Friday 21 April 2017

Elections, Elections: where and for what will the Holdingham Sleaford Residents Vote?

In the past (recent times) it has only been the Jolly Scotchman - certainly for  local elections. Before that, and in General Elections we had more than one. 

I do remember voting at the Methodist Church and was aware also that the mini-Community Centre (Communal Centre/Bungalow) (if that is the right word) in Greenfield Road. This time round, for the General Election on June 8th and the County Council Elections on May 4th I am not too sure. Certainly the Jolly Scotchman (even if only an outside Porta Cabin) will be one.



Anyway it will be interesting to see if the turn-out in the Sleaford and North Hykeham area is above the 37%  turnout achieved at the By-Election December 2016. That, I thought, was not a good turnout given all the coverage (Locally and Nationally) it got.

It is often a choice of using National Polls to express dissatisfaction with local issues or looking to a wider picture. Will plans for massive expansion and impact on Services and transport problems predominate over say the Brexit outlook (whatever Brexit means in practice)

Many Party top brass came to the area. 

The local press has issued a release suggesting that (at this stage) only the sitting MP has declared that she will stand. It will be interesting as maybe one or two potential candidates are putting up for the County Council  Elections in May. 


Previous election results are at: Wikipaedia

Thursday 13 April 2017

Sleaford Town Council Meeting: 12th April 2017 - Holdingham aspects!!

A video recording has been done for the Sleaford Town Council meeting of April 12th.

Some parts of the items recording had a bearing on Holdingham.

Woodside Play Area/Open Space  and the Lincoln Road play area. I have, in the past put many posts on this Blog relating to these areas. However there has been a marked improvement and increase in the use of the facilities: aided by the Easter Holidays and generally mild and warm weather we have had.

The Annotated video of the Town Council meeting is on (click here) YouTube!