ELECTIONS 2017 Election of a County Councillor will take place on 4th. May 2017. Polling will be at East Winch Village Hall between 7am and 10pm. Telephone Helpline:- 01553 616773. Email:- click here Website:- click here The following is a Statement of the Persons Nominated for election as a County Councillor for the Gayton and Nar Valley Electoral Division
*Decision of the Deputy Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated
The persons against whose name no entry is made in the last column have been and stand validly nominated. ______________________ Names & contact details of Parish, Borough and County Councillors may be seen here _________________________________ ELECTIONS 2015 PARLIAMENTARY, BOROUGH COUNCIL AND PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS. RESULTS OF ELECTIONS HELD ON 7TH. MAY 2015 Votes RUST - Joanne Labour 10779 MORIARTY - Jim Labour 816 Elected DAVISON - Samanda Conservative 568Conservatives have overall control (No change) and gained 11 seats, UKIP lost 6 seats, Labour & Liberal Democrats each lost 2 seats and an Independent lost a seat. The new Borough council consists of 50 Conservative councillors, 10 Labour and 2 Independent. East Winch ward. Seven councillors were to be elected West Bilney ward. One councillor was to be elected. East Winch ward BETTANY - Josephine Kerry Elected BETTANY - Richard Francis Elected BLOWERS - Paula Elected HARROD - Keith Robin Elected STEELE - Nell Elected WILSON - Arthur Robert Elected West Bilney ward VELZEBOER - Nicolaas Albert Elected In West Norfolk There were elections in only 13 of the 102 parishes, the remaining 89 were uncontested. At those 89 Parish Councils, the number of people nominated matched, or was fewer than, the number of seats available; those nominated were therefore considered to have been elected. See more information on the Borough Council website _________________________ 2013 Elections: Labour group leader, George Nobbs, elected as County Council leader. Following the result of the County Council election, in which no party gained an overall majority, there was something of an impasse concerning the appointment of a Council leader. In normal circumstances it might be expected that the party with overall control would support one if its councillors as leader. However, with no single party having an overall majority, and none of the other parties supporting a Conservative councillor, (the party with the greatest number of representatives), as leader, it was proving impossible to make an appointment. The County Council was therefore unable to conduct normal business. Eventually an alliance was formed between the Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP councillors. This allowed for the election of the Labour group leader - George Nobbs - as the new Council Leader. County, borough, town and parish council elections take place every four years in West Norfolk. The next Borough Council elections will take place 2015. M KNIGHTS - KLWIN 723 VOTES IN WEST NORFOLK THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY LOST SIX SEATS. IN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, THE PREVIOUSLY RULING CONSERVATIVE PARTY LOST 20 SEATS, BUT REMAINS THE LARGEST PARTY. UKIP GAINED 14 SEATS AND BECOMES THE SECOND LARGEST PARTY ON THE COUNCIL. THE LABOUR PARTY LOST A TOTAL OF 11 SEATS, COMPARED WITH THE OLD COUNCIL, AND IS THE THIRD LARGEST GROUP. BOTH THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND THE GREEN PARTY EACH LOST 3 SEATS. THE NEW COUNCIL COMPRISES 40 CONSERVATIVE, 15 UKIP, 14 LABOUR, 10 LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, 4 GREEN PARTY AND 1 INDEPENDENT COUNCILLORS. Norfolk County Council Elections 2013. Every 4 years there is an election for all 84 County Councillors who represent their communities in Norfolk. County Council elections are scheduled to take place on Thursday 2 May 2013. Voters will go to the polls to elect their Norfolk County Councillors. At East Winch the Polling Station is at The Village Hall. You may vote between 7am and 10pm. In the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk there are 14 electoral divisions for Norfolk County Council In the GAYTON AND NAR VALLEY division the following are standing for election:- Baljinder Anota (Undeclared allegiance) : Richard Toby Coke (UK Independence Party) Paul Stephen Foster (Conservative) : Mike Knights (Independent) Elaine Margaret Oliver (Liberal Democrat) : Peter Wilkinson (Labour) The Borough Council Elections Timetable details the key dates for this election, including deadlines for receipt of nomination forms if you plan to stand and deadlines for the receipt of postal or proxy vote applications. to view the Election Timetable click here See the Borough Council's Election News here for more information: Borough and Parish Council elections were held on 5th. May 2011. Borough Council. 1 Councillor has been elected for Priory Ward. Result of election in Priory Ward Peter Gidney (Con) 374 votes Jim Moriarty (Lab) 637 votes ELECTED BOROUGH COUNCIL - HELD BY THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY Seats held: - Conservative: 42 (a loss of 10 seats from the previous council) Labour: 13 (a gain of 9 seats from the previous council) Lib Dems 3 seats ( a loss of 1 seat) Independents 3 seats Green Party 1 seat The Conservatives have an overall majority of 20 seats. The full results of the Borough Council election may be seen here Parish Council. 7 Councillors were to be elected to the Parish Council to represent East Winch ward. Only two nominations were received for this election. Therefore, in an uncontested election for East Winch ward - Mr A Hepher and Mrs N Steele were elected to the Parish Council. 1 Councillor was to be elected to represent West Bilney ward. Nominated for election were Mr R. Cox and Mr N Velzeboer Mr R Cox was elected. REFERENDUM. There was also a national referendum held on the 5th. May 2011. The referendum sought to find out the views of the nation on the proposal to change our 'First Past the Post' system of elections to an 'Alternative Vote' system. The AV system aims to ensure that the elected person has more than 50% of the vote. See below for more information. WEST NORFOLK - Referendum result YES vote: 11,652 This result seems broadly to be similar to other declared results in the country as a whole.No vote: 35,996 (Updated at 6th May 8:16pm) 19.1 million votes, 42% of the electorate, were cast across the country - 68% voted NO. To find out more about how to vote, how to register and so on, go to The Electoral Commission The Electoral Commission is an independent body set up by Parliament. It is responsible for the conduct and regulation of referenda held under the 'Political Parties, Elections and Referenda Act (2000)'. What is the Alternative Vote?The Alternative Vote (AV) is very much like First-Past-the-Post
(FPTP). Like FPTP, it is used to elect representatives for
single-member constituencies, except that rather than simply marking one
solitary 'X' on the ballot paper, the voter has the chance to rank the
candidates on offer.
The voter thus puts a
'1' by their first-preference candidate, and can continue, if they wish,
to put a '2' by their second-preference, and so on, until they don't
care anymore or they run out of names. In some AV elections, such as
most Australian elections, electors are required to rank all candidates.
If a candidate receives
a majority of first-preference votes (more people put them as number
one than all the rest combined), then they are elected.
If no candidate gains a
majority on first preferences, then the second-preference votes of the
candidate who finished last on the first count are redistributed. This
process is repeated until someone gets over 50 per cent.To see more information visit The Electoral Reform Society - where you may see a case for using AV. Please note that eastwinchandwestbilney.co.uk are not representing the case for AV - and are not responsible for the information given by the Electoral Reform Society. |
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