Penyffordd Community Council Results 2012

Cindy Hinds	Labour / Llafur	830	16%	Elected
David Williams	Independent / Annibynnol	601	12%	Elected
Tom Jones	Independent / Annibynnol	539	11%	Elected
Helen Jones	Independent / Annibynnol	484	9%	Elected
Colin Bithell	Independent / Annibynnol	479	9%	Elected
Linda Vidamour		447	9%	Elected
Edwina Mary Davies	Independent / Annibynnol	429	8%	Elected
Clive Weed	Independent / Annibynnol	384	8%	Elected
Joe Bell	Independent / Annibynnol	356	7%	Elected
Stan Davies	Independent / Annibynnol	341	7%	Elected
Colin Nicholas Hughes	Independent / Annibynnol	230	4%	Not elected

Turnout 17%

Links
http://cyfarfodyddpwyllgor.siryfflint.gov.uk/mgElectionElectionAreaResults.aspx?EID=5&RPID=194392&LLL=undefined

http://cyfarfodyddpwyllgor.siryfflint.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=5&RPID=194360&LLL=undefined

I would like to thank all those who voted for me and those who have made considered comments on the blog. As far as I am concerned progress has been made in turning a moribund community council into a more youthful enthusiastic committee fit for the 21st century.

Colin Hughes

Penyffordd tells Tom Jones where to go

Well done Cindy Hinds, a brave woman.

Tom's man Colin Bithell resoundingly defeated. Will county council results be translated at community council level?

Perhaps the electorate were sick of having no doctors surgery, little investment in youth facilties, the ignoring of A55 Warren Bank making the centre of Penyffordd a large short cut for through traffic and HGV.

Perhaps it was the fielding of candidates that were too old and decrepit.

ps. Tom Jones will STILL be chairman of the new Community Council. Perhaps Clive Weed might have something to say about it, maybe not !

Link http://cyfarfodyddpwyllgor.siryfflint.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=4&RPID=71366&LLL=undefined

Flintshire Election News

Alison Halford, Tim Newhouse retain seats.

Klaus looses his. 74 votes out of a 354 votes

Derek Butler is back at Broughton, David Macfarlane out

Gareth Williams fails in Mold.

Hilary Isherwood scrapes in by 5 votes Llanfynydd.

Ray Hughes Leeswood retains seat.

Links http://cyfarfodyddpwyllgor.siryfflint.gov.uk/mgElectionElectionAreaResults.aspx?EID=4&RPID=133723&LLL=undefined

http://cyfarfodyddpwyllgor.siryfflint.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=4&RPID=71366&LLL=undefined

Penyffordd Election Results 2012

Penyffordd / Pen-y-ffordd - results - County Council

Election Candidate Party Votes %

 1. Cindy Hinds Labour / Llafur 812 47% Elected

 2. David Williams Independent / Annibynnol 563 32% Elected

 3. Colin Bithell Independent / Annibynnol 362 21% Not elected


Community Council Results are counted this morning , results towards mid day

Penyffordd District Local Election Predictions

PREDICTIONS

1st David Williams
David has done a lot of work he should see his share of the vote increase

2nd Cindy Hinds. Cindy works hard under a handicap. Should see an increase in vote share due to national politics

3rd Colin Bithell. Colin in my view was wrong to use his immense personal tragedy as part of his election leaflet. Sitting in the polling room today whilst residents voted also an error of judgement.

Voters don't want politicians around whilst they are voting. Colin is part of a political group grasping at straws. Their time has passed they should have moved aside.
Long gone are the times when being a councillor involved just a monthly nose at the planning applications.

It remains to be seen if voters took any notice of Colin's personal tragedy and got all sentimental.

I won't be staying up. Not sure who is following the count. Flintshire Chronicle has an on line blog which I can't get working. Or perhaps its just no one is using it yet.

Please feel free to put any results in the comment section.

Good night.

Has Colin Bithell broken electoral law?

Colin Bithell this morning was sitting with polling staff  IN the polling room.
He was not standing outside the polling room as they normally are.

I read elsewhere that tellers who work for candidates are NOT allowed in the polling room.

Commenters complain that they found this situation intimidating.

More here in the comments section.

http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.com/2012/05/election-intell.html

Election Intell

Apparently Colin Bithell's on the door at the polling station already. I've lost our polling cards, you don't need them though. Might be asked for driving license or some other form of proof.

