05 May 2022 By-elections

[owainsutton]

Trafford BC: Gorse Hill, Mike Cordingley has announced that he'll be standing down early. Labour defence.

[listener]

Pedant's corner

Derbyshire Dales - Carsington Water
Carlisle - Botcherby and Harraby North

[Davıd Boothroyd]

It should be "Pedants' corner".

[listener]

Oh - there more than one of my kind?

[listener]

I think that Preston (Brookfield) will be a double vacancy.

[carolus]

What is it that means Dudley might be held as two separate elections?

[middleenglander]

Mar 25, 2022 17:25:55 GMT carolus said:

What is it that means Dudley might be held as two separate elections?

There is a Notice of Election for the 24 wards electing ONE councillor and a separate Notice of Election for the casual vacancy in Halesowen South.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

I am assuming the poll will be combined. They don't need to issue a combined Notice of Election to do that.

[middleenglander]

Mar 25, 2022 17:44:49 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

I am assuming the poll will be combined. They don't need to issue a combined Notice of Election to do that.

I think we have been caught out in previous years where some councils, I recall Reading and South Lakeland for example, run two separate elections in not dissimilar circumstances.

[mattb]

Not sure of it is meant, but the Three Rivers vacancy is technically Ind (but was elected as LD).

[sjorford]

Epping Forest have tweeted out a link to the NOE, which does include Waltham Abbey North East:

Pouring one out for whoever is dealing with their IT issues tonight

[listener]

There is a double vacancy in Roe Lee ward of Blackburn with Darwen.

Both buttons on the Allerdale council website lead to the Notice of Election for the Workington Town Council by-election in St. Michael's ward and I am seeking clarification as to whether the Allerdale by-election in St. Michael's is going ahead.

Notices of Election for 5 May have been posted for Brighton and Hove, Rutland, Derbyshire Dales, Sevenoaks, Staffordshire Moorlands and Vale of White Horse.

I cannot find Notices of Election for 5 May for Lancaster, Lewes, South Norfolk, South Ribble, Warwick, Waverley or Wyre. They may appear later, or the by-elections may be called for a later date.

As noted above by Middle Englander, from the 7 vacancies currently in the Districts of Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset, only Carlisle (Longtown and the Border) and possibly Allerdale (St. Michael's) have been called.

Pedants' corner - the other Carlisle vacancy is in Botcherby and Harraby North.

[owainsutton]

Mar 5, 2022 8:38:31 GMT owainsutton said:

Trafford BC: Gorse Hill, Mike Cordingley has announced that he'll be standing down early. Labour defence.

This one's confirmed now. No other surprises.

[carolus]

Mar 29, 2022 11:10:29 GMT listener said:

There is a double vacancy in Roe Lee ward of Blackburn with Darwen.

Both buttons on the Allerdale council website lead to the Notice of Election for the Workington Town Council by-election in St. Michael's ward and I am seeking clarification as to whether the Allerdale by-election in St. Michael's is going ahead.

Notices of Election for 5 May have been posted for Brighton and Hove, Rutland, Derbyshire Dales, Sevenoaks, Staffordshire Moorlands and Vale of White Horse.

I cannot find Notices of Election for 5 May for Lancaster, Lewes, South Norfolk, South Ribble, Warwick, Waverley or Wyre. They may appear later, or the by-elections may be called for a later date.

As noted above by Middle Englander, from the 7 vacancies currently in the Districts of Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset, only Carlisle (Longtown and the Border) and possibly Allerdale (St. Michael's) have been called.

Pedants' corner - the other Carlisle vacancy is in Botcherby and Harraby North.

South Ribble can be found on the page www.southribble.gov.uk/currentelections

[listener]

Allerdale have now confirmed that the Borough Council by-election in St. Michael's is going ahead and will be updating their website shortly.

[andrewteale]

Mar 29, 2022 11:10:29 GMT listener said:

There is a double vacancy in Roe Lee ward of Blackburn with Darwen.

This appears to relate to the resignation of Labour councillor Ron Whittle, who was last elected in 2019.

[sjorford]

There is a double election in Harlow, Toddbrook ward
www.harlow.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Notice%20of%20election%20-%20local%20elections%20May%202022.pdf

[middleenglander]

Update 17.05 06 April

By-election called for 05 May in Harrogate: Wathvale

Update 17.00 06 April

All nominations now in.  Will clean up this thread and delete all the working progress to provide a definitive list (subject to e&oe) of the 52 by-elections

Update 12.00 06 April

Still 9 SOPNs awaited 

Update 10.00 06 April

More SOPNs - 18 (35%) in 14 authorities to go

Update 08.30 06 April

There is no "double" election in Watford: Nascot - see Watford thread for explanation.

