Local Council by-elections 4th/5th October 2023

[Tony Otim]

4th October:

HARINGEY LBC; South Tottenham (Lab resigned)
Candidates:
GROSSKOPF, Mark (Labour)
McKINLEY, Jonathan Michael David (Green)
ROYDE, Shloime (Conservative)
SCHMITZ, David Reuben (Liberal Democrat)

2022: Lab 1784, 1769, 1737; Grn 446; Con 421, 402, 393; LD 156, 148, 123

Shloime Royde was the top Conservative candidate here last year. Mark Grosskopf (Lab) stood in Highgate,


HARINGEY LBC; White Hart Lane (Lab resigned)
Candidates:
BARTON, James Andrew (Conservative)
CARROLL, Liam Christopher Sean (Labour)
ERNST, Friedrich-Paul (Green)
VIGOUREUX, David Robert (Liberal Democrat)

2022: Lab 1779, 1723, 1712; Ind 630; Con 374, 333, 329; LD 318, 225, 214

James Barton (Con) stood last year in Bruce Castle ward, whilst Friedrich Ernst has stood here for the Greens on the previous boundaries in every election from 2002 to 2018.

Current Council: Lab 47; LD 7; Ind 1; 2 vacancies



5th October:

LAMBETH LBC; Vauxhall (Lab died)
Candidates:
ALDERECHI, Fareed (Liberal Democrat)
BOND, Jacqueline Rose (Green)
LAMBERT, Daniel Peter (Socialist Party (GB))
ROTHERHAM, Lee Stuart (Conservative)
SWAINE-JAMESON, Tom Simon (Labour)

2022: Lab 1025, 948, 896; Grn 390, 240, 237; Con 301, 275, 240; LD 214, 190

None of the candidates stood here last year – Fareed Alderechi (LD) stood in Clapham Common & Abbeville, Daniel Lambert (Socialist) in Clapham East and Lee Rotherham (Con) in St Martins.

Current Council: Lab 57; LD 3; Grn 2; 1 vacancy



TAMWORTH DC; Amington (Lab resigned)
Candidates:
BILCLIFF, Robert (UKIP)
COOK, Michelle Jane (Independent)
COOPER, Ian Stuart (Reform UK)
SMITH, Lewis Alexander (Labour)
SUMMERS, Donna Marie (Conservative)

2023: Lab 858; Con 834
2022: Con 940; Lab 788
2021: Con 1161; Lab 582; Grn 100; UKIP 80
2019: Con 838; Lab 453; UKIP 352; Grn 113
2018: Con 876; Lab 718; UKIP 121; Grn 64
2016: Con 730; Lab 615; UKIP 494
2015: Con 1499; Lab 1141; UKIP 920; Grn 208
2014: Lab 823; Con 752; UKIP 496
2012: Con 822; Lab 723
2011: Con 1254; Lab 968
2010: Con 1820; Lab 1447; Grn 390
2008: Con 887; Lab 680; Ind 255
2007: Con 841; Lab 757; Ind 348
2006: Con 1136; Lab 870
2004: Con 881; Lab 623; LD 355
2003: Con 642; Lab 581; LD 213
2002: Con 685, 644, 608; Lab 637, 612, 589; LD 232.

Vacancy is for the 2023-27 term. Donna Summers was the unsuccessful Conservative here in May (Martin Summers is the Conservative councillor for the ward, the other ward councillor, elected as Con, is now independent). Michelle Cook (Ind) is a former Conservative councillor for the ward (2011-23). Lewis Smith stood for Labour here in 2021 and Robert Bilcliff for UKIP back in 2015.

Current Council: Con 14; Lab 8; Ind 7; 1 vacancy

[finsobruce]

Sept 11, 2023 8:50:19 GMT Tony Otim said:

4th October:

HARINGEY LBC; South Tottenham (Lab resigned)
Candidates:
GROSSKOPF, Mark (Labour)
McKINLEY, Jonathan Michael David (Green)
ROYDE, Shloime (Conservative)
SCHMITZ, David Reuben (Liberal Democrat)

2022: Lab 1784, 1769, 1737; Grn 446; Con 421, 402, 393; LD 156, 148, 123

Shloime Royde was the top Conservative candidate here last year. Mark Grosskopf (Lab) stood in Highgate,

David Schmitz was Lib Dem councillor for the Harringay ward 2010-14, having finished 4th in the 2006 elections.

