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
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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
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Conservative candidate Andy Ward has been declared the winner of yesterday’s by-election in the Primrose Bridge parish ward of Bradley Stoke. Mr Ward, with 387 votes, finished ahead of Caroline Sullivan (UKIP), with 269 votes, and Sarah Drake (Liberal Democrat), with 160. The Labour Party, which fielded a full set of candidates for the four-seat ward in 2011, did not
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The by-election for a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) will be a three-way fight between candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and UKIP parties. The contest, which was forced by UKIP following the resignation of Conservative councillor Keir Gravil, will be determined on Thursday 2nd May when around 3,500 voters in the Primrose Bridge parish ward are
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The local branch of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has called for a by-election to fill a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council. The vacancy, in the Primrose Bridge parish ward, arose in February when Keir Gravil (Conservative) resigned because he is going to work abroad. Local UKIP councillor Ben Walker, buoyed by the good showing of his party’s
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Conservative candidate Paul Hardwick has been declared the winner of yesterday’s by-election in the Meadowbank parish ward of Bradley Stoke. Mr Hardwick ran out a clear winner, with a margin of 111 votes over his nearest rival Caroline Sullivan (UKIP). The Labour candidate, Robin Horsfall, finished third. The Liberal Democrats, who held one of the two seats in the ward
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A minor by-election for a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council seems to have taken on an unprecedented significance for two of the contesting political parties. The vacancy, resulting from the resignation of Barry Mitchell, is being contested by candidates from the Conservatives, Labour and UKIP, with the latter party hoping to increase its representation on the Council following
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A by-election is looking increasingly likely for the seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council left vacant by the resignation of a Councillor last month. The Returning Officer at South Gloucestershire Council has today issued a notice of election for the vacant seat representing the Meadowbank parish ward, previously held by Barry Mitchell (Conservative). Mr Mitchell, elected in May 2011, quit
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The Conservatives are this morning celebrating a remarkable clean sweep of all the District and Town Council seats in Bradley Stoke. The town’s five seats on South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) are now held by Conservatives after Ben Walker beat Jon Williams (Liberal Democrat) by a comfortable margin of 139 votes in Bradley Stoke North. Bradley Stoke Central & Stoke Lodge
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Bradley Stoke has seven polling stations open today for voting in the 2011 District & Town Elections and the national AV Referendum. The local polling stations (open until 10pm) are: Brook Way Activity Centre Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road Holy Trinity Church, Broad Croft Baileys Court Activity Centre Evangelical Church, Baileys Court Road St Joseph’s Centre, Juniper Way Church of
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