By-elections after the 2nd May 2013

[libfozzy]

Nov 16, 2013 1:39:09 GMT andrewteale said:

Nov 16, 2013 0:02:37 GMT Philip Davies said:

One of the Only Gay in the village sketches did involve a by-election in the aforementioned place.

In which if I recall correctly the woman being canvassed was a Mrs Teale.

Can't be a Teale. You can have Davies, Jones, Thomas, Williams or Evans. Those are your options in Wales

[andrewteale]

Mrs Teale: Oh, are you standing in the by-election, Daffyd?
Daffyd: It's not just a bi election, Mrs. Teale, it's for gays and straights too.

[David Ashforth]

Conservative Cllr David Evans, Borough Green and Long Mill ward, Tonbridge & Malling Council, has resigned for health reasons.

[Deleted]

Nov 16, 2013 7:07:55 GMT libfozzy said:

Nov 16, 2013 1:39:09 GMT andrewteale said:

In which if I recall correctly the woman being canvassed was a Mrs Teale.

Can't be a Teale. You can have Davies, Jones, Thomas, Williams or Evans. Those are your options in Wales

Or an Owen, Jenkins, Williams and Ro(d)gers - I remember the ASTMS's Clive Jenkins making great play of the Gang of Four's surnames when an interviewer at the time made a reference to verbose Welsh political figures.

[libertykipper]

Thanks as ever to listener... but Fairford has been postponed to 12th December..

[maturepolitico]

Two further vacancies

- Lydney Town Council, Lydney East Ward

- Lydney Town Council, Lydney West Ward

Both are scheduled to go ahead on December 12th.

[libertykipper]

According to Redcar's website, an independent has won an uncontested election in Lingdale & Stanghow ward of Redcar & Cleveland UA which was due to be held on 5th December. I can't find any news reports of who died or resigned. The ward map on the Redcar site does not even list Lingdale & Stanghow as a ward, but there is a ward with that name in Lockwood Parish Council, so it looks like Redcar have been very sloppy with multiple announcements (Election, Persons Nominated, Uncontested Election).

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Nov 19, 2013 2:17:57 GMT libertykipper said:

According to Redcar's website, an independent has won an uncontested election in Lingdale & Stanghow ward of Redcar & Cleveland UA which was due to be held on 5th December. I can't find any news reports of who died or resigned. The ward map on the Redcar site does not even list Lingdale & Stanghow as a ward, but there is a ward with that name in Lockwood Parish Council, so it looks like Redcar have been very sloppy with multiple announcements (Election, Persons Nominated, Uncontested Election).

Don't you just love inefficient council electoral services departments?

Seriously, I was thinking about this a week or two back, and Im thought some concerted action might help. Quite a lot of people on here probably, like me, visit a lot of council websites; and you probably all get the same frequent popups about doing a feedback survey about the website.
If we all made an effort to fill in those surveys, and made similar comments about the electoral services section, they might take some notice.

I'd like to see the following:

• All election notices for by elections should be on a single page, entitled 'Vacancies and Forthcoming Elections'; this should include notices of vacancy, notices of election, statements of persons nominated - for all by elections from parish/town council up within the area.
• All election notices should be in the same format (I'd prefer PDF, but would others prefer DOC?)
• The page should have its own RSS feed so that we can sign up to get automatic notifications
• SOPNs should, if possible, be posted on the day nominations close; or at the very least, on the day and at the time the website says they'll be published (and the website should say when they'll be published.
• The website should indicate whether the count is the evening of polling day, or the following morning.
• By election results should be publicised via the council twitter feed _when the count is finished_, not the next day or following Monday.
• Election results for main elections should be published as a single file for all wards, again preferably as a PDF, and definitely not as scans of handwritten sheets.

Anything else? Or anything anyone violent disagrees with?

[The Bishop]

And the results should be tweeted IN FULL - not just the winner, first two or whatever

[marksenior]

Hambleton DC Topcliffe ward 12th December Conservative elected unopposed .

[libertykipper]

12/Dec Richmondshire DC Hornby Castle - Con resigned

Incidentally, the notice of vacancy was published on the 5th Nov, the notice of election on the 7th Nov, and the nomination papers had to be in by noon on the 15th! Is that even allowed?

[marksenior]

Nov 19, 2013 22:41:38 GMT libertykipper said:

12/Dec Richmondshire DC Hornby Castle - Con resigned

Incidentally, the notice of vacancy was published on the 5th Nov, the notice of election on the 7th Nov, and the nomination papers had to be in by noon on the 15th! Is that even allowed?

Candidates Con/UKIP and Ind ward was uncontested in 2011 .

[marksenior]

Llandudno TC Mostyn ward 2 vacancies election 12th December Candidates 2 x Con 1 x Lab 1 x UKIP 2 x Ind 1 x No Desc

[middleenglander]

Nov 20, 2013 11:13:36 GMT marksenior said:

Nov 19, 2013 22:41:38 GMT libertykipper said:

12/Dec Richmondshire DC Hornby Castle - Con resigned

Incidentally, the notice of vacancy was published on the 5th Nov, the notice of election on the 7th Nov, and the nomination papers had to be in by noon on the 15th! Is that even allowed?

