Town and Community Council Byelections

[peterl]

Winterborne St Martin Parish Council (Dorset) will have yet another crack at finding a candidate for a January 12th by election.

[carolus]

8 December:
Dorset, Weymouth, Wey Valley. Con, Lab, LD
Warrington, Winwick, Peel Hall. Lab, Ind

Northumberland, Berwick upon Tweed, Castle. Green*
Shropshire, Market Drayton, South (2). Lab*

Eden, Warcop. 2x[]
Folkestone & Hythe, New Romney, Town. 2x[]
West Lindsey, Brookenby. 2x[]

Rotherham, Maltby, East (2). 2x[]*

13 December:
Stroud, Cam, East. UKIP*

15 December:
Cherwell, Kidlington, Roundham. LD, []
Cherwell, Kidlington, St Mary's. Green, []
Harborough, Broughton Astley, Broughton South. LD, []

Cornwall, Bude-Stratton, Stratton. Green*
Eastleigh, Bishopstoke, Itchen. LD*

22 December:

Rutland, Wing. ?

5 January:

Cornwall, Newquay, Central & Pentire. Green, []

[carolus]

Dorset, Weymouth, Wey Valley. LD 386, Con 302, Lab 129

[carolus]

Warrington, Winwick, Peel Hall. Lab 46, Ind 35

[November_Rain]

Dec 9, 2022 15:40:02 GMT carolus said:

Warrington, Winwick, Peel Hall. Lab 46, Ind 35

Turnout: 6.77 %

www.warrington.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-12/Declaration%20of%20Results%20-%20Winwick%20Parish%20Council%20-%20Peel%20Hall.pdf

[batman]

well it is bloody cold out there, even here in the smoke.

[listener]

The vacancy to be contested in Newquay (Central and Pentire) is a Conservative seat, although 6 councillors from 4 parties were elected unopposed here in 2021.

[carolus]

15 December:
Cherwell, Kidlington, Roundham. LD, []
Cherwell, Kidlington, St Mary's. Green, []
Harborough, Broughton Astley, Broughton South. LD, []

Cornwall, Bude-Stratton, Stratton. Green*
Eastleigh, Bishopstoke, Itchen. LD*

22 December:
Rutland, Wing. ?

5 January:

Cornwall, Newquay, Central & Pentire. Green, []

12 January:

Bridgend, Brackla, West Central. Lab, Ind

Swansea, Mumbles, Oystermouth. Lab, PC

Herefordshire, Orleton. 2x []

Wychavon, Dodderhill. 2x []

Cornwall, Calstock, Calstock. []*

West Berkshire, Burghfield. []*

West Berkshire, Lambourn. []*

[sonofkrautrock]

Kidlington Roundham is a LD win.

[listener]

Kidlington Roundham - Lib Dem 217, No Description 102 - the No Description candidate is the Conservative councillor for Kirtlington and Kidlington North on Oxfordshire County Council

Kidlington St. Mary's - Green Party 317, No Description 197 - the No Description candidate is the Conservative councillor for Kidlington East on Cherwell District Council

[peterl]

Dec 16, 2022 16:54:47 GMT listener said:

Kidlington Roundham - Lib Dem 217, No Description 102 - the No Description candidate is the Conservative councillor for Kirtlington and Kidlington North on Oxfordshire County Council

Kidlington St. Mary's - Green Party 317, No Description 197 - the No Description candidate is the Conservative councillor for Kidlington East on Cherwell District Council

This sort of tactic makes me think there is something in the new Welsh system of candidates having to disclose their recent party affiliations. If the Tories can't be honest about being Tories, they really deserve to lose.

[listener]

Harborough - Broughton Astley (Broughton South) - Lib Dem 72, No Description 52 - Lib Dem gain from No Description

[johnloony]

Dec 16, 2022 16:58:12 GMT peterl said:

Dec 16, 2022 16:54:47 GMT listener said:

Kidlington Roundham - Lib Dem 217, No Description 102 - the No Description candidate is the Conservative councillor for Kirtlington and Kidlington North on Oxfordshire County Council

Kidlington St. Mary's - Green Party 317, No Description 197 - the No Description candidate is the Conservative councillor for Kidlington East on Cherwell District Council

This sort of tactic makes me think there is something in the new Welsh system of candidates having to disclose their recent party affiliations. If the Tories can't be honest about being Tories, they really deserve to lose.

