Conservative candidate Jonathan Pritchard has narrowly retained a Cheam Ward council seat for the Conservatives in yesterday’s by-election. Mr Pritchard polled just 87 votes ahead of Liberal Democrat Wendy Mathys.
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Conservative Eleanor Pinfold for persistent rudeness while carrying out her official duties.
The UK Independence Party beat Labour into fourth place, polling 8% of the vote ahead of Labour’s 3%.
The turnout of 44% was lower than in May 2006’s full council election which saw 51% of voters fulfil their democratic duty.
Cheam Ward has three council seats, all currently occupied by Conservatives. It would take little more than a gentle breeze to unseat them, but famously a week is a long time in politics and the next election (barring any further mishaps) is two years away.
Official results from Sutton Council. I’ve put the full results online here. Please contact me if you’d like a copy of this as an Excel spreadsheet.
Photo: Copyright © Sutton Council.
The police’s Stonecot Safer Neighbourhoods Team will be offering free mobile phone registration at Ridge Road Library on Wednesday 5th March from 2-5pm.
Thousands of mobile phones are lost and stolen each year. By registering your phone you make it easy for the police to immobilise your phone if stolen or return a lost phone to you if found.
Officers will also be giving advice and answering questions on how to prevent crime such as theft from vehicles, graffiti and any other issues of concern to local residents.
View this event on Sutton Active - the borough’s community calendar.
Planning Alerts is a free service that sends you email notices about planning applications near you.
This is easier than hunting through the council’s website as that information is not grouped by locality, so you have to hunt through the entire borough’s applications to find ones near you.
Planning Alerts works for many boroughs, currently including Sutton and Croydon, but not Merton.
If you use an RSS reader, this information is also available as an RSS feed.
Click here to see a map of applications near Stonecot Hill.
