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Post by Robert Waller on Nov 21, 2015 23:05:16 GMT
Ashfield DC, Selston - Selston Parish Independent resigned- 5 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Selston Parish Ind, Ind Fife UA, Dunfermline North - SNP resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green Fife UA, Rosyth - SNP resigned (now MP for Dunfermline & West Fife) - 7 candidates: Con Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green, Ind Gwynedd UA, Pwllheli South - Llais Gwynedd died - 4 candidates: Plaid Cymru, Llais Gwynedd. Ind, No Description Lancaster DC, Carnforth & Millhead - Conservative died - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green Newport UA, Bettws - Independent resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, 2 x Ind Nottinghamshire CC, Selston - Selston Area Independent resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Selston Parish Ind, Ind Rochford DC, Rochford - Conservative died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP Wiltshire UA, St Edmund & Milford - Liberal Democrat resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, Ind Some more corkers here for the prediction competition ...  |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Nov 21, 2015 23:27:23 GMT
I knew I should've gone to the Rochford beer festival this week.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 22, 2015 22:47:50 GMT
Ashfield DC, Selston - Selston Parish Independent resigned- 5 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Selston Parish Ind, Ind Fife UA, Dunfermline North - SNP resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green Fife UA, Rosyth - SNP resigned (now MP for Dunfermline & West Fife) - 7 candidates: Con Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green, Ind Gwynedd UA, Pwllheli South - Llais Gwynedd died - 4 candidates: Plaid Cymru, Llais Gwynedd. Ind, No Description Lancaster DC, Carnforth & Millhead - Conservative died - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green Newport UA, Bettws - Independent resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, 2 x Ind Nottinghamshire CC, Selston - Selston Area Independent resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Selston Parish Ind, Ind Rochford DC, Rochford - Conservative died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP Wiltshire UA, St Edmund & Milford - Liberal Democrat resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, Ind Some more corkers here for the prediction competition ... What's the distinction between a Selston Parish Independent and a Selston Area Independent? And are they the same person? |
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 22, 2015 22:52:39 GMT
Ashfield DC, Selston - Selston Parish Independent resigned- 5 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Selston Parish Ind, Ind Fife UA, Dunfermline North - SNP resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green Fife UA, Rosyth - SNP resigned (now MP for Dunfermline & West Fife) - 7 candidates: Con Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green, Ind Gwynedd UA, Pwllheli South - Llais Gwynedd died - 4 candidates: Plaid Cymru, Llais Gwynedd. Ind, No Description Lancaster DC, Carnforth & Millhead - Conservative died - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green Newport UA, Bettws - Independent resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, 2 x Ind Nottinghamshire CC, Selston - Selston Area Independent resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Selston Parish Ind, Ind Rochford DC, Rochford - Conservative died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP Wiltshire UA, St Edmund & Milford - Liberal Democrat resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, Ind Some more corkers here for the prediction competition ... What's the distinction between a Selston Parish Independent and a Selston Area Independent? And are they the same person? The SOPNs have them both described as Selston Parish Independents. David Martin for the County Council by-election and Christine Quinn-Wilcox for the District (the latter was one of the nominators for the former). |
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Post by maxque on Nov 23, 2015 2:57:46 GMT
Ashfield DC, Selston - Selston Parish Independent resigned- 5 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Selston Parish Ind, Ind Fife UA, Dunfermline North - SNP resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green Fife UA, Rosyth - SNP resigned (now MP for Dunfermline & West Fife) - 7 candidates: Con Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green, Ind Gwynedd UA, Pwllheli South - Llais Gwynedd died - 4 candidates: Plaid Cymru, Llais Gwynedd. Ind, No Description Lancaster DC, Carnforth & Millhead - Conservative died - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green Newport UA, Bettws - Independent resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, 2 x Ind Nottinghamshire CC, Selston - Selston Area Independent resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Selston Parish Ind, Ind Rochford