Update 22.30 05 April

A few more SOPNs

Currently there are SOPNs on Council websites for 24 elections and a further 4 (shown tbc) for agents where an educated assessment can be made of the parties standing.  On the day nominations closed, 24 (45%) have published SOPN's on the council website, 4 (8%) have published only agents and 25 (47%) have no information so far.

Update 21.30 05 April

More SOPNs

Two additional "double" elections making 53, both Liberal Democrat defences - Fareham DC: Portchester East and Watford: Nascot

Update 19.300)5 April

Some SOPNs starting to appear

[middleenglander]

Update to include Chelmsford: Little Baddow, Danbury & Sandon, an additional contest identified

Update to exclude Fareham: Portchester East which is an annual two seat election rather than a "double" seat with by-election.

The final count appears to be 53 by-elections on 05 May 2022, 14 single seat contests and 39 "double" elections.  two contests was only identified after the close of nominations, a by-election for the Harrogate: Wathvale vacancy and another for the Chelmsford seat following the resignations of Conservative Councillors.

In comparison there were 56 by-elections in English seats in 2018 - 15 single seats and 41 " double" elections - and similarly 70 in 2014 - 30 single seats and 40 "double"

The R in column 3 of the following tables indicates the vacancy arose as a result of a resignation and D following a death.

Conservative defences - 19

Single seat elections		- 9		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Ind
Brighton & Hove UA		Rottingdean Coastal	R		X	X	X	X	X,X
Carlisle DC		Longtown & The Border	D	LD	948		1,247
Chelmford DC		Little Baddow, Danbury & Sandon	R		X	X	X
Derbyshire Dales DC		Carsington Water	D	Hold	343	132	274	34
Epping Forest DC		Waltham Abbey North East	R	Hold	531		295
Harrogate DC		Wathvale	R		X		X	X
Sevenoaks DC		Fawkham & West Kingsdown	D	Hold	892	202	156
Vale of White Horse DC		Steventon & The Hanneys	R	LD	X		X		X
West Lancashire DC		Wrightington	R		X	X

Double seat elections	- 10		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Ind	Other
Cherwell DC	Launton & Otmoor	R		X,X	X,X	X,X
Dudley MB	Halesowen South	D	Hold	1806, 1696	904, 874	330	437	204
Harlow DC	Toddbrook	R	Lab	659, 600	798, 758		203
Hartlepool UA	Rural West	D	Hold	1188, 1144	626	331		496	191 North East
Leeds MB	Horsforth	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	Yorkshire Party
Oldham MB	Medlock Vale	R	Lab	670, 343	2128, 2069	289, 102			604 Proud of Oldham
Pendle DC	Barrowford & Pendleside	D		X,X	X,X
Pendle DC	Vivary Bridge	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X
Worcester DC	Nunnery	R	Lab	728, 661	1156, 959	127	302, 186	171
Worthing DC	Castle	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X

Labour defences - 23

Single seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Ind
Allerdale DC	St Michaels	R	Hold	179	454		278
South Ribble DC	Earnshaw Bridge	D	Hold	460	626	86

Double seat elections	- 21		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Ind
Blackburn & Darwen UA	Roe Lee	R		X,X	X,X
Cambridge DC	Arbury	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X
Cambridge DC	West Chesterton	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	Independent
Calderdale MB	Ovenden	R		X,X	X,X	X	X,X
Exeter DC	Exwick	R	Hold	422, 402	1356, 1208	174, 109	339, 208		192 For Britain
Exeter DC	Heavitree	R	Green	419, 383	1211, 1068	156, 98	1436, 1418
Exeter DC	Pennysylvania	D	Hold	535, 530	1400, 1310	360, 288	621, 620
Exeter DC	Priory	R	Hold	706,701	1212, 1084	225	317, 258
Hyndburn DC	St Oswalds	R		X,X	X,X			X	X,X Reform
Ipswich DC	St Johns	R	Hold	865, 790	1290, 1228	280	243, 159
Leeds MB	Roundhay	R		X,X	X,X	X	X	X	Green Socialism
Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB	Benwell & Scotswood	R	Hold	640, 444	1687, 1492	172, 154	251	295
Preston DC	Brookfield	D	Hold	272, 258	793, 723	126, 88
Redditch DC	Greenlands	R	Hold	627, 596	740, 633	158	177
Southend-on-Sea UA	Victoria	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X X	Animal Welfare Confelicity
Southampton UA	Shirley	R	Hold	1592, 1336	2237, 1852	557, 391			94 TUSC
South Tyneside MB	Harton	D	Hold	721	853, 833		471	814
Trafford MB	Gorse Hill	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	Independent
Walsall MB	Willenhall South	R		X,X	X,X	X
West Lancashire DC	Burscough East	R		X,X	X,X	X
Wigan MB	Leigh East	D		X,X	X,X	X		X	Leigh East Ind

