Election results for North West Region (European Parliamentary Election 2014)

Election results for North West Region (European Parliamentary Election 2014)

Election results for North West Region (European Parliamentary Election 2014)

                      

First the boring details. In the North West Region (of England) for the European Parliament elections in 2014 on the 20th May 2014 there were 5,267,777 people eligible to vote. Out of these 5,267,777 people there were 1,773,296 verified ballot papers which represented a turnout of 33.66%.

This region elects eight Members of the European Parliament. People vote for a particular party. Each party has a list of candidates. Depending on how many votes each party gets that party is assigned between zero and eight members of the European Parliament under the D’Hondt system. For example if Mr Paul Smith is number 1 on the “Made Up Party” list and they the “Made Up Party” have enough votes to be allocated 1 MEP under the D’Hondt system, then Mr Paul Smith becomes a Member of the European Parliament.

In 2009 (the last time there was a European election in the North West Region) there were 3 Conservative MEPs elected, two Labour MEPs, one UKIP MEP, one BNP MEP and one Liberal Democrat MEP. Seven other political parties stood in that election but failed to get enough votes to have an MEP elected such as the Green Party who had 127,133 votes in 2009 (7.7%).

The results for 2014 were:

Political Party Votes
Labour 594,063
UKIP 481,932
Conservatives 351,985
(only the parties above had enough votes to elect one or more MEPs)
Green 123,075
Liberal Democrats 105,487
British National Party 32,826
An Independence from Europe 26,731
English Democrats 19,522
Pirate Party 8,597
NO2EU 5,402
Socialist Equality Party 5,067

These are the candidates who were elected for the North West Region.
Labour (3 MEPs) who are Theresa Griffin, Afzal Khan and Julie Ward.
UKIP (3 MEPs) who are Paul Nuttall, Louise Bours and Steven Woolfe.
Conservative (2 MEPs) who are Jacqueline Foster and Sajjad Karim.

I will post the breakdown for how people voted in the Wirral area when it is available.

ED – How people voted on Wirral in the European election has since been published and is copied below.

Party Votes
Labour Party 29,070
UK Independence Party 21,781
Conservative Party 17,856
Green Party 6,835
Liberal Democrats 3,377
An Independence from Europe 1,347
British National Party 1,067
English Democrats 798
Pirate Party UK 390
NO2EU 263
Socialist Equality Party 248
   
Total valid votes cast in Wirral 83,032
Spoiled ballot papers 434
Electorate for Wirral 238,657
Turnout for Wirral 34.97%

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Who are the 113 candidates in the 2014 Wirral Council elections?

Who are the 113 candidates in the 2014 Wirral Council elections?

Who are the 113 candidates in the 2014 Wirral Council elections?

                          

My polling card for the 2014 election (Bidston & St. James ward)
My polling card for the 2014 election to Wirral Council (Bidston & St. James ward)

The nomination period for anyone wishing to stand as a candidate in the elections to become a councillor at Wirral Council closed yesterday. As usual elections in each of the twenty-two wards on Wirral are all being contested. Voters in Greasby, Frankby & Irby ward will elect two councillors due to the recent resignation of Tony Cox. Wards are listed alphabetically, then the candidates alphabetically by surname. If you are unsure what ward you live in you can enter your postcode here or check your polling card.