DC, Rochford - Conservative died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP Wiltshire UA, St Edmund & Milford - Liberal Democrat resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, Ind Some more corkers here for the prediction competition ... What's the distinction between a Selston Parish Independent and a Selston Area Independent? And are they the same person? Both are registered descriptions of the same party (Selston Parish Independents), "parish" being used at district level and "area" at the county level (the county division includes another parish). They have a lot of descriptions, some of them downright wierd. Selston People Working for Selston People Selston Independents Getting Things Done Selston Area Independents Putting People First Selston Area Independents Working For You Your Vote Our Independence The Vote That Lasts Selston Area Independents Here For You Selston Independent Environmentalists |
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Fife UA, Dunfermline North - SNP resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green
Fife UA, Rosyth - SNP resigned (now MP for Dunfermline & West Fife) - 7 candidates: Con Lab, LD, SNP, UKIP, Green, Ind
Fascinating to watch.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Nov 23, 2015 7:09:37 GMT
I knew I should've gone to the Rochford beer festival this week. You get a free Cuddly Toy at the Roachford Beer Festival. I'll get my coat. |
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Post by carlton43 on Nov 23, 2015 12:57:03 GMT
I knew I should've gone to the Rochford beer festival this week. You get a free Cuddly Toy at the Roachford Beer Festival. I'll get my coat. Inspect your coat for roaches. |
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Post by linders on Nov 24, 2015 8:17:55 GMT
What's the distinction between a Selston Parish Independent and a Selston Area Independent? And are they the same person? Both are registered descriptions of the same party (Selston Parish Independents), "parish" being used at district level and "area" at the county level (the county division includes another parish). They have a lot of descriptions, some of them downright wierd. Selston People Working for Selston People Selston Independents Getting Things Done Selston Area Independents Putting People First Selston Area Independents Working For You Your Vote Our Independence The Vote That Lasts Selston Area Independents Here For You Selston Independent Environmentalists Might as well have gone the whole hog and registered "a local party for local people" |
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Post by maxque on Nov 24, 2015 9:58:00 GMT
Both are registered descriptions of the same party (Selston Parish Independents), "parish" being used at district level and "area" at the county level (the county division includes another parish). They have a lot of descriptions, some of them downright wierd. Selston People Working for Selston People Selston Independents Getting Things Done Selston Area Independents Putting People First Selston Area Independents Working For You Your Vote Our Independence The Vote That Lasts Selston Area Independents Here For You Selston Independent Environmentalists Might as well have gone the whole hog and registered "a local party for local people" On that line of thought, we have "Local people local priorities" is a description of Doncaster First Independent Group. "Local person for local people" is a description of the Mansfield Independent Forum. "Localism for local people" is a description of the North Somerset First Independents. "Putting Local People First", "We Are Putting Local People First" and "People First - Working for Local People" are description of People First (Folkestone local party). "Local Residents Putting the People First" is a description of The Chase Independent Party. "The Local Candidate representing Local People" is a description of The Independents Alliance (Reading local party). "Representing Local People in Local Government" is a description of The Local Party. |
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Post by maxque on Nov 25, 2015 2:26:03 GMT
Selston - Ashfield DC - Gail Turner (Selston Parish Independent) resigned due to personal and family reasons.
2015: Selston Parish Independent 1977/738, Ind 1427, Lab 617/564, LD 306, TUSC 95
The Independent was elected as Selston Parish Independent in 2011.
Donna Gilbert (Labour Party)
Christine Quinn-Wilcox (Selston Parish Independents)
Michelle Sims (Conservative Party Candidate)
Anna Wilson (Independent)
Ray Young (UK Independence Party)
Selston - Nottinghamshire CC - Gail Turner (Selston Area Independent) resigned due to personal and family reasons.
2013: Selston Area Independent 2427, Lab 794, Ind 161
2009: Selston Area Independent 1593, LD 1037, BNP 734, Lab 557, Con 343, Grn 79
2005: Lab 2523, Ind 2272, LD 1013
Mike Hollis (Labour Party)
David Martin (Selston Parish Independents)
Paul Saxelby (Conservative Party Candidate)
Sam Wilson (Independent)
Ray Young (UK Independence Party)
Dunfermline North - Fife - David Mogg (SNP) resigned for unknown reasons.
