By-elections - October 13th

[maxque]

Windermere - Cumbria CC - Colin Jones (Liberal Democrat) resigned due to family commitments. He was a county councillor since 2014 and a district councillor since 2013.

Oct 2014 by: LD 1061, Con 810, Ind 123, Grn 61
2013: LD 1162, Con 350, UKIP 227, Lab 133
2009: LD 1707, Con 867, Lab 53
2005: LD 1858, Con 1211, Lab 309

Ben Berry (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Penny Henderson (Labour Party)
Steve Rooke (Liberal Democrats)
Kate Threadgold (The Green Party)

Windermere Bowness North - South Lakeland DC - Colin Jones (Liberal Democrat) resigned.
2015-2018 term (all-out)

2015: LD 582, Con 463, Lab 72, Grn 71
Aug 2013 by: LD 431, Con 248, Lab 29
2011: LD 608, Con 280, Lab 47
2008: LD 654, Con 227

Martin Hall (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Andrew Jarvis (Liberal Democrats)
Kate Threadgold (The Green Party)

Swanley - Kent CC - Robert Brookbank (Conservative) died, aged 72. He was a county councillor since 2009, a district one since 2007 and a town one since 2011. He was the chair of the Health committee on Sevenoaks district and was, in his working life, an estate agent.

2013: Con 1032, Lab 812, UKIP 501, Grn 77, ED 60, BNP 32
2009: Con 1549, ED 833, Lab 823, LD 428
2005: Lab 2181, Con 1893, Ind 1437, LD 874

Angela George (Labour Party)
James Halford (UK Independence Party)
Michael Horwood (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Robert Woodbridge (Liberal Democrats)

Swanley Christchurch & Swanley Village - Sevenoaks DC - Robert Brookbank (Conservative) died.

2015: Con 1792/1564/1557, Lab 862/704/699, Grn 400
2011: Con 1022/979/959, Lab 729/726/638, Ind 263
2007: Con 850/792/762, Lab 662/656/636
2003: Lab 624/620/590, Con 579/549/530

Slight boundary change in 2015, not caused by new wards, but by an adjustment to new parish boundaries.

Clare Barnes (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Jacqueline Griffiths (Labour Party)
Medina Hall (UK Independence Party)
Krish Shanmuganathan (Liberal Democrats)

Westgate - Lancaster City Council - David Smith (Labour) resigned to return to his native Yorkshire. A Cabinet member, he was a councillor since 2011 and before that, worked for the Council during 32 years as a road sweeper, health and safety adviser and union representive. His union responsibilities led him to be the Chair of the Public Services Committee of the national Transport and General Workers' Union. He was also the Labour candidate in Morecambe and Lunesdale at the 1987 election.

2015: Lab 1279/1261/1115, Con 985, UKIP 970, Morecambe Bay Independents 696

Ian Clift (Labour Party)
Roger Dennison (Morecambe Bay Independents)
Daniel Gibbins (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Richard Moriarty (Green Party)
Michelle Ogden (UK Independence Party)
Louise Stansfield (Liberal Democrats)

Brockley - Lewisham LBC - Alicia Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour) resigned. She was a councillor since 2014. As a life peer, she is a member of the House of Lords and was appointed due to her roles as Chief of Staff and Deputy General Secretary of the Labour Party and adviser to Ed Miliband.

2014: Lab 2052/1828/1442, Grn 1495/1228/1144, Lewisham People Before Profit 677, Con 387/363/336, LD 279/173/157, UKIP 260, TUSC 181
2010: Lab 2632/2449/2105, Grn 2313/1707/1676, LD 1293/995/990, Con 713/611/563, Lewisham People Before Profit 410/403
2006: Grn 1583/1223/1153, Lab 928/907/870, LD 300/291/250, Con 247/240/170, Alliance for Green Socialism 111
2002: Grn 1026/882/832, Lab 1019/906/903, LD 286/264/246, Con 214/209/159, Socialist Alliance 125/105/91

Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrats)
Andrew Hugues (Conservative Party)
Rebecca Manson Jones (Women's Equality Party)
Sophie McGeevor (Labour Party)
Clare Phipps (The Green Party)
Hugh Waine (UK Independence Party (UKIP))

London elections 2016:
Mayor: Lab 3017, Grn 668, Con 563, WEP 192, LD 168, UKIP 64, CISTA 59, Respect 36, BF 19, BNP 15, Zylinski 13, OLP 2
List: Lab 2465, Grn 1081, Con 429, WEP 333, LD 216, UKIP 108, Respect 45, CPA 45, AWP 41, BF 36, House 18, BNP 12
Constituency: Lab 2642, Grn 1300, Con 441, LD 286, UKIP 122, APP 33

Evelyn - Lewisham LBC - Crada Onuegbu (Labour) died. She was a councillor since 1998 and had been Cabinet Member for Youth.

