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Post by Devonian on May 4, 2013 10:01:13 GMT
Does anyone have a list of all the councillor defections to UKIP that have happened over the last few months?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 4, 2013 11:01:42 GMT
Since May 2010:
Sefton: Alf Doran (Harington) from Conservative, January 2011
Tendring: John Brown (Ramsey and Parkeston) from Community Representatives, March 2011
Thurrock: Stuart St Clair-Haslam (Little Thurrock Rectory) from Conservative via Thurrock Concerned Conservative, March 2011
Cheshire West and Chester: Richard Lowe (City) from Conservative, March 2011
Rushmoor: Mark Staplehurst and Steve Smith (both West Heath) from Conservative, September 2011
South Tyneside: David Potts (Cleadon and East Boldon) from Conservative via Independent, November 2011
Plymouth: Peter Berrow (Southway) from Conservative, January 2012
Cambridgeshire: Lister Wilson (Bourn) from Conservative via Independent, March 2012
South Oxfordshire: Christopher Quinton (Woodcote) from Conservative, March 2012
Windsor and Maidenhead: Catherine Bursnall (Castle Without) and Tom Bursnall (Clewer East) from Conservative, March 2012
Swindon: John Short (Highworth) from Conservative, March 2012
South Gloucestershire: Ben Walker (Bradley Stoke North) from Conservative, May 2012
Milton Keynes: Lee Barney (Walton Park) from Conservative, June 2012
Essex: Brian Wood (Canvey Island East) from Canvey Island Independent Party, July 2012
Kettering: Jonathan Bullock (Queen Eleanor and Buccleuch) from Conservative, September 2012
Basingstoke and Deane: Stephen West (Tadley Central) from Conservative, September 2012
Northamptonshire: Alan Pote (Rothwell) from Conservative via Independent, October 2012
Mid Suffolk: Frank Whittle (Stowmarket North) from Conservative, January 2013
Kent: Adrian Crowther (Sheppey) from Conservative, January 2013
Swale: Adrian Crowther (Minster Cliffs) from Conservative, January 2013
Lewes: Donna Edmunds (Barcombe and Hamsey) from Conservative, January 2013
Malvern Hills: Mike Soley (Malvern Link) from Conservative via Independent, February 2013
Ealing: Benjamin Dennehy (Hanger Hill) from Conservative via Independent, February 2013
Surrey: Ian Lake (Weybridge) from Conservative via Independent, February 2013
Leicestershire: David Sprason (Markfield, Desford and Thornton) from Conservative, and Rob Fraser (Groby and Ratby) from Conservative via Independent, March 2013
Waverley: Elliot Nichols (Farnham Firgrove) from Conservative, March 2013
Wiltshire: Rod Eaton (Melksham North) from Conservative, March 2013
Derbyshire: Juliette Stevens (Heage) from Conservative, March 2013
East Lindsey: Victoria Ayling (Stickney) from Conservative, March 2013
Horsham: Roger Arthur (Chanctonbury) from Conservative, March 2013
New Forest: Chris Lagdon (Totton East) from Conservative, March 2013
Fareham: Nick Gregory (Fareham West) from Liberal Democrat via Conservative and Independent, and Dave Whittingham (Fareham North West) from Conservative via Independent, April 2013
East Sussex: Phil Howson (Peacehaven and Telscombe Towns) from Conservative, April 2013
Lewes: Phil Howson (Peacehaven East) from Conservative, April 2013
New Forest: Ron Scrivens (Totton Central) from Conservative, April 2013
Waverley: Brett Vorley (Cranleigh East) from Conservative via Independent, April 2013
Chiltern: David Meacock (Chalfont Common) from Conservative, April 2013
West Sussex: John Livermore (Worthing West) from Conservative, April 2013
Defections away from UKIP:
Hartlepool: Martyn Aiken (Foggy Furze) to Independent, May 2010
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2013 11:57:02 GMT
Unless I have missed it there doesn't seem to be one from Labour.
Who do Labour people usually defect to?
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Post by The Bishop on May 4, 2013 12:03:57 GMT
They quite often defected to the LibDems - before May 2010, that is......
