By-elections - 19th December 2013

[andykernow]

Camborne Town Council - Treswithian Ward (2 Seats)

M Brown ( Labour)
P Shannon (No Description)
J Chapman (Conservative)
R Tal-e-bot (Mebyon Kernow)
J Vingoe (Mebyon Kernow)

Current Make up of Council

Labour 5 Seats
Mebyon Kernow 5 Seats
Conservative 3 Seats
Green 1 Seat
Independent 1 Seat
UKIP 1 Seat

Incidently at the Elections in May, only one ward, Trelowarren, where the votes were as follows :
Con 304, MK 302, Lab 276, Ind 262 (all elected) Green 220

[andykernow]

In the Cornwall Council Elections for the same ward UKIP won a 4 way split
UKIP 232
Labour 220
Cons 216
MK 204

[Deleted]

Atherstone TC elections - Labour candidates announced - www.electmikeobrien.co.uk/candidates_announced_for_two_atherstone_by_elections?recruiter_id=36

[Harry Hayfield]

Black Isle on Highland Council: www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Eight-to-stand-in-Black-Isle-by-election-18112013.htm?utm_source=highlandfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[The Bishop]

Isn't it time for the usual summaries here?

[countryboy]

Neck and Neck in Market ward (Forest Heath) between Con And UKIP.

[greatkingrat]

BOLTON - Harper Green (Labour died)

2012 - Lab 1656, Con 389, LD 222
2011 - Lab 1918, Con 616, LD 326
2010 - Lab 2312, LD 1203, Con 903, Ind 625, Grn 114
2008 - Lab 1181, Con 1071, LD 390
2007 - Lab 1182, Con 719, LD 419
2006 - Lab 1194, Con 768, LD 454

Asha ALI ISMAIL (Labour Party Candidate)
Wendy CONNOR (Liberal Democrats)
Peter MCGEEHAN (UK Independence Party)
Kathy SYKES (Green Party)
Robert TYLER (The Conservative Party Candidate)

FENLAND - Elm and Christchurch (Conservative died)

2011 - Con 711/489, Ind 268/198, Lab 221, LD 118
2007 - Con 700/540, Ind 319
2003 - Con 550/486, Ind 368

Trevor BROOKMAN (Liberal Democrat)
Alan BURBRIDGE (UK Independence Party)
Dean REEVES (Labour Party Candidate)
Michelle TANFIELD (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Phil WEBB (Independent)

FOREST HEATH - Market (Conservative died)

2011 - Con 615/570, Lab 261/237
2007 - Con 494/436, UKIP 254/214
2003 - Con 339/251, Lab 250, WSIA 149, Ind 108, UKIP 106/86

John BLOODWORTH (Conservative Party)
David CHANDLER (UK Independence Party)

HIGHLAND - Black Isle (Independent died)

2012 - Ind 1130/677/240/212, LD 646, SNP 610, Grn 292, Lab 216, Con 141, SCP 57
2007 - Ind 1233/985/433, LD 973, SNP 558, Con 408, Grn 267, Lab 192

Jennifer BARCLAY (Independent)
Myra CARUS (Scottish Green Party)
Shaun FINLAYSON (Scottish Labour Party)
Bill FRASER (Independent)
Jackie HENDRY (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Douglas MACLEAN (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
George NORMINGTON (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Gwyn PHILLIPS (Independent)

LINCOLNSHIRE - Scotter Rural (Conservative died)

2013 - Con 717, UKIP 428, LD 392, Lab 172
2009 - Con 1447, LD 791, Lab 204
2005 - Con 1844, LD 1674

Richard BUTROID (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Chris DARCEL (Lincolnshire Independent)
Lesley ROLLINGS (Liberal Democrats)
Nick SMITH (UK Independence Party)

MID SUSSEX - Haywards Heath Franklands (Conservative died)

2011 - Con 950/897, LD 400/389, Lab 214/209
Jul 2010 by - Con 545, LD 464, Ind 63
2007 - Con 756/675, Ind 420, LD 239/226, Lab 125
2003 - Con 548/521, LD 330/324, Lab 134/133

Howard BURRELL (UKIP)
Roderick CLARKE (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Miranda DIBOLL (Green Party Stop Fracking Now)
Anne-Marie LUCRAFT (Liberal Democrat)
Gregory MOUNTAIN (Labour Party Candidate)

TORFAEN - Croesyceiliog North (Labour died)

2012 - Lab 627/479, Ind 256/224/92, Con 175
2008 - Lab x2 unopposed
2004 - Lab x2 unopposed

Nigel DAVIES (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru)
Darren HACKLEY-GREEN (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales)
Terry IRONS (Independent)
Nick JONES (Welsh Conservative Party Candidate)
Aneurin PREECE (UKIP)

