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Post by listener on Oct 24, 2022 22:53:26 GMT
Both town council by-elections in Broadland were also caused by the death of the district councillor, Nigel Shaw (Con), and are Labour gains.
The North West ward of Thorpe St. Andrew has consistently returned 8 Conservative councillors. The North East ward of Sprowston did not return a Conservative, until Nigel Shaw won his seat in 2015.
Thorpe St. Andrew Town Council – North West ward (8 seats)
3 May 2007 – Con 1413/1344/1341/1326/1291/1275/1268/1253 (all elected), Lab 766/739/665/651/646
5 May 2011 – Con 1414/1297/1287/1236/1198/1194/1173/1166 (all elected), Lab 974/942/940/897/827, UKIP 387/361, Lib Dem 384
7 May 2015 – Con 1810/1667/1646/1615/1605/1460/1450/1443 (all elected), Lab 1191/1159/1086/1076/1045/1016/1013, UKIP 864, Lib Dem 582/489/393/384/369
2 May 2019 – Con 1224/1104/1100/1076/1019/1015/1001/1001 (all elected), Lab 831/769/764/749/679
Council elected on 2 May 2019 – Con 16
The Conservatives held the town council by-election on 21 October 2021 in North West ward.
Council composition today – Con 15, Lab 1
Sprowston Town Council – North East ward
3 May 2007 (1 seat) – Lib Dem 179, Lab 43
5 May 2011 (1 seat) – UKIP 131, Lab 127
7 May 2015 (1 seat) – Con 238, Lab 111, Lib Dem 97, UKIP 97
2 May 2019 (2 seats) – Con 202/197, Lab 168
Council elected on 2 May 2019 – Con 9, Lab 5, Lib Dem 1
The Conservatives held the two town council by-elections on 21 October 2021 in South East and West wards.
Council composition today – Con 8, Lab 6, Lib Dem 1
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Post by tonyhill on Oct 25, 2022 5:30:42 GMT
How many Town/Parish councils are you allowed to serve on simultaneously?
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Post by carolus on Oct 25, 2022 5:57:15 GMT
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 []*
10 November:Cheshire East, Middlewich, Cledford. 2x Ind Cotswold, Kemble & Ewen. 2x []
17 November: Cornwall, St Stephen's by Launceton Rural. Ind*
Babergh, Hadleigh, South (2). ? Probably uncontested.
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Post by No Offence Alan on Oct 25, 2022 8:25:22 GMT
How many Town/Parish councils are you allowed to serve on simultaneously? As many as are within 3 miles of where you live? (If that is still the rule) |
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Post by greenchristian on Oct 25, 2022 19:13:08 GMT
How many Town/Parish councils are you allowed to serve on simultaneously? As many as are within 3 miles of where you live? (If that is still the rule) I thought the distance requirement was 2 miles.
This does make me wonder where in the country you'd have to live to maximise the number of town/parish councils you're eligible to stand for.
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Post by peterl on Oct 25, 2022 19:16:28 GMT
As many as are within 3 miles of where you live? (If that is still the rule) I thought the distance requirement was 2 miles. This does make me wonder where in the country you'd have to live to maximise the number of town/parish councils you're eligible to stand for.
It is three miles, and that is calculated from the boundary of the parish as the crow flies to the nearest point. You can also stand of course if you are within the parish, or work there (sole or main job), or own/are a tenant of property there. If I wanted to, and there were vacant seats, I would be able to serve on at least 6 different parishes, although most of those are being amalgamated at the next election. Though why anyone should wish to serve on more than one, or maybe in certain special circumstances two parishes (perhaps if you live in a small parish next to a town or you live in one and work in one) I can not think. |
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Post by No Offence Alan on Oct 25, 2022 19:25:00 GMT
I thought the distance requirement was 2 miles. This does make me wonder where in the country you'd have to live to maximise the number of town/parish councils you're eligible to stand for.
