2021-22 Local government by-elections

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Feb 28, 2022 20:02:53 GMT John Chanin said:

Feb 28, 2022 18:40:15 GMT carolus said:

Maldon, Heybridge West. Chrisy Morris (Ind) has been disqualified as a councillor after being given an eight month suspended sentence for breaching a non-molestation order. www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/maldon-councillor-chrisy-morris-sacked-673050

The chaos caused by Mr Morris has been noted here before.  I’m sure everyone in Maldon will be glad to see the back of him.  Hopefully the voters of Heybridge will consider their vote more carefully next time. 

To be fair he was only elected by 4 votes.

Here's his parting shot. He's completely wrong about the law, of course.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

I regret to report the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Nick Cope, who represented New Town and Christ Church ward on Colchester borough council.

[newsouthender]

Recently announced death of Wyre Cllr Rita Amos (Con, Cleveleys Park)

www.wyre.gov.uk/news/article/230/we-mourn-the-passing-of-councillor-rita-amos

[evergreenadam]

Reported on another board that a Green Councillor in Rutland, Uppingham has resigned - awaiting confirmation.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Full list of forthcoming byelections:

24 March
Horsham: Denne. Cause: Resignation of Francis Haigh (L Dem) on 17 January 2022.
Northumberland: Seghill with Seaton Delaval. Cause: Death of Paul Scott (C) on c. 5 January 2022.
Test Valley: North Baddesley. Cause: Resignation of Simon Cross (L Dem) on 8 February 2022.
Thanet: Nethercourt. Cause: Disqualification of Liz Green (Lab) on 9 February 2022.

31 March
Doncaster: Wheatley Hills and Intake. Cause: Resignation of Daniel Barwell (Lab) on 11 February 2022.
Melton: Melton Sysonby. Cause: Resignation of Tejpal Bains (C) on 10 February 2022.
Scarborough: Mayfield. Cause: Resignation of David Chance (C) on 7 February 2022.

7 April
Dorset: Lyme and Charmouth. Cause: Resignation of Daryl Turner (C) on 11 February 2022.
East Riding of Yorkshire: South Hunsley. Cause: Death of Vanessa Walker (C) on 15 January 2022.
High Peak: Cote Heath. Cause: Death of Keith Savage (Lab) on 4 December 2021.
Horsham: Storrington and Washington. Cause: Resignation of Jim Sanson (C) on 4 February 2022.
Liverpool: Everton. Cause: Resignation of Ian Byrne (Lab) on 1 February 2022.
Liverpool: Warbreck. Cause: Resignation of Cheryl Didsbury (Lab) on 1 February 2022.
Mid Devon: Cullompton South. Cause: Resignation of Eileen Andrews (Ind) on 17 February 2022.
Telford and Wrekin: Brookside. Cause: Death of Jackie Loveridge (Lab) on 20 January 2022.
Wolverhampton: East Park. Cause: Resignation of Harman Banger (Ind elected as Lab) on 21 December 2021.

14 April
Durham: West Auckland. Cause: Death of Mark Idwal-Roberts (C) on c. 7 January 2022.
Maldon: Heybridge West. Cause: Disqualification of Chrisy Morris (Ind) on 28 February 2022.
Surrey Heath: Bisley and West End. Cause: Resignation of David Mansfield (C) on 24 February 2022.
Tewkesbury: Brockworth East. Cause: Resignation of Louise Gerrard (Ind) on 9 November 2021.