Name of ward Name of candidate Description
Bebington Des Drury The Conservative Party Candidate
Bebington Peter Leslie Faulkner Liberal Democrats
Bebington Hilary Jane Jones UK Independence Party
Bebington Anthony Smith Green Party
Bebington Walter Smith Labour Party Candidate
Bidston & St. James Colin Dignam-Gill Green Party
Bidston & St. James Geoffrey Peter Dormand The Conservative Party Candidate
Bidston & St. James Ann Rose Catherine McLachlan Labour Party Candidate
Bidston & St. James Greg North Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Bidston & St. James Cathy Williams UK Independence Party
Bidston & St. James Roy John Wood Liberal Democrat
Birkenhead & Tranmere Pat Cleary Green Party
Birkenhead & Tranmere June Irene Cowin The Conservative Party Candidate
Birkenhead & Tranmere Brian Kenny Labour Party Candidate
Birkenhead & Tranmere Laurence John Sharpe-Stevens UK Independence Party
Bromborough Sue Colquhoun UK Independence Party
Bromborough Penelope Ruth Golby Liberal Democrats
Bromborough Percy Hogg Green Party
Bromborough Peter Charles Taylor Conservative Party Candidate
Bromborough Irene Williams Labour Party Candidate
Clatterbridge Matthew James Donnelly Liberal Democrats
Clatterbridge Jenny Holliday Labour Party Candidate
Clatterbridge Roger Laurence Jones UK Independence Party
Clatterbridge Tracy Ann Smith The Conservative Party Candidate
Clatterbridge Colin William Thompson Green Party
Claughton Paul Thomas Cartlidge Green Party
Claughton Philip William Barrington Griffiths UK Independence Party
Claughton Denise Elizabeth Roberts Labour Party Candidate
Claughton Barbara Vera Sinclair The Conservative Party Candidate
Claughton Chris Teggin Liberal Democrat
Eastham Ryan Bingham UK Independence Party
Eastham Christopher David Carubia Liberal Democrats
Eastham Oliver George Downing Green Party
Eastham Keith Ross Jack Conservative Party Candidate
Eastham Mike Thompson Labour Party Candidate
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Tom Anderson Conservative Party Candidate
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Wendy Clements Conservative Party Candidate
Greasby, Frankby & Irby John Peter Cresswell Liberal Democrat
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Laurence Creswell Jones UK Independence Party
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Julie McManus Labour Party Candidate
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Cathy Page Green Party
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Peter Timothy Clifford Reisdorf Liberal Democrat
Greasby, Frankby & Irby Lee Anthony Rushworth Labour Party Candidate
Heswall Barbara Florence Burton Green Party
Heswall Michael Charles Holliday Labour Party Candidate
Heswall Les Rowlands The Conservative Party Candidate
Heswall David Anthony Scott UK Independence Party
Heswall David Robert Tyrrell Liberal Democrats
Hoylake & Meols Eddie Boult Conservative Party Candidate
Hoylake & Meols Pat Glasman Labour Party Candidate
Hoylake & Meols Joseph Michael McDowell Liberal Democrat
Hoylake & Meols Yvonne McGinley Green Party
Hoylake & Meols George David Robinson UK Independence Party
Leasowe & Moreton East David Michael Dubost Green Party
Leasowe & Moreton East Treena Ann Johnson Labour Party Candidate
Leasowe & Moreton East Ian Lewis Local Conservatives
Leasowe & Moreton East Frank Naylor Whitham UK Independence Party
Liscard Daniel Clein Liberal Democrats – For A Fairer Britain
Liscard Matthew Daniel Labour Party Candidate
Liscard Ann Lavin Local Conservatives
Liscard Craig John Reynolds Green Party
Liscard Lynda Ellen Williams UK Independence Party
Moreton West & Saughall Massie Bruce Berry Local Conservatives
Moreton West & Saughall Massie Karl Gerard Greaney Labour Party Candidate
Moreton West & Saughall Massie Perle Winifred Sheldricks Green Party
Moreton West & Saughall Massie Susan Jane Whitham UK Independence Party
New Brighton Dr. John Duncan Brown UK Independence Party
New Brighton John Howe Green Party
New Brighton Tony Pritchard Local Conservatives
New Brighton Christine Spriggs Labour Party Candidate
Oxton Alan Brighouse Liberal Democrat
Oxton Angela Joy Davies Labour Party Candidate
Oxton Peter Hartley The Conservative Party Candidate
Oxton Liz Heydon Green Party
Oxton David Martin UK Independence Party
Pensby & Thingwall Allen John Burton Green Party
Pensby & Thingwall Damien William Cummins Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Pensby & Thingwall Jan Davison UK Independence Party
Pensby & Thingwall Denis Thomas Knowles Conservative Party Candidate
Pensby & Thingwall Louise Ann Reecejones Labour Party Candidate
Prenton Jim Bradshaw UK Independence Party
Prenton Allan John Brame Liberal Democrat
Prenton Moira Joan Gommon Green Party
Prenton Hilary Margaret Jones Conservative Party Candidate
Prenton Denise Ann Realey Labour Party Candidate
Rock Ferry Karl Cummings Green Party
Rock Ferry Ann Flynn UK Independence Party
Rock Ferry Brian Joseph Hall Liberal Democrat
Rock Ferry Moira McLaughlin Labour Party Candidate
Rock Ferry Barbara Frances Poole The Conservative Party Candidate
Rock Ferry James Kenneth Pritchard Independent
Seacombe Jayne Louise Stephanie Clough Green Party
Seacombe Adrian Edward Rowland Jones Labour Party Candidate
Seacombe Karl Raymond Mercer Independent
Seacombe Suzanne Sheppick Local Conservatives
Seacombe Christopher John Wellstead UK Independence Party
Upton Geoffrey Robert Caton UK Independence Party
Upton Alan Davies Liberal Democrat
Upton Geoffrey Ian Gubb Conservative Party Candidate
Upton Jim McGinley Green Party
Upton Stuart Edward Whittingham Labour Party Candidate
Wallasey John Richard Codling Liberal Democrats
Wallasey Brian Farrell UK Independence Party
Wallasey Lesley Ann Rennie Local Conservatives
Wallasey Paul Ronayne Labour Party Candidate
Wallasey Cynthia Stonall Green Party
West Kirby & Thurstaston Charles Frederick Barnes Independent
West Kirby & Thurstaston Helen Louise Campbell Labour Party Candidate
West Kirby & Thurstaston David Evennett UK Independence Party
West Kirby & Thurstaston Jeff Green The Conservative Party Candidate
West Kirby & Thurstaston Shirley Ann Johnson Green Party
West Kirby & Thurstaston Mike Redfearn Liberal Democrat

