By-Election Watch (20/09/11)

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

Council	Type	Ward	Defending Party	Reason	Date
Bromley	London	Shortlands	Conservative	Resigned	20th Oct
Great Yarmouth	District	Bradwell South & Hopton	Conservative	Death	20th Oct
Nottingham	District	Bridge	Labour	Death	20th Oct
Salford	Metro.	Eccles	Labour	Death	20th Oct
Stafford	District	Walton	Conservative	Death	20th Oct
Cornwall	County (U)	Bude North & Stratton	Lib Dem	Resigned	27th Oct
Walsall	Metro.	Bloxwich East	Conservative	Death	27th Oct
Argyll & Bute	Scotland	Oban North & Lorn	SNP	Death	3rd Nov
Highland	Scotland	Inverness South	Labour	Resigned	3rd Nov
Leicestershire	County	Syston Ridgeway	Conservative	Death	3rd Nov
Bradford	Metro.	Great Horton	Labour	Resigned	TBA
Glasgow	Scotland	Hillhead	SNP	Death	TBA
Isle of Wight	Unitary	West Wight	Independent	Death	TBA
Wrexham	Wales	Ruabon	Plaid Cymru	Death	TBA

We are well and truly into by-election season at the moment with no less than 10 dates set in the past week. They include a few new vacancies, including one in Bude which would have been the closest we would have ever had to Plymouth if I was still based there!

There are currently 18 by-elections to cover in October with a further 16 waiting for a date. The two big Thursdays coming up are on 27^th September (5) and 20^th October (7). This week there is only one to look forward to, in Fenland (Cambridgeshire), but do drop by for the usual service.

 

Tom Harris