Liberal Democrat defences - 7

Single seat election	- 1		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
South Norfolk DC	Mulbarton & Stoke Cross	R		X	X	X	X	X	Reform

Double seat elections	- 6		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Ind
Cheltenham DC	College	R		X,X	X	X,X	X,X		Reform
Colchester DC	New Town & Christ Church	D	Lab	580, 524	1451, 1292	1089, 920	473
North East Lincolnshire UA	East Marsh	R	Hold	138	237	868. 635			71 TUSC
Peterborough UA	Fletton & Stanground	R	Hold	605, 566	442	1030, 928
Three Rivers DC	Gade Valley	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X
Welwyn Hatfield DC	Handside	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X	X	Abolish TV Licence

Independent and Other defences - 4

Single seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Ind	Reform
Rutland UA	Uppingham (Green)	R	LD	205		661	327	36
Staffordshire Moorlands DC	Cheadle South East	D	Con	348	325		137

Double seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other	Other
Basingstoke & Deane DC	Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstock	R		X	X	X,X		X,X	B&D Ind
Wirral MB	Birkenhead & Tranmere (Green)	R	Hold	86, 70	1045, 743	78, 26	1798, 1484

For the 14 single seat contests there were 14 Conservative candidates, 9 Labour, 11 Liberal Democrats, 4 Green, 6 Independents and 2 Reform - a total of 43
- Rutland: Uppingham will see a change of party as the Greens are not defending their seat.

For the 39 "double" elections there were 75 Conservative candidates, 73 Labour, 57 Liberal Democrat, 38 Green, 7 Independents and 17 Others - a total of 267 candidates for the 80 seats.
- of the 17 others, 7 are localist candidates: 2 Basingstoke & Deane Independents together with 1 each for Leigh East Independent, Newcastle Independent, North East, Proud of Oldham & Saddleworth and Yorkshire Party
- the remaining 10 are Reform (3), TUSC (2) and 1 each for Abolish TV Licence, Alliance for Green Socialism, Animal Welfare, Confelicity and For Britain.

[Khunanup]

Apr 6, 2022 17:23:49 GMT middleenglander said:

The final count appears to be 53 by-elections on 05 May 2022, 13 single seat contests and 40 "double" elections.  Two contests were only identified after the close of nominations, a by-election for the Harrogate: Wathvale vacancy following the resignation of a Conservative Councillor and a "double" election in Fareham: Portchester East after a Liberal Democrat had resigned.

In comparison there were 56 by-elections in English seats in 2018 - 15 single seats and 41 " double" elections - and similarly 70 in 2014 - 30 single seats and 40 "double"

The R in column 3 of the following tables indicates the vacancy arose as a result of a resignation and D following a death.

Conservative defences - 18

Single seat elections		- 8		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
Brighton & Hove UA		Rottingdean Coastal	R		X	X	X	X	X,X	2 Independents
Carlisle DC		Longtown & The Border	D		X		X
Derbyshire Dales DC		Carsington Water	D		X	X	X	X
Epping Forest DC		Waltham Abbey North East	R		X		X
Harrogate DC		Wathvale	R		X		X	X
Sevenoaks DC		Fawkham & West Kingsdown	D		X	X	X
Vale of White Horse DC		Steventon & The Hanneys	R		X		X		X	Independent
West Lancashire DC		Wrightington	R		X	X
					8	4	7	3	3

Double seat elections	- 10		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
Cherwell DC	Launton & Otmoor	R		X,X	X,X	X,X
Dudley MB	Halesowen South	D		X,X	X,X	X	X	X	Independent
Harlow DC	Toddbrook	R		X,X	X,X		X
Hartlepool UA	Rural West	D		X,X	X	X		X X	Independent North East Party
Leeds MB	Horsforth	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	Yorkshire Party
Oldham MB	Medlock Vale	R		X,X	X,X	X,X		X	Proud of Oldham
Pendle DC	Barrowford & Pendleside	D		X,X	X,X
Pendle DC	Vivary Bridge	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X
Worcester DC	Nunnery	R		X,X	X,X	X	X,X	X	Independent
Worthing DC	Castle	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X
				20	19	13	8	6