You can find out the candidates’ home addresses and who proposed each candidate in the Statement of Persons Nominated.

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8 Members of the European Parliament to be elected

8 Members of the European Parliament to be elected

8 Members of the European Parliament to be elected

                          

Although I wrote a blog post about the notice of election for twenty-three Wirral Council councillors about a week ago I haven’t yet written about the notice of election for the eight Members of the European Parliament held on the same day.

Below is the notice of election for the European elections. The constituency for a MEP is the whole of the North West of England which is millions of people who could vote in the election. Also candidates wishing to stand in the European elections have to find a deposit of £5,000. I presume (as in General Elections) the deposit is refundable if those candidates get x% of the vote.

NORTH WEST ELECTORAL REGION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

1. An election is to be held for EIGHT members of the European Parliament for the NORTH WEST Electoral Region.

2. If the election is contested the poll will take place on THURSDAY 22 MAY 2014.

3. Nomination papers are to be delivered to the Regional Returning Officer for the North West, Room 134, Town Hall, Manchester, between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM from TUESDAY 15 APRIL 2014 to THURSDAY 17 APRIL 2014 and between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM from TUESDAY 22 APRIL 2014 to THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2014. Forms of nomination papers may also be obtained at that place, during those times.

4. The deposit for each registered political party or individual candidate, being the sum of £5000, can only be made by the deposit of legal tender or by means of a banker’s draft (banks operating in the United Kingdom or Gibraltar only), at the place and during the time for delivery of nomination papers. No other method of making a deposit will be available.

5. Applications to be included in the register of electors or for postal or proxy voting must be made to the relevant Electoral Registration Officer for the applicant’s area. Further information can be found at www.aboutmyvote.co.uk or www.northwestvotes.gov.uk.

6. Applications to be included in the register of electors must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by TUESDAY 6 MAY 2014, if they are to be effective for the election.

7. All applications and notices in respect of postal voting and those in respect of changes to existing proxy voting arrangements must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5:00 PM on WEDNESDAY 7 MAY 2014, if they are to be effective for the election.

8. All new applications to vote by proxy (except those applied for on relevant emergency grounds) must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5:00 PM on WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014, if they are to be effective for the election.

9. All applications to vote by proxy on relevant emergency grounds (disability occurring after 5:00 PM on WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014; grounds relating to applicant’s occupation, service or employment where the applicant became aware of those grounds after 5:00 PM on WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2014; or detention under civil powers as a mental health patient) must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5:00 PM on THURSDAY 22 MAY 2014, if they are to be effective for the election.

DATED: Monday 14 April 2014

Sir Howard Bernstein
Regional Returning Officer for the North West
Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA

Printed and Published by the REGIONAL RETURNING OFFICER, TOWN HALL, MANCHESTER, M60 2LA

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23 Wirral councillors to be elected after Tony Cox resigns; Graham Burgess fires starting gun in local election race

23 Wirral councillors to be elected after Tony Cox resigns; Graham Burgess fires starting gun in local election race

23 Wirral councillors to be elected after Tony Cox resigns; Graham Burgess fires starting gun in local election race

                                

On Monday Wirral Council’s Returning Officer started the election process by publishing the Notice of Election (a copy of it is below). Each ward in Wirral will be electing one councillor, except voters in Greasby, Franky & Irby ward who will be electing two councillors and therefore have two votes in the upcoming local elections.

The reason for this is that Tony Cox has resigned. As Tony Cox was less than two years through a four year term of office you may wonder why? The reason is that he’s been picked as the Conservative candidate for the General Election in Newcastle-under-Lyme and he felt that he couldn’t put his full energies into that without resigning as a councillor for Greasby, Frankby & Irby ward. The two Conservative candidates in Greasby, Frankby & Irby ward this year will be Councillor Wendy Clements and Tom Anderson. Tom Anderson was previously a councillor in Upton ward from 2008 to 2012 (with the lowest majority I remember in recent years of only four votes).

