IT'S MAKE YOUR MIND UP TIME

Brigg voters go to the polls tomorrow for three purposes.
There’s a government referendum on whether to change the current ‘first past the post’ voting system to elect MPs.
Secondly, Brigg electors can consider the nine candidates who have put up for Brigg and Wolds Ward on North Lincolnshire Council, three of whom will be voted in.
And last, but by no means least, there’s a Town Council election, as 20 candidates have come forward to fill the 19 seats. Had one fewer person stood, of course, there would have been no need to consult the electorate, as everyone would have gone through automatically.
That’s democracy, and it’s good to see such interest being shown.
Brigg polling stations will open at 7am tomorrow and close at 10pm.
The Brigg and Wolds count should be undertaken late on Thursday night.
I’ve put in an official application to North Lincolnshire Council to attend the count at Ancholme Leisure Centre, so the news of who’s in and who’s not will be coming your way.

BRIGG PEOPLE IS THE WEBSITE TO VISIT FOR YOUR BREAKING ELECTION NEWS (see the link at the end of this post).

Just to save Brigg Blog followers looking them up, here’s a list of those candidates contesting the seats:

BRIGG AND WOLDS WARD - NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL
Three to be elected from nine)
John Charles Berry, of School Road, South Killingholme, Independent Candidate.
Michael Stuart Campion, of The Rookery, Scawby, Labour Party Candidate.
Arshad Jawaid, of Normanby Road, Scunthorpe, Labour Party Candidate.
Latif Miah, of Lincoln Gardens, Scunthorpe, Labour Party Candidate.
Carl Graham Sherwood, of Manley Gardens, Brigg, Conservative Party Candidate.
Nigel John Sherwood, of Barton Road, Wrawby, Conservative Party Candidate.
James Truepenny, of Wrawby Street, Brigg, Independent.
Rob Waltham, of Bigby High Road, Brigg, Conservative Party Candidate.
Mick Wilson, of Railway Street, Barnetby.
Brigg and Wolds Ward covers the parishes of Barnetby, Bonby, Brigg, Elsham, Horkstow, Melton Ross, Saxby All Saints, South Ferriby, Worlaby and Wrawby.

BRIGG TOWN COUNCIL
(19 to be elected from 20)
Edward George Robert Arnott, Woodbine Avenue, Brigg (Independent).
Jennifer Anne Bell, St James Road, Brigg.
Sheila Dawn Boughey, The Moorings, Scawby Brook (Labour Party Candidate).
Jacqueline Brock, Birch Avenue, Brigg.
Michael Stuart Campion, The Rookery, Scawby (Labour Party Candidate).
Alec William Depledge, Pingley Meadow, Brigg (Independent).
Chris Dyson, Bigby Street, Brigg.
Ann Eardley, Almond Grove, Brigg.
Julian Edmund Gibson Kidd, Pingley Meadow, Brigg.
Jane Kitching, Woodbine Avenue, Brigg (Independent).
John Kitwood, Gainsborough Lane, Scawby.
Andrew Lindsay Markham, Woodbine Avenue, Brigg.
Ben Nobbs, Albert Street, Brigg.
Mel Oades, Poppyfield Way, Brigg,
Christopher Pope, Common Road, Wressle (Labour Party Candidate).
Carl Graham Sherwood, Manley Gardens, Brigg.
Penny Smith, St Helen’s Road, Brigg.
James Ernest Truepenny, Wrawby Street, Brigg.
Rob Waltham, Bigby High Road, Brigg.
Lesley Elaine Whitehand, Water’s Edge, Scawby Brook (Independent).

UPDATE FROM NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL: Counting in the town and parish council elections will start at 12 noon on Friday. There are six parish councils and two town council ward elections. Counting for the referendum on the voting system will start at 4pm on Friday. The result will be declared later that evening.



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