Electoral fraud is a blight across the political spectrum – and my review can help to stamp it out Eric Pickles Download your own copy of the Pickles Report: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/545416/eric_pickles_report_electoral_fraud.pdf We like to boast that Britain is home to the … Continue reading
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Police ‘too scared’ to stop vote rigging in Muslim areas, damning report finds
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Police ‘too scared’ to stop vote rigging in Muslim areas, damning report finds VOTE rigging in Muslim communities goes unchallenged because police are too scared of being “politically correct”, a damning Government report has revealed. The study, headed by Sir … Continue reading
Election Snippet 5: Labour at war with itself
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There is now no doubt, labour’s more robust approach to candidate selection this year, has ruffled more than a few feathers. This is most clearly visible in the Valley Ward election contest this year. There are three labour, three Ukip … Continue reading
More from Naveen on why he is standing
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Why I’m standing for the NHA Party at the local elections in Rotherham by Naveen Judah, NHA candidate for Sitwell, Rotherham My name is Naveen and as an accountant by trade I have generally worked with the aim of ‘increasing … Continue reading
Naveen Judah will fight Sitwell ward for the National Health Action Party
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News in the Rotherham Star of a candidate for a new to Rotherham political party, the National Health Action Party. This is the Stars take on it, to read the full article please click on the link: Rotherham Council candidate … Continue reading
Silly Season Short No2
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A fresh piece of ‘silly season’ news. Lynda Donaldson, the Conservative Councillor for Hellaby Ward, has been chosen to fight Sitwell Ward for them in the local elections next year! She must be in doubt of retaining her Hellaby seat … Continue reading
What’s new pussycat?
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The starting gun has fired & Parties are selecting candidates for the 2014 Council Elections. It’s more important than we realise in single party places like North Korea and Rotherham. e.g. you want to vote Labour but the candidate they … Continue reading
Tony Mannion – is it time for him to go?
Tony Mannion has been forced to justify his continued service as Councillor on behalf of the people of Sitwell Ward, Rotherham, this afternoon at Todays meeting of the Full Council.
Despite now, not being qualified, living in Leicester and having no direct business links to Rotherham he justified himself today, by pointing out his attendance was better than that of the Advertiser! Come on!
The time has come I’m afraid, for Tony Mannion to consider his position and then to stand down, to give Sitwell’s citizens their full complement of representatives, actually qualified for the job!
2014 elections – first look at the battleground
The 2014 Battleground, first look. These are the incumbent Councillors who’s Term of Office, expires May 2014.
Ward | Incumbent | Party |
Anston & Woodsetts Ward | Jo Burton | Lab |
Boston Castle Ward | Rose McNeeley | Lab |
Brinsworth & Catcliffe Ward | Alan Buckley | Lab |
Dinnington Ward | Jackie Falvey | Lab |
Hellaby Ward | Lynda Donaldson | Con |
Holderness Ward | Gerald Smith | Lab |
Hoober Ward | Brian Steele | Lab |
Keppel Ward | Ian Barron | Lab |
Maltby Ward | Amy Rushforth | Lab |
Rawmarsh Ward | Shaun Wright | Lab |
Rother Vale Ward | Richard Russell | Lab |
Rotherham East | Shaukut Ali | Lab |
Rotherham West | Jahangir Akhtar | Lab |
Silverwood Ward | Pat Russell | Lab |
Sitwell Ward | Tony Mannion | Con |
Swinton Ward | Neil License | Lab |
Valley Ward | Dave Pickering | Lab |
Wales Ward | Jennifer Whysall | Lab |
Wath Ward | Alan Atkin | Lab |
Wickersley Ward | Sue Ellis | Lab |
Wingfield Ward | Keith Goulty | Lab |
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who Is The Greediest Of Them All?…..
Let the figures speak for themselves!
