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The '''2016 St Paul's by-election''' took place in Clacton on Thursday 5 May 2016. | The '''2016 St Paul's by-election''' took place in Clacton on Thursday 5 May 2016. | ||
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* [[Jack Parsons|PARSONS Jack Ernest]], UK Independence Party ([[UKIP]]) 424 (Elected)<ref>''[http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/council/elections%20%26%20voting/casual%20vacancies%20and%20by-elections/RESULTS%20OF%20DISTRICT%20BY-ELECTION%20FOR%20ST%20PAULS%20WARD.pdf "Result of Tendring District Council by-election for St Paul's Ward"]''</ref> | * [[Jack Parsons|PARSONS Jack Ernest]], UK Independence Party ([[UKIP]]) 424 (Elected)<ref>''[http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/council/elections%20%26%20voting/casual%20vacancies%20and%20by-elections/RESULTS%20OF%20DISTRICT%20BY-ELECTION%20FOR%20ST%20PAULS%20WARD.pdf "Result of Tendring District Council by-election for St Paul's Ward"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | ==''Tendring News Channel''== | ||
| + | On 9 December 2016, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAVmiM0GSyk&t=9s ''Tendring News Channel'' published a video on YouTube] by [[William Hones]], the former Independent candidate in St Paul's Ward, with the following introduction: | ||
| + | :"Jack Parsons is a Councillor who was elected as a UKIP Councillor. Then decided to jump from UKIP to the [[Clacton Constituency Labour Party]]. This is the video encounter of me and him after I bumped in to the lowlife going to work."<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAVmiM0GSyk&t=9s "Parsons in the street"]''</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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The 2016 St Paul's by-election took place in Clacton on Thursday 5 May 2016.
Jack Parsons of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) was elected to serve on Tendring District Council.
The turnout for the by-election was 33.1 percent. The results, as announced by Returning Officer Ian Davidson, were as follows:
- BIRD Chris, Labour Party 148
- HONES William Anthony Edward, Independent 248
- PARSONS Jack Ernest, UK Independence Party (UKIP) 424 (Elected)[1]
Tendring News Channel
On 9 December 2016, Tendring News Channel published a video on YouTube by William Hones, the former Independent candidate in St Paul's Ward, with the following introduction:
- "Jack Parsons is a Councillor who was elected as a UKIP Councillor. Then decided to jump from UKIP to the Clacton Constituency Labour Party. This is the video encounter of me and him after I bumped in to the lowlife going to work."[2]
