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Post by listener on Dec 23, 2022 14:14:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2022 14:33:58 GMT
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. Sounds like a review of the parish boundaries may be needed? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2022 14:36:50 GMT
”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”?
Which raises the question how would they know if someone decided to lie about it? |
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Post by yellowperil on Dec 23, 2022 15:08:54 GMT
Which raises the question how would they know if someone decided to lie about it? I guess nothing would happen until there is a leak somewhere in the future, and then what happens? |
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Post by listener on Jan 6, 2023 3:19:52 GMT
If you watch Alan Sugar's The Apprentice, you will have seen that one of this year's candidates is Gregory Ebbs, whom Lord Sugar described as a Liberal Democrat candidate. Gregory corrected him - "I am an elected Liberal Democrat councillor".
In fact he stood unsuccessfully on 6 May 2021 in the Whitchurch South division of Shropshire County Council, where he was defeated by the Conservative in a two-horse race by 588 votes to 346.
He was one of five candidates returned unopposed in the Whitchurch South ward of Whitchurch Town Council and is the only political councillor amongst the 15 town councillors.
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Post by lackeroftalent on Jan 6, 2023 16:08:25 GMT
Cornwall, Newquay Town Council, Central & Pentire ward
Green 399
No Description 214
Turnout 12.9%
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Post by listener on Jan 6, 2023 17:03:13 GMT
The Newquay by-election is a Green Party gain from Conservative (undefended).
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Michelle Johns (Conservative), one of six town councillors elected unopposed on 6 May 2021. The other five are another Conservative, Lib Dem, Reform UK, Independent and a Non-Political Description.
The 20-seat town council was reorganised from 7 wards in 2017 to 4 wards in 2021.
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Post by carolus on Jan 6, 2023 17:31:32 GMT
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. []*
N.B. next scheduled elections I'm aware of after this aren't until week of the 9 February.
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Post by listener on Jan 7, 2023 1:26:07 GMT
The majority of English parish councils have all-out elections on 4 May 2023 and are therefore frozen by the six-month rule.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 12, 2023 22:36:58 GMT
Wells City Council, St Cuthbert’s ward
Georgie Robbins (Liberal Democrats) 436
Mel Townsend (Wells Independents) 214
Tracy Deborah Leach (Conservative Party Candidate) 176
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Post by listener on Jan 13, 2023 0:17:27 GMT
Wells City is a Lib Dem gain from Wells Independents. Emma Knott (Wells Independents) was elected on 5 May 2022 and disqualified for non-attendance on 17 November 2022.
The new political make-up of the city council (16 seats) is Wells Independents 8, Lib Dem 6, Con 2.
Presumably this is the last ever election organised by Mendip District Council.
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Post by peterl on Jan 13, 2023 14:28:03 GMT
Brackla Community Council – Brackla West Central Ward
Katie Hoy Independent 225
Jamie Henderson Labour 136
Turnout 13.68%
Mumbles Community Council, Oystermouth Ward
Martin O'Neill Labour 249
Tricia Sanderson Plaid Cymru 146
Turnout 12.02%
Orleton Parish Council
Veronica Ann Bishop ND 142
Ronald George William Gittings ND 50
Turnout 26.72%
Dodderhill Parish Council
James Thomas Leah ND 143
Donna Jane Banks ND 67
Turnout 10.7%
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Post by listener on Jan 13, 2023 14:57:51 GMT
Brackla (Brackla West Central) - Independent hold - resignation of Fran Sullivan (Independent)
Mumbles (Oystermouth) - Lab hold - resignation of Emma McNamara (Lab)
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Post by r34t on Jan 13, 2023 15:02:39 GMT
Wells City is a Lib Dem gain from Wells Independents. Emma Knott (Wells Independents) was elected on 5 May 2022 and disqualified for non-attendance on 17 November 2022. The new political make-up of the city council (16 seats) is Wells Independents 8, Lib Dem 6, Con 2. Presumably this is the last ever election organised by Mendip District Council. Not necessarily. Parish & Town elections took place round here in May 2022, alongside the new Somerset Unitary, so no 6 month rule. I know of at least one potential non attendance disqualification. |
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Post by carolus on Jan 16, 2023 19:05:59 GMT
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. []*
7 February: Wiltshire, Calne, Chilvester & Abberd. Lab, LD
9 February: Carmarthenshire, Llandybie, Llandybie. LD, PC Denbighshire, Rhyl, Rhyl Tynewydd. Con, Lab, Ind
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Post by listener on Jan 17, 2023 16:32:54 GMT
The vacancy in Llandybie is caused by the resignation of Dai Nicholas (PC), who is also one of two councillors for the Llandybie division on Carmarthenshire County Council. He resigned as a member of Llandybie Community Council on 27 October 2022, in order to take up the post of Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer to Llandybie Community Council, with effect from 1 December 2022. Does Clerk to a large community council with a budgeted spend in 2020-21 of just under £237,000 and a precept for the current year of £180,000 count as a politically restricted post? www.llandybie.org.uk/_UserFiles/Files/_Minutes/135205-Minutes_021122.pdf |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 19, 2023 23:18:08 GMT
Chorleywood PC, Chorleywood South
Anna Helen AL-DAMLUJI (The Conservative and Unionist Party) 333
Martin WALDRON (Labour Party) 311
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Post by batman on Jan 19, 2023 23:23:52 GMT
you'd have thought the LDs would have put up someone there, it's usually a pretty good area for them. Labour wouldn't normally be close in any election in Chorleywood
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Post by ColinJ on Jan 19, 2023 23:25:43 GMT
Chorleywood PC, Chorleywood South Anna Helen AL-DAMLUJI (The Conservative and Unionist Party) 333 Martin WALDRON (Labour Party) 311 Blimey Added in edit: 5 spoilt papers, 3652 electors, 17.77% t'out. |
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Post by ColinJ on Jan 19, 2023 23:37:35 GMT
you'd have thought the LDs would have put up someone there, it's usually a pretty good area for them. Labour wouldn't normally be close in any election in Chorleywood Except in the Quickwood parish ward there, admittedly a special case. |
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