[finsobruce]

Sept 11, 2023 8:50:19 GMT Tony Otim said:

TAMWORTH DC; Amington (Lab resigned)
Candidates:
BILCLIFF, Robert (UKIP)
COOK, Michelle Jane (Independent)
COOPER, Ian Stuart (Reform UK)
SMITH, Lewis Alexander (Labour)
SUMMERS, Donna Marie (Conservative)

2023: Lab 858; Con 834
2022: Con 940; Lab 788
2021: Con 1161; Lab 582; Grn 100; UKIP 80
2019: Con 838; Lab 453; UKIP 352; Grn 113
2018: Con 876; Lab 718; UKIP 121; Grn 64
2016: Con 730; Lab 615; UKIP 494
2015: Con 1499; Lab 1141; UKIP 920; Grn 208
2014: Lab 823; Con 752; UKIP 496
2012: Con 822; Lab 723
2011: Con 1254; Lab 968
2010: Con 1820; Lab 1447; Grn 390
2008: Con 887; Lab 680; Ind 255
2007: Con 841; Lab 757; Ind 348
2006: Con 1136; Lab 870
2004: Con 881; Lab 623; LD 355
2003: Con 642; Lab 581; LD 213
2002: Con 685, 644, 608; Lab 637, 612, 589; LD 232.

Vacancy is for the 2023-27 term. Donna Summers was the unsuccessful Conservative here in May (Martin Summers is the Conservative councillor for the ward, the other ward councillor, elected as Con, is now independent). Michelle Cook (Ind) is a former Conservative councillor for the ward (2011-23). Lewis Smith stood for Labour here in 2021 and Robert Bilcliff for UKIP back in 2015.

Current Council: Con 14; Lab 8; Ind 7; 1 vacancy

Will Donna Summers feel love from the electorate?

[Pete Whitehead]

Sept 11, 2023 9:22:32 GMT finsobruce said:

Sept 11, 2023 8:50:19 GMT Tony Otim said:

TAMWORTH DC; Amington (Lab resigned)
Candidates:
BILCLIFF, Robert (UKIP)
COOK, Michelle Jane (Independent)
COOPER, Ian Stuart (Reform UK)
SMITH, Lewis Alexander (Labour)
SUMMERS, Donna Marie (Conservative)

2023: Lab 858; Con 834
2022: Con 940; Lab 788
2021: Con 1161; Lab 582; Grn 100; UKIP 80
2019: Con 838; Lab 453; UKIP 352; Grn 113
2018: Con 876; Lab 718; UKIP 121; Grn 64
2016: Con 730; Lab 615; UKIP 494
2015: Con 1499; Lab 1141; UKIP 920; Grn 208
2014: Lab 823; Con 752; UKIP 496
2012: Con 822; Lab 723
2011: Con 1254; Lab 968
2010: Con 1820; Lab 1447; Grn 390
2008: Con 887; Lab 680; Ind 255
2007: Con 841; Lab 757; Ind 348
2006: Con 1136; Lab 870
2004: Con 881; Lab 623; LD 355
2003: Con 642; Lab 581; LD 213
2002: Con 685, 644, 608; Lab 637, 612, 589; LD 232.

Vacancy is for the 2023-27 term. Donna Summers was the unsuccessful Conservative here in May (Martin Summers is the Conservative councillor for the ward, the other ward councillor, elected as Con, is now independent). Michelle Cook (Ind) is a former Conservative councillor for the ward (2011-23). Lewis Smith stood for Labour here in 2021 and Robert Bilcliff for UKIP back in 2015.

Current Council: Con 14; Lab 8; Ind 7; 1 vacancy

Will Donna Summers feel love from the electorate?

Heaven knows

[matureleft]

What’s the background to the Tamworth resignation? And who’s the Independent? The councillor resigning has only just been elected and that often doesn’t end well for the incumbent’s party.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Sept 11, 2023 9:58:19 GMT matureleft said:

What’s the background to the Tamworth resignation? And who’s the Independent? The councillor resigning has only just been elected and that often doesn’t end well for the incumbent’s party.

In the context of that ward and the previous election results I wouldn't be entirely surprised to learn he was not expecting to be elected and found out he could not actually spare the time.

The Tamworth Conservatives have been split, partly over fall-out from their previous MP (Michelle Cook was from the anti-Pincher faction). Her husband Daniel Cook was council leader from December 2009 to February 2021.

PS: Local gossip blog here debunkingtamworth.com

[andrewp]

Sept 11, 2023 9:58:19 GMT matureleft said:

What’s the background to the Tamworth resignation? And who’s the Independent? The councillor resigning has only just been elected and that often doesn’t end well for the incumbent’s party.

He has resigned due to getting a place on the Civil Service fast track programme.

[ricmk]

I bet the good voters of Amington are going to feel a lot of love over the coming weeks - and that's before we get to the Donna Summers gag. Whoever wins that will splash it all over their by-election leaflets.

Assuming that Lee Rotherham in Vauxhall is @drbrexit - a well-known think-tanker and ex vote-Leave staffer, I'm sure Vauxhall will be a great place to lead on how popular Brexit is in London...