Labour defences - 23

Single seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Other
Allerdale DC	St Michaels	R		X	X		X	Independent
South Ribble DC	Earnshaw Bridge	D		X	X	X
				2	2	1	1

Double seat elections	- 21		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
Blackburn & Darwen UA	Roe Lee	R		X,X	X,X
Cambridge DC	Arbury	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X
Cambridge DC	West Chesterton	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	Independent
Calderdale MB	Ovenden	R		X,X	X,X	X	X,X
Exeter DC	Exwick	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	For Britain
Exeter DC	Heavitree	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X
Exeter DC	Pennysylvania	D		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X
Exeter DC	Priory	R		X,X	X,X	X	X,X
Hyndburn DC	St Oswalds	R		X,X	X,X			X X,X	Independent 2 Reform
Ipswich DC	St Johns	R		X,X	X,X	X	X,X
Leeds MB	Roundhay	R		X,X	X,X	X	X	X	Green Socialism
Newcastle-upon-Tyne MB	Benwell & Scotswood	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X	X	Newcastle Ind
Preston DC	Brookfield	D		X,X	X,X	X,X
Redditch DC	Greenlands	R		X,X	X,X	X	X
Southend-on-Sea UA	Victoria	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X X	Animal Welfare Confelicity
Southampton UA	Shirley	R		X,X	X,X	X,X		X	TUSC
South Tyneside MB	Harton	D		X	X,X		X	X	Independent
Trafford MB	Gorse Hill	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X	X	Independent
Walsall MB	Willenhall South	R		X,X	X,X	X
West Lancashire DC	Burscough East	R		X,X	X,X	X
Wigan MB	Leigh East	D		X,X	X,X	X		X	Leigh East Ind
				41	42	28	24	13

Liberal Democrat defences - 8

Single seat election	- 1		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
South Norfolk DC	Mulbarton & Stoke Cross	R		X	X	X	X	X	Reform

Double seat elections	- 7		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
Cheltenham DC	College	R		X,X	X	X,X	X,X	X	Reform
Colchester DC	New Town & Christ Church	D		X,X	X,X	X,X
North East Lincolnshire UA	East Marsh	R		X	X	X,X		X	TUSC
Fareham DC	Portchester East			X,X	X,X	X,X		X	Independent
Peterborough UA	Fletton & Stanground	R		X,X	X	X,X
Three Rivers DC	Gade Valley	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X
Welwyn Hatfield DC	Handside	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X	X	Abolish TV Licence
				13	11	14	4	4

Independent and Other defences - 4

Single seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Other	Other
Rutland UA	Uppingham (Green)	R		X		X	X X	Independent Reform
Staffordshire Moorlands DC	Cheadle South East	D		X	X		X	Independent
				2	1	1	3

Double seat elections	- 2		Result	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other	Other
Basingstoke & Deane DC	Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstock	R		X	X	X,X		X,X	B&D Ind
Wirral MB	Birkenhead & Tranmere (Green)	R		X,X	X,X	X,X	X,X
				3	3	4	2	2

For the 13 single seat contests there are 13 Conservative candidates, 8 Labour, 10 Liberal Democrats, 4 Green, 6 Independents and 2 Reform - a total of 43
- Rutland: Uppingham will see a change of party as the Greens are not defending their seat.

For the 40 "double" elections there are 77 Conservative candidates, 75 Labour, 59 Liberal Democrat, 38 Green, 8 Independents and 17 Others - a total of 274 candidates for the 80 seats.
- of the 17 others, 7 are localist candidates: 2 Basingstoke & Deane Independents together with 1 each for Leigh East Independent, Newcastle Independent, North East, Proud of Oldham & Saddleworth and Yorkshire Party
- the remaining 10 are Reform (3), TUSC (2) and 1 each for Abolish TV Licence, Alliance for Green Socialism, Animal Welfare, Confelicity and For Britain.

Great summary!

Just to point out though that Portchester East on Fareham BC is not a by-election, it's a normal two member vacancy election of this cycle.

Fareham is a halfs council but has one three member ward (this one) so it elects two members every other election, this being this part of the cycle.

It all comes down to Portchester having entitlement for five seats within the borough and god forbid they have to have part of it in a ward with Fareham proper... Making it confusing for psephologists I don't think was ever a consideration unfortunately.