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Post by greatkingrat on Oct 8, 2012 10:27:59 GMT
The Conwy resignation was due to a new job in the USA, and the Merthyr one due to ill health so not things that could be foreseen.
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Post by marksenior on Oct 8, 2012 15:01:36 GMT
Doreen Dart , Conservative councillor for Blunsdon and Highworth ward on Swindon BC has sadly died .
Bob Bibby and Jim Taylor both Conservative councillors on Bury MBC for Church and North Manor wards respectively have resigned .
Tristan Allen , Conservative councillor for Folkestone Park ward on Shepway DC has resigned .
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Oct 8, 2012 15:30:48 GMT
Doreen Dart , Conservative councillor for Blunsdon and Highworth ward on Swindon BC has sadly died . Not entirely a safe ward in a council where the Conservatives have control with a majority of 1 |
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Post by name2remember on Oct 8, 2012 15:33:43 GMT
The name is familiar .. remind us. Its not that woman who stood in the Bradford North by-election way back is it?  No, that was Joy Atkin...who was a bit of a dish. A bit like how i imagine zoe to look.....  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 8, 2012 16:20:24 GMT
The name is familiar .. remind us. Its not that woman who stood in the Bradford North by-election way back is it? No, that was Joy Atkin...who was a bit of a dish. She had her election address photo taken in a cemetery, I remember that bit. Weren't you a candidate at that byelection n2r? |
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Post by andrewteale on Oct 8, 2012 18:28:57 GMT
Bob Bibby and Jim Taylor both Conservative councillors on Bury MBC for Church and North Manor wards respectively have resigned . . If I recall correctly these are the two councillors who were involved in the planning scandal. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2012 19:12:41 GMT
Just to let you know our candidate that stood in May - Patti Lane has been selected for Labour to defend bloxwich West.
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Post by simoncooke on Oct 8, 2012 21:08:20 GMT
Future byelection arrangements appear to be as under: 15 November - 15 * Conwy CBC, Deganwy (Ind resigned) Pending not yet called - 20 (some are provisionally scheduled for 15 November) * Merthyr Tydfil CBC, Cyfarthfa (Ind resigned 10 July) Which means (if I have my memory correct) we will have had at least four resignation by-elections since the local elections. Why do people stand for the elections then, if they are going to resign less than six months after the elections? One reason is folk who get elected when they don't expect to. Others have unsympathetic employers, spouses who inconveniently get jobs in foreign countries, businesses that go bust...some are DoktorB ;D |
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Post by name2remember on Oct 9, 2012 15:19:03 GMT
No, that was Joy Atkin...who was a bit of a dish. She had her election address photo taken in a cemetery, I remember that bit. Weren't you a candidate at that byelection n2r? Yes. |
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Post by The Bishop on Oct 9, 2012 15:32:27 GMT
So, N2R, was she as awful a candidate as was widely reported at the time??
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Post by name2remember on Oct 9, 2012 15:59:08 GMT
So, N2R, was she as awful a candidate as was widely reported at the time?? No, not really. She was just badly advised by her minders. In fact, the Tory campaign's wheels came off before it even got started and she got the blame, I think. The photo of her in Undercliffe Cemetery, which was used on her election address was just symptomatic of everything wrong with their campaign...and it just got worse on a visit to a mosque...just bad minding and bad campaign management. In total contrast of course to Terry Rooney, who was minded-out of the campaign. "Shut'im up and he'll walk it", seems to have been Labour's campaign strategy.....and it worked....for the next 15 years! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2012 12:57:29 GMT
The Manchester MBC (Ardwick) by-election has been confirmed for November 15th.
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Post by ColinJ on Oct 10, 2012 13:09:29 GMT
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Post by AdminSTB on Oct 10, 2012 14:58:02 GMT
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Post by CHILTERNS on Oct 10, 2012 20:05:11 GMT
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Post by meurig on Oct 10, 2012 21:49:20 GMT
The Conwy resignation was due to a new job in the USA, and the Merthyr one due to ill health so not things that could be foreseen. Conwy, Deganwy ward, looks like it could be quite an interesting one. The conservatives have nominated Julie Fallon-Smith, who since starring in this: www.conservatives.com/Video/Conservatives_TV.aspx?id=3e3a6607-4141-4eb7-b977-af5428a370aahas since tried twice to be elected to the county council. The former Independent council leader, Goronwy Edwards, who unexpectedly lost his seat in Caerhun in May, is going to attempt a comeback. He's a former Tory. The Lib Dems have nominated the same candidate who stood in the ward in May, and there are rumours of a strong Plaid candidate too. |
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Post by marksenior on Oct 11, 2012 10:01:26 GMT
Impending resignation in Shipston On Stour ward of Stratford On Avon DC where Conservative councillor Jonathan Gullis has moved to take up a teaching job in London .
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