Local Election time in Eltham

Borough of Royal Greenwich's 17 Wards

It's very late in the day with the local elections and European Parliament elections taking place tomorrow, but I ought to acknowledge them at least. I had time last elections to go to town on analysis but sadly not this time.

This is a shame because Eltham has become the subject of some interest. See the 853 blog for an excellent piece on some of the local issues. The blog highlights the possible role of UKIP in affecting the results of the Eltham North and Eltham South wards particularly.

Last time there was no UKIP candidate of course. Eltham North is fielding its similar 'top team' of Tory candidates to try and maintain its hatrick representation of the ward. And what effect will a UKIP choice have on the BNP vote?

So here are the candidates for the Eltham North Ward:

Surname	Other names	Description
Bird	Linda	Labour Party
Butler	Paul Stephen	UK Independence Party(UKIP)
Davies	Wynn	Labour Party
Drury	Spencer	Conservative Party
Early	Patrick	Liberal Democrats
Fletcher	Nigel	Conservative Party
Nicholls	Yvonne	Liberal Democrats
Peirce	Simon Warwick	Labour Party
Stead	Rob	Green Party
Thomas	Adam	Conservative Party
Woods	Roberta Florence Louise	British National Party

Compared to last time's results:

Eltham North ward 2010 results (turnout 75.1%)

Name	Party	Results
Emily BIRD	Labour	2,338
Helen BLACKBURN	Liberal Democrats	1,073
Bernie BORLAND	Labour	2,395
Rowena DAVENPORT	British National Party	686
Spencer DRURY	Conservative	3,078
Nigel Mark FLETCHER	Conservative	2,968
Janice Mary MARNHAM	Labour	2,330
Dermot David POSTON	Conservative	2,774
Edward John RANDALL	Liberal Democrats	1,126
Elliot SHUBERT	Liberal Democrats	816
David TURNER	Green Party	625

My post with the 2010 results from other Eltham Wards here.

Eyes are on Eltham South this time because one of the 2010 Tory councillor, Eileen Glover, is now standing in this election as an Independent following her deselection. What effect will this, and a UKIP choice, have on the Tory vote?

So here are the candidates for the Eltham South Ward:

Surname	Other names	Description
Christie	Simon John	Labour Party
Chuter	Michael David	Liberal Democrats
Clare	Matt	Conservative Party
Cox	Eileen Joan	Liberal Democrats
Elliott	Mark Stuart	Conservative Party
Evans	John Robert	UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Galloway	John David	Labour Party Candidate
Geary	Nuala	Conservative Party
Glover	Eileen Wordie	Independent
Pattenden	Mark Simon	Liberal Democrats

Candidates for the other other Greenwich wards can be found here.

For some interesting (left-ish-of-centre) analysis of the Lewisham election scene see Bob from Brockley and Claire's Diary.

See you after the results.