The Daily Post View of Flintshire Elections

Slightly biased but never mind.

Link http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/in-depth/north_wales_elections_2012/2012/05/02/north-wales-elections-2012-a-guide-to-flintshire-55578-30888483/

A Commenter's View of Penyffordd Councillors

Thank you for your effort Sir/Madam
Reproduced here from a comment elsewhere
It deserves a place at the top.

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I have refrained thus far from entering the fray, but the time has come where as someone who has had dealings with many Councillors and Local Government Finance, that I feel I must intervene.
I am full of admiration for Men and Women who selflessly give up their quality time to attend meetings on behalf of the Community, without any remuneration whatsoever. (unlike those who get Elected to the County council on £12,500 per Annum plus expenses). So I have been taking a look at what has been achieved these past 4 years by Penyffordd Community Council, and this is what I have found:-


2008/9 MultiUse games area £12,000 


Millstone/Melwood play area £6000


Melwood and Dobshill play Area--£5000


Annual Litter Collection--£5,500 per year


Seasonal grasscutting-- £3,750 per year


Christmas Lighting--£4000 per year


Summer Play Scheme --£900 per year


Street Lighting--£5000 per year


Grants to Organisations--£3200 per year


Grant to War Memorial Institute--£3400 per year


Provision of extra salt bins--£1000


This equates to a Band D property Council Tax Payer of 60p per week. One of the lowest Band d Charges in Flintshire.


I believe this to be highly commendable, and I hope this will be helpful both to yourself and all those who read your blog.


I also believe it reflects great credit upon all the existing Members of the Council and I urge Electors to re-elect those who are seeking re-election together with some new blood in the form of Clive And Helen, then we will have the right comination of experience and drive.


I do this in the interests of Truth. 

Political Promises and Liabilities

The big day tomorrow for some. Our nominee councillors and those ready to gloat at my failure.


A commenter elsewhere brought up the promises of a skate park in Penyffordd.
Is not the art of politics promising to the biggest group?
Or a group of promises to make up a large audience of possible voters?

We have a nominee cllr who is promising to find a doctor for the village. The very same cllr who has sat on his hands whilst doctors have left the village.
Will the Penyffordd electorate even notice?

Then we liabilities. Chester Rd traffic and myself.

Before certain actions were taken I was going to leaflet Chester Rd with talk of our cllrs abandoning Chester Rd. It would have made little difference. Chester Rd does not have many votes.

Anyway sense has been seen we are on the traffic calming list.

If you want to loose votes in the election mention my name or Chester Rd traffic on you sheet. Guaranteed to loose you at least a 100 votes. The price of standing up to councillor intransigence.

It's a price I find acceptable.

Perhaps our new councillors will behave in a different manner to the old brigade ( Tom Jones crew) who by the way are certain to retain a majority after tomorrow.

The light of Penyffordd opinion is now switched on. Councillors may wish to ignore it but it will not go away.

I wish to thank those who have commented sensibly with intelligence, brought the issues that affect their lives to the fore, issues that they are concerned about.

The county council vote gets announced tomorrow night at a late hour
In 2008 they had about 5 recounts with differing results for Penyffordd.
The community council vote Friday lunchtime

The talk on current village politics will end Saturday

(By me anyway)

Commenters are welcome always to use the blog as a soap box.
You can use the comment box to be anon
I will transfer comment to appear as a new topic

or email tresmegistes@gmail.com
Your email address will remain confidential.

Elections come but once very 4 years they are of importance to the residents of the village.

Future Penyffordd Community Council meeting will be discussed once a month.
And the community council will have an email address so you can contact the council
in an easy manner with a record of what you said and when. ( of course they will! )

Everyone of course will be pulling in the same direction.
The tide against in the coming years a bit stronger than that of the last 5 years.
The EU in a mess.

An example of what Penyffordd is missing out on

A ward half the size of Penyffordd.
£170K for a skate park in Leeswood.

I'm not saying it's easy to get grant money, it most certainly is not.

It doesn't help however when you have councillors who have been cllrs for 20 years
who think turning up for a meeting once a month is all that's required.

Will you vote the same tired old councillors in for another 4 years of no ambition?

Your choice !

Link http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/112437/village-skate-park-go-ahead-delight.aspx

Treuddyn have one working.

Link http://treuddyn.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Extracts-from-the-Project-Plan-for-the-Play-area1.pdf

A Phone Call from Colin Everett Returning Officer for Flintshire

It appears the polling machinery is running well with everything in place.

