Lakeside By-election 2013 Archives - Bradley Stoke Journal

Winning by-election candidate Benjamin Randles (left) with Cllr Trevor Jones.

Friday 11th October 2013 SH (Editor)

Easy win for Conservative candidate in Lakeside by-election

Conservative candidate Benjamin Randles has been declared the winner of yesterday’s by-election in the Lakeside parish ward of Bradley Stoke. Mr Randles, with 253 votes, finished well ahead of Derrick Powell (UKIP), with 97 votes, and Sarah Drake (Liberal Democrat), with 72. The Labour Party did not put up a candidate. With 1,972 people entitled to vote, the turnout was

Sarah Drake, Liberal Democrat candidate.

Monday 30th September 2013 SH (Editor)

Three-way fight in Lakeside ward by-election

The by-election for a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council will be a three-way fight between candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and UKIP parties. The vacancy arose due to the resignation of former Mayor Charlotte Walker (Independent), who revealed in her letter of resignation that she has been “studying away from the town for some time” and now

Cllr Charlotte Walker of Bradley Stoke Town Council.

Friday 26th July 2013 SH (Editor)

Former mayor resigns from town council

A Bradley Stoke Town Councillor and former Mayor has resigned her seat just two months after announcing that she had dumped the Conservatives to become independent. Cllr Charlotte Walker was elected under the Conservative banner to represent the Lakeside parish ward in May 2011 and served as Mayor during the administrative year 2012/13. In doing so, she followed in the footsteps