Candidates Con/UKIP and Ind ward was uncontested in 2011 .

By-election 3rd May 2012
Conservative 204, Independent 147, Labour 45

The Independent who stood in 2012 is also standing in the current by-election.

[countryboy]

 St Edmundsbury (Suffolk) by-election for Haverhill east ward 9th January 2014 .  There may be a Town council election on the same day if 10 electors call one.
UKIP seems unstoppable in the West-Suffolk town of Haverhill.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Pursuant to the Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2014) Order 2013 (2013 No. 2277), article 4, today is the date from which casual vacancies in the office of a councillor who would have ordinarily have retired in 2014 will not be filled in a byelection.

[middleenglander]

Nov 22, 2013 10:46:55 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

Pursuant to the Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2014) Order 2013 (2013 No. 2277), article 4, today is the date from which casual vacancies in the office of a councillor who would have ordinarily have retired in 2014 will not be filled in a byelection.

Ie, the "six month" rule is now operative. So unless there are any vacancies hiding in the undergrowth the Lambeth, Vassal by-election next week will be the last in London before the all-out elections on 22nd May.

[middleenglander]

There are 6 by-elections in the last week of November along with 21 identified in December, although in one seat the Conservative has been returned unopposed, and 5 already known during January 2014. There are a further 10 known vacancies where there is no date as yet for the by-election.

28th November - 6
Bracknell Forest UA, Winkfield & Cranbourne - Conservative died
Central Bedfordshire UA, Caddington - Conservative resigned
Highland UA, Landward Caithness - SNP resigned
Lambeth LB, Vassal - Labour resigned
St Helens MB, Billenge & Seneley Green - Labour resigned
Wakefield MB, Horbury & South Ossett - Labour died

5th December - 8
Cardiff UA, Riverside - Labour resigned
Cardiff UA, Splott & Tremorfa - Labour resigned
Chelmsford BC, South Woodham Elmwood & Woodville - Conservative disqualified following illness
Dartford BC, Swanscombe - Resident Association died
Glasgow UA, Shettleston - Labour died
Liverpool MB, Riverside - Labour resigned
Manchester MB, Ancoats & Clayton - Labour died
Nuneaton & Bedworth BC, Arbury - Labour disqualified for non-attendance

12th December - 4
Hambleton DC, Topcliffe - Conservative returned unopposed
Richmondshire DC, Hornby Castle - Conservative resigned
South Bucks DC, Iver Village & Richings Park - Lib Dem resigned
Warwickshire CC, Bedworth West - Labour died

19th December - 9
Bolton MB, Harper Green - Labour died
Fenland DC, Elm & Christchurch - Conservative died
Forest Heath DC, Market - Conservative died
Highland UA, Black Isle - Independent died
Mid Sussex DC, Haywards Heath Franklands - Conservative died
Lincolnshire CC, Scotter Rural - Conservative died
Torfaen BC, Croesyceiliog North - Labour died
West Lindsey DC, Scotter - Conservative died
West Sussex CC, Haywards Heath East - Conservative died

7th January - 1
Salford MB, Swinton South - Labour died

9th January - 2
St Edmundsbury DC, Haverhill East - Conservative died
Tonbridge & Malling DC, Borough Green & Long Mill - Conservative resigned

23rd January - 1
North Lanarkshire UA, Motherwell North - Labour died

30th January -1
Moray UA, Buckie - Independent resigned

Current known vacancies where by-election not yet called - 10
Charnwood BC, Birstall Wanlip - Conservative died 18th November
Cumbria CC, Belle Vue - Labour died 13th November
Epping Forest DC, Loughton Forest - Resident Association died 7th September
Flintshire UA, Mostyn - Independent disqualification confirmed on 5th September
Fylde BC, St John's - Ratepayer's Association died 9th November
Lichfield DC, Chadsmead - Conservative disqualified for non-attendance around 18th November
Sheffield MB, Arbourthorne - Labour died 23rd October
Trafford MB, Broadheath - Conservative died around 5th November
Wiltshire UA, Ethandune - Conservative died 14th October
Wolverhampton MB, Wednesfield North - Conservative died 19th October


Possible vacancy - 1
Brent LB, Dudden Hill - Lib Dem councillor but subject to "6 month" rule if he has not already resigned

[maturepolitico]

Nov 22, 2013 19:18:28 GMT middleenglander said:

12th December - 4
Hambleton DC, Topcliffe - Conservative returned unopposed
Richmondshire DC, Hornby Castle - Conservative resigned
South Bucks DC, Iver Village & Richings Park - Lib Dem resigned
Warwickshire CC, Bedworth West - Labour died

Forgetting the elections to Lydney Town Council.

12th December

Lydney Town Council - Lydney East, Conservative resigned.

Lydney Town Council - Lydney West, Independent resigned.  UKIP elected unopposed. 

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Nov 22, 2013 20:34:39 GMT maturepolitico said:

Forgetting the elections to Lydney Town Council.

No, because this is a list of principal local authority vacancies and byelections only.