2014: Lab 1930/1743/1571, Lewisham People Before Profit 651/601/599, Grn 546/349/282, LD 323/205/194, TUSC 161
Mar 2013 by: Lab 918, Lewisham People Before Profit 404, LD 131, UKIP 119, Con 119
2010: Lab 2795/2469/2367, LD 925/746/732, Con 719/676/562, Grn 533/355/299, Lewisham People Before Profit 445, Ind 294
2006: Lab 1317/1073/1021, Con 347/296/263, LD 326/304/278, Grn 301/301/261
Jun 2004 by: Lab 1432, Con 463, Socialist Alternative 374, LD 367, Grn 199
2002: Lab 1164/1011/942, Grn 274, LD 265/259, Ind 234/207/202, Con 222/201/186

Scott Barkwith (Independent)
Ray Barron-Woolford (Lewisham People Before Profit)
Andrea Carey Fuller (The Green Party)
James Clark (Conservative Party)
Joyce Jacca (Labour Party)
Lucy Salek (Liberal Democrats)

London elections 2016:
Mayor: Lab 2248, Con 534, Grn 278, LD 149, UKIP 101, WEP 60, Respect 51, CISTA 45, BF 42, BNP 18, OLP 10, Zylinski 8
List: Lab 2136, Con 383, Grn 349, UKIP 174, LD 161, WEP 128, Respect 51, BF 48, CPA 47, AWP 36, BNP 25, House 22
Constituency: Lab 2253, Grn 425, Con 393, LD 215, UKIP 205, APP 55

Cliff Villages - North Kesteven DC - Laura Conway (Lincolnshire Independent) resigned due to work commitments. She was first elected in 2011 and was also a parish councillor in Navenby. The other ward councillor is the leader of Lincolnshire Independents, Marianne Overton.

2015: Lincolnshire Independents 2083/1623, Con 1165
2011: Lincolnshire Independents 1538/968, Con 870/571, UKIP 164
2007: Ind 1572, Con 962, UKIP 296
2003: Ind 1393/679, Con 576, Lab 244

The second Independent of 2003 was elected as Conservative in 2007 (and lost in 2011).

Daniel Gray (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Cat Mills (Lincolnshire Independents)
Aarron Smith (Liberal Democrats)

Broadstone - Poole UA - Joanne Tomlin (Conservative) resigned due to personal issues. She was a councillor since 2015.

2015: LD 3534/2262/2097, Con 2842/2547/2027, UKIP 909/808, Grn 519/417/371
2011: LD 2559/2027/2016, Con 1994/1718/1684, Grn 500, UKIP 499
May 2010 by: LD 3018, Con 2971, UKIP 295, Lab 277
2007: LD 2696/2314/2301, Con 1872/1796/1587, UKIP 307, Ind 272/235
2003: LD 2308/2087/1960, Con 2062/2041/2000, Dorset Stop the War 92

Mark Chivers (Green Party Candidate)
Alan Gerring (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Jason Sanderson (Labour Party Candidate)
Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrats)
Marc Ujvari (The Conservative Party Candidate)

Limpsfield - Tandridge DC - John Pannett (Conservative) resigned. He was first elected in 2010.
2014-2018 term

2015: Con 1560, LD 271, UKIP 238, Lab 156
2014: Con 774, UKIP 276, LD 195, Lab 80
2011: Con 1058, LD 409, UKIP 130
2010: Con 1383, LD 667, UKIP 131
2007: Con 741, LD 386, UKIP 88
2006: Con 894, LD 478
May 2005 by: Con 1271, LD 699
2003: Con 697, LD 410, UKIP 51
2002: Con 761, LD 338, Lab 54

Simon Charles (Labour Party)
Sheelagh Crampton (Liberal Democrats)
Phil Davies (Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group)
Neil O'Brien (The Conservative Party Candidate)

[andrew111]

Thanks Maxque,
Great service you provide!

[maxque]

The Swanley District Labour Party website is quite unusual.

It has an modern design, it's very updated and, for some reason, has a Momentum section (and the whole local party seems to be quite in their line).