WEST LINDSEY - Scotter (Conservative died)

2011 - Con 1164/934, Ind 623, LD 332
2008 - Con 945, LD 705
2007 - Con 782, LD 781

Barry COWARD (Liberal Democrats)
John COX (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Chris DAY
Howard THOMPSON (UK Independence Party)

WEST SUSSEX - Haywards Heath East (Conservative died)

2013 - Con 789, UKIP 647, Lab 505, LD 424
2009 - LD 1237, Con 1194, Lab 406, BNP 168
2005 - Con 1779, LD 1615, Lab 1504

Paul BROWN (Green Party Stop Fracking Now)
Charles BURRELL (UKIP)
Richard GODDARD (Labour Party Candidate)
Anne HALL (Liberal Democrat)
Stephen HILLIER (The Conservative Party Candidate)

[Deleted]

Not many candidates from outside the main parties

[greatkingrat]

Dec 15, 2013 16:32:26 GMT doktorb🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ said:

Not many candidates from outside the main parties

I disagree, I think the LDs did quite well to get 7 candidates standing.

[Merseymike]

Looks like a batch of safe seats too

[piperdave]

Dec 15, 2013 16:32:26 GMT doktorb🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ said:

Not many candidates from outside the main parties

Black Isle alone has three independents, a Green and a Scottish Conservative!

[Deleted]

Dec 17, 2013 0:03:17 GMT piperdave said:

Dec 15, 2013 16:32:26 GMT doktorb🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ said:

Not many candidates from outside the main parties

Black Isle alone has three independents, a Green and a Scottish Conservative!

I'd expect at least a Christian and a Kipper

[piperdave]

Oh I didn't realise we were including no-hopers in this as well!

[thirdchill]

Dec 15, 2013 15:27:43 GMT greatkingrat said:

BOLTON - Harper Green (Labour died)

2012 - Lab 1656, Con 389, LD 222
2011 - Lab 1918, Con 616, LD 326
2010 - Lab 2312, LD 1203, Con 903, Ind 625, Grn 114
2008 - Lab 1181, Con 1071, LD 390
2007 - Lab 1182, Con 719, LD 419
2006 - Lab 1194, Con 768, LD 454

Asha ALI ISMAIL (Labour Party Candidate)
Wendy CONNOR (Liberal Democrats)
Peter MCGEEHAN (UK Independence Party)
Kathy SYKES (Green Party)
Robert TYLER (The Conservative Party Candidate)

I'm surprised we got that close in Harper Green in 2008. It's certainly not usual conservative territory and would have expected it to be held by a larger margin by labour (even in the disaster year of 2008).

Needless to say it would take a political earthquake for it to go anything other than labour now.

[marksenior]

Yesterday's result Frome TC College ward was LD Gain from Conservative LD 345 Con 212 Ind for Frome 132 Lab 94

[listener]

Here is some background to the by-elections in the Atherstone Central and Atherstone North wards of Atherstone Town Council in the Borough of North Warwickshire.

Atherstone Town Council comprises 15 members elected from three wards – Atherstone Central (6), Atherstone North (6) and Atherstone South (3).

Atherstone Central and Atherstone North town wards are coterminous with the borough wards of the same name, whilst Atherstone South town ward is combined with Mancetter parish to form the borough ward of Atherstone South and Mancetter.

I do not have the results of the town council elections on 3 May 2007, but the entire town council was elected unopposed.

The council strengths were:
Elections on 3 May 2007:

Elections on 5 May 2011: Con 10, Lab 2, Independent 1, Vacant 2
The entire town council was elected unopposed

Current make-up: Con 9, Lab 2, Independent 1, Co-opted 1, Vacant 2

The town mayor and vice-chairman are Conservative.


The result of the election in Atherstone Central on 5 May 2011 (6 seats) was:
Con 4, Vacant 2 - unopposed

The result of the election in Atherstone North on 5 May 2011 (6 seats) was:
Con 4, Independent 1, Lab 1

On 11 May 2011, the town council co-opted Richard Barker (Con) and Colin Peat (Con) to fill the vacancies in Atherstone Central ward.

On 15 August 2012, the town council co-opted Paul Davies to fill the vacancy in Atherstone Central ward, caused by the resignation of John Vickers (Con).

On 5 December 2012, the town council co-opted Jenny Barnard to fill the vacancy in Atherstone Central ward, caused by the resignation of Tony Wright (Con).

The present by-election in Atherstone Central is caused by the resignation of Paul Davies (Co-opted); the by-election in Atherstone North is caused by the resignation of Amanda Macchi (Con).

