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Post by markgoodair on Apr 13, 2015 22:28:26 GMT
Death of candidate, Ronnie Carroll.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 13, 2015 22:31:37 GMT
No byelection - he wasn't a Member of Parliament.
No postponed poll (which isn't a byelection) either. He was nominated as an Independent.
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Post by Andrew_S on Apr 13, 2015 22:39:32 GMT
What happens if he is declared elected?
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Post by greatkingrat on Apr 13, 2015 22:50:03 GMT
Will he even be on the ballot paper? I doubt they have been printed yet.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 13, 2015 23:25:04 GMT
He will be on the ballot paper. If he obtains the most votes, then the Returning Officer will "declare that no member is returned". The RO will not return the writ, and will start the proceedings for the election again from the very beginning.
In other words, Ronnie Carroll has just become RON.
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Post by Andrew_S on Apr 13, 2015 23:27:16 GMT
I can think of some constituencies where having what is effectively an RON option on the ballot paper might have resulted in an embarrassingly large number of votes although Hampstead & Kilburn isn't one of them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2015 23:34:57 GMT
God rest his soul, he was a real character and was, for 6 years, married to Millicent Martin at the time when she was a bedrock of TW3. Never gave up on his singing career and an eternal optimist.
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Post by independentukip on Apr 13, 2015 23:48:47 GMT
I can think of some constituencies where having what is effectively an RON option on the ballot paper might have resulted in an embarrassingly large number of votes although Hampstead & Kilburn isn't one of them. I was inclined to disagree and suggest there could be some impact if a Russell Brand type started up a RON campaign but then I looked at the 2010 result. |
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Post by johnloony on Apr 14, 2015 0:00:37 GMT
This may be an interesting discussion, but why is it in the by-elections section? Shurely we here, in this forum, are all informed enough to know that deferred elections are not by-elections (not that there will be a deferred election anyway, but anyway)?
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Post by independentukip on Apr 14, 2015 0:19:40 GMT
I didn't realise it was in the by-elections section until your post.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 6:36:13 GMT
I'm surprised by Mark thinking this would be classed as a byelection
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Post by The Bishop on Apr 14, 2015 14:03:44 GMT
He wasn't the only one, far from it.
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Post by ColinJ on Apr 14, 2015 17:01:57 GMT
If this was a municipal or parish election, would the poll be postponed or carry on regardless?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 14, 2015 17:29:28 GMT
If this was a municipal or parish election, would the poll be postponed or carry on regardless? It would be postponed. The Cormack amendment doesn't apply to local government. |
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