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2013 12:13:48 GMT
the only ones we have had recently are to Indy and usually problems with local party, selections that kind of thing.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 4, 2013 15:18:36 GMT
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Post by Merseymike on May 5, 2013 0:10:05 GMT
It would be hard to imagine why any Labour person would want to join UKIP when their ideas are so diametrically opposed. Locally, I can think of one former Labour councillor who ended up in UKIP but that was after his deselection, and given that he always styled himself as being on the left of the Labour party, it wasn't taken very seriously
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Post by greenchristian on May 5, 2013 8:15:08 GMT
They quite often defected to the LibDems - before May 2010, that is...... Nowadays, Labour members are more likely to defect to the Greens, but I don't think we've had a councillor defection from them yet. |
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Post by john07 on May 5, 2013 21:14:22 GMT
It would be hard to imagine why any Labour person would want to join UKIP when their ideas are so diametrically opposed. Locally, I can think of one former Labour councillor who ended up in UKIP but that was after his deselection, and given that he always styled himself as being on the left of the Labour party, it wasn't taken very seriously Do you not remember a former Liverpool Labour MP called Robert Kilroy-Silk? |
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Post by Pimpernal on May 5, 2013 21:31:01 GMT
It would be hard to imagine why any Labour person would want to join UKIP when their ideas are so diametrically opposed. Locally, I can think of one former Labour councillor who ended up in UKIP but that was after his deselection, and given that he always styled himself as being on the left of the Labour party, it wasn't taken very seriously new here are you?  |
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Post by Khunanup on May 5, 2013 23:05:25 GMT
It would be hard to imagine why any Labour person would want to join UKIP when their ideas are so diametrically opposed. Locally, I can think of one former Labour councillor who ended up in UKIP but that was after his deselection, and given that he always styled himself as being on the left of the Labour party, it wasn't taken very seriously Do you not remember a former Liverpool Ormskirk Labour MP called Robert Kilroy-Silk? Fixed that for you... Was he a lefty though, I always thought he came from the Trident school of Labour rightists? |
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Post by john07 on May 6, 2013 0:09:22 GMT
Do you not remember a former Liverpool Ormskirk Labour MP called Robert Kilroy-Silk? Fixed that for you... Was he a lefty though, I always thought he came from the Trident school of Labour rightists? He tried to come over as a lefty when he was first elected. More so when he was a lecturer in Politics at the University of Liverpool. He once claimed in a TV interview that he would be leader of the Party within ten years. Other MPs counted this down "only five years to go", "only four years to go", ..... |
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Post by Devonian on May 10, 2013 21:06:41 GMT
Another one. George Kemp. an independent on Allerdale Borough Council. Last week he ran as an independent candidate in the County Council elections against a UKIP candidate. This week he has joint UKIP www.paulnuttallmep.com/?p=2546 |
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Post by Devonian on May 20, 2013 5:21:51 GMT
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Post by Devonian on May 20, 2013 6:07:57 GMT
One thing that will certainly help make defections happen is newspaper reports like this on the front page of the Telegraph /photo/1The circumstances are currently ideal for encouraging defections from Tory to UKIP. I suspect quite a few Tory councillors have been thinking about defecting but most of them, like most people, like to follow the crowd. They don't want to be seen to be the only ones doing so. Media reports like this one will therefore encourage more defections, will will result in more media reports, which will mean in turn more defections. In the first four months of this year there were 23 councillor defections to UKIP. Given that was before UKIP showed it could actually regularly win local council seats and before getting 15-20% poll ratings I expect the number of defections in the upcoming period will be significantly higher than that. |
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Post by anthony on May 20, 2013 8:02:49 GMT
I would think the Scotts may go that way, don't think Chris Edge will. Not sure if Richard Chellew has actually quit the Tory group or not, yet. |
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Post by Devonian on May 20, 2013 9:31:16 GMT
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 20, 2013 11:50:35 GMT
One thing that will certainly help make defections happen is newspaper reports like this on the front page of the Telegraph /photo/1The circumstances are currently ideal for encouraging defections from Tory to UKIP. I suspect quite a few Tory councillors have been thinking about defecting but most of them, like most people, like to follow the crowd. They don't want to be seen to be the only ones doing so. Media reports like this one will therefore encourage more defections, will will result in more media reports, which will mean in turn more defections. In the first four months of this year there were 23 councillor defections to UKIP. Given that was before UKIP showed it could actually regularly win local council seats and before getting 15-20% poll ratings I expect the number of defections in the upcoming period will be significantly higher than that.
[/b][/i][/i] Surely you're not suggesting that defections could be influenced by personal electoral interests rather than matters of deep principle? |
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Post by Devonian on May 22, 2013 6:50:33 GMT
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Post by Merseymike on May 22, 2013 16:06:02 GMT
Defections from the Tories to UKIP in Wales could send their remaining seats to Labour
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