2018 Labour byelection campaign in Upton spent £939.87 but only received £600 in donations, so where did the other £339.87 come from?

2018 Labour byelection campaign in Upton spent £939.87 but only received £600 in donations, so where did the other £339.87 come from?

2018 Labour byelection campaign in Upton spent £939.87 but only received £600 in donations, so where did the other £339.87 come from?

                                   

Cllr Jean Robinson (Upton) 22nd January 2019
Cllr Jean Robinson (Upton) 22nd January 2019

Edited 24.1.19 15:46 Since this story has been published, we have been told by the candidate that the missing £339.87 came from Upton Labour Party Branch Funds who were a permissible donor. Their donation was not included in the donations page on the return or as notional spending. Jean Robinson (the candidate) stated, “So obviously, it implied obviously that there’s something’s that has been done wrong, ermm or you know which I’m sure that isn’t the case … I can go through that because I say it was all sent in with obviously receipts et cetera and so on and audited but you know the money came obviously from the Branch Fund and that has obviously gone in with receipts and overspent.”

Recently I inspected the election expense returns relating to the recent Upton by-election held on the 22nd November 2018 at Wallasey Town Hall. Jean Mary Robinson (the Labour candidate) was elected with 1,490 votes (61%) and the second placed candidate for the Conservatives (Emma Louise Sellman) received 705 votes (29%).
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Election Result (Wirral Council, 2018 By-election): Upton: Labour hold (Jean Robinson)

Election Result (Wirral Council, 2018 By-election): Upton: Labour hold (Jean Robinson)

Election Result (Wirral Council, 2018 By-election): Upton: Labour hold (Jean Robinson)

                           

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Ballot Box by NAS, CC-BY 3.0

Below are the results of the by-election in Upton ward in November 2018 of the election of a councillor to Wirral Council following the resignation of Matthew Patrick in October 2018. As the winner of the election was elected in a by-election, Jean Robinson serves the remainder of Matthew Patrick’s term of office and was elected as a councillor for a term of office that ends in May 2020.
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When and where is the special public meeting of Wirral Council councillors to discuss the Wirral CCG consultation on closing the Walk-In Centres?

When and where is the special public meeting of Wirral Council councillors to discuss the Wirral CCG consultation on closing the Walk-In Centres?

When and where is the special public meeting of Wirral Council councillors to discuss the Wirral CCG consultation on closing the Walk-In Centres?

                                              

Arrowe Park Walk In Centre 8th November 2018
Arrowe Park Walk In Centre 8th November 2018

Councillors on Wirral Council last month agreed across parties (Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and Green) to oppose the proposal by Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group (Wirral CCG) to close the Walk-In Centres on the Wirral. The (Wirral CCG consultation on this runs to the 12th December 2018).

There are three Walk-In Centres in different places on the Wirral (the Arrowe Park Walk-In Centre is pictured above) plus three minor injuries or minor illness units. The Wirral CCG is consulting on closing five out of six of these facilities for adults and to change the sixth (the Walk-In Centre at Arrowe Park Hospital pictured above) into an Urgent Treatment Centre.
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What’s in the nomination papers of the 4 candidates in the Upton byelection of a councillor? (Wirral Council)

What’s in the nomination papers of the 4 candidates in the Upton byelection of a councillor? (Wirral Council)

What’s in the nomination papers of the 4 candidates in the Upton byelection of a councillor? (Wirral Council)

                                            

I’ll start by declaring a relative of mine is the proposer of candidate Alan Davies’, his name and other details appear on Alan Davies’ nomination paper below. I’m also an election observer.

Below are copies of nomination papers and candidates’ consent to nomination for the 4 candidates in the Upton byelection of a councillor to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council following the resignation of Matthew Patrick. Polling day is on the 22nd November 2018.
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What’s the timetable for the Upton by-election of a councillor to Wirral Council?

What’s the timetable for the Upton by-election of a councillor to Wirral Council?

What’s the timetable for the Upton by-election of a councillor to Wirral Council?

                               

Photo 6 - Cllr Matthew Patrick Birkenhead Constituency Committee 1st March 2018
Photo 6 – Cllr Matthew Patrick Birkenhead Constituency Committee 1st March 2018

Due to the resignation of Matthew Patrick (pictured above) as he has taken up a job in London there will be a by-election of one councillor in Upton ward to Wirral Council.

Whoever is elected following the election will serve the remainder of Matthew Patrick’s term of office (until May 2020).
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