EDIT: Also, the LD county candidate is a former town council leader who has been expelled from the party for allegedly passing confidential information to Conservatives in 2013 (he denies), while the UKIP candidate is a Conservative district councillor who defected in July. Local politics in Swanley seems eventful (and in 2008, the late councillor, then the town leader, called the police because another councillor was threatning him with the mace and there was an assault allegation of one councillor on another during a meeting in 2010.)

[Pete Whitehead]

Swanley of course spawned that poisonous cunt Mark Steele

[Merseymike]

Oct 12, 2016 11:28:35 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Swanley of course spawned that poisonous cunt Mark Steele

Oh well, it has at least one thing positive going for it

[Pete Whitehead]

Oct 12, 2016 11:48:33 GMT Merseymike said:

Oct 12, 2016 11:28:35 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Swanley of course spawned that poisonous cunt Mark Steele

Oh well, it has at least one thing positive going for it

You mean Paul Golding?

[finsobruce]

Oct 12, 2016 11:28:35 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Swanley of course spawned that poisonous cunt Mark Steele

Only in the geographical sense as he is half Egyptian, half Scottish. And expelled, or at least suspended from school for his love of cricket rather than anything political.

[maxque]

Oct 12, 2016 11:58:03 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Oct 12, 2016 11:48:33 GMT Merseymike said:

Oh well, it has at least one thing positive going for it

You mean Paul Golding?

I doubt it's wise to call a criminal (he harassed a lady because he wanted to harass someone related to 2005 bombings, but got the wrong home and has another convinction on his record), a positive thing.

Let's remember his whole mayoral campaign was "Sadiq Khan is a Muslim". Pretty sure UKIP wouldn't like its candidates praising people like him, either.

[Foggy]

Oct 12, 2016 11:59:26 GMT finsobruce said:

Oct 12, 2016 11:28:35 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Swanley of course spawned that poisonous cunt Mark Steele

Only in the geographical sense as he is half Egyptian, half Scottish. And expelled, or at least suspended from school for his love of cricket rather than anything political.

That is precisely which I despise the man. He made all those self-righteous 'lectures' for BBC4 some years ago railing against injustice, imperialism and elitism, but totally accepts those things unquestioningly when waxing lyrical about cricket.

[Adam in Stroud]

Oct 12, 2016 19:29:27 GMT Foggy said:

Oct 12, 2016 11:59:26 GMT finsobruce said:

Only in the geographical sense as he is half Egyptian, half Scottish. And expelled, or at least suspended from school for his love of cricket rather than anything political.

That is precisely which I despise the man. He made all those self-righteous 'lectures' for BBC4 some years ago railing against injustice, imperialism and elitism, but totally accepts those things unquestioningly when waxing lyrical about cricket.

If liking cricket, while simultaneously not being keen on imperialism and injustice, makes you a "poisonous cunt" then you may have to add me to your list.

Also Viv Richards.

[Foggy]

I didn't use those words. Can you not see how that position is totally inconsistent? How can you defend the continued existence of a 'West Indies' team, considering that the anglophone Caribbean ultimately chose not to unite as one federal country? In the relevant thread, I spelt out a manifesto to save the game from itself. If lots of the points sound like they are copied from the structure of association football, well – it's because that is the sport that is already the most accessible to the masses.

I have great admiration for the abilities of Sir Viv, but the fact remains that he never quite managed to bring the County Championship trophy to Taunton.

[East Anglian Lefty]

Oct 12, 2016 20:00:33 GMT Foggy said:

I didn't use those words. Can you not see how that position is totally inconsistent? How can you defend the continued existence of a 'West Indies' team, considering that the anglophone Caribbean ultimately chose not to unite as one federal country? In the relevant thread, I spelt out a manifesto to save the game from itself. If lots of the points sound like they are copied from the structure of association football, well – it's because that is the sport that is already the most accessible to the masses.

I have great admiration for the abilities of Sir Viv, but the fact remains that he never quite managed to bring the County Championship trophy to Taunton.

You can defend a West Indies team for much the same reason as you can defend having a European team for the Ryder Cup - if the component parts played independently, they wouldn't be good enough and it's better to have an extra team at world standard than a dozen third and fourth rate teams. If anything, that's probably strengthened by the sad decline of the Windies team in recent decades.