Greed by Individual Councillor 2009-10 | |||||
Rank | Name | 2009-10 | Ward | Up Next Year | |
1 | Roger Stone | £45,407.72 | Silverwood | Yes | |
2 | Terry Sharman | £34,062.38 | Wingfield | Yes | |
3 | Richard Russell | £29,127.27 | Hoober | No | |
4 | Gerald Smith | £28,730.15 | Holderness | No | |
5 | Mahroof Hussain | £28,670.90 | Boston Castle | No | |
6 | Glyn Whelbourn | £28,662.08 | Rawmarsh | No | |
7 | Shaun Wright | £28,624.15 | Rawmarsh | No | |
8 | Jahangir Akhtar | £28,622.08 | Rotherham West | No | |
9 | Ken Wyatt | £28,597.44 | Swinton | No | |
10 | Iain StJohn | £26,707.84 | Anston & Woodsetts | Yes | |
11 | John Doyle | £26,608.20 | Swinton | Yes | |
12 | Dave Pickering | £23,292.72 | Valley | No | |
13 | Ann Russell | £23,268.91 | Silverwood | No | |
14 | Rose McNeely | £23,186.91 | Boston Castle | No | |
15 | Jane Austen | £23,183.41 | Holderness | Yes | |
Georgina Boyes | £23,183.41 | Rother Vale | No | ||
17 | Alex Sangster | £23,182.96 | Wath | Yes | |
John Gilding | £23,182.96 | Sitwell | Yes | ||
19 | Hilda Jack | £23,180.04 | Holderness | No | |
Peter Wooton | £23,180.04 | Boston Castle | Yes | ||
21 | Barry Dodson | £17,821.29 | Rotherham East | Yes | |
22 | John Swift | £17,746.45 | Rother Vale | Yes | |
23 | Lindsay Johnston | £17,734.79 | Wingfield | No | |
Paul Lakin | £17,734.79 | Valley | Yes | ||
Jennifer Whysall | £17,734.79 | Wales | No | ||
26 | Alan Atkin | £17,064.05 | Wath | No | |
JRA Turner | £17,064.05 | Hellaby | No | ||
28 | Maurice Kirk | £14,366.66 | Rotherham East | No | |
Amy Rushforth | £14,366.66 | Maltby | No | ||
30 | Frank Hodgkiss | £14,191.06 | Hoober | No | |
31 | Josephine Burton | £13,974.74 | Anston & Woodsetts | No | |
32 | Reg Littleboy | £13,882.84 | Brinsworth & Catcliffe | Yes | |
33 | Shaukat Ali | £13,735.60 | Rotherham East | No | |
34 | Pat Russell | £13,640.64 | Silverwood | No | |
35 | Ian Barron | £13,596.78 | Keppel | No | |
36 | Sheila Walker | £13,588.84 | Keppel | No | |
37 | Barry Kaye | £13,570.24 | Keppel | Yes | |
38 | Jacqueline Falvey | £13,558.84 | Dinnington | No | |
Alan Gosling | £13,558.84 | Wath | No | ||
Jane Hamilton | £13,558.84 | Hoober | Yes | ||
Jane Havenhand | £13,558.84 | Dinnington | Yes | ||
42 | Fred Wright | £13,558.40 | Brinsworth & Catcliffe | No | |
43 | Simon Currie | £13,404.13 | Valley | No | |
Keith Goulty | £13,404.13 | Wingfield | No | ||
45 | Simon Tweed | £13,400.75 | Dinnington | No | |
46 | Chris McMahon | £12,952.16 | Wickersley | No | |
47 | Neil License | £12,772.58 | Swinton | No | |
48 | Kath Sims | £12,457.87 | Rotherham West | No | |
49 | T Fenoughty | £12,412.54 | Wales | No | |
50 | Michael Clarke | £12,306.98 | Sitwell | Dec | |
Brian Cutts | £12,306.98 | Hellaby | Yes | ||
Lynda Donaldson | £12,306.98 | Hellaby | No | ||
John Foden | £12,306.98 | Rotherham West | Yes | ||
Neil Hamilton | £12,306.98 | Rawmarsh | Yes | ||
Tony Mannion | £12,306.98 | Sitwell | No | ||
G Nightingale | £12,306.98 | Rother Vale | No | ||
G Sharp | £12,306.98 | Wales | Yes | ||
Ben Slade | £12,306.98 | Maltby | Yes | ||
Peter Thirlwall | £12,306.98 | Wickersley | Yes | ||
60 | Will Blair | £12,303.59 | Maltby | No | |
John Gamble | £12,303.59 | Brinsworth & Catcliffe | No | ||
Darren Hughes | £12,303.59 | Anston & Woodsetts | No | ||
Martyn Parker | £12,303.59 | Boston Castle | No | ||
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Councillor Greed by Ward 2009-2010. | ||
Ward totals in descending order. | ||
Ward | Total | Rank |
Silverwood | £82,317.27 | 1 |
Holderness | £75,093.60 | 2 |
Boston Castle | £75,037.85 | 3 |
Rawmarsh | £69,593.21 | 4 |
Swinton | £67,978.22 | 5 |
Wingfield | £65,201.13 | 6 |
Hoober | £56,877.17 | 7 |
Valley | £54,431.64 | 8 |
Wath | £53,804.30 | 9 |
Rotherham West | £53,386.93 | 10 |
Rother Vale | £53,236.84 | 11 |
Anston & Woodsetts | £52,986.17 | 12 |
Sitwell | £47,796.88 | 13 |
Rotherham East | £45,923.55 | 14 |
Wales | £42,454.31 | 15 |
Hellaby | £41,681.01 | 16 |
Keppel | £40,755.86 | 17 |
Dinnington | £40,518.43 | 18 |
Brinsworth & Catcliffe | £39,744.83 | 19 |
Maltby | £38,977.23 | 20 |
Wickersley | £37,562.73 | 21 |
Extracted from: http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/download/3675/members_allowances_and_expenses_2009-10