Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Local Harringay Councillor resigns!
Local Harringay ward Councillor James Ryan has resigned. There will be a selection meeting by the Labour Party followed by a far more perfunctory by-election.
Zena Brabazon!!!! Please stand in our ward!
Local Labour Party members, please select Zena!
More details here and here. Expect Council Leader Claire Kober to have an alternative candidate in mind.
Tags for Forum Posts: by-election, democracy, labour, politics
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Permalink Reply by WightmanPaul on
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There's a notice of vacancy for Harringay on this page:
http://voting.haringey.gov.uk/
but the link to the .pdf does not work.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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It says the file is under the directory 2014/01, ha ha ha.
Something outrageous though is that Pat Egan died in July last year and they held the by-election in October! What's the rush Nick?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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I rang Haringey and they sent me a copy of the notice.(which annoyingly I can't copy and paste here). It gives 35 days notice of election and the notice is dated 17June.
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They print them, scan them, convert to pdf (so a photo of the text) and that's why you can't copy/paste from their massive PDFs. Sort of anti-internet.
Right so don't for a minute think that the Labour Party have not had loads of time to prepare, knowing that this is coming. I originally thought they'd finally sacked him for dereliction of duty but apparently he's just taken a politically sensitive job in London government.
Is this enough time to accept postal votes because the holidays start on the 15th of July and Harringay will just be full of ineligible house sitters.
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Permalink Reply by Angela on
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The school holidays (in state schools in Haringey) start anywhere between the 20th to 22nd July.
Not everyone will be on holiday - plenty of people in Harringay don't have school aged children, or any children, or can't afford a holiday or have house sitters.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Right-clicking on the link let me download the PDF. I've posted the text below.
So in this instance, John McMullan, it seems your critique of the graphic PDF nonsense is not accurate. (Or maybe they read your comment below and decided that this time they would make an effort and not look like anti-internet dunces.)
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London Borough of Haringey
CASUAL VACANCY
IN THE OFFICE OF COUNCILLOR
Due to the resignation of Councillor James Ryan, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
under Section 87 (2) of the Local Government Act 1972 that a casual vacancy
exists in the office of Councillor for the HARRINGAY Ward of the London
Borough of Haringey.
An election to fill the vacancy will be held within 35 days ( computed in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 ) , following
written notice requesting an election being received by me from two local
government electors of the London Borough of Haringey.Nick Walkley
Chief Executive and Returning Officer
Haringey Council
River Park House
225 High Road
London
N22 8HQ
Date : 17 June 2016
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What would a small by-election of this type cost? Apart from the logistics involved in the voting process, I imagine there will be an extensive induction process and period of catch-up for the new councillor.
Add to this the opportunity cost of our ward not having been represented in a diligent or honest manner, and I wonder if ex-Cllr Ryan might return some of the funding he has received from us. Or is it too unkind to suggest relative surplus value to a young Marxist?
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Permalink Reply by Robin2 on
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Dear oh dear all this bitching
And all this talk of the Lib Dems is so laughable - Schmidt and Alexander lost last time, or didn't you notice - no doubt something to do with their party signing up to the austerity programme which has led to huge reductions in council budgets...
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No dear, the talk is of individuals. And also of the inanity of applying national voting patterns to local authority elections. Any element of 'bitching' seems also to be regarding individuals rather than parties. Though James Ryan embarrassed himself and his party with the manner in which he undertook his responsibilities to his constituents.
I hope his replacement doesn't take the 'Casual Vacancy' offered above quite so literally.
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I had no time whatever for the LibDem National leadership.
But when I was on the council I respected those LibDem councillors who worked hard for their wards on practical matters. This included both David Schmitz and Karen Alexander. I found both of them happy to work with Labour councillors on cross party issues - in committees and in local work. As I recall, they didn't take part in the childish yah-boo culture.
Naturally I shall be hoping to see a democratic socialist Labour candidate. (Well, that's what it says on the back of my membership card.)
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Robin2, we'll leave the bitching to you, shall we?
Some of us here had in mind not the Lib Dem or Green or Labour Parties whether local or national, but rather the quality of Ward Councillor we would like to represent Harringay for the next two years, and the proven quality of two of those who have represented us for four and eight years of the past decade.
Meanwhile, since these days we are being encouraged to #thankyourMP etc, how can I show my deep appreciation for the half life and sudden demise of Cllr James Ryan for whose existence we have only KoberLabour to thank.
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Karen Alexander and David Schmidt were exemplary councillors. Their defeat had nothing at all to do with their abilities and commitment but, as you say, public feeling about the coalition government.
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