2015 Results:
2015 Results Declaration:
| Name of Candidate | Description (if any) | Number of Votes* |
|---|---|---|
| FOULSTONE Charles David Dowsing | Green Party | 391 |
| FROGGATT Bernard | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 1,819 |
| IRELAND John Thomas | Independent | 523 |
| RICHARDSON Nichola Jayne | The Conservative Party Candidate | 1,303 |
| TAYLOR Robert Paul | Labour Party | 1,873 ELECTED |
* If elected the word ‘Elected’ appears against the number of votes.
| The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: | Number of ballot papers | |
|---|---|---|
| A | Want of an official mark | 0 |
| B | Voting for more Candidates than the voter was entitled to | 2 |
| C | Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified | 0 |
| D | Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty | 24 |
| Total | 26 | |
| Vacant seats | 1 | Electorate | 8,922 | Ballot papers issued | 5,935 | Turnout | 66.52% |
I do hereby declare that the said Robert Paul Taylor is duly elected Councillor for the Anston and Woodsetts Ward.
Jacqueline Collins
Returning Officer
Anston & Woodsetts Ward Results 2014:
| Anston & Woodsetts Ward | ||||
| Name | Description | Votes | Vote% | |
| Burton | Labour | 1339 | 38.7 | Elected |
| Foulstone | Green | 251 | 17.1 | |
| Froggatt | UKIP | 1308 | 37.8 | |
| Taylor | Conservative | 555 | 16.0 | |
| Total Votes | 3460 | |||
| Electorate | 8890 | |||
| Turnout % | 38.9 |
Nominations:
The first signs of election activity:
News of a parish council scrutiny blog
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We bring readers news of a new scrutiny blog, this time focussing on the activities of a parish council. Click on image to visit: Wherever the peoples business is transacted a scrutiny blog is most welcome and essential if labour … Continue reading
A plea to women – from Jo Burton
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Jo Burton the recently re-elected labour member for Anston & Woodsetts makes a plea for more involvement from women in the democratic process: .
Rotherham Labour’s 2015 Cohort – First Look
Unless Labour decides to dump their own dinosaurs, this is the list of sitting Labour Councillors who will be up for re-election/voting out next May: Anston & Woodsetts Judy Dalton Boston Castle Peter Wooton Brinsworth and Catcliffe Andrew Roddison Dinnington … Continue reading
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News Flash. The Independent Candidate John Ireland has been caught out tonight. At a Public Meeting of Anston Electors, he did not deny that he spoke to a Parish Councillor in the Pub and admitted that he was standing to “split the vote”. He was asked who he was trying “to Split” but said no one had asked him to do it. he then went on to say he was standing because he was the only one who lives in Anston. Technically he is correct, but the UKIP Candidate Bernard Frogett, was born in Anston, and lives in woodsetts, which just happens to be part of the “Anston and Woodsetts Ward”.
The Public have been asking why would a 77 year old man, who has presided over a totally failing Parish Council, for the last two years, Stand for Election at RMBC, That very same RMBC Council has threatened to disband the Parish Council, the one he has been running on behalf of the Labour Party. (one failing Council disbanding another failing Council, you could not make it up)
Please Members of the Public don’t waste a good vote on this man.
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Labour are the experts of the dirty tricks campaign but they can’t fool the people now they have realised they gave been betrayed by them for years
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This is the standard labour “sorry we missed you” calling card. It gives Kevin Barron’s contact details (nothing for the Borough candidate). We had “same”one for Barron/Pitchley yesterday in Aughton.
Incidentally, Robert Taylor was recently co-opted (by the Labour majority) on to the Aston-cum-Aughton Parish Council. He has only been on for a few months (the resignation of his predecessor who had moved out of the parish over two years ago & only attended very infrequently resigned too late for there to be a bye-election!! Surprise, surprise), so difficult to assess how effective he might be. He was just greeted (and congratulated) by his Labour colleagues at his first PC meeting. He did not introduce himself to the public or the rest of the PC, and when co-opted there was no indication as to who he was or his credentials…typical Labour shoe-in.
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Mr Thornton’s crass comments have once again shown that he is unfit to be a Parish Councillor and is an affront to democracy
John Ireland
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