Who are the 103 candidates in the 2016 Wirral Council elections? The nomination period for anyone wishing to stand as a candidate in the elections to become a councillor at Wirral Council has been closed for some time. As usual elections in each of the twenty-two wards on Wirral are all being contested (ranging … Continue reading “Who are the 103 candidates in the 2016 Wirral Council elections?”
Who are the 103 candidates in the 2016 Wirral Council elections?
The nomination period for anyone wishing to stand as a candidate in the elections to become a councillor at Wirral Council has been closed for some time. As usual elections in each of the twenty-two wards on Wirral are all being contested (ranging from two candidates in Seacombe ward to seven in Liscard ward).
All wards except Liscard will be electing one councillor, Liscard will elect two councillors.
Where are the Remembrance Sunday services on the Wirral on the 8th November 2015?
Where are the Remembrance Sunday services on the Wirral on the 8th November 2015?
There will be many services to mark Remembrance Sunday on the Wirral on the morning and afternoon of the 8th November 2015.
The Mayor of Wirral, Cllr Les Rowlands will be attending the service held at The Cenotaph in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead in the morning and the service at the War Memorial in Thornton Hough in the afternoon.
These are details of when and where the Remembrance Day Services for 2015 will be:
Morning
10.55 The Cenotaph, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead
10 o’clock Christ Church, Kings Road, Bebington, followed by a service at the Higher Bebington British Legion at noon.
10 o’clock St Mary’s Church, Eastham
10.15 St. Barnabas Church, Bromborough
10.30 St. Oswald’s Church, Bidston
10.45 Grange Hill, West Kirby
10.45 St. Peter’s Church, Lower Village, Heswall, followed by wreath laying at The Cenotaph, Heswall
10.30 for The Cenotaph, corner of Maryland Lane and Pasture Road
10.15 for The Parade will leave the Royal British Legion, Wallasey for a 10.55 am Service at the War Memorial, Magazines Promenade, New Brighton
10.00 for Short Service at St. Stephen’s Church followed by 10.45 a.m. War Memorial at Junction of Osmaston Road and Prenton Lane, Prenton
10.45 War Memorial outside the Public Library, Ford Road, Upton
10.45 War Memorial, Port Sunlight Village followed by a service at Christ Church, Port Sunlight Village
If crossing the River Mersey to Liverpool on Remembrance Sunday, larger crowds than usual are expected for the Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, St George’s Plateau because of the ceramic poppy art installation "The Weeping Window" at St Georges Hall. It’s expected there will be large numbers of people there and road closures will be in place by 9.30 in the morning.
Afternoon
2.20 for Service at the War Memorial, Thornton Hough 2.45
The Merseytravel journey planner is useful for the times of public transport when travelling to and from Remembrance Sunday services.
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Who are the 112 candidates in the 2015 Wirral Council elections?
Who are the 112 candidates in the 2015 Wirral Council elections?
The nomination period for anyone wishing to stand as a candidate in the elections to become a councillor at Wirral Council has closed. As usual elections in each of the twenty-two wards on Wirral are all being contested. Wards are listed alphabetically, then the candidates alphabetically by surname. One candidate (the Conservative candidate in Liscard) called Ann Ondra Lavin has withdrawn their nomination, therefore is not included in the list of candidates. Polling day is on the 7th May, with results expected on the 8th May.
Name of ward
Name of candidate
Description
Bebington
Jim Bradshaw
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Bebington
Des Drury
The Conservative Party Candidate
Bebington
Brian Downing Gill
Liberal Democrats
Bebington
Anthony James Smith
Green Party
Bebington
Jerry Williams
Labour Party
Bidston & St. James
Karl Richard Cumings
Green Party
Bidston & St. James
Geoffrey Peter Dormand
The Conservative Party Candidate
Bidston & St. James
Ben Halligan
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Bidston & St. James
Brian Martin Kenny
Labour Party
Bidston & St. James
Roy John Wood
Liberal Democrat
Birkenhead & Tranmere
Jayne Louise Stephanie Clough
Green Party
Birkenhead & Tranmere
June Irene Cowin
The Conservative Party
Birkenhead & Tranmere
Philip Leslie Davies
Labour Party
Birkenhead & Tranmere
Monica Price
Liberal Democrat
Birkenhead & Tranmere
Laurence John Sharpe-Stevens
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Bromborough
Mike Collins
The Conservative Party Candidate
Bromborough
Sue Colquhoun
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Bromborough
Penelope Ruth Golby
Liberal Democrats
Bromborough
Mark Halligan
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Bromborough
Percy Hogg
Green Party
Bromborough
Joe Walsh
Labour Party
Clatterbridge
Jan Cambridge
Liberal Democrats
Clatterbridge
Jenny Holliday
Labour Party
Clatterbridge
Roger Laurence Jones
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Clatterbridge
Vinny Spencer
Green Party
Clatterbridge
Adam Christopher Sykes
The Conservative Party Candidate
Claughton
Tom Cubbin
Green Party
Claughton
Stephen Foulkes
The Labour Party Candidate
Claughton
Philip William Barrington Griffiths
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Claughton
Barbara Vera Sinclair
The Conservative Party Candidate
Claughton
Christopher Teggin
Liberal Democrat
Eastham
Paul Thomas Cartlidge
Green Party
Eastham
Keith Ross Jack
The Conservative Party Candidate
Eastham
Dave Mitchell
Liberal Democrats
Eastham
Helen Louise Robinson
Labour Party
Greasby, Frankby & Irby
David Robert Burgess-Joyce
The Conservative Party Candidate
Greasby, Frankby & Irby
Laurence Cresswell Jones
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Greasby, Frankby & Irby
Julie McManus
Labour Party
Greasby, Frankby & Irby
Catherine Anne Page
Green Party
Greasby, Frankby & Irby
Peter Timothy Clifford Reisdorf
Liberal Democrats
Heswall
Barbara Florence Burton
Green Party
Heswall
Andrew Chapman Hodson
The Conservative Party Candidate
Heswall
Mike Holliday
Labour Party
Heswall
David Anthony Scott
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Heswall
David Robert Tyrrell
Liberal Democrats
Hoylake & Meols
Gerry Ellis
The Conservative Party Candidate
Hoylake & Meols
Bill McGenity
Labour Party
Hoylake & Meols
Yvonne McGinley
Green Party
Hoylake & Meols
Michael Graham Redfern
Liberal Democrats
Hoylake & Meols
George David Robinson
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Leasowe & Moreton East
Ron Abbey
Labour Party
Leasowe & Moreton East
Jan Davison
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Leasowe & Moreton East
Denis Thomas Knowles
Local Conservatives
Leasowe & Moreton East
Craig John Reynolds
Green Party
Liscard
Daniel Clein
Liberal Democrats – Stronger Economy Fairer Society
How did Councillor Tony Smith answer 2 questions about the Cabinet decision on closure of Lyndale School?
