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Post by hedgehog on Dec 16, 2016 11:40:41 GMT
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Dec 16, 2016 12:00:56 GMT
Welshpool Castle (Town Council)
Labour 100
Independent 56
Lib Dem 30
Independent 13
(Neighbouring ward to yesterday's County Council seat, but caused by the death of the same independent.)
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 16, 2016 12:42:41 GMT
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Post by hedgehog on Dec 16, 2016 13:09:57 GMT
Hold I believe the council makeup to be Green 11 Labour 5 Conservative 1 Independent 1 |
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Post by marksenior on Dec 16, 2016 16:43:13 GMT
Kidlington P C Exeter ward LD hold
LD 195 Con 109 Lab 41
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Post by hebdo on Dec 19, 2016 23:50:09 GMT
the town councillor elected at the Welshpool by-election is the first labour candidate to win an election in Montgomeryshire for over 30 years
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 20, 2016 10:36:38 GMT
Labour certainly got a few councillors elected at the final Montgomeryshire DC elections in 1991, pretty sure they won something in that area in 1995 (and possibly 1999) too.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Dec 20, 2016 10:40:43 GMT
Labour certainly got a few councillors elected at the final Montgomeryshire DC elections in 1991, pretty sure they won something in that area in 1995 (and possibly 1999) too. They had a total of 5 candidates in 1991 - 4 of them were elected And yeah - Welshpool Gungrog still returned a Labour councillor in 1999 |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Dec 20, 2016 17:41:34 GMT
Welshpool Castle (Town Council) Labour 100 Independent 56 Lib Dem 30 Independent 13 (Neighbouring ward to yesterday's County Council seat, but caused by the death of the same independent.) Corbyn. Winning here!  |
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 20, 2016 18:12:07 GMT
In this case at least, he is  |
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Post by Old Fashioned Leftie on Dec 20, 2016 19:50:38 GMT
Alongside the Eastleigh BC election in Hedge End on 22nd December, there is also a Town Council election.
Hedge End (Wildern)
Ben Burcombe-Filer (Con)
Keith Day (Labour)
Cliff Morris (Lib Dem)
2015 Result: Lib Dem 693,585,521 Con 656 Lab 296 Ind 286 - 2 Lib Dem 1 Con elected.
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Post by casualobserver on Dec 21, 2016 9:18:21 GMT
Alongside the Eastleigh BC election in Hedge End on 22nd December, there is also a Town Council election. Hedge End (Wildern) Ben Burcombe-Filer (Con) Keith Day (Labour) Cliff Morris (Lib Dem) 2015 Result: Lib Dem 693,585,521 Con 656 Lab 296 Ind 286 - 2 Lib Dem 1 Con elected. I had to do a quick double-check to ensure that the above post hadn't been contributed by JohnLoony, as I initially read that post as showing the the LibDems got almost 694 million votes! |
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Post by philipchandler on Dec 21, 2016 14:03:27 GMT
Alongside the Eastleigh BC election in Hedge End on 22nd December, there is also a Town Council election. Hedge End (Wildern) Ben Burcombe-Filer (Con) Keith Day (Labour) Cliff Morris (Lib Dem) 2015 Result: Lib Dem 693,585,521 Con 656 Lab 296 Ind 286 - 2 Lib Dem 1 Con elected. I had to do a quick double-check to ensure that the above post hadn't been contributed by JohnLoony, as I initially read that post as showing the the LibDems got almost 694 million votes! Isn't it typical - you get ten times the population of the entire country to vote for you, and still win just two of the three seats. |
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Post by listener on Dec 22, 2016 12:07:44 GMT
For those of you who cannot wait until 12 January to get back into the by-election swing, there are two town council by-elections in Bradford on 5 January.
Bingley (Crossflatts and Micklethwaite) - resignation of Thomas Cheney (Con) - Candidates: Lab, Green Party, UKIP, Independent, Con
Bingley (Crossflatts and Micklethwaite) - 5 May 2016 - Con 269 (elected), Lab 259/158 (1 elected), Independent 182, UKIP 135
Bingley Town Council current make-up: Independent 5, Lab 4, Con 3, Community Candidates 2, No Description 1, Vacant 1
Ilkley (South) - resignation of Claire Darling (Green Party) - Candidates: Lib Dem, Lab
Ilkley (South) - 7 May 2015 - Con 875 (elected), Lab 668 (elected), Green Party 625 (elected), No Description 279
Ilkley Town Council current make-up: Con 11 , Lab 2, Vacant 1
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Post by listener on Dec 22, 2016 13:48:20 GMT
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Post by tonygreaves on Dec 22, 2016 15:01:56 GMT
I forecast that the Greens will lose their seat in Ilkley.
