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Post by greenchristian on Jan 18, 2016 16:29:31 GMT
There will be four on this date.
East Cambridgeshire DC, Bottisham - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
North West Leicestershire DC, Measham South - Labour resigned - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP
Northumberland UA, Hexham West - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, Ind, No Description (former Liberal Democrat Councillor for Hexham West)
Shropshire UA, Oswestry South - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green
Oswestry South is a rare case of a council by-election in a ward where the Greens are competitive.
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Post by thirdchill on Jan 21, 2016 15:09:44 GMT
Northumberland UA, Hexham West - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, Ind, No Description (former Liberal Democrat Councillor for Hexham West) Did the LD's mess up their nomination papers here? If so, that is not good in a ward where they won it in 2009, lost it in 2013 and where they should be aiming to gain it from the conservatives. |
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Post by iain on Jan 21, 2016 15:24:29 GMT
Northumberland UA, Hexham West - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, Ind, No Description (former Liberal Democrat Councillor for Hexham West) Did the LD's mess up their nomination papers here? If so, that is not good in a ward where they won it in 2009, lost it in 2013 and where they should be aiming to gain it from the conservatives. The former councillor is standing as no description. |
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Post by thirdchill on Jan 21, 2016 15:28:58 GMT
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Post by Rural Radical on Jan 21, 2016 19:25:39 GMT
There will be four on this date. East Cambridgeshire DC, Bottisham - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP North West Leicestershire DC, Measham South - Labour resigned - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP Northumberland UA, Hexham West - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, Ind, No Description (former Liberal Democrat Councillor for Hexham West) Shropshire UA, Oswestry South - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green Oswestry South is a rare case of a council by-election in a ward where the Greens are competitive. They are, but mainly because there was no Labour or Lib Dem last time |
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Post by greenchristian on Jan 21, 2016 19:48:56 GMT
There will be four on this date. East Cambridgeshire DC, Bottisham - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP North West Leicestershire DC, Measham South - Labour resigned - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP Northumberland UA, Hexham West - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, Ind, No Description (former Liberal Democrat Councillor for Hexham West) Shropshire UA, Oswestry South - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green Oswestry South is a rare case of a council by-election in a ward where the Greens are competitive. They are, but mainly because there was no Labour or Lib Dem last time There was a Lib Dem last time, and both Labour and Lib Dem the time before. We came second in both elections. Figures here: | Party | 2009 | 2013
| | Conservative | 660
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| | Green | 218
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| | Labour | 79
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Incidentally, in 2009 we only stood a paper candidate. In 2013, we ran a decent campaign, albeit with a candidate who was new to the area. This time round, our candidate is an established town councillor. There's no guarantee that we'll take the seat, but I don't think you can reasonably say that our competitiveness here is mainly due to a previous lack of candidates from other parties. |
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Post by Rural Radical on Jan 21, 2016 22:49:51 GMT
They are, but mainly because there was no Labour or Lib Dem last time There was a Lib Dem last time, and both Labour and Lib Dem the time before. We came second in both elections. Figures here: | Party | 2009 | 2013
| | Conservative | 660
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Incidentally, in 2009 we only stood a paper candidate. In 2013, we ran a decent campaign, albeit with a candidate who was new to the area. This time round, our candidate is an established town councillor. There's no guarantee that we'll take the seat, but I don't think you can reasonably say that our competitiveness here is mainly due to a previous lack of candidates from other parties. You make a good point, though a lot of your votes would have been from people who would've voted Labour |
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Post by mrhell on Jan 29, 2016 14:10:17 GMT
Of note there's a Town Council by-election after a Tory resigned in Hexham. The interesting thing is that the Lib Dem candidate is Peter Arnold the former leader of Newcastle Council (2004-2006).
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Post by La Fontaine on Jan 31, 2016 21:49:33 GMT
Of note there's a Town Council by-election after a Tory resigned in Hexham. The interesting thing is that the Lib Dem candidate is Peter Arnold the former leader of Newcastle Council (2004-2006). The Lib Dems went belly up in the Hexham constituency at the county elections. Never found out why. |
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Post by maxque on Feb 1, 2016 13:42:18 GMT
Bottisham - East Cambridgeshire DC - Vince Campbell (Conservative) resigned due to ill health.
