in these types of local terms, many of which will have had meanings that can now only be surmised.

We have a similar local term here in N.E. Somerset which is 'innox', which is found quite frequently here around Bath and south to Frome and the Wiltshire borders, but AFAIK not anywhere else. I haven't found out its exact meaning but may well have referred to something akin to an intake (but I don't know what the 'nox' part derives from).

[Defenestrated Fipplebox]

Intake. The name is Old Scandanavian in origin and means.... "Land newly enclosed from waste"

At least Up North.