2012: Lab 997/844, SNP 1204, LD 518, Con 253 (elected: SNP, Lab, Lab on 2nd count; final count Lab 913, LD 570, Con 269, with a surplus of 42 of the other Labour candidate yet to distribute)
2008: Lab 1254/272, LD 1451, SNP 1236, Local Health Concern 690, Con 313, Ind 59 (elected: LD, Lab, SNP on 4th count; final count Lab 1452, SNP 1293, LHC 777, Con 341 for 2 seats)
James Calder (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Lewis Campbell (Scottish Green Party)
Chloanne Dodds (UKIP)
Ian Ferguson (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Joe Long (Scottish Labour Party)
James Reekie (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Rosyth - Fife - Douglas Chapman (SNP) resigned due to being the new MP for Dunfermline and West Fife.
2012: Lab 1049/794, SNP 1076/306, LD 275, Con 223, UKIP 101, Ind 41 (elected: SNP, Lab, Lab on 6th count; final count Lab 930, SNP 433, LD 411)
2008: Lab 1579/456, SNP 1672, LD 1081, Con 415 (elected: SNP, Lab, LD on 3rd count; final count LD 1252, Lab 705, Con 453)
Vikki Fairweather (Scottish Labour Party)
Matthew Hall (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Cairinne Macdonald (Scottish Green Party)
Alastair Macintyre (Independent)
Colin Mitchelson (UKIP)
David Ross (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Sharon Wilson (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Pwllheli South - Gwynedd - Bob Wright (Llais Gwynedd) died.
2012: LG 374, PC 252
2008: LG 369, PC 211, Con 187
2004: PC unopposed
Michael Parry (Independent)
Peta Pollitt (Llais Gwynedd-The Voice of Gwynedd)
Hefin Underwood
Alan Williams (Plaid Cymru-The Party of Wales)
Carnforth and Millhead - Lancaster DC - Chris Leadbetter (Conservative) died.
2015: Con 1405/1238/1184, Lab 1027/981/921, Grn 495
George Askew (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Christopher Coates (Green Party)
Philip Dunster (Liberal Democrats)
Paul Gardner (Labour Party Candidate)
Michelle Ogden (UK Independence Party)
Bettws - Newport - Noel Trigg (Independent) resigned for health reasons. He was a professional wrestler in the 50’s. He was a councillor since 25 years, being in Labour Party until 2009.
2012: Ind 840/779/534, Lab 616/594/584, Christian 158
June 2008: Lab 1128/890/789, LD 586/451/408, Con 331/260, PC 75/49, Ind 50/40
2004: Lab 1150/754/660, Ind 539/483, Con 178, LD 159, PC 156
The 2008 election was postponed due to the death of a candidate.
Janet Cleverly (Independent)
Glyn Jarvis (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru)
Jason Jordan (Independent)
Paul L’Allier (Welsh Liberal Democrats / Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru)
Peter Varley (Wales Green Party)
Lewis Williams (Welsh Conservative Party Candidate)
Rochford - Rochford DC - Gillian Lucas-Gill (Conservative) died.
2012-2016 term
2015: Con 1372, UKIP 1047, Lab 998
2014: Lab 653, Con 595, UKIP 495, Ind 149
2012: Con 735, Lab 690
2011: Con 801, Lab 588, Grn 357, Ind 187
2010: Con 1813, Lab 834, Grn 607
2008: Con 864/796, Lab 361/357, ED 347, Grn 205
2007: Con 970, Lab 442
2006: Con 877, Lab 782
2004: Con 957, Lab 625
2003: Con 455/406, Lab 412/409, Ind 220/193, LD 91/68
2002: Lab 701/653/594, Con 672/660/587
Nicholas Cooper (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Daniel Irlam (Liberal Democrats)
Michael Lucas-Gill (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Matthew Softly (Labour Party)
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford - Wiltshire UA - Dr. Helena McKeown (Liberal Democrat) resigned to focus on her job as general practitioner and joint CEO of the Wessex Primary Health Care Alliance. She is also a member of council of the British Medical Association and their South West Chairman.
2013: LD 526, Con 281, Lab 177, UKIP 148, Grn 92
2009: LD 849, Con 364, UKIP 201, Lab 119
Greg Condliffe (Liberal Democrats)
Diana Dallimore (Independent)
Atiqul Hoque (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Michael Pope (The Green Party)
Mark Timbrell (Labour Party)
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Post by andrewteale on Nov 25, 2015 12:14:13 GMT
Noel Trigg (Bettws) was a professional boxer, not a wrestler. He held the Welsh light-heavyweight title for two years in the 1950s.
