Khunanup
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Post by Khunanup on Oct 12, 2022 11:37:02 GMT
I attended my new community council last night. Officious, entitled and ineffective The main issues are nimbyism and objecting to people under 18. A comedy moment was when the SNP councilor looked down vigorously at her laptop while the natives complained about free travel for young people allowing kids from other villages to come to their village and sit on the benches. I won't be back but I am getting a litter picker from them Would I be right in thinking that the community council is either majority or entirely non-party? |
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Post by maxque on Oct 12, 2022 15:34:00 GMT
Can't anyone make a new start any more? Don't we believe in rehabilitation? Of course we do, and more so than the USA in legal terms at least. Local newspapers are getting desperate for news coverage. And for journalists, so they just work from party press releases. |
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Oct 12, 2022 19:22:44 GMT
Can't anyone make a new start any more? Don't we believe in rehabilitation? Of course we do, and more so than the USA in legal terms at least. Local newspapers are getting desperate for news coverage clicks. |
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Post by listener on Oct 13, 2022 22:39:22 GMT
Community councils in Scotland are consultative only, with no power to raise council tax or to provide local services.
This contrasts with parish councils in England and community councils in Wales, which do raise council tax and provide a limited range of local services, such as allotments, playgrounds, sports facilities and burial grounds. They also have a consultative role in terms of planning applications and other initiatives of the local councils.
Consequently there is much less interest in community councils in Scotland. By and large they are elected uncontested - and a significant proportion of councils cannot be established because of insufficient candidates and therefore remain in abeyance. The local authority usually provides a small grant to each active community council to cover their administrative costs. I am not aware of any party candidates contesting Scottish community councils, but one or two may have slipped through.
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carolus
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Post by carolus on Oct 13, 2022 22:47:52 GMT
I am not aware of any party candidates contesting Scottish community councils, but one or two may have slipped through. None of the SOPNs I've seen, even for contested elections, have even had spaces for descriptions - I assumed (albeit without trying to confimr) that this was universal and meant whatever legislation governs them forbade descriptions entirely. |
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Post by carolus on Oct 14, 2022 12:49:13 GMT
I regret to report:
Basildon, Noak Bridge. British Democrats 248*, Ind 80
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Post by yellowperil on Oct 14, 2022 13:03:20 GMT
I did sit on one however which had constituencies and elections. Then co-opted the losing candidates. One had the office bearers at a top table and everyone else in rows of seats, members of public or "community councilors" and anyone could speak if they raised their hand. Others have the "councilors" sitting around a boardroom table and "the public" sitting in viewing seats, not permitted to speak. I have known parish councils in England behave in each of those ways. |
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carolus
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Post by carolus on Oct 18, 2022 21:22:42 GMT
20 October:Buckinghamshire, Beaconsfield, Central. Con, LD. Buckinghamshire, Beaconsfield, West. Con, LD. Carmarthenshire, Ammanford, Iscennen. Lab, PC. Swansea, Mumbles, Mayals. Con, LD. Wiltshire, Royal Wootton Bassett, North. LD* Folkestone & Hythe, Lydd. []* Folkestone & Hythe, New Romney, Coast. Ind* Neath Port Talbot, Blaenhonddan, Brynoch South. []* Wiltshire, Hullavington. []*
27 October:North Northamptonshire, Rushden, Spencer South. Con, Lab, LD Babergh, East Bergholt. []* Broxtowe, Stapleford, South. Ind* Broxtowe, Stapleford, North West. Ind* Charnwood, Birstall, Goscote. Ind* Cornwall, Maker with Rame. []* South Cambridgeshire, Waterbeach (2). 2x []*
1 November:South Somerset, Martock. []* 2 November:Swindon, Wanborough. 2x [] 3 November:Wiltshire, Salisbury, St Paul's. Con, Lab, LD North Devon, South Molton. LD* Buckinghamshire, Watermead. Ind* Cotswold, Chipping Campden. []* Forest of Dean, Lydney, East (2). Ind* West Suffolk, Stansfield. Your village your concerns honestly represented* West Suffolk, Worlington (2). 2x []* North Somerset, Long Ashton. ? Rutland, Wing.? These last two very likely uncontested, they are longstanding vacancies.
10 November: Cheshire East, Middlewich, Cledford. 2x Ind Cotswold, Kemble & Ewen. 2x []
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cogload
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Post by cogload on Oct 20, 2022 22:34:28 GMT
Beaconsfield West is apparently a LD win
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peterl
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Post by peterl on Oct 20, 2022 22:38:01 GMT
Beaconsfield West is apparently a LD win Looking at last year's results, this is a gain from the Tories. Melody Colette Brown was the outgoing councillor. |
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cogload
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Post by cogload on Oct 20, 2022 22:49:07 GMT
And:
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peterl
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Post by peterl on Oct 20, 2022 22:51:07 GMT
Beaconsfield West is apparently a LD win Looking at last year's results, this is a gain from the Tories. Melody Colette Brown was the outgoing councillor. To expand on this slightly, the overall result for Beaconsfield Town Council last year was Con 13, Lib Dem 1, Ind 1, Ind Save Our Green Belt Campaigner 1. The Central Ward contest is also a Conservative defence and was unopposed last year. |
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peterl
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Post by peterl on Oct 20, 2022 22:53:23 GMT
Well they could give us the numbers! So the new composition of the council is Con 11 (-2), Lib Dem 3 (+2), Ind 1, Ind Save Our Green Belt Campaigner 1. Positive news for locals, a little opposition is always a good thing. |
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cogload
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Post by cogload on Oct 21, 2022 8:00:35 GMT
Well they could give us the numbers! So the new composition of the council is Con 11 (-2), Lib Dem 3 (+2), Ind 1, Ind Save Our Green Belt Campaigner 1. Positive news for locals, a little opposition is always a good thing. |
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Post by froome on Oct 21, 2022 9:12:12 GMT
Are those Beaconsfield results worth 6 exclamation marks each?  |
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ColinJ
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Post by ColinJ on Oct 21, 2022 9:40:06 GMT
Are those Beaconsfield results worth 6 exclamation marks each? Absolutely. Beaconsfield Central today ..... tomorrow, the World!!!!!! |
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Post by carolus on Oct 21, 2022 10:21:18 GMT
Carmarthenshire, Ammanford, Iscennen. PC 123, Lab 83
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Post by middleenglander on Oct 21, 2022 10:23:37 GMT
Ammanford: Iscennen - Carmarthenshire
123 Plaid Cymru
83 Labour
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour.
May result was 2 Plaid Cymru, 2 Labour elected
Plaid Cymru had 4 candidates, Labour 2.
Labour polled 252 / 246 against Plaid Cymru 249 / 178 / 157 / 136
The new Plaid Cymru councillor contested the Pantyffynnon ward in May---------
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Post by middleenglander on Oct 21, 2022 12:32:28 GMT
Mumbles: Mayals - Swansea
312 Labour
216 Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative.
May result was 2 Conservative, 1 Labour elected
Conservatives had 3 candidates, Labour 1.
Labour polled 598 against Conservatives 521 / 423 / 395
The new Labour councillor contested the Newton ward in May
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Post by carolus on Oct 22, 2022 8:19:05 GMT
There were also two parish byelections in Broadland on Thursday:
Broadland, Sprowston, North East. Lab 248, Con 133, LD 26
Broadland, Thorpe St Andrews, North West. Lab 860, Con 581, LD 196
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