The elections took place yesterday and as usual for local elections in Rutland the turnout was low, as you would expect in Rutland, with only 24.82% of the electorate voting in South West Oakham and a slightly better turnout of 34.67% of the electorate voting in Whissendine. The results of the polls are as follows:
Results for the ward of South West Oakham
| Names of Candidates...................................... | Votes recorded |
| Benjanin Callaghan - Independent | 177 |
| Richard Clifton - Conservative Party | 240 |
| Richard Swift - Liberal Democrat Party | 43 |
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 1 |
Results for the ward of Whissendine
| Names of Candidates...................................... | Votes recorded |
| Samuel Asplin - Liberal Democrat Party | 192 |
| Jonathan Baker - Conservative Party | 179 |
| Rejected Ballot Papers | 0 |
Richard Clifton retained the ward of South West Oakham for the Conservative Party while Samuel Asplin took the ward of Whissendine from Independents for the Liberal Democrat Party. This wouldn't have effected the balance of power in Rutland County Council except for the resignation of Chris Parsons from the Conservative Party who is going to carry on representing his ward for Ryhall and Casterton as an Independent. The change in make up in the council from the 2011 election to today after the by election are as follows:
| May 2011 | Oct 2014 | change | |
| Conservative Party | 16 | 15 | -1 |
| Independents | 8 | 6 | -2 |
| Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat Party | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| UK Independence Party.. | 0 | 3 | +3 |
Currently the Conservative Party have an overall majority of four on Rutland County Council, if they all turn up to vote, as recently there have been a number of Conservative Councillors off sick.
It is sad to see such a small turn out at the polls in Rutland yet again, especially after seeing the people so motivated over the Aldi application. Through lack of political debate in the press, lack of choice with no Labour party candidates bothering to come forward to stand in the wards and the main parties falling to talk about local issues that effect people of the wards it seems that interest in party politics is dead. What has replaced it is issue politics where people are motivated by single issues that effect their lives, hence all the interest in Aldi's planning application. Maybe it is time for a new approach to local politics in the United Kingdom.
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4 comments:
Conservative Joanna Figgis resigned after her husband who was the Deputy Head at Oakham School, took on a new role as Head Teacher at Rugby School. She decided she did not want to commute to meetings.
Thank you Martin, you sure are the font of all knowledge when it comes to matters relating to Oakham and the Council.
Sad :-)
Here he is in his new role, Former Cllr Figgis gave up a lot more than Councillor she was also a local primary school teacher. http://www.ardingly.com/Ardingly_College_Sussex/Headmaster_Independent_School_Sussex.php
The Governors description of Mrs Figgis fails to mention she is a director of TIMENUMBER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
not just a teacher
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