Bob Wright (Pwllheli S) was on the Pwllheli lifeboat crew for over 40 years. He suffered a heart attack while on the lifeboat going to the aid of a yacht which had run aground.
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Post by maxque on Nov 26, 2015 7:53:29 GMT
I suppose Bettws turnout will be quite low, it got infamous in 2012 when no one living in the ward bothered to go vote for PCC elections.
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Post by WestCountryRadical on Nov 26, 2015 19:32:01 GMT
I think that was one of four polling stations in the ward, rather than the whole ward
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Post by andrewteale on Nov 26, 2015 20:28:47 GMT
I didn't get the previews to Kris in time for him to put them up on the blogs, so here they are. I haven't had a lot of spare time this week, so it is a bit rushed.
CARNFORTH AND MILLHEAD, Lancaster city council; caused by the death of Conservative councillor Christopher Leadbetter at the age of 64, while on holiday in Croatia. Leadbetter had served on Lancaster city council only since May, having previously been a teacher at Our Lady's Catholic College in Lancaster for thirty years.
We start in the north this week at Carnforth, a small town a few miles north of Lancaster. This is a railway town based around a major junction at which branch lines to Barrow-in-Furness and Skipton join the West Coast Main Line. The railways are still an important part of the town's economy: the West Coast Railway Company has its headquarters here, maintaining and overhauling steam locomotives and charter trains; and the station itself is a focus for tourism as a result of its being used as a set for the wartime David Lean film Brief Encounter. Legend has it that one of the extras in that film was a thirteen-year-old lad called Cecil Parkinson, the son of the stationmaster; he would go on to greater things as a fixture of Margaret Thatcher's cabinets in the 1980s.
Lancaster got new ward boundaries this year, in which the former Carnforth ward was expanded by taking in the Crag Bank area on the A6 at the south end of town, together with the village of Millhead - a nineteenth-century company village originally built to house local ironworkers who had come from a failing ironworks in Dudley. The previous two-member Carnforth ward had been Labour in 2003, but split Tory/Independent in 2007, Labour regaining the independent seat in a 2011 result which was close between the two main parties. The new ward boundaries would appear to have helped the Tories, who beat Labour 48-35 in the expanded ward in May. The Tories also hold the local county council division, although this is not the best part of the division for them.
Defending for the Tories is George Askew, from the village of Warton just outside the ward. Labour have reselected Paul Gardner, their councillor who lost his seat in May. Also standing are Christopher Coates of the Green Party, Philip Dunster of the Lib Dems and UKIP's Michelle Ogden.
Parliamentary constituency: Morecambe and Lunesdale
Lancashire county council division: Lancaster Rural North
ONS Travel to Work Area: Lancaster and Morecambe
May 2015 result C 1405/1238/1184 Lab 1027/981/921 Grn 495
SELSTON, Nottinghamshire county council; and SELSTON, Ashfield district council, Nottinghamshire; both caused by the resignation of Selston Independent councillor Gail Turner.
We're in what Nottinghamshire county council is slightly hopefully calling the Hidden Valleys area in hope of encouraging tourism to an area which has been blighted by the decline of Nottinghamshire's heavy industry. Selston itself is a large village on a hilltop just off the M1 motorway, around nine miles south-west of Mansfield, with a population of around 12,000; it is centred on Nottinghamshire's oldest church, dating to 1150 and dedicated to St Helen. The county division, as well as Selston itself, takes in the former mining village of Jacksdale (Nottinghamshire's most westerly village) and almost all of the increasingly desirable Underwood ward.
Gail Turner had a very strong personal vote, having topped the poll in every district and county election in Selston since 2005, when she finished close behind Labour in the county election. That makes it rather difficult to assess what will happen now she is gone. The district ward has returned two independents at every election this century, usually under the Turnerite banner of "Selston Area Independent"; however, the other Selston Area Independent councillor, Sam Wilson, was re-elected in May as a plain-vanilla independent. At county level, Turner beat Labour 72-23 in the last county council election in 2013. Turner changed her description in May to "Selston Parish Independent".
