William Dixon for Whitehaven Central on 26th March 2020
Nominations closed today in the Whitehaven Central by-election for Copeland Borough Council.
The election will take place on Thursday, 26th March 2020 between the hours of 07:00 am and 10:00 pm.
Applications to register to vote by residents not currently on the electoral register but entitled to be must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday, 10th March 2020.
New applications to vote by post or to change existing postal or proxy arrangements e.g. cancellation or re-direction etc must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Copeland Centre by 5pm on Wednesday, 11th March 2020 if they are to be effective for this election.
New applications to vote by proxy must be received by the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday, 18th March 2020.
This election was caused because a Labour councillor was disqualified from office under the six-month rule for failing to attend a single council meeting for six months.
Prior to his disqualification, according to the Whitehaven News, this Labour councillor had managed to get to just three of the eighteen meetings he could have attended.
I should perhaps add that the reason for his difficulty in attending meetings is that he had moved to France.
That isn't necessarily an absolute disqualification. I can recall a decade ago a colleague who was representing the former Bransty ward which covered much of the same area as the new Whitehaven Central ward also had to move to France for employment reasons. However, there was a very important difference: he continued to make regular visits to Copeland, to deal with casework by phone and email, and he actually did get to the great majority of the council meetings he was due to attend.
There was a very strong field to be the Conservative candidate in the by election, with no fewer than five candidates expressing an interest in standing. The Conservative party is grateful to all these members for their interest. A meeting of Conservative members this week selected William Dixon from among the excellent candidates who put their names forward and he will be the Conservative candidate in the by-election.
William Dixon's priorities for Whitehaven Central will include
1) Tackling dog fouling and litter
2) Working to improve the street scene
3) To be a strong voice for local residents.
And we will be out campaigning for him from tomorrow!
The election will take place on Thursday, 26th March 2020 between the hours of 07:00 am and 10:00 pm.
Applications to register to vote by residents not currently on the electoral register but entitled to be must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday, 10th March 2020.
New applications to vote by post or to change existing postal or proxy arrangements e.g. cancellation or re-direction etc must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at the Copeland Centre by 5pm on Wednesday, 11th March 2020 if they are to be effective for this election.
New applications to vote by proxy must be received by the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday, 18th March 2020.
This election was caused because a Labour councillor was disqualified from office under the six-month rule for failing to attend a single council meeting for six months.
Prior to his disqualification, according to the Whitehaven News, this Labour councillor had managed to get to just three of the eighteen meetings he could have attended.
I should perhaps add that the reason for his difficulty in attending meetings is that he had moved to France.
That isn't necessarily an absolute disqualification. I can recall a decade ago a colleague who was representing the former Bransty ward which covered much of the same area as the new Whitehaven Central ward also had to move to France for employment reasons. However, there was a very important difference: he continued to make regular visits to Copeland, to deal with casework by phone and email, and he actually did get to the great majority of the council meetings he was due to attend.
There was a very strong field to be the Conservative candidate in the by election, with no fewer than five candidates expressing an interest in standing. The Conservative party is grateful to all these members for their interest. A meeting of Conservative members this week selected William Dixon from among the excellent candidates who put their names forward and he will be the Conservative candidate in the by-election.
William Dixon's priorities for Whitehaven Central will include
1) Tackling dog fouling and litter
2) Working to improve the street scene
3) To be a strong voice for local residents.
And we will be out campaigning for him from tomorrow!
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