By-election - 8th January

[nick10]

I don't think this has been posted here, the first Council by-election of 2015 took place yesterday.

Bolsover North West, Bolsover District Council

2003: Lab (x2) unopposed
2007: Lab 412, 394 LD 277
2011: Lab 561, 528 Cons 277

Result (Lab hold)

Sue Statter (Labour Party Candidate) - 174 votes
John Bagshaw (UK Independence Party (UKIP)) - 153 votes
Maxine Hunt (The Conservative Party Candidate) - 60 votes

Turnout: 13.4%

There was also a by-election for the North West ward of Old Bolsover Parish Council. The result was Chris Christopher (no description) 166; Alan Tudor (Labour) 118; and John Bagshaw (UKIP) 109.

Both by-elections caused by the death, of cancer aged 82, of Cllr Thomas Rodda on 20 October.

[The Bishop]

First mention I have seen of said vacancy anywhere - judging by the turnout, seems most voters weren't aware of it either.

[nick10]

I only saw it in the weekly email from the Conservative Councillors Assocation this morning.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

The name of the winning candidate is Sue Statter, not Slatter.

[cefin]

As usual vote Con get Labour.

[middleenglander]

Bolsover, Bolsover North West - Labour hold

Party	2015 votes	2015 share	since 2011 "top"	since 2011 "average"	since 2007 "top"	since 2007 "average"
Labour	174	45.0%	-22.0%	-21.3%	-14.8%	-14.3%
UKIP	153	39.5%	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere
Conservative	60	15.5%	-17.6%	-18.3%	from nowhere	from nowhere
Liberal Democrat					-40.2%	-40.7%
Total votes	387		46%	47%	56%	57%

Swing not meaningful