How did Councillor Tony Smith answer 2 questions about the Cabinet decision on closure of Lyndale School?
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Council (Wirral Council) 15th December 2014
In light of the fact that Wirral Council’s Cabinet meets tonight to make a decision about Lyndale School (amongst other matters), I thought this transcript of the public question time that includes two questions I asked Cllr Tony Smith about the upcoming decision on Lyndale School at the public meeting of Council on Monday 15th December might be of interest to some people. It starts at 31:46 in the video above.
The first question is a written question from Mr John Brace to Cllr Tony Smith (Cabinet Member for Children and Family Services) submitted on the 4th December 2014. The second is one Cllr Tony Smith doesn’t get advance warning of until he heard it on Monday evening.
JOHN BRACE: Wirral Council recently had a four-week consultation on the closure of the Lyndale School in Eastham and there will be a special Cabinet meeting later this month on the 17th December 2014.
Can you please answer:
(a) how many responses were received by Wirral Council to the latest four-week consultation on closure of the Lyndale School,
(b) whether the text of the responses to the latest four-week consultation will be published in full (rather than a summary in a Cabinet report) and if so when,
(c) whether all Cabinet Members making a decision on the 17th December 2014 will in advance of making a decision at the meeting of the 17th December 2014 have read all the written consultation responses to the four week consultation on closure prior to making their decision on the 17th December 2014
and
(d) whether all Cabinet Members making a decision on the 17th December 2014 will in advance of making a decision at the meeting of the 17th December 2014 have read the statutory guidance for decision makers on this matter issued earlier this year by the government which is available online?
Thank you.
CLLR TONY SMITH: Thank you Mr. Brace, thank you Mr Brace.
Errm, right on question a, errm in accordance with statutory guidance there was a four-week consultation period and during that time any person could make comments or objections to the proposal to close the school, to close the school and there are twenty-one representations received.
Six from the Lyndale School, one from Stanley School and fourteen others who were mainly Members, twenty were received by email and one letter was received.
So question b, errm an acknowledgement has been given to all those who made representations. The whole set of redacted copies of the representations has been provided as appendix 4 to the Cabinet report and a full set of unredacted copies has been provided to members of the Cabinet prior to their meeting on the 17th December to inform the decision-making. The unredacted copies have been sent to Cabinet Members on a disc.
Err question c, all, as I said earlier, every Member of the Cabinet have received a disc, which contains copies of the representations, that are unredacted and which will be read prior to their meeting on the 17th December and the question d, yes is the answer.
The full guidance produced by the Department for Education, in December, or the Department for Education in 2014 called School Organisation for Maintained Schools: Guidance for proposals and decision makers has been provided at appendix 3 of the Cabinet report. The Cabinet, as the decision-maker, will have regard to the factors it will need to take into account and this is outlined in paragraph 4 onwards in the Cabinet report.
JOHN BRACE: Thank you.
MAYOR OF WIRRAL: OK, err we normally ask if you if you want a supplementary question? Have you got one? OK?
JOHN BRACE: Thank you Councillor Tony Smith for answering my first question. I do have a supplementary.
Earlier this year, a further decision about Lyndale School was made by Cabinet on the 16th January. This decision was called in.
The Coordinating Committee couldn’t decide on the call in until Council in February had added two parent governors with voting rights to the Committee.
That was because it was a legal requirement to have at least two parent governors with voting rights on the committee.
Now, the Coordinating Committee has met many times over the last six months and I’ve not seen either one of the two parent governors at any public meeting, nor have the minutes reflected that they sent their apologies.
Therefore it seems logical to conclude that it doesn’t have the required two parent governor representatives.
As any decision on the future of Lyndale School could be called in, to the Coordinating Committee, how do you propose as Cabinet Member including the voice of parent governors in the current decision and to remedy that situation?
CLLR TONY SMITH: OK, thank you Mr. Brace. I think errm I will probably have to give you a written report on that regarding the detail of your question. I’ll give you a written report.
JOHN BRACE: OK, thank you.
MAYOR OF WIRRAL: OK, thank you Mr. Brace. That was the only public question that we had to deal with. I’m moving on to item 5, which is Leader’s, Executive Member’s and Chair’s reports.
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