2015: Con 1100/1002, LD 678/634, Lab 347/339
2011: LD 644/588, Con 626/607, Lab 279
2007: LD 769/731, Con 570/501, Lab 111
2003: Con 583, LD 561/454, Lab 176
Steven Aronson (Liberal Democrat)
Daniel Divine (Uk Independence Party (Ukip))
Steven O’Dell (Labour Party)
Alan Sharp (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Measham South - North West Leicestershire DC - Tom Neilson (Labour) resigned after being arrested for suspicion of drug dealing. He was the leader of the Labour group until October.
2015: Lab 654, Con 533
Annette Bridges (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Martin Green (UK Independence Party)
Sean Sheahan (Labour Party)
Hexham West - Northumberland UA - Colin Cessford (Conservative) resigned for family reasons.
2013: Con 848, LD 540, Lab 261, UKIP 105
Tom Gillanders (Conservative Party Candidate)
Derek Kennedy
Anne Pickering (Independent)
Nuala Rose (Labour Party)
Lee Williscroft-Ferris (Green Party)
Oswestry South - Shropshire UA - Keith Barrow (Conservative), the Council Leader since 2009, resigned after a complaint was received by the council about him not declaring his relationship with the director of the audit firm of the authority’s private company.
2013: Con 488, Grn 337, UKIP 175, LD 62
2009: Con 660, Grn 218, LD 201, Lab 79
Carl Hopley (Labour Party Candidate)
Duncan Kerr (Green Party Candidate)
Christopher Schofield (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Amanda Woof (Liberal Democrats)
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 1, 2016 14:01:45 GMT
The NW Leicestershire ward looks vulnerable but the Labour candidate is high status. Sean Sheahan is the county councillor for the area, a district councillor in Ashby-de-la-Zouch 1991-2007 and for the old Measham ward from 2011 until May last year when he was narrowly beaten in Measham North. |
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Post by AdminSTB on Feb 4, 2016 12:08:51 GMT
Andrew Teale's previews: blog.englishelections.org.uk/2016/02/by-election-previews-4-february-2016.htmlSorry these have been going up late lately. I'm still working full time, but also nearing the end of my contract so more and more of my free time is going on job hunting (not to mention finishing all the library books I have out from my current library), hence I've been spending less and less time on my websites. On the plus side, I'm probably going to end up going into a part time job or maybe even be fully self employed for a while, so coverage should catch up fairly soon... |
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Post by greenhert on Feb 4, 2016 22:49:56 GMT
Labour hold Measham South-full result to be released soon:
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Post by timmullen1 on Feb 4, 2016 22:50:12 GMT
No figures as yet but Britain Elects Tweeting Labour Hold Measham South.
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Post by marksenior on Feb 4, 2016 22:59:07 GMT
Measham South Lab 257 Con 202 UKIP 141
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Post by marksenior on Feb 4, 2016 23:07:25 GMT
Bottisham turnout 31.2%
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Post by maxque on Feb 4, 2016 23:11:27 GMT
Measham South
Lab 42.8% (-12.3)
Con 33.7% (-11.2)
UKIP 23.5% (+23.5)
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 4, 2016 23:34:47 GMT
EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE Bottisham
Alan Sharp (The Conservative Party Candidate) 421
Steven Aronson (Liberal Democrat) 403
Steven O’Dell (Labour Party) 99
Daniel Divine (Uk Independence Party (Ukip)) 43
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Post by maxque on Feb 4, 2016 23:45:49 GMT
Bottisham
Con 421 (43.6%; -8.2)
LD 403 (41.7%; +9.8)
Lab 99 (10.2%; -6.1)
UKIP 43 (4.5%; +4.5)
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Post by timmullen1 on Feb 5, 2016 0:17:16 GMT
Green GAIN in Oswestry and Independent GAIN in Hexham.
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