Monday 5 September 2011

By-Election Watch (05/09/11)

Here are this week's changes to the by-election page:

Council

Type

Ward

Defending Party

Reason

Date

Watford

District

Vicarage

Labour

Resigned

6th Oct

Kensington & Chelsea

London

Norland

Conservative

Resigned

6th Oct

Adur

District

Cokeham

Conservative

Death

18th Oct

Mansfield

District

Park Hall

Labour

Death

20th Oct

  

  

  

  

  

  

Bromley

London

Shortlands

Conservative

Resigned

TBA

Salford

Metro.

Eccles

Labour

Death

TBA

Swansea

Wales

Castle

Labour

Death

TBA

Warrington

Unitary

Poulton North

Lib Dem

Death

TBA

As expected, October is beginning to fill up and is likely to be as busy as September. The long standing vacancy in Mansfield (caused by the death of a Councillor in May) finally has a date set and the by-election in Adur is on a Tuesday; that's not a mistake in the date. Incidentally, as that is barely 15 minutes drive from my new abode in Hove we'll try and give that particular by-election a bit of special attention, even though it should be a safe Conservative hold.

Regular readers will also note the reappearance of Poulton North, Warrington in our list. Sadly this is not an error; the recently elected Councillor Colin Oliver passed away last week and so another by-election will be held in the ward.

There are three by-elections this week and despite the fact I'm not quite moved in here yet the usual coverage should be provided.


 

Tom Harris

3 comments:

  1. Another sad death to report
    Bill Tweddle Conservative councillor for Bloxwich East ward on Walsall MBC .

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  2. Cokeham ward in Adur DC used to be the one Labour ward on the council . They won it in 2000 and 2002 and in the allout elections in 2004 they split the 2 councillors with the Conservatives .

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  3. Eccles has been called for 20/10/11 details at http://www.salford.gov.uk/pr-11-3009.htm

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