In the county by-election the defending Selston Parish Independent candidate is David Martin, who fought Jacksdale ward in May's district elections and finished third. He is opposed by Labour's Mike Hollis, Paul Saxelby of the Tories, independent district councillor Sam Wilson and UKIP's Ray Young.
The district by-election sees Christine Quinn-Wilcox, the runner-up in May's ordinary election, defend for the Selston Parish Independents. She is opposed by Labour's Donna Gilbert, the Tories' Michelle Sims, independent Anna Wilson and UKIP's Ray Young (again).
Selston (County council)
Parliamentary constituency: Ashfield
Ashfield district council wards: Jacksdale, Selston, Underwood (part)
ONS Travel to Work Area: Mansfield (Jacksdale and Selston wards); Nottingham (Underwood ward)
May 2013 result Selston Area Ind 2427 Lab 794 Ind 161
June 2009 result Selston Area Ind 1593 LD 1037 BNP 734 Lab 557 C 343 Grn 79
May 2005 result Lab 2523 Ind 2272 LD 1013
Selston (District council)
Parliamentary constituency: Ashfield
Nottinghamshire county council division: Selston
ONS Travel to Work Area: Mansfield
May 2015 result Selston Parish Ind 1977/738 Ind 1427 Lab 617/564 LD 306 TUSC 95
May 2011 result Selston Area Ind 1678/1463 Lab 380/347 LD 124/95
May 2007 result Selston Area Ind 1402/1114 Lab 391 Ind 366
May 2003 result Ind 750/708 Lab 596/570
ROCHFORD, Rochford district council, Essex; caused by the death of Conservative councillor Gillian Lucas-Gill, who had served as a councillor since 2008.
Moving into the Thames Estuary now and the small town of Rochford, just north of Southend-on-Sea. This is a popular commuter town thanks to its location on the Liverpool Street-Southend railway line, and its transport links have only got better in recent years thanks to the development of Southend Airport, which lies within the ward and links Rochford to more than twenty holiday destinations across Europe. Rochford is also notable for Sister Jean Ward, a nurse at the former Rochford General Hospital who discovered the phototherapy treatment for jaundice in newborn babies.
However, Rochford doesn't vote like a commuter ward. Labour won one of the three seats here in 2002, losing it to the Tories fairly narrowly in 2006. Since 2012 the ward has become marginal, Labour cutting the Tory majority to 45 votes in 2012 and gaining the ward in 2014 with a majority of 58; however, the Tories held the ward in May's ordinary election with 40% and a majority of 325, UKIP (31%) moving into second place just ahead of Labour (29%). The ward is also part of a three-way marginal county division which was held by the Tories in 2013, just ahead of Labour with UKIP close behind in third.
This is the last time that Rochford's current ward boundaries will be used, as new boundaries come in for May's election next year; whoever wins this by-election is likely to be straight back on the campaign trail to seek re-election in May 2016. Defending for the Tories is Gillian's widower Michael Lucas-Gill, who formerly ran a hardware shop in the town and is a former Rochford parish councillor. UKIP's candidate is Nicholas Cooper, who fought Ashingdon and Canewdon ward in May. Labour have selected Rochford parish councillor Matt Softly. Daniel Irlam, the ward's first Lib Dem candidate since 2003, completes the ballot paper.
Parliamentary constituency: Rochford and Southend East
Essex county council division: Rochford South
ONS Travel to Work Area: Southend and Brentwood
May 2015 result C 1372 UKIP 1047 Lab 998
May 2014 result Lab 653 C 595 UKIP 495 Ind 149
May 2012 result C 735 Lab 690
May 2011 result C 801 Lab 588 Grn 357 Ind 187
May 2010 result C 1813 Lab 834 Grn 607
May 2008 double vacancy C 864/796 Lab 361/357 EDP 347 Grn 205
May 2007 result C 970 Lab 442
May 2006 result C 877 Lab 782
June 2004 result C 957 Lab 625
May 2003 double vacancy C 455/406 Lab 412/409 Ind 220/193 LD 91/68
May 2002 result Lab 701/653/594 C 672/660/587
SALISBURY ST EDMUND AND MILFORD, Wiltshire council; caused by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Helena McKeown, who had served as a Wiltshire councillor since 2013 and as a Salisbury district councillor from 2007 to that council's abolition in 2009.
