The date for a by-election in Farnley & Wortley ward has been confirmed by Leeds City Council.
The by-election follows the resignation of Labour Councillor Mark Sewards and will be held on Thursday 10 October 2024. Mr Sewards was elected MP for Leeds South West and Morley in July.
Nominations to stand as a candidate in the by-election closed at 4pm today (Friday, 13 September 2024).
WLD will report on the candidates when they are announced on Monday, 16 September 2024.
Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12am on Tuesday 24 September 2024. Applications to register to vote can be made online.
This will be interesting following the pensioner winter allowance vote
They’ll all be sat at home counting the extra £460 pension they are getting.
Stephen. The £8.85 per week will obviously ensure people who have worked all their lives will be dancing down to the polling station to vote Labour. Not!!
Rachael Reeves lets pensioners freeze!!!!!!
she complained it was difficult to live on 86k as shadow Id love her to come and live in shoes on pensioners now I will never vote labour again
Some interesting quotes in a BBC news article about this …
‘Our winter fuel payment goes into the holiday kitty’
‘I thought about giving it to my brother the last time I was given the payment, except he started getting it himself. Now, I give the money to charity.’
‘My mother, who died back in 2019, was also receiving it for many years. When she did, she’d tell us to give it to the grandchildren,’
‘Should these pensioners be subsidised by younger taxpayers to stay in a valuable home? It seems to us to be intergenerationally unfair’
It’s not about the money,it’s about who the Labour party represent,and this shows that they don’t give a toss for a vulnerable section of our society