It is three miles, and that is calculated from the boundary of the parish as the crow flies to the nearest point. You can also stand of course if you are within the parish, or work there (sole or main job), or own/are a tenant of property there. If I wanted to, and there were vacant seats, I would be able to serve on at least 6 different parishes, although most of those are being amalgamated at the next election. Though why anyone should wish to serve on more than one, or maybe in certain special circumstances two parishes (perhaps if you live in a small parish next to a town or you live in one and work in one) I can not think. I know of a (now deceased) district councillor who was a parish councillor on two parishes within his ward. |
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Post by peterl on Oct 25, 2022 19:27:05 GMT
It is three miles, and that is calculated from the boundary of the parish as the crow flies to the nearest point. You can also stand of course if you are within the parish, or work there (sole or main job), or own/are a tenant of property there. If I wanted to, and there were vacant seats, I would be able to serve on at least 6 different parishes, although most of those are being amalgamated at the next election. Though why anyone should wish to serve on more than one, or maybe in certain special circumstances two parishes (perhaps if you live in a small parish next to a town or you live in one and work in one) I can not think. I know of a (now deceased) district councillor who was a parish councillor on two parishes within his ward. It does make sense for principle councillors, helps to keep you in the know about what's going on in different areas and let's you communicate what you are doing for local residents. I number of colleagues in my town council days were district and/or county councillors. |
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Post by yellowperil on Oct 25, 2022 20:00:43 GMT
I know of a (now deceased) district councillor who was a parish councillor on two parishes within his ward. It does make sense for principle councillors, helps to keep you in the know about what's going on in different areas and let's you communicate what you are doing for local residents. I number of colleagues in my town council days were district and/or county councillors. When I was a district councillor in a ward including two parishes, I attended all parish council meetings but would not have wanted to use up one of their places as a parish councillor. I lived in neither parish but would easily have passed the distance rule. One of the parishes treated me as though I was indeed another parish councillor, the other barely tolerated me as a member of the public. |
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Post by andrewp on Oct 25, 2022 20:14:14 GMT
I know of a (now deceased) district councillor who was a parish councillor on two parishes within his ward. It does make sense for principle councillors, helps to keep you in the know about what's going on in different areas and let's you communicate what you are doing for local residents. I number of colleagues in my town council days were district and/or county councillors. I know of an ex district councillor in Somerset who is on all 3 parish councils in his former ward and he doesn’t live in any of them. On some of the new Unitaries like Somerset, there are a lot of parishes in some of the new wards. Good luck to the 2 unitary councillors for Dulverton and Exmoor from May 2023, who will have 23 parish councils in their ward. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Oct 25, 2022 20:48:53 GMT
As many as are within 3 miles of where you live? (If that is still the rule) I thought the distance requirement was 2 miles.
This does make me wonder where in the country you'd have to live to maximise the number of town/parish councils you're eligible to stand for.
It is 3 miles. I was looking at a map of parishes in England the other day, (found it - here) and they are noticable tiny and dense along the A1 through Yorkshire. Growing up in Sheffield, I'm used to parishes being the size of Bradfield/Ecclesfield, and Whitby. It was rather a surprise when I started being interested in boundaries across the country to realise those are very much not the norm. |
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Post by peterl on Oct 27, 2022 11:57:52 GMT
December 1st will see a by election for Sherborne Town Council West Ward. There will also be another attempt to find a candidate for Winterborne St Martin Parish Council.
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Post by listener on Oct 27, 2022 21:35:42 GMT
RUSHDEN TOWN COUNCIL
Spencer South ward – death of Sarah Peacock (Con)
Spencer ward had 5 members until 2015. The county council boundary review of Northamptonshire in 2013 split the town ward between two separate county electoral divisions and created separate town wards of Spencer North (2 members) and Spencer South (3 members).
The town council election due in 2019 (East Northamptonshire District) was postponed to 2021, concurrent with the first North Northamptonshire unitary council elections.
3 May 2007 – 4 Con unopposed and 1 vacancy for co-option
5 May 2011 – Con 1184/1175/1153/1137/1001 all elected, BNP 287
7 May 2015 – Spencer North (2 seats) – 2 Con unopposed
7 May 2015 – Spencer South (3 seats) – 3 Con unopposed
6 May 2021 - Spencer North (2 seats) – 2 Con unopposed
6 May 2021 – Spencer South (3 seats) – Con 541/501/469 elected, Lib Dem 179, Lab 168/166.
Rushden Town Council elected 21 Conservative members across 8 wards on 6 May 2021 (13 members in 5 wards elected unopposed).