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Post by Old Fashioned Leftie on Dec 22, 2016 23:41:57 GMT
Hedge End Town Council(Wildern)- LD Hold
LD 380
Con 161
Lab 80
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Post by lancastrian on Dec 23, 2016 0:05:52 GMT
I forecast that the Greens will lose their seat in Ilkley. That there exists a seat in Ilkley held by a Green and to be contested between the Lib Dems and Labour shows how seriously town councils are taken. (I assume Ilkley has no more power than your average parish council ?) |
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 28, 2016 10:57:28 GMT
They don't *have* to be, and in some cases aren't.
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Post by casualobserver on Dec 28, 2016 13:52:43 GMT
Faversham Town Council - Abbey Ward 19th January 2017This is already proving to be a really interesting fight. There's loads of personal and political history here, with scores to settle and personal points to prove. This should end up being a three-cornered fight between Labour, the Conservatives and UKIP, with Labour most likely to come out on top with a gain from the Conservatives here. The Independent, Green and LibDem are just bit-players in this contest, although the Independent (James Copland) is one of only two out of the six candidates who actually live in Abbey Ward - the other being the Conservative, Andy Culham. Results in this ward in recent elections (Town and District wards are co-terminous): Town 2015: Ind: 643/487/465/409 Lab: 700/618/613/610 (top Labour candidate was Trevor Payne who is standing in the current by-election) Con: 873/854/849/711Grn: 480/449 District 2015: Ind: 448/305 Lab: 659/513 (659 was Trevor Payne) Con: 839/799Grn: 389/331 Town 2011: Lab: 742/683/665/663 (Trevor Payne elected as Town Councillor) Con: 829/783/752/638 District 2011: Lab: 626/536 (626 was Trevor Payne) Con: 759/682Grn: 322 LDem:191/154 For decades this ward has seen a tight fight between Labour and the Conservatives, but almost always since the late nineties the Conservatives have just won. This has partly been because the Conservatives' organisation in Abbey Ward is very good and their Councillors there are really involved with the local community throughout the year, and they work the ward really hard both at election time and between elections. Up till the turn of the century, Labour usually (but not always) marginally edged the Conservatives out in contests here. Trevor Payne's been fighting this Ward (and the County Division that contains it) since the 2000 elections. He runs the local Footpaths Society and the local rifle and pistol club. He has an established personal vote, over and above Labour's significant base vote in this ward. Until last year's elections Trevor was a very active Town Councillor for the Ward and his failure (by just 11 votes) to secure re-election last year was very much a surprise and entirely down to the increased turnout as a result of the General Election being held on the same day. The Conservative candidate, Andy Culham, has quite a bit going for him in this contest. He's got the best organisation behind him, the greatest number of helpers, the fact that he's the only significant candidate who lives in the ward [Trevor Payne lives in next-door Priory Ward], his recent experience and high profile as a former Town Councillor (in Davington Priory Ward, as it was then called) and the inbuilt (although slight) natural Conservative majority in Abbey. Add to that the Conservative strength in the national opinion polls and the scores of new members who've taken the initiative to join the Party since David Cameron resigned, and you'd expect this to be one of the easier contests in this ward's recent history for the Conservatives. Matters are complicated by UKIP, however. To the best of my knowledge UKIP has never fought this ward at Town or District level. Their candidate, Trevor Fentiman, lives in Watling Ward and last year unsuccessfully contested Teynham & Lynsted Ward (some way outside the Town) in the District Council elections, having previously represented Teynham & Lynsted as a Conservative. None of these facts bode well for UKIP in this by-election. But before Trevor Fentiman was "forced" out to Teynham & Lynsted, he was probably the best respected and most well-known Town and District Councillor in Faversham, where he represented the Conservative Party for some time, rising to become a very popular Mayor of the Town. Trevor Fentiman is a larger than life character who gets on well with (nearly!) everybody and who'll get a substantial personal vote in this by-election, even though he's never lived in or represented this ward. When you add to that the efforts being expended by UKIP on his behalf (especially the help from the next-door Sittingbourne & Sheppey Constituency) it's not surprising that he's seen as a very serious contender. Taking all of this together, and despite the national opinion polls, this has all the ingredients needed for one of those rare Labour gains from the Conservatives in this ward, harking back to their (at least partial) victories here in 2011, 2002, 1998 and before. But it will be an increasingly hard fought battle in the next three weeks!! Current state of play on Faversham Town Council: Con 11; Ind 2; V 1.
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