| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Amplification | |
| Posted by: | Adam Gray | |
| Date/Time: | 01/11/13 20:46:00 |
| OK, let's answer the two together. In response to Chantal it means he is no longer a Conservative councillor. He is still a councillor because he derives his seat from the electorate, not his party. He can choose to remain a councillor without party affiliation or he can resign his seat. If he were to resign his seat there will be a by-election if it is relinquished before 22 November, or not if he does so after that date (any seat vacated within six months of a council election stays vacant until that big election). While he is without the Conservative whip he cannot be selected as a Conservative candidate for next year's council elections. I understand that there are moves under way to go even further and expel him from the Conservative Party - but that is a matter for Putney Conservative Association, not the Conservative councillors. In short, he remains a councillor but cannot stand again as a Conservative anywhere until such time as the whip is reinstated. If he is subsequently expelled from his party then the whip can't be reinstated. So unless he decides to run as an independent and wins a seat that way (which is astronomically unlikely), his council career will end next May. In response to Andy, he is entitled to 1/60th (there are 60 councillors) of committee allocations. Committee allocations are determined by the party whips but have to be proportional: any council committee has to allot 22% of its seats to Labour councillors (cos overall 22% of councillors are Labour) and (until now) 78% to the Conservatives. Likely he will be offered one, possibly two. Whether he would wish to serve on any committees is a matter for him. |