Category: Wirral Council

After the elections what happens next for Wirral Council?

After the elections what happens next for Wirral Council?

After the elections what happens next for Wirral Council?

                                             

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Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds

Above is Elvis Presley’s Suspicious Minds that sums up how people feel after these local elections.

Cllr Phil Davies (Cabinet) 28th February 2018
Both Phil Davies and Bernie Mooney are leaving Wirral Council

Following the local elections and my piece about the results although Wirral Council has been down this path many times in the past, people have some questions about what happens next.
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Greens, Lib Dems and Conservatives gain councillors on Wirral Council as Labour and Independents lose seats – No Overall Control (no party has a majority)

Greens, Lib Dems and Conservatives gain councillors on Wirral Council as Labour and Independents lose seats – No Overall Control (no party has a majority)

Greens, Lib Dems and Conservatives gain councillors on Wirral Council as Labour and Independents lose seats – No Overall Control (no party has a majority)

                                          

Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019
Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019

Yesterday the people of Wirral (including myself) voted. I myself voted in Bidston and St James ward. Other people voted in the other twenty-one wards across Wirral.

The result of this election is that Labour has lost its majority on Wirral Council.
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Electoral Commission confirms that Wirral Council used wrong legislation in candidates’ consent to nomination that was nearly 4 years out of date!

Electoral Commission confirms that Wirral Council used wrong legislation in candidates’ consent to nomination that was nearly 4 years out of date!

Electoral Commission confirms that Wirral Council used wrong legislation in candidates’ consent to nomination that was nearly 4 years out of date!

                                 

Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019
Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019

The Electoral Commission have confirmed today that Wirral Council issued all candidates in the twenty-two elections of a councillor to Wirral Council nomination papers that contained a flaw.

In a statement provided today The Electoral Commission wrote, “We will update the forms with the additional relevant extracts of the legislation to reflect the amendment the next time we revise them.
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What’s in the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in Wallasey and the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in West Kirby and Thurstaston?

What’s in the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in Wallasey and the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in West Kirby and Thurstaston?

What’s in the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in Wallasey and the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in West Kirby and Thurstaston?

                                            

Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019
Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019

Pictured above is Wirral Council’s Returning Officer Eric Robinson. The Returning Officer does have the legal power to determine a nomination paper is invalid (which has the effect of disqualifying a candidate) if either:

(a) the particulars of the candidate or the persons subscribing the paper are not as required by law; or
(b) that the paper is not subscribed as so required.
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What’s in the nomination papers for the Labour candidate in Seacombe and the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in Upton?

What’s in the nomination papers for the Labour candidate in Seacombe and the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in Upton?

What’s in the nomination papers for the Labour candidate in Seacombe and the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in Upton?

                                            

Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019
Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019
Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019
Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019

Pictured above is Wirral Council’s Returning Officer Eric Robinson. The Returning Officer does have the legal power to determine a nomination paper is invalid (which has the effect of disqualifying a candidate) if either:

(a) the particulars of the candidate or the persons subscribing the paper are not as required by law; or
(b) that the paper is not subscribed as so required.
Continue reading “What’s in the nomination papers for the Labour candidate in Seacombe and the nomination papers for the Conservative and Labour candidates in Upton?”