Runners & Riders:

2011 Elections

All of the Conservative Group Offices were up for election at the LGA this year.  Here are the outgoing Conservative Group Officers:

Here is a link to my personal odds on the Runners and Riders who are now weighed in!  Cash your winnings!!

Chairman:

ELECTED with 2,342 votes

Cllr Sir Merrick Cockell, Leader of Kensington & Chelsea LB.

Merrick was Chairman of London Councils until Labour took control.

Polled 1,619 votes

Cllr David Parsons CBE Leader of Leicestershire County Council.

David has served as Deputy Group Leader for the last three years.

Here is a link to David's Manifest No 1.

Group Leader:

Polled 1,928 votes

Cllr Robert Light  Conservative Group Leader of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council.

Robert was a Deputy Chairman of the LG Group Executive.

ELECTED with 1,976 votes

Cllr Gary Porter  Leader of South Holland District Council.

Gary has served as a Deputy Chairman of the LG Group Executive and as Chairman of the LGA  Environment & Housing Programme Board. 

Here is a link to Gary's LGC Statement.

Here is a link to Gary's Manifesto.

Group Deputy Leader:

Polled 501 votes

Cllr Andrew Bowles  Leader of Swale Borough Council and also a Kent County Councillor.

Andrew has served as Chairman of the LGA Rural Commission

Polled 298 votes

Cllr Phillip Grove  Leader of Malvern Hills District Council.

ELECTED with 1,496 votes

Cllr Andrew Lewer  Leader of Derbyshire County Council and a Derbyshire Dales District Councillor.

Andrew has served on the LGA Culture, Tourism & Sport Programme Board

Here is a link to Andrew's Manifesto.

Polled 1,422 votes

Cllr Andrew Povey  Leader of Surrey County Council

Andrew has served on the LGA Improvement Programme Board

County Council Executive Member:

Polled 1,135 votes

Cllr Philip Atkins  Leader of Shropshire County Council

Philip has served as a member of the LG Group Executive, representing the West Midlands region and on the LGA Economy & Transport  Programme Board

Polled 1,080 votes

Cllr Mike Hawthorne  Leader of Gloucestershire County Council.

Mike has served on the LGA Urban Commission.

ELECTED with 1,587 votes

Cllr Keith R Mitchell  CBE  Leader of Oxfordshire County Council.

Keith has served on the LG Group Executive and as Chairman of the LGA Resources Panel.

Non-Metropolitan Council Executive Member:

ELECTED with 1,726 votes

Cllr Neil Clarke  Leader of Rushcliffe Borough Council.

Neil has served on the LGA Environment & Housing Programme Board.

Polled 1,708 votes

Cllr Peter Fleming  Leader of Sevenoaks District Council.

Peter has served as a member of the LG Group Executive, representing the District Councils Network and on the LGA Improvement Programme Board

London Borough Executive Member:

ELECTED with 2,680 votes

Cllr Teresa O'Neill  Leader of London Borough of Bexley.

Teresa has served as a substitute member on the LGA Improvement Programme Board.

Polled 555 votes

Cllr Graham Whitlam  Conservative Group Leader on London Borough of Sutton.

ELECTED UNOPPOSED

Cllr Ken Taylor OBE  Conservative Group Leader of Coventry City Council.

Unitary Council Executive Member:

Polled 1,328 votes

Cllr Paul Bettison  Leader of Bracknell Forest Borough Council.

Paul has served as Chairman of LG Regulation and as a member of the Safer & Stronger Communities Programme Board.

ELECTED with 1,483 votes

Cllr Mick Jones  Leader of Cheshire West & Chester Council.

Polled 946 votes

Cllr Geoffrey Theobald OBE  Brighton & Hove City Council.

Geoffrey has served as a member of the LGA Culture, Tourism & Sport Programme Board.

[Total votes cast:  14,121

ELECTED with 1,252 votes

Cllr Paul Bettison Leader of Bracknell Forest Borough Council.

Paul has served as Chairman of LG Regulation and as a member of the Safer & Stronger Communities Programme Board.

Here is a link to Paul's Manifesto.

ELECTED with 1,298 votes

Cllr Roderick Bluh  Leader of Swindon Borough Council.

ELECTED with 1,513 votes

Cllr Stephen Castle  Member for Education & the 2012 Games on Essex County Council.

Stephen has served as Deputy Chairman of the LGA  Culture, Tourism & Sport Programme Board.  

Polled 342 votes

Cllr Phillip Grove Leader of Malvern Hills District Council.

Polled 1,190 votes

Cllr Craig Humphrey  Leader of Rugby Borough Council.

Craig has served on the LGA Urban Commission.

Polled 1,230 votes

Cllr Gordon Keymer CBE  Leader of Tandridge District Council.

Gordon has served as a member of the LGA Resources Panel and the LGA European & International Programme Board; he is a Member of the LGA Urban and Rural Commissions.

Polled 517 votes

Cllr Jeffrey Milburn   South Tyneside Metropolitan District Council.

Here is a link to Jeffrey's Manifesto.

Polled 950 votes

Cllr Keith R Mitchell  CBE  Leader of Oxfordshire County Council.

Keith has served on the LG Group Executive and as Chairman of the LGA Resources Panel.

Polled 976 votes

Cllr Derrick Murphy Leader of Norfolk County Council.

Derrick has served as a substitute and then as a full member of the LGA Resources Panel.

Polled 994 votes

Cllr William Nunn   Leader of Breckland District Council

William represents the Eastern Region on the LG Group Executive.

ELECTED with 1,353 votes

Cllr Frances Roden  Leader of Stroud District Council.

Polled 1,190 votes

Cllr David Smith  Member of Lichfield District Council

David has served as a member of the LGA Environment & Housing Programme Board.

Polled 1,068 votes

Cllr Geoffrey Theobald OBE Brighton & Hove City Council.

Geoffrey has served as a member of the LGA Culture, Tourism & Sport Programme Board.

For a number of good reasons, I am not standing for any of the major offices but I would like to continue my work on the LGA Resources Panel.

If you look at the candidates' manifestos, you will spot a number of candidates sharing a common format.  These are all members of David Parsons' "slate".  I don't approve of slates and I do not see the need for them in these elections.  I will be voting for individuals whom I think deserve support, whether they have signed up for a slate or not.