Forthcoming byelections

Here are the vacancies and forthcoming byelections:

4 December

• Bradford city council: Bingley ward, caused by the resignation of Conservative councillor and former cabinet member for education Colin Gill. Term ends 2012.
• Braintree district council: Three Colnes ward, after the resignation of Rosemary O’Shea of the Conservatives who is moving to Scotland. Term ends 2011.
• Colchester borough council: Birch and Winstree ward, after the death of Peter Crowe who was the incumbent Mayor of the borough. Crowe was elected as a Conservative. Term ends 2011.
• Rugby borough council: Avon and Swift ward, after the death of Hazel Bell (Conservative). Term ends 2010.
• Waltham Forest borough council: Hale End and Highams Park ward, a double vacancy after the death of John Beanse and resignation of Noel Penstone, both of the Liberal Democrats. Term ends 2010.

11 December

• East Ayrshire council: Ballochmyle ward, after the resignation of former Labour group leader Eric Jackson. Term ends 2011.
• Fenland district council: Parsons Drove and Wisbech St Mary ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Phil Wait in protest at a licensing decision. Term ends 2011.
• Hillingdon borough council: Northwood ward, after the disqualification of Ian Oakley who was given an 18-week suspended sentence for harassing members of the Liberal Democrats in Watford where he had been selected as Conservative candidate. Oakley had been expelled from the Conservatives and was sitting on the council as an Independent. Term ends 2010.
• Corporation of London: Aldgate ward, after the resignation of John Holland. Should the nomination be opposed at the wardmote, the poll will be on the following day. Term ends March 2009.
• Newark and Sherwood district council: Clipstone ward, after the death of Len Sprigg who was deputy leader of the Independent group. Term ends 2011.
• North Ayrshire council: Kilbirnie and Beith ward, after the death of SNP councillor Craig Taylor. Term ends 2012.

18 December

• Cumbria county council: Kells and Sandwith division, after the death of Labour councillor Joe McAllister. Term ends June 2009.
• Isle of Wight council: Newchurch division, after the death of Brian Mosdell who was sitting as an Independent after leaving the Conservative group. Term ends June 2009.
• North Somerset council: Clarence and Uphill ward, after the resignation of former Conservative council leader Mike Roe. Term ends 2011.
• North West Leicestershire district council: Ibstock and Heather ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Ted Blunt. Term ends 2011.
• Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough council: Glyncoch ward, after the death of Labour councillor Judith Burford. Term ends 2012.

9 January

• Kingston-upon-Hull city council: Drypool ward, after the resignation of Andy Sloan who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but earlier this year joined the Conservatives. Term ends 2010.

Undated

• Bexley borough council: East Wickham ward, after the death of Alf Catterall (Conservative). Term ends 2010.
• Broxtowe borough council: Greasley (Giltbrook and Newthorpe) ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Martin Wright. Term ends 2011.
• East Devon district council: Honiton St Michaels ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Chris Tratt. Term ends 2011.
• Enfield borough council: Bush Hill Park ward, after the death of veteran Conservative councillor John Jackson. Term ends 2010.
• Enfield borough council: Jubilee ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Chris Andrew. Term ends 2010.
• Forest of Dean district council: Newent Central ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Sue Adams. Term ends 2011.
• Hackney borough council: Stoke Newington Central ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor and Deputy Mayor Jamie Carswell who is taking a politically restricted post with Tower Hamlets Homes. Term ends 2010.
• Haringey borough council: Seven Sisters ward, after the death of veteran Labour councillor Fred Knight. Term ends 2010.
• Manchester city council: Didsbury West ward, after the sitting Liberal Democrat councillor Neil Trafford was killed in a car crash. Term ends 2011.
• Mid Sussex district council: Bentswood ward, after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Trevor Fisher. Term ends 2011.
• Newcastle-on-Tyne city council: Fenham ward, after the death of Labour councillor Terry Cooney, who was Lord Mayor in 1989-90. Term ends 2011.
• North Tyneside borough council: Tynemouth North ward, after the resignation of Diane Page of the Conservatives. Term ends 2012.
• Northampton borough council: New Duston ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Liz Duston. Term ends 2011.
• Reigate and Banstead borough council: Tadworth and Walton ward, after the death of Conservative former Mayor and Deputy Leader Michael Buttery. Term ends 2011.
• South Northamptonshire district council: Grange Park ward, after the resignation of Peter O’Leary (Conservative). Term ends 2011.
• Torridge district council: Hartland and Bradworthy ward, after the death of Bill Pillman who was an Independent councillor. Term ends 2011.
• Walsall borough council: Rushall-Shelfield ward, after the death of the Deputy Mayor, Cath Micklewright, who was a Conservative councillor. Term ends 2012.
• Wolverhampton city council: Heath Town ward, after the death of Labour councillor Les Turner. Term ends 2011.
• Wrexham county borough council: Rossett ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Robert Shepherd. Term ends 2012.

Vacancies which will not be filled

The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2009) Order 2008 (SI 2008 No. 2857) provides that any vacancy notified after 7 November 2008 in a council due to have elections in 2009, or to be abolished will not be filled. These council vacancies will therefore not see a byelection.

• Bedford borough council: Queen’s Park ward, after the death of Labour councillor Muhammad Khan.
• Crewe and Nantwich borough council: Wellington ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Keith Healey. This vacancy means that the Conservatives lose their overall majority on the council in its last few months.
• Kent county council: Maidstone Rural East division, after the death of former council and Local Government Association leader Sandy Bruce-Lockhart (Conservative).
• North Cornwall district council: Bodmin St Petroc’s ward, after the resignation of Arwen Folkes of the Liberal Democrats.
• Northamptonshire county council: New Duston division, after the death of Conservative councillor Liz Tavener.
• Restormel borough council: Bethel ward, after the death of Roy Gill of the Liberal Democrats.
• Salisbury district council: St Martin and Milford ward, after the death of Labour councillor Simon Howarth.
• Sedgefield district council: Sedgefield ward, after the death of Independent councillor Jim Wayman.
• Shewsbury and Atcham borough council: Condover ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Tom Hendry.
• Staffordshire county council: Wombourne division, after the death of Peter Timms who was a Conservative councillor.
• Suffolk county council: Felixstowe Coastal division, after the death of the Council Chairman, Ann Rodwell. She was serving as a Conservative councillor.
• Surrey county council: Camberley East division, after the death of Maurice Neighbour (Conservative).

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