[batman]

In the case of the South Tottenham contest, I think I'm almost certainly correct in saying that 3 of the 4 candidates are Jewish. The exception being that of the Green Party. The Conservative candidate may well be part of the strictly-Orthodox community but of course he may not be alone in that.

[The Bishop]

Lee Rotherham is also a former Tory candidate in Rotherham (2005 GE) no less.

[batman]

Re the Vauxhall ward election, the rare presence of a SPGB candidate is relatively unsurprising since their national HQ is in the constituency, in Clapham High Street where it is neighboured by trendy & upmarket eateries including a long-established tapas bar.

[batman]

Sept 11, 2023 9:22:32 GMT finsobruce said:

Sept 11, 2023 8:50:19 GMT Tony Otim said:

TAMWORTH DC; Amington (Lab resigned)
Candidates:
BILCLIFF, Robert (UKIP)
COOK, Michelle Jane (Independent)
COOPER, Ian Stuart (Reform UK)
SMITH, Lewis Alexander (Labour)
SUMMERS, Donna Marie (Conservative)

2023: Lab 858; Con 834
2022: Con 940; Lab 788
2021: Con 1161; Lab 582; Grn 100; UKIP 80
2019: Con 838; Lab 453; UKIP 352; Grn 113
2018: Con 876; Lab 718; UKIP 121; Grn 64
2016: Con 730; Lab 615; UKIP 494
2015: Con 1499; Lab 1141; UKIP 920; Grn 208
2014: Lab 823; Con 752; UKIP 496
2012: Con 822; Lab 723
2011: Con 1254; Lab 968
2010: Con 1820; Lab 1447; Grn 390
2008: Con 887; Lab 680; Ind 255
2007: Con 841; Lab 757; Ind 348
2006: Con 1136; Lab 870
2004: Con 881; Lab 623; LD 355
2003: Con 642; Lab 581; LD 213
2002: Con 685, 644, 608; Lab 637, 612, 589; LD 232.

Vacancy is for the 2023-27 term. Donna Summers was the unsuccessful Conservative here in May (Martin Summers is the Conservative councillor for the ward, the other ward councillor, elected as Con, is now independent). Michelle Cook (Ind) is a former Conservative councillor for the ward (2011-23). Lewis Smith stood for Labour here in 2021 and Robert Bilcliff for UKIP back in 2015.

Current Council: Con 14; Lab 8; Ind 7; 1 vacancy

Will Donna Summers feel love from the electorate?

she is likely to be late for the count as she is having dinner with Gershwin.

[batman]

Sept 11, 2023 9:58:19 GMT matureleft said:

What’s the background to the Tamworth resignation? And who’s the Independent? The councillor resigning has only just been elected and that often doesn’t end well for the incumbent’s party.

and also all the non-Conservative candidates except of course for Labour appear to be right-wing & would surely, inasmuch as they have any impact at all, attract more former Tory than former Labour votes.

[Merseymike]

Sept 11, 2023 10:25:28 GMT The Bishop said:

Lee Rotherham is also a former Tory candidate in Rotherham (2005 GE) no less.

Twice? 2001 St Helens South, then Rotherham 2005?

[The Bishop]

Apparently so, but it is the name coincidence in the latter that amuses.

The 2001 result was of course notable for the anti-Woodward backlash, but the Tory share still went down slightly.

[Tony Otim]

Sept 11, 2023 10:25:54 GMT batman said:

Re the Vauxhall ward election, the rare presence of a SPGB candidate is relatively unsurprising since their national HQ is in the constituency, in Clapham High Street where it is neighboured by trendy & upmarket eateries including a long-established tapas bar.

Given that the candidate gives a home address in Epping Forest district, I wonder if he qualifies as he works for the party at that address?

[finsobruce]

Sept 11, 2023 10:26:38 GMT batman said:

Sept 11, 2023 9:22:32 GMT finsobruce said:

Will Donna Summers feel love from the electorate?

she is likely to be late for the count as she is having dinner with Gershwin.

At the new restaurant in Macarthur Park?

[carlton43]

Sept 11, 2023 11:50:38 GMT finsobruce said:

Sept 11, 2023 10:26:38 GMT batman said:

she is likely to be late for the count as she is having dinner with Gershwin.

At the new restaurant in Macarthur Park?

To the tune of 'It's raining cake'.

[johnloony]

I remember Daniel Lambert from when he was SPGB candidate in Brixton Hill in 2013. His answer to every question at the hustings meeting was to smash capitalism.

[J.G.Harston]

Sept 11, 2023 11:55:26 GMT carlton43 said:

Sept 11, 2023 11:50:38 GMT finsobruce said:

At the new restaurant in Macarthur Park?

To the tune of 'It's raining cake'.

Pearl & Dean?