This is Salisbury's city centre ward, containing the city's main shopping area, the bus station, and the (parish-level) city council offices. It lies generally to the east of the railway station and the north of the cathedral, without containing either. The census figures show a fairly middle-class ward with high levels of immigration and private renting - an interesting mix. This area has been a Lib Dem stronghold throughout the twenty-first century, and that pattern continued in the most recent poll in 2013 when the Lib Dems had 43% to 23% for the Tories and 14% for Labour.
Defending for the Lib Dems is Greg Condliffe, an architect and chairman of the local party branch. He is opposed by the Tories' Atiqul Hoque, Labour's Frank Timbrell, Michael Pope of the Green Party and independent candidate Diana Dallimore.
Parliamentary constituency: Salisbury
ONS Travel to Work Area: Salisbury
May 2013 result LD 526 C 281 Lab 177 UKIP 148 Grn 92
June 2009 result LD 849 C 364 UKIP 201 Lab 119
BETTWS, Newport city council; caused by the resignation of Independent councillor Noel Trigg on health grounds. Trigg, who is 81 years old, made his name in boxing, holding both Welsh and British titles at amateur level: after National Service in the South Wales Borderers and the Welch Regiment he turned professional and held the Welsh light-heavyweight title from 1956 to 1958, finishing his career with a record of 16 wins (8 by knockout) and 9 losses. After retiring from boxing he worked as a publican and boxing trainer before entering politics in 1990, sitting on the former Gwent county council and Newport city council. He served as Mayor of Newport in 2008-9.
One of the themes of this column is that every so often we come across somewhere which claims to be one of the largest housing estates in Europe. This week's claimant is Bettws, a 1960s estate to the north-west of Newport. Fifty years on from its building, Bettws remains a resolutely working-class area with high levels of unemployment.
As in many working-class wards of south Wales, this is a Labour/Independent fight. Noel Trigg was elected at the top of the Labour slate in 2004 and had a large personal vote, but his running-mates weren't far ahead of independent candidate Susan Baker. Baker finished fourth again in 2008, this time as top of the Lib Dem slate, but Labour increased their majority in a poll which had to be postponed to June after one of the original candidates died. Trigg left the Labour party at the end of his mayoral term in 2009 and was re-elected in 2012 as an independent, bringing with him a running-mate (Keith Whitehead) as Labour lost two seats - the only two seats they lost in Newport that year.
In the 2012 Police and Crime Commissioner election, one of the ballot boxes for Bettws reportedly had no votes at all. Let's hope for better in this by-election. Two independent candidates have come forward to succeed Trigg: they are Janet Cleverly and Jason Jordan. Glyn Jarvis, the Labour councillor who lost his seat in 2012, is trying to get it back. Also on the ballot are Paul l'Allier of the Lib Dems, Peter Varley of the Green Party and Lewis Williams of the Tories.
Parliamentary and Assembly constituency: Newport West
ONS Travel to Work Area: Newport and Cwmbran
May 2012 result Ind 840/779/534 Lab 616/594/584 Christian Party 158
June 2008 postponed poll Lab 1128/890/789 LD 586/451/408 C 331/260 PC 75/49 Ind 50/40
June 2004 result Lab 1150/754/660 Ind 539/483 C 178 LD 159 PC 156
PWLLHELI SOUTH, Gwynedd council; caused by the death at the age of 66 of Llais Gwynedd councillor Bob Wright, who had served on Gwynedd council since 2008. A former Dwyfor district councillor (before that council's abolition in 1995) who owned a vehicle repair company, Wright received an MBE in 2008 for nearly forty years' service as a volunteer with the RNLI. He is believed to have suffered a heart attack while on the Pwllheli lifeboat coming to the aid of a stranded yacht.
Welcome to Pwllheli, the main town and railhead of the Lleyn peninsula, a tourist and sailing centre - if the Manchester bid for the 2000 Olympic Games had gone through, this is where the sailing would have been. The Pwllheli South ward is based on the promenade, a long, sandy and popular beach with housing mostly developed in the 1890s when the town was expanded.
