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Post by peterl on Jan 16, 2020 13:39:00 GMT
Not a party contested one I admit, but (after prompting Dorset Council to put up the well overdue info) Chideock Parish Council next week (Jan 23rd) will be contested. There are two candidates both with no descriptions: Peter Trevor Hunt and Tony Peacock. One interesting feature is that Mr. Hunt lives in Bath and North East Somerset, which has to be well over 50 miles away at its nearest boundary. Mr. Peacock lives within the parish.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jan 16, 2020 13:54:28 GMT
Not a party contested one I admit, but (after prompting Dorset Council to put up the well overdue info) Chideock Parish Council next week (Jan 23rd) will be contested. There are two candidates both with no descriptions: Peter Trevor Hunt and Tony Peacock. One interesting feature is that Mr. Hunt lives in Bath and North East Somerset, which has to be well over 50 miles away at its nearest boundary. Mr. Peacock lives within the parish. Well full marks for trying to find an interesting feature anyway..
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Post by peterl on Jan 16, 2020 15:51:29 GMT
Its interesting at least from a psychological angle. What makes a man decide to stand for election to a parish council, an unpaid position with little power or prestige, at least 50 miles from where he lives?
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Post by greenchristian on Jan 16, 2020 17:58:00 GMT
Its interesting at least from a psychological angle. What makes a man decide to stand for election to a parish council, an unpaid position with little power or prestige, at least 50 miles from where he lives? It also raises the question of what criteria he's eligible to stand on. He doesn't live within 3 miles of the parish. He clearly isn't registered to vote there. 50 miles seems an awfully long commute between two places that aren't on the same major transport route if it's his main or sole place of work, and I've never seen anybody actually use the own/rent property qualification.
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Post by peterl on Jan 16, 2020 18:03:43 GMT
I suppose its possible he owns a holiday home in the area. Whatever his qualification, I can't see him beating a local unless there are unusual factors at play.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 16, 2020 23:02:54 GMT
March TC, Eastwood ward is a Conservative hold.
Fenland DC initially announced that the Conservatory candidate had won.
Clinton ELKIN (The Conservative Party Candidate) 140 Andrew William Nicholas CRAWFORD (The Green Party) 34
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Post by BossMan on Jan 16, 2020 23:09:27 GMT
March TC, Eastwood ward is a Conservative hold. Fenland DC initially announced that the Conservatory candidate had won. Clinton ELKIN (The Conservative Party Candidate) 140 Andrew William Nicholas CRAWFORD (The Green Party) 34 We can create forum polls with more voters than that.
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Post by bjornhattan on Jan 16, 2020 23:29:17 GMT
March TC, Eastwood ward is a Conservative hold. Fenland DC initially announced that the Conservatory candidate had won. Clinton ELKIN (The Conservative Party Candidate) 140 Andrew William Nicholas CRAWFORD (The Green Party) 34 I thought I read that initial announcement, but my eyes glazed over.
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Post by Tony Otim on Jan 16, 2020 23:42:29 GMT
March TC, Eastwood ward is a Conservative hold. Fenland DC initially announced that the Conservatory candidate had won. Clinton ELKIN (The Conservative Party Candidate) 140 Andrew William Nicholas CRAWFORD (The Green Party) 34 We can create forum polls with more voters than that. It is an increase in turnout from May when there were concurrent elections for the district council...
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Post by middleenglander on Jan 16, 2020 23:57:42 GMT
March, Eastwood - Conservative hold Party | 2020 votes | 2019 votes | 2020 share | 2019 share | Difference | Conservative | 140 | 88 | 80.5% | 65.7% | +14.8% | Green | 34 | 46 | 19.5% | 34.3% | -14.8% | Total | 174 | 134 |
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Post by casualobserver on Jan 17, 2020 12:34:51 GMT
We can create forum polls with more voters than that. It is an increase in turnout from May when there were concurrent elections for the district council... And it was a surprisingly big increase in March Eastwood ward. Turnout last May was 26%. Yesterday it was 39%.
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Post by peterl on Jan 17, 2020 15:04:16 GMT
Good barchart material. Only the Greens can stop the Tories in Eastwood. Lib Dems can't win here!
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Post by Tony Otim on Jan 17, 2020 16:18:14 GMT
It is an increase in turnout from May when there were concurrent elections for the district council... And it was a surprisingly big increase in March Eastwood ward. Turnout last May was 26%. Yesterday it was 39%. Maybe last May was the anomaly with voters deciding to sit on their areas due to the general disenchantment....
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Post by peterl on Jan 20, 2020 18:54:12 GMT
The referendum on the Bridport Area Neighbourhood Plan, which encompasses Bridport itself, Bradpole (my parish), Allington, Bothenhampton and Walditch and Symondsbury, will take place on Thursday February 27th. A fairly notable plan, covering as it does a fairly large area, and rather strong on both environmental and heritage issues.
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Post by peterl on Jan 22, 2020 16:10:51 GMT
Lyme Regis Town Council will have a by election on February 13th Unopposed. The elected councillor, Cheryl Reynolds, was the same councillor who resigned just after the elections last May.
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Post by edgbaston on Jan 23, 2020 0:40:46 GMT
I have been receiving targeted Facebook ads from the green party *for a town council by election* - a place called Newent and a candidate called Clare Stone (a suitably green name). Overkill?
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Post by froome on Jan 23, 2020 9:45:01 GMT
I have been receiving targeted Facebook ads from the green party *for a town council by election* - a place called Newent and a candidate called Clare Stone (a suitably green name). Overkill? Newent is in Gloucestershire, within the Forest of Dean district. A quick web search shows that there is a by-election in Central ward, with 3 candidates standing. Clare Stone is described as Independent, neither of the other two have any description. I have no idea if she is a Green member, but we do have active members there so she may well be, and surprisingly she is the only one of the three candidates who actually live in Newent (the others live in Upleadon and Westbury-on-Severn).
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Post by peterl on Jan 24, 2020 10:10:19 GMT
Not a party contested one I admit, but (after prompting Dorset Council to put up the well overdue info) Chideock Parish Council next week (Jan 23rd) will be contested. There are two candidates both with no descriptions: Peter Trevor Hunt and Tony Peacock. One interesting feature is that Mr. Hunt lives in Bath and North East Somerset, which has to be well over 50 miles away at its nearest boundary. Mr. Peacock lives within the parish. Tony Peacock elected with 93 votes, Peter Hunt 84. Suprised it was that close tbh.
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Post by middleenglander on Jan 24, 2020 11:43:28 GMT
I have been receiving targeted Facebook ads from the green party *for a town council by election* - a place called Newent and a candidate called Clare Stone (a suitably green name). Overkill? Newent is in Gloucestershire, within the Forest of Dean district. A quick web search shows that there is a by-election in Central ward, with 3 candidates standing. Clare Stone is described as Independent, neither of the other two have any description. I have no idea if she is a Green member, but we do have active members there so she may well be, and surprisingly she is the only one of the three candidates who actually live in Newent (the others live in Upleadon and Westbury-on-Severn). Newent Central result: Julia Gooch (No Description) - 360 (elected) Clare Stone (Independent) - 194 Edward Wood (No Description) - 123
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Post by MeirionGwril on Jan 24, 2020 12:01:32 GMT
Pontyberem Community Council
won by Plaid Cymru's Martin Davies 276 Lianne Snowden (Ind) 88 PC gain from Independent
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