”The new system”? I don’t think I know about that. Do you mean a legal requirement, or a party rule? How do they define “recent”?

[carolus]

Dec 16, 2022 18:16:48 GMT johnloony said:

Dec 16, 2022 16:58:12 GMT peterl said:

This sort of tactic makes me think there is something in the new Welsh system of candidates having to disclose their recent party affiliations. If the Tories can't be honest about being Tories, they really deserve to lose.

”The new system”? I don’t think I know about that. Do you mean a legal requirement, or a party rule? How do they define “recent”?

There is a legal requirement that candidates in Welsh (local) elections declare any registered political parties of which they have been a member in the past year. You can see an example on the SOPN for an upcoming community council election in Swansea which you can download from here www.swansea.gov.uk/article/20131/Mumbles-Community-Council-by-election-Oystermouth-ward. There's some information on completing the relevant part of the nomination form (section 4) here www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Council/Documents---Council/Voting-and-elections/Community-Town-Election-2022/Community-Nomination-Pack.pdf

[ColinJ]

There will be a contested by-election on 19 January 2023 in the Chorleywood South ward of Chorleywood PC. (The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Cllr Jack Biel.) It is being contested by two candidates:

Anna Helen AL-DAMLUJI   (Conservative and Unionist Party)
Martin WALDRON   (Labour Party)

I have had problems linking directly to the Notice of Election, SOPN and Notice of Poll. They can all be found from links on this page:
www.threerivers.gov.uk/egcl-page/local-elections

Ms. Al-Damluji contested this ward at the main parish council election in May 2022, but was obviously unsuccessful. Waldron was the unsuccessful Labour Party candidate in the council's Quickwood ward in May.

[carolus]

5 January:
Cornwall, Newquay, Central & Pentire. Green, []

12 January:
Bridgend, Brackla, West Central. Lab, Ind
Swansea, Mumbles, Oystermouth. Lab, PC

Herefordshire, Orleton. 2x []
Wychavon, Dodderhill. 2x []

Cornwall, Calstock, Calstock. []*
West Berkshire, Burghfield. []*

West Berkshire, Lambourn. []*

19 January:

Cornwall, Truro, Tregolls. Green, LD

Three Rivers, Chorleywood, South. Con, Lab

Durham, Evenwood & Barony, Witton. Con*

Rotherham, Brinsworth. LD*

Cornwall, Looe, West. Engineering Lecturer past Commissioner Coastguard volunteer*

Cornwall, Maker-with-Rame. Ind*

Cornwall, Mawgan-in-Meneage. Ind*

East Lindsey, Horncastle. []*

Rotherham, Maltby, West. []*

Shropshire, Market Drayton, North. []*

[casualobserver]

Dec 21, 2022 17:57:12 GMT carolus said:

Cornwall, Looe, West. Engineering Lecturer past Commissioner Coastguard volunteer*

At 54 letters, is this the longest election description we’ve ever seen?

[The Bishop]

Dec 20, 2022 17:55:04 GMT ColinJ said:

There will be a contested by-election on 19 January 2023 in the Chorleywood South ward of Chorleywood PC. (The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Cllr Jack Biel.) It is being contested by two candidates:

Anna Helen AL-DAMLUJI   (Conservative and Unionist Party)
Martin WALDRON   (Labour Party)

Wot, no LibDem?

[Pete Whitehead]

Dec 22, 2022 11:29:34 GMT The Bishop said:

Dec 20, 2022 17:55:04 GMT ColinJ said:

There will be a contested by-election on 19 January 2023 in the Chorleywood South ward of Chorleywood PC. (The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Cllr Jack Biel.) It is being contested by two candidates:

Anna Helen AL-DAMLUJI   (Conservative and Unionist Party)
Martin WALDRON   (Labour Party)

Wot, no LibDem?

It is odd. Presumably was a Lib Dem seat as they won all the seats in that ward in May. I wonder if the Conservatives could contrive to lose this one to Labour..

[jamie]

Dec 21, 2022 17:57:12 GMT carolus said:

19 January:

Durham, Evenwood & Barony, Witton. Con*

I was going to express surprise that the Conservatives got this uncontested, but turns out it’s been uncontested 12 times since the May 2021 elections and it covers not Witton Park but rather a small part of Etherley (as of 2015, 198 electors) that’s not in Etherley parish.