Pwllheli is the birthplace of Plaid Cymru, but Plaid haven't been doing well here of late: they lost the ward in 2008 to Llais Gwynedd, an anti-Plaid localist party. Llais held the seat at the most recent election in 2012 by 60-40 in a straight fight with Plaid.
Defending for Llais Gwynedd is tanning salon owner Peta Pollitt, who is up against Alan Williams, the Plaid councillor who lost his seat in 2008 and tried to get back in 2012. Also on the ballot are independent candidates Michael Parry and Hefin Underwood.
Parliamentary and Assembly constituency: Dwyfor Meirionnydd
ONS Travel to Work Area: Pwllheli
May 2012 result LlG 374 PC 252
May 2008 result LlG 369 PC 211 C 187
June 2004 result PC unopposed
DUNFERMLINE NORTH and ROSYTH, Fife council; caused respectively by the resignations of Scottish National Party councillors David Mogg and Douglas Chapman. Chapman is now the Member of Parliament for Dunfermline and West Fife.
Conoisseurs of Fife by-elections have had a vintage year, with these being the fifth and sixth polls of 2015. Dunfermline North does pretty much what it says on the tin, being the northern third of Dunfermline plus a small rural hinterland. Rosyth ward covers the whole of that town plus the village of North Queensferry at the northern end of the Forth Bridges - currently two, with a replacement road bridge now under construction. Rosyth is of course a naval town - the Navy moved out in 1994 but there is still some shipbulding here together with regular freight-only ferries to Zeebrugge in Belgium.
The two wards have fairly similar electoral histories: they both elected one councillor each from Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP in 2007, with Labour gaining the Lib Dem seats in 2012 which was the most recent election here. In 2012 Labour had 48% in Dunfermline North to 32% for the SNP and 14% for the Lib Dems, while in Rosyth Labour beat the SNP 48-36. The surge for the SNP since last year's referendum suggests that both these seats are well within their grasp.
Defending for the SNP in Dunfermline North is Ian Ferguson, a hypnotherapist. The Labour candidate is Joe Long, an exec member of the Scottish Fabians. On the Lib Dem side, their 2012 candidate James Calder tries again. Also on the ballot are the Tories' James Reekie, the Greens' Lewis Campbell and UKIP's Chloanne Dodds.
The defending SNP candidate in Rosyth is Sharon Wilson, a publisher and treasurer of the local community council. She is opposed in the red corner by Labour's Vikki Fairweather, a working mum and occasional boxer. Also standing are Matthew Hall for the Lib Dems, David Ross of the Tories, UKIP's Colin Mitchelson, Cairinne Macdonald of the Green Party and independent candidate Alastair MacIntyre.
Dunfermline North
Parliamentary constituency: Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish Parliament constituency: Dunfermline
ONS Travel to Work Area: Dunfermline
May 2012 result Lab 1841 (2 seats) SNP 1204 (1 seat) LD 518 C 253
May 2007 result Lab 1526 (1 seat) LD 1451 (1 seat) SNP 1236 (1 seat) Local Health Concern 690 C 313 Ind 59
Rosyth
Parliamentary constituency: Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish Parliament constituency: Cowdenbeath
ONS Travel to Work Area: Dunfermline
May 2012 result Lab 1843 (2 seats) SNP 1382 (1 seat) LD 275 C 223 UKIP 101 Ind 41
May 2007 result Lab 2035 (1 seat) SNP 1672 (1 seat) LD 1081 (1 seat) C 415
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 21:03:39 GMT
Re Salisbury. Greg has been active in the local party for years. I really hope Helena comes back into local politics. Smart smart cookie.
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Post by AdminSTB on Nov 26, 2015 22:33:47 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 26, 2015 22:53:55 GMT
Interesting news from Rochford
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Post by maxque on Nov 26, 2015 23:00:59 GMT
Interesting news from Rochford Well, they won there in 2014, after all. |
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Post by president1 on Nov 26, 2015 23:02:29 GMT
Rochford is now being quoted as a Labour gain by Britain Elects...
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