On 30 June 2022, Joe Norris (Lib Dem) gained a seat in Hayden Central ward, following the death of Colin Wright (Con).
So the current make up is Con 19, Lib Dem 1, Vacant 1
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Post by listener on Oct 27, 2022 21:42:35 GMT
Someone has asked me why I only have records going back to 2007.
Although councils began to develop websites around 2000, the content was sporadic. The Government provided grant funding to all councils in 2003-2005 for website development , to ensure that all councils maintained websites to a consistent standard. The first near comprehensive posting of election notices and election results was in the London Borough elections 2006.
Prior to that, we were dependent on paper records from the councils, local newspapers and the annual mail out by Rallings and Thrasher to gather in all the first and second tier election results.
In the early days, councils needed quite a lot of prompting to provide full information across all parishes. Now it is virtually automatic.
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Post by carolus on Oct 28, 2022 14:35:50 GMT
North Northamptonshire, Rushden, Spencer South. Con 255, LD 210, Lab 131.
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Post by carolus on Oct 31, 2022 19:21:24 GMT
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 []* 10 November:Cheshire East, Middlewich, Cledford. 2x Ind Cotswold, Kemble & Ewen. 2x []
17 November:Cornwall, St Stephen's by Launceton Rural. Ind* Babergh, Hadleigh, South (2). ? Probably uncontested.
24 November: Carmarthenshire, Llanedi, Tycroes. Gwlad, Ind East Lindsey, Mablethorpe & Sutton, Sutton on Sea South. Con, Ind, [] Flintshire, Mold, West. Lab, Ind Forest of Dean, Lydney, East. TUSC, Ind Swansea, Gorseinon, Penyrheol. Gwlad, Lab, PC Warrington, Burtonwood & Westbrook, Burtonwood. Lab, Ind
Buckinghamshire, Watermead. []* Eastleigh, Bishopstoke, Whalesmead. LD* North East Derbyshire, Eckington South. Lab*
West Berkshire, Burghfield. ? West Berkshire, Lambourn, Lambourn. ?
Last two probably uncontested, longstanding.
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Post by froome on Oct 31, 2022 19:31:28 GMT
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 []* 10 November:Cheshire East, Middlewich, Cledford. 2x Ind Cotswold, Kemble & Ewen. 2x []
17 November:Cornwall, St Stephen's by Launceton Rural. Ind* Babergh, Hadleigh, South (2). ? Probably uncontested. 24 November: Carmarthenshire, Llanedi, Tycroes. Gwlad, Ind East Lindsey, Mablethorpe & Sutton, Sutton on Sea South. Con, Ind, [] Flintshire, Mold, West. Lab, Ind Forest of Dean, Lydney, East. TUSC, Ind Swansea, Gorseinon, Penyrheol. Gwlad, Lab, PC Warrington, Burtonwood & Westbrook, Burtonwood. Lab, Ind Buckinghamshire, Watermead. []* Eastleigh, Bishopstoke, Whalesmead. LD* North East Derbyshire, Eckington South. Lab* West Berkshire, Burghfield. ? West Berkshire, Lambourn, Lambourn. ? Last two probably uncontested, longstanding.
Lydney East having 2 separate by-elections in November? And the second one TUSC v Independent should be fun. |
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Post by carolus on Oct 31, 2022 19:40:48 GMT
Lydney East having 2 separate by-elections in November? And the second one TUSC v Independent should be fun. Yes, the original election received one nomination for two vacancies, so they were pretty fast on calling it again for the second seat. Seem to be several chances for minor parties in this batch, TUSC as you say, and also Gwlad vs Ind in Carmarthenshire. |
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Post by froome on Oct 31, 2022 22:01:21 GMT
Lydney East having 2 separate by-elections in November? And the second one TUSC v Independent should be fun. Yes, the original election received one nomination for two vacancies, so they were pretty fast on calling it again for the second seat. Seem to be several chances for minor parties in this batch, TUSC as you say, and also Gwlad vs Ind in Carmarthenshire. When you have two by-elections in the same ward so close together, surely the turnout for the second one must be extraordinarily low, as it is difficult enough as it is to encourage voters to come out once. |
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Post by peterl on Nov 3, 2022 13:19:34 GMT
Weymouth Town Council will have yet another by election on December 8th. Wey Valley Ward. Lib Dem Defence.
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