ELECTIONS: Public hustings in Crewkerne
Posted: 29th April 2015
WADHAM School in Crewkerne will be the venue tomorrow (Thursday, April 30, 2015) for a public hustings event with candidates standing in the Yeovil constituency at next week’s General Election. Serving MP David Laws, of the Liberal Democrats, will be there along with Conservative candidate Marcus Fysh, Simon Smedley of UKIP, and Emily McIvor, of the Green Party. The…
ELECTIONS: Prime Minister visits Yeovil constituency
Posted: 26th April 2015
PRIME Minister David Cameron was in the Yeovil constituency today (Sunday, April 26, 2015) flying the flag for the Conservatives. The Tory Party leader was joined by supporters in the village of Norton-sub-Hamdon – the home of former Liberal Democrat leader and Yeovil MP Paddy Ashdown – to talk about his future plans for the economy. He was joined by the Conservative…
ELECTIONS: Advice from SSDC for postal voters
Posted: 23rd April 2015
PEOPLE who have applied to make their votes in the forthcoming elections by post will start to receive their postal voting pack from South Somerset District Council. Tens of thousands of postal voting packs will be sent out from SSDC’s elections team today (Thursday, April 23, 2015) with the first packs expected to start arriving in the days following. Depending on where…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Chard student meets Labour leader
Posted: 16th April 2015
A POLITIICIAN for the future from Chard has met Labour leader Ed Miliband during the General Election campaign. Callum Mooney, 17, is currently regional secretary for Youth Parliament but has his sights set much higher for the future and would, in common with Mr Miliband, relish a life at Number 10 as Prime Minister. The Chard teenager, who is a student at Richard Huish…
ELECTIONS: Battling it out in Ilminster for SSDC
Posted: 14th April 2015
THE election for two seats up for grabs on South Somerset District Council in Ilminster will be an interesting contest. Carol Goodall will be looking to retain her seat for the LibDems, while Val Keitch will be hoping to win the second seat for the party to replace Kim Turner who is standing down. Stuart Shepherd and Sean Clarke are standing for the Conservatives in…
ELECTIONS: Intriguing contests in Chard for SSDC
Posted: 14th April 2015
GLOVES are off in Chard as candidates do battle to win one of five seats up for grabs in the town for a place on South Somerset District Council. The Avishayes ward is being contested by the Conservative's Peter Amey, Labour's Graham Forsyth, independent candidate Cath Morrison and the LibDems' Garry Shortland. The Combe ward is a three-way contest between Amanda Broom…
ELECTIONS: Ten candidates but only three seats in Crewkerne
Posted: 14th April 2015
THE three seats available in Crewkerne for South Somerset District Council will be keenly contested with ten candidates having been put forward. Mike Best and Angie Singleton will be looking to retain their seats for the LibDems, while their third member, John Dyke, is now standing in the Windwhistle ward against UKIP's George Elliott and the sitting Conservative member…
ELECTIONS: Candidates at a glance for SSDC election
Posted: 13th April 2015
THE battle lines have been drawn for next month's South Somerset District Council elections with nominations having closed. The council has announced those candidates who will be standing in the election on Thursday, May 7, 2015, which will be held the same day as the General Election. There will be 60 seats on the council up for grabs in 39 different wards and it looks…
ELECTIONS: The battle for SSDC could be won and lost in Yeovil
Posted: 13th April 2015
THERE are 60 seats to be won on South Somerset District Council at next month's election - but more than 25 per cent of them are available in the Yeovil area. It means that overall power for the council, which already hangs narrowly close, could be won and lost on the outcome of what happens in Yeovil when people go to the polls on Thursday, May 7, 2015. There are 12…
ELECTIONS: Yeovil candidates go head to head at The Gateway
Posted: 13th April 2015
THE five candidates hoping to win the Yeovil constituency seat at the General Election on Thursday, May 7, 2015, will be going head-to-head in a public debate just two days before people go to the polls. The churches in Yeovil have organised a hustings involving all five candidates on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at the Yeovil Community Church at The Gateway in Addlewell Lane…
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