Sunday 30 May 2010

By-Election Watch (30/05/10)

Here are the forthcoming by-elections we're aware of. Please get in contact if you are able to fill in the gaps! [We're not going to follow district councils too closely but we still wouldn't mind knowing about them]

Council

Type

Ward

Party

Reason

Date

Hertfordshire

County

St Albans South

Lib Dem

Deceased

3rd June

Redbridge

London

Chadwell

Labour

Ineligible

24th June?

Lambeth

London

Tulse Hill

Labour

Arrested

1st July

Brighton

Unitary

St. Peter's & North Laine

Green

MEP

8th July

Caerphilly

County

Blackwood

Independent

Personal

8th July

Knowsley

Metro.

Park

Labour

Personal

TBA

Wolverhampton

Metro.

Bilston North

Conservative

Deceased

TBA

St Helens

Metro.

Billinge & Seneley Green

Labour

Deceased

TBA

I'm only aware of one top tier council by-election this week; St Albans South – to the Hertfordshire County Council. The election has been trigged following the death of the Liberal Democrat incumbent Cllr Mike Ellis. He won the seat by a margin of 392 votes in 2009 from the Conservative challenger. Martin Frearson will be the Liberal Democrat attempting to hold the seat for his party with Tory candidate Salih Gaygusuz likely to be his biggest threat. The Conservatives currently control the council with 55 of the 77 seats and they also held the St Albans Westminster constituency last month. The Labour vote dropped by over 15% in the General Election, with the bulk of it going to the Lib Dems, so it's unlikely they'll cause an upset on Thursday. Whatever the result the Conservatives will still comfortably be in control of the council and so it's only really bragging rights to play for.

Candidate

2009

Martin Frearson

39.1%

Salih Gaygusuz

31.1%

Iain Grant

15.3%

Kate Metcalf

13.6%

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