The three candidates in Atherstone Central are Lab, Con and UKIP; the four candidates in Atherstone North are UKIP, Independent, Lab and Con.



The result in the Atherstone Central ward of North Warwickshire Borough Council on 3 May 2007 (2 seats) was:
Con 449/386, Lab 433/331, Lib Dem 151
Elected: Con 1, Lab 1

The result in the Atherstone North ward of North Warwickshire Borough Council on 3 May 2007 (2 seats) was:
Lab 425/373, Con 348/341, Lib Dem 282/201, Green Party 77
Elected: Lab 2

The result in the Atherstone Central ward of North Warwickshire Borough Council on 5 May 2011 (2 seats) was
Lab 555/524, Con 431/423
Elected: Lab 2

The result in the Atherstone North ward of North Warwickshire Borough Council on 5 May 2011 (2 seats) was
Lab 599/554, Con 522/522
Elected: Lab 2

[listener]

Here is some background to the by-election (2 seats) in the Treswithian ward of Camborne Town Council in the County of Cornwall.

Camborne Town Council comprises 18 members elected from five wards – Pendarves (4), Roskear (4), Trelowarren (4), Treslothan (3) and Treswithian (3).

The town wards are coterminous with the county electoral divisions of the same name.

The former Kerrier District Council conducted the town council election on 3 May 2007, with different warding arrangements. The town was divided into three wards, North, South and West, each returning six members. The old West town ward comprised most of the electors now in Treswithian ward, but also contained parts of Pendarves and Roskear town wards.

The South and West wards were coterminous with the district wards of the same name. The Camborne West ward more or less became the Camborne West electoral division for the first election of the unitary county council on 5 May 2011.

The council strengths were:

Elections on 3 May 2007: Lib Dem 9, Mebyon Kernow 5, Lab 2, Con 2

Elections on 2 May 2013: Lab 6, Mebyon Kernow 5, Con 4, Green Party 1, Independent 1, Vacant 1
Four town wards were uncontested, with one vacancy in Pendarves ward to be filled by co-option. In Trelowarren ward, the only contested town ward, there were just five candidates for the four seats. There were no Lib Dem candidates at all. Only four of the councilors elected in 2007 were re-elected to the new council in 2013.

Current make-up: Lab 5, Mebyon Kernow 5, Con 3, Green Party 2, Independent 1, Vacant 2

On 11 July 2013, the town council co-opted David Everett (Green Party) to fill the vacant seat in Pendarves ward. David Everett was the one candidate defeated in the 2013 elections (in Trelowarren ward).

The current town mayor is Mebyon Kernow and the deputy mayor is Conservative.

The result of the election in Camborne West on 3 May 2007 (6 seats) was:
Mebyon Kernow 983, Con 835/810, Lib Dem 816/704/618, Independent 441, Lab 438/383
Elected: Mebyon Kernow 1, Con 2, Lib Dem 3

The result of the election in Treswithian on 2 May 2013 (3 seats) was:
Elected unopposed: Mebyon Kernow 1, Con 1, Lab 1

The first by-election this week has been caused by the resignation of Jeff Collins (Con), because he was concerned with the lack of work from some members and a bit fed up. Jeff Collins had served as Lib Dem town councillor in Camborne West from 2007 to 2013 and was town mayor in 2011-12. He made an unreserved apology for his inappropriate comment concerning a former council member (a Lib Dem).

The second by-election has been caused by the resignation of Steve Richards (Lab), due to ill-health.

The five candidates are Lab, No Description, Con and 2 Mebyon Kernow.



The result in the Camborne West ward of Kerrier District Council (3 seats) on 3 May 2007 was:
Mebyon Kernow 759/362, Lib Dem 618/427/401, Con 588/581/398, Lab 357, UKIP 260/212, Independent 127
Elected: Mebyon Kernow 1, Lib Dem 1, Con 1

The result in the Camborne West electoral division of Cornwall Council on 4 June 2009 was:
Con 461, Mebyon Kernow 280, Lib Dem 250, Lab 191, Independent 164

The result in the Camborne Treswithian electoral division of Cornwall Council on 2 May 2013 was:
UKIP 232, Lab 220, Con 216, Mebyon Kernow 204

[listener]

I am very sorry, but an unexpected crisis overtook me today. I will post reports for Shildon, Stratford-on-Avon and Winsford, when I resurface tomorrow about lunch time.

[tricky]

I have the Winsford result.

LD 163
Lab 159
Con 61

LD gain from Labour.

[CHILTERNS]

BOLTON - Harper Green UPDATE:-

Votes have been counted: 1,450 in total, representing a 14.1% turn out rate, very low!