2024 Lewisham mayoral by-election

[where2travel]

Mar 8, 2024 17:02:06 GMT mrtoad said:

A short piece about the Lewisham mayoral by-election www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston-brenda-dacres-makes-history-with-lewisham-mayoral-victory/

You have to get to the final paragraph to see why people aren't that interested (even on here there's been next to no interest), when these people are just shuffling round from one of these roles to another, creating by-elections in a seemingly endless loop. What's the point of voting for people when you don't know what they actually do that has any material impact?

"Dacres’s victory means she will have to vacate her council seat in Deptford ward, which means there will be a by-election. The ripples of consequence from the government’s decision to give out more oil and gas licences have proven unpredictable, leading first to Chris Skidmore’s resignation as Kingswood MP, then to Egan leaving Lewisham to successfully contest the seat, and now to the voters of Deptford being summoned back to the polls for a third local by-election in the space of a few months, having already taken part in one in November."

[The Bishop]

I think that Lewisham being such a fortress for one party has to be a factor in reducing turnout?

[sirnorfolkpassmore]

Mar 7, 2024 9:54:45 GMT froome said:

Feb 12, 2024 12:41:14 GMT timrollpickering said:

SOPN:

lewisham.gov.uk/-/media/0-mayor-and-council/elections/statement-of-persons-nominated-mayor-of-lewisham.ashx?la=en

Brenda Dacres Labour and Co-operative Party
John Nicholas Hamilton Workers Party of Britain
Michael Herron Green Party
Nick Long Independent
Chris Maines Liberal Democrats
Maureen Maud Martin Christian Peoples Alliance
Siama Qadar Local Conservatives

Dacres is the sitting councillor for Deptford since 2022 and previously sat for New Cross.

Hamilton and Long have both previous stood for People before Profit (Hamilton for Mayor in 2018 and the 2021 Bellingham by-election, Long for Lewisham East in the 2015 general election).

Herron appears to be a first time candidate or to have last stood long ago.

Maines is a regular Lib Dem candidate in Lewisham who has stood for council (Blackheath 2018, 2022), Mayor (2018, 2022) and London Assembly (List 2021 and will be again in May)

Martin is a regular CPA candidate in Lewisham who has stood for Parliament (Lewisham East 2015, 2017, 2018-by, 2019), the London Assembly (List 2016, 2021), council (Leo Green 2018, Catford South 2021-by, Leo Green 2022) and Mayor (2022).

Qadar stood for Deptford in the council by-election last year.

I assume, given this, that People Before Profit has folded?

I don't know the circumstances that led to their deregistration, but there would be a certain irony if they'd found it impossible to balance the books.