The full notice of election is below.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WIRRAL

ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS

NOTICE OF ELECTION

For the Wards listed below

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

1. Elections are to be held for COUNCILLORS of the under mentioned Wards.

2. The number of COUNCILLORS to be elected is as shown in the Table hereunder:

Name of ward No. of COUNCILLORS to be elected Name of ward No. of COUNCILLORS to be elected
BEBINGTON 1 LISCARD 1
BIDSTON & ST JAMES 1 MORETON WEST & SAUGHALL MASSIE 1
BIRKENHEAD & TRANMERE 1 NEW BRIGHTON 1
BROMBOROUGH 1 OXTON 1
CLATTERBRIDGE 1 PENSBY & THINGWALL 1
CLAUGHTON 1 PRENTON 1
EASTHAM 1 ROCK FERRY 1
GREASBY, FRANKBY & IRBY 2 SEACOMBE 1
HESWALL 1 UPTON 1
HOYLAKE & MEOLS 1 WALLASEY 1
LEASOWE & MORETON EAST 1 WEST KIRBY & THURSTATON 1

                    
3. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Electoral Services Office, Ground Floor, Town Hall, Wallasey, during normal office hours, from Tuesday, 15th April 2014 to Thursday, 17th April 2014 and during normal office hours, from Tuesday, 22nd April 2014 to 4pm on Thursday, 24th April 2014. Forms of nomination papers may also be obtained at that place, during those times.

4. If the Elections are contested, the poll will take place on Thursday, 22nd MAY 2014.

5. Applications to be included in the register of electors must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Town Hall, Wallasey by Tuesday, 6th May 2014, if they are to be effective for the election.

6. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and changes to proxy voting arrangements, must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Town Hall, Wallasey by 5pm on Wednesday, 7th May 2014, if they are to be effective for this election.

7. All new applications to vote by proxy (except those applied for on relevant emergency grounds) must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Town Hall, Wallasey by 5pm on Wednesday, 14th May 2014, if they are to be effective for the election.

8. All applications to vote by proxy on relevant emergency grounds (disability occurring after 5pm on Wednesday, 14th May 2014; grounds relating to applicant’s occupation, service or employment where the applicant became aware of those grounds after 5pm on Wednesday, 14th May 2014; or detention under civil powers as a mental health patient) must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Town Hall, Wallasey by 5pm on Thursday, 22nd May 2014, if they are to be effective for the election.

DATED: Monday, 14th April
2014

Graham Burgess

LOCAL RETURNING OFFICER

Printed and Published by the Local Returning Officer, Town Hall, Wallasey, Wirral, CH44 8ED

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Tollemache Road greenfield or 12 houses? Planning Committee decides tonight

Tollemache Road greenspace or 12 houses? Planning Committee decides tonight

Tollemache Road greenfield photo 1Tollemache Road greenfield photo 2
Tollemache Road greenfield photo 3

Tollemache Road greenfield or 12 houses? Planning Committee decides tonight

                          

You can click on the photos above for more detailed versions. Earlier this year in a similar case, despite Cllr Ian Lewis’s best efforts, the Planning Committee voted 7 votes to 6 against local resident’s wishes to approve building a play area on some greenspace in Leasowe.

This planning application is for building a dozen houses on this field. The officer’s report to the Planning Committee recommends refusal as they believe it to conflict with policies HS4, GR6, CS42, CS6, CS32 and the National Planning Policy Framework. Normally such an application would be decided by officers. However Cllr George Davies (the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Housing and Engagement) has taken it out of their hands and asked for the Planning Committee to decide it instead as Cllr George Davies thinks that the proposed development would “help to address identified housing needs”.

This is unusual in itself as generally this is only done by councillors representing the ward the planning application which in this case is Bidston & St. James ward. Cllr George Davies represents the adjoining Claughton ward. A number of local residents in Bidston and St. James ward have objected to the planning application.

Council officers claim that retaining this open space was a condition of a previous planning consent and that removing it would set a bad precedent. There is a demand for two bedroom properties in the area, however the Planning Committee only last month approved Keepmoat’s application for building 125 houses (a mix of two and three bedroom properties) in the nearby Laird Street area.

The demand for two-bedroom rental properties in the area is because of the “bedroom tax”*/spare room subsidy* (*choose which term you prefer depending on your politics). Although it may go some way to meet this need if approved, building houses there is unpopular with local residents who want the greenspace to stay for the many reasons outlined in the officer’s report.

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