Unspecified
Barrow-in-Furness: Dalton South. Cause: Resignation of Shaun Blezard (Lab) on 3 February 2022.
Carlisle: Longtown and the Border. Cause: Death of Val Tarbitt (C) on 28 January 2022.
Cherwell: Launton and Otmoor. Cause: Impending resignation of Tim Hallchurch (C).
Colchester: New Town and Christchurch. Cause: Death of Nick Cope (L Dem) on 7 March 2022.
Derbyshire Dales: Carsington Water. Cause: Death of Lewis Rose (C) on 6 January 2022.
Dudley: Halesowen South. Cause: Death of David Vickers (C) on 7 February 2022.
Harrow: Kenton West. Cause: Death of Vina Mithani (C) on 7 October 2021.
Hartlepool: Rural West. Cause: Death of Brenda Loynes (C) on 8 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.
Merthyr Tydfil: Vaynor. Cause: Death of Howard Barrett (Ind) on 31 October 2021.
North East Lincolnshire: East Marsh. Cause: Resignation of Kay Rudd (L Dem) on 2 February 2022.
North Hertfordshire: Letchworth East. Cause: Resignation of Sue Ngwala (Lab) on 1 October 2021.
Pendle: Barrowford and Pendleside. Cause: Death of Linda Crossley (C) on 8 February 2022.
Renfrewshire: Paisley Southeast. Cause: Disqualification of Paul Mack (Ind) following Standards Commission for Scotland hearing, on 10 May 2021.
Rutland: Uppingham. Cause: Resignation of Miranda Jones (GP) on 10 March 2022.
Ryedale: Sherburn. Cause: Resignation of John Raper (Ind) on c. 1 February 2022.
Sevenoaks: Fawkham and West Kingsdown. Cause: Death of Faye Parkin (C) on 27 January 2022.
South Tyneside: Harton. Cause: Death of Rob Dix (Lab) on 8 February 2022.
Southend-on-Sea: Victoria. Cause: Resignation of Jennifer Beck (non-aligned elected as Lab) on 24 February 2022.
Staffordshire Moorlands: Cheadle South East. Cause: Death of Jim Alcock (Ind) on 7 January 2022.
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.
Waverley: Frensham, Dockenfield and Tilford. Cause: Death of Brian Adams (C) on 14 February 2022.
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.
Worcester: Nunnery. Cause: Resignation of Jim Carver (C) on 24 February 2022.
Wyre: Cleveleys Park. Cause: Death of Rita Amos (C) on 3 March 2022.

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.
Barnet: Hendon. Cause: Death of Anthony Finn (C) on 21 February 2022.
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.
Croydon: Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood. Cause: Disqualification of Pat Ryan (Lab) on ?
Croydon: Norbury and Pollards Hill. Cause: Disqualification of Shafi Khan (Lab) on ?
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.
Glasgow: Canal. Cause: Death of Gary Gray (Lab) on 13 February 2022.
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.
Highland: Nairn and Cawdor. Cause: Death of Tom Heggie (Ind) on 23 February 2022.
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: Clapham Town. Cause: Resignation of Christopher Wellbelove (Lab) on 10 February 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.
Milton Keynes: Newport Pagnell North and Hanslope. Cause: Resignation of Andrew Geary (C) on 13 February 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.
Rhondda Cynon Taf: Cymmer. Cause: Resignation of Margaret Tegg (Lab) on 8 February 2022.
Runnymede: New Haw. Cause: Death of Mark Maddox (C) on 1 March 2022.
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.
Wigan: Hindley Green. Cause: Death of Paul Maiden (Ind) on 20 February 2022.
Winchester: St Michael. Cause: Death of Lynda Murphy (L Dem) on 6 December 2021.
Wirral: Leasowe and Moreton East. Cause: Resignation of Sharon Jones (Lab) on 11 February 2022.

[carolus]

Waltham Forest, William Morris. Joe Lacey-Holland (Labour) has ceased to be a councillor. No byelection.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Sad to report the death of Malcolm Spalding, Conservative councillor for Earl's Court ward on the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea since 2014. I understand he had been reselected to defend his seat and died very suddenly.

[Tony Otim]

The shocking news for the 7th April is that serial offenders Horsham have beaten both Dorset and Telford & Wrekin in getting their SOPN published...

[middleenglander]

Mar 14, 2022 13:05:16 GMT Tony Otim said:

The shocking news for the 7th April is that serial offenders Horsham have beaten both Dorset and Telford & Wrekin in getting their SOPN published...

Why do Councils publish the list of Agents shortly after the close of nominations but wait until the last minute before the deadline before publishing the SOPN. Is this because they have "always done it" that way even though a candidate cannot now formally withdraw after the close of nominations?

[Rutlander]

RUTLAND County Council:
Uppingham vacancy now confirmed.

Resignation of Miranda Jones (Green) as councillor for the three-member Uppingham Ward. Moving away for work reasons.

(Another Green was elected last week in the Ryhall & Casterton by-election; clearly the resignation was delayed until that campaign was over).

[peterl]

Dorset Lyme and Charmouth

Belinda Bawden Green Party - local to Lyme Regis and a town councillor
David Hart Labour Party - address withheld but acting as own agent and from that I can see he lives in Bridport
Cheryl Lesley Reynolds Independent, local to Lyme and also own agent
Vicci Stocqueler Conservative, local to Lyme, and strangely with an agent all the way away in Blandford

[andrewp]

Mar 14, 2022 14:52:28 GMT peterl said:

Dorset Lyme and Charmouth

Belinda Bawden Green Party - local to Lyme Regis and a town councillor
David Hart Labour Party - address withheld but acting as own agent and from that I can see he lives in Bridport
Cheryl Lesley Reynolds Independent, local to Lyme and also own agent
Vicci Stocqueler Conservative, local to Lyme, and strangely with an agent all the way away in Blandford

Your post prompted me to find out that Brian Larcombe who, is the Mayor of Lyme Regis, is also the Chair of Comeytrowe Parish council in Taunton.