[froome]

Oct 11, 2016 22:59:11 GMT maxque said:

Swanley - Kent CC - Robert Brookbank (Conservative) died, aged 72. He was a county councillor since 2009, a district one since 2007 and a town one since 2011. He was the chair of the Health committee on Sevenoaks district and was, in his working life, an estate agent.

2013: Con 1032, Lab 812, UKIP 501, Grn 77, ED 60, BNP 32
2009: Con 1549, ED 833, Lab 823, LD 428
2005: Lab 2181, Con 1893, Ind 1437, LD 874

Angela George (Labour Party)
James Halford (UK Independence Party)
Michael Horwood (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Robert Woodbridge (Liberal Democrats)

Getting a little back towards topic, that Eng Dem voting record looks ... interesting. From nowhere to second, and then a complete collapse. What happened there?

[uhurasmazda]

Oct 13, 2016 6:12:30 GMT froome said:

Oct 11, 2016 22:59:11 GMT maxque said:

Swanley - Kent CC - Robert Brookbank (Conservative) died, aged 72. He was a county councillor since 2009, a district one since 2007 and a town one since 2011. He was the chair of the Health committee on Sevenoaks district and was, in his working life, an estate agent.

2013: Con 1032, Lab 812, UKIP 501, Grn 77, ED 60, BNP 32
2009: Con 1549, ED 833, Lab 823, LD 428
2005: Lab 2181, Con 1893, Ind 1437, LD 874

Angela George (Labour Party)
James Halford (UK Independence Party)
Michael Horwood (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Robert Woodbridge (Liberal Democrats)

Getting a little back towards topic, that Eng Dem voting record looks ... interesting. From nowhere to second, and then a complete collapse. What happened there?

It was Steve Uncles, and the Eng Dems got a decent vote in the South East in the concurrent EU Parliament elections - so a bonus for Euroscepticism. Not so much when he stood again for the locals in 2013 and the EU in 2014.

[maxque]

Oct 13, 2016 6:12:30 GMT froome said:

Oct 11, 2016 22:59:11 GMT maxque said:

Swanley - Kent CC - Robert Brookbank (Conservative) died, aged 72. He was a county councillor since 2009, a district one since 2007 and a town one since 2011. He was the chair of the Health committee on Sevenoaks district and was, in his working life, an estate agent.

2013: Con 1032, Lab 812, UKIP 501, Grn 77, ED 60, BNP 32
2009: Con 1549, ED 833, Lab 823, LD 428
2005: Lab 2181, Con 1893, Ind 1437, LD 874

Angela George (Labour Party)
James Halford (UK Independence Party)
Michael Horwood (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Robert Woodbridge (Liberal Democrats)

Getting a little back towards topic, that Eng Dem voting record looks ... interesting. From nowhere to second, and then a complete collapse. What happened there?

No clue why, but it happened in most divisions in and around Dartford.

Why it collapsed, just google Steve Uncles and you'll see. He is the local leader, but not an asset at all. He among other things, was a candidate under various different names in different divisions at Kent CC elections in 2009 (I think he is waiting on his trial on that).

[The Bishop]

Of course, Swanley elected a BNP district councillor around then too.

[Pete Whitehead]

Oct 13, 2016 9:09:27 GMT The Bishop said:

Of course, Swanley elected a BNP district councillor around then too.

That was the Paul Golding referred to earlier (the positive aspect of which I had in mind being the wailing and gnashing of teeth that result would have provoked in Mark Steele but which I couldn't be arsed to justify to the pompous prat from Quebec)

[maxque]

Oct 13, 2016 9:33:10 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Oct 13, 2016 9:09:27 GMT The Bishop said:

Of course, Swanley elected a BNP district councillor around then too.

That was the Paul Golding referred to earlier (the positive aspect of which I had in mind being the wailing and gnashing of teeth that result would have provoked in Mark Steele but which I couldn't be arsed to justify to the pompous prat from Quebec)

I love you too, Pete.

[Pimpernal]

FWIW, I think the LibDems may beat Labour in the Swanley CC election...

UKIP may get around 25% - they'd have done better of they'd been more tactical...

[Khunanup]

Oct 13, 2016 9:33:10 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Oct 13, 2016 9:09:27 GMT The Bishop said:

Of course, Swanley elected a BNP district councillor around then too.

That was the Paul Golding referred to earlier (the positive aspect of which I had in mind being the wailing and gnashing of teeth that result would have provoked in Mark Steele but which I couldn't be arsed to justify to the pompous prat from Quebec)

It's Mark Steel Pete. No third e.