ELECTIONS: Proud Yeovilian joins Yeovil Town Council
Posted: 27th May 2015
LONG-TIME Yeovil Town fan Andy Pugsley won his own personal big match last night when he was voted in as a new member of Yeovil Town Council. The council had been left one councillor short in the South Ward following the local elections early this month and so the vacancy needed to be filled by co-option in which councillors were allowed to vote in somebody themselves…
ELECTIONS: David Laws believes LibDems CAN win back Yeovil
Posted: 12th May 2015
FORMER MP David Laws believes the Liberal Democrats can bounce back strongly at the next General Election and reclaim the Yeovil Constituency. Mr Laws is still “acclimatising” to the fact that he is no longer the Yeovil Constituency’s MP – a post he had held for 14 years until last week’s election in which he lost the seat to Conservative candidate Marcus Fysh; and a…
ELECTIONS: Seven new faces for Chard Town Council
Posted: 11th May 2015
VIRTUALLY half of Chard Town Council will consist of new councillors when it meets for the first time following on from last week’s local election. Newcomers to the council are Dave O’Brien, Irene Glynn, Amanda Broom, Stephen Warwick, Martin Carnell, Jeanette Orchard and Jason Baker. The eight members to retain their seats are Garry Shortland, Cath Morrison, Dave Bulmer…
ELECTIONS: No change at Crewkerne Town Council
Posted: 11th May 2015
THE make-up of Crewkerne Town Council has remained unchanged following last week’s local election. The 12 members of the council all stood for re-election and they got the votes they needed to serve the town for another four years. Cllr Mike Best topped the poll with 1,965 votes – 321 votes ahead of second-placed Cllr Angie Singleton. Also re-elected were Cllrs Rusty…
ELECTIONS: New look Ilminster Town Council
Posted: 11th May 2015
A NUMBER of new faces will be taking their places on Ilminster Town Council following last week’s local election. Fifteen seats were up for grabs and there were 20 candidates for voters to select from. A total of 18,225 votes were cast and coming top of the pile was former Ilminster Mayor, Carol Goodall, with 1,329. Second in the voting was Val Keitch with 1,310 and both…
ELECTIONS: Tory candidate wins county council by-election
Posted: 10th May 2015
RESIDENTS of the Taunton North electoral division have elected Conservative candidate Michael Adkins as their new councillor on Somerset County Council. The election was held on Thursday (May 7, 2015) alongside other local elections and the General Election. The results were as follows: 1 Michael John Adkins – Conservative 1,298; 2 Barrie Hall – Liberal Democrats 976; 3…
ELECTIONS: Labour candidate thanks Yeovil supporters
Posted: 9th May 2015
THE Labour candidate who stood in the Yeovil Constituency in the General Election has thanked everyone who voted for her. Sheena King came fourth in the election with 4,053 votes which represented a success for Labour locally since the party only polled 2,991 votes at the previous General Election of 2010. While this year’s General Election was a disaster for Labour…
ELECTIONS: No overall power at SSDC
Posted: 8th May 2015
THREE independent councillors elected to South Somerset District Council hold the trump card as to holds power on the 60-seat authority. The results from yesterday’s (Thursday, May 7, 2015) local election have been announced this afternoon and neither the Conservatives or the Liberal Democrats hold overall power. The LibDems gained 29 seats, while the Tories picked-up 28…
ELECTIONS: Tories win all three seats in Yeovil South Ward
Posted: 8th May 2015
CONSERVATIVES took a clean sweep of the three seats available in the Yeovil South Ward at the election of South Somerset District Council. Cllrs John Charles Marshall Field, Nigel Gage and Sam McAllister took the top three positions in the votes and with it three seats available. Results: Yeovil South Ward (3 seats): Nagaraja Akkisetty (LibDems) 1376; Martin Ronald…
ELECTIONS: Yeovil Without chooses its councillors
Posted: 8th May 2015
TWO Liberal Democrats and one Conservative have been elected to serve the Yeovil Without Ward on South Somerset District Council. Cllrs Mike Lock and Graham Oakes, from the Liberal Democrats, polled 1,655 and 1603 votes respectively. The successful Tory candidate at yesterday’s (Thursday, May 7, 2015) election was Cllr Gye Charles Bower Dibben with 1,610 votes. Results:…
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