[Pete Whitehead]

Mar 14, 2022 14:52:28 GMT peterl said:

Dorset Lyme and Charmouth

Belinda Bawden Green Party - local to Lyme Regis and a town councillor
David Hart Labour Party - address withheld but acting as own agent and from that I can see he lives in Bridport
Cheryl Lesley Reynolds Independent, local to Lyme and also own agent
Vicci Stocqueler Conservative, local to Lyme, and strangely with an agent all the way away in Blandford

Not strange - they probably have a full-time agent who covers the whole authority

[peterl]

Mar 14, 2022 17:13:32 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Mar 14, 2022 14:52:28 GMT peterl said:

Dorset Lyme and Charmouth

Belinda Bawden Green Party - local to Lyme Regis and a town councillor
David Hart Labour Party - address withheld but acting as own agent and from that I can see he lives in Bridport
Cheryl Lesley Reynolds Independent, local to Lyme and also own agent
Vicci Stocqueler Conservative, local to Lyme, and strangely with an agent all the way away in Blandford

Not strange - they probably have a full-time agent who covers the whole authority

Possible, although the Tories organise based on constituencies so that would have to be one employee shared by about 5 branches. Could be right though.

[greenchristian]

Mar 14, 2022 17:13:32 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Mar 14, 2022 14:52:28 GMT peterl said:

Dorset Lyme and Charmouth

Belinda Bawden Green Party - local to Lyme Regis and a town councillor
David Hart Labour Party - address withheld but acting as own agent and from that I can see he lives in Bridport
Cheryl Lesley Reynolds Independent, local to Lyme and also own agent
Vicci Stocqueler Conservative, local to Lyme, and strangely with an agent all the way away in Blandford

Not strange - they probably have a full-time agent who covers the whole authority

Even if they don't have paid local staff, it's hardly unusual for a local party/branch to have one person who acts as agent for all their candidates in a local authority. It's often simpler to have all the election paperwork go through either a local nominating officer for that authority or (for non-paper candidates) the local party treasurer, since you've got fewer people who have to collaborate on the paperwork.

[andrewteale]

Joe Miller has resigned as Conservative councillor for Rottingdean Coastal ward, Brighton and Hove council, and as Conservative councillor for Peacehaven West ward, Lewes council.

[evergreenadam]

Mar 14, 2022 17:58:57 GMT andrewteale said:

Joe Miller has resigned as Conservative councillor for Rottingdean Coastal ward, Brighton and Hove council, and as Conservative councillor for Peacehaven West ward, Lewes council.

Interesting example of being a unitary and a district Councillor, can’t be many.

[John Chanin]

Mar 14, 2022 17:58:57 GMT andrewteale said:

Joe Miller has resigned as Conservative councillor for Rottingdean Coastal ward, Brighton and Hove council, and as Conservative councillor for Peacehaven West ward, Lewes council.

I wonder how many people are councillors for two different district councils at the same time.  It can’t be many.  Double hatters are common for district and county, usually covering the same area, of course. These two wards are separated by Saltdean.  I assume he lives in Peacehaven and runs a business in Rottingdean.

[gwynthegriff]

Mar 14, 2022 19:45:01 GMT evergreenadam said:

Mar 14, 2022 17:58:57 GMT andrewteale said:

Joe Miller has resigned as Conservative councillor for Rottingdean Coastal ward, Brighton and Hove council, and as Conservative councillor for Peacehaven West ward, Lewes council.

Interesting example of being a unitary and a district Councillor, can’t be many.

There was a BNP guy who was on (IIRC) Stoke Unitary and Moorlands District some years ago.

[owainsutton]

Mar 14, 2022 13:38:48 GMT middleenglander said:

Mar 14, 2022 13:05:16 GMT Tony Otim said:

The shocking news for the 7th April is that serial offenders Horsham have beaten both Dorset and Telford & Wrekin in getting their SOPN published...

Why do Councils publish the list of Agents shortly after the close of nominations but wait until the last minute before the deadline before publishing the SOPN. Is this because they have "always done it" that way even though a candidate cannot now formally withdraw after the close of nominations?

I suspect it's because the list of agents is a straightforward copy-and-paste matter, so they have that ready to go ASAP to give themselves the full 24-hour window to triple-check that the much more complicated nomination and authorisation paperwork is all in order (for example, where authorisation to use emblems/descriptions has been delivered separately or by post, and needs matching up with candidate paperwork).