Mark Pack

An election result determined by one vote has been upheld after a ruling that no ballot paper had been mislaid after all. »

A public hearing has started into an election that was decided by just one vote, but where one ballot paper has gone missing. The case may also raise questions over the accuracy of machines used to process postal votes. »

Via Liberal England we have: Golders Green Tory Christopher Harris has been travelling Down Under since July on an “extended holiday” but has still managed to hang on to his job. Despite being 10,000 miles away in a country with a 10-hour time difference, Cllr Harris is still claiming more than £800 a month in a council [...] »

A quick update from LocalGov as I’ve blogged on the story before: The police will not be charging former Stoke Mayor, Mark Meredith, and two other men with corruption after the Crown Prosecution Service said there was not enough evidence to make a case. Mr Meredith, who no longer holds a role at the council following a [...] »

Stoke-on-Trent Mayor Mark Meredith has been arrested and questioned as part of the police investigation into plans to close the splash pool in Burslem. The closure plans were defeated in June 2008 after vigorous public protests. The Sentinel reports: The 43-year-old has stepped down from all his major political roles as he fights to clear his name [...] »