Colin Bithell has made a complaint. Third one in two elections?

After discussion I have agreed to remove certain comments I have made against other nominee cllrs.
Colin Everett's points fair.
He did also mention that he is encouraged to see healthy debate on issues facing residents

One hopes Colin Bithell when he becomes a Penyffordd Cllr after the elections will champion Chester Rd environment issues. We are after all Colin, a major route to school and short cut for over a 1000 out of village vehicles each day.

(We haven't had the election yet! Ed.)

Apparently there will be further media coverage over polling issues shortly.
It may disappoint but at the moment I'm not on the list.

David Williams Election Literature

David informs me it was he himself that put his election literature through my door whilst doing the rest of Penymynydd Rd.

I had previously stated that I thought our house had been missed out.

Quite happy to put the matter straight

David, Clive and Helen continued

Many thanks to the blog reader who pushed David, Clive and Helen's election literature through my door.
Can't understand their reluctance to give me a copy. Work beckons will discuss later.

Postscript: It appears I am wrong
Link http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/david-williams-election-literature.html

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Helen Jones.

Helen has issues similar to myself. Environment, traffic, lack of village investment, lack of health care within the village.

Helen mentions the top end of Penymynydd Rd that is going to be used as a rat run by Green Park, the Tate Estate and Wellhouse each working morning when White Lion estate is built.

How this can be mitigated is going to be difficult.

There is a testimony by David Williams on the back of Helen's electoral literature this is to be commended.

Helen says we ( Penyffordd) are struggling with a real lack of amenities.
I wonder why that is Helen?

Helen mentions lack of a health centre.
I wonder whose fault that is Helen?

Helen presses all the right buttons. She is on message with what Penyffordd ward requires.

Helen Jones is one of the candidates who gets my vote come Thursday. A fresh face, keen with all the right ideas and the right side of 80 years of age.

Declaration of Interest
I am Colin Hughes
I have the best interests of Penyffordd in mind.
I am standing as a community cllr in the elections.
I have never spoken or communicated with Helen Jones.

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New council leader will need to show ‘vision’

FUTURE leaders of the council will have to set out their “vision” and give annual update reports on how this is progressing.

Did I discuss this in the last fortnight?
http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/who-decides-on-coherrent-strategy-for.html

This drew 197 views and 23 comments. Having a strategy for Penyffordd seemed a bridge too far for some. Problem is you don't like doing forward strategy when your over 80 !

Oh! Forgot to say the article's about Anglesey. Doh.

Link Daily Post

David, Clive and Helen

It appears they do not want our votes. No leaflets through the door with 5 days to go.

I call Tom's crowd ( 6) the " Tom Jones Independents"
Perhaps we can call the above (3) the "Red Lion Stroller Independents" ?
Then we have Cindy ( Lab) all on her own.
And me of course all on my own.

Just so the voters know whose aligned with who.

If any of the above is not involved with each other perhaps you can put me right in the comments section.

Sharing leaflet distribution counts as a joint effort

How many leaflets has Joe Bell delivered?

keywords: Lazy blogging

Electoral Reform Society (Wales)

I've had a word with Stephen Brooks Director of the above over Independents standing as groups.

He says "We're producing a post-election report and one of the things we'll be looking at is the "independent" label. 

Flintshire Voters are stranded in ‘democracy wasteland’

I think this applies to Penyffordd as well. Tom Jones' sheet has destroyed our democracy.
The result being a village without healthcare, used as a large short cut to the A55 Warren Bank by HGV and a 1000 cars a day. Little grant money from the WAG. Poor resources for youth.

Perhaps David Williams and his gang will give us a bit more democracy.

Tom Jones will be looking for a majority of 6. He requires all his nominees to get elected to have a majority on the council. There are 10 places. You do NOT need to vote for a maximum of 10.

I've made the point to Colin Everett the Returning Officer that I consider Tom Jones and his group should stand as the " Tom Jones Independents". Our electors then know where they stand.

I have argued that they are a closed group.

Further reading of democracy wastelands in The Leader 

Who have been Penyffordd's Health Board Representatives for the last 15 years?

I've done an FOIE to Betsi Cadwalider Trust to find out?

They are doing a little stone walling.

Or am I being stupid again presuming Penyffordd has a representative on our local health board.

Some commenters raise important points about the lack of Penyffordd Health care here.

Link http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/penyffordd-medical-facilities.html