25-581: Dunsville is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster , South Yorkshire , England, in the civil parish of Hatfield . It lies on the A18 road between Hatfield and Edenthorpe . It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and it was very close to the historic border of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire . Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster The City of Doncaster
50-669: A UKIP splinter group UK Reform. UK Reform then merged with the English Democrats which meant that Peter Davies joined the English Democrats by default, he was shortly afterwards given the title Chairman of the South Yorkshire branch of the English Democrats. He stood in Doncaster's Finningley ward in the 2008 local elections, achieving second place with 1,033 votes, over 20% of the vote and stood in both
75-457: A cut in his own annual salary from £73,000 to £30,000. He is an opponent of political correctness who pledged to stop funding the town's gay pride event, although organisers maintained that the event brought business to Doncaster. Later, he confirmed the event for 2009 would be funded as arranged before his election. He has also pledged to end and reverse town twinning as a waste of money, joking that he would use his two words of German to tell
100-831: A teacher. He is married. He is also the Chairman of Sykehouse Cricket Club and a member of the Campaign for Real Education and the Campaign Against Political Correctness . Davies is the father of Philip Davies , the former Conservative MP for Shipley . Davies was a member of the Labour Party until 1973 when he joined the Conservatives . He remained in the Conservative Party until Prime Minister John Major signed
125-478: A visiting delegation Auf Wiedersehen (goodbye). He also insists he is "not conned by global warming " and has described climate change as "a scam". On 22 February 2010, Davies' proposals for a three per cent council tax cut were opposed and a vote of no confidence against him was carried. Doncaster Council criticised the leadership of Davies and his cabinet, and described his proposed 2010–11 budget as "irresponsible". Davies declined to resign. On 2 June 2010,
150-458: Is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire , England. It is named after its principal settlement, Doncaster , and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages. The district has large amounts of countryside ; at 219 square miles (570 km ), it is the largest metropolitan borough in England by area. The largest settlements in
175-715: Is an English politician who was the Mayor of Doncaster from 2009 to 2013. He was initially elected for the English Democrats , but announced his resignation from the party on 5 February 2013 citing "a big influx of new members joining from the British National Party ". He subsequently lost narrowly the 2013 election to Labour 's Ros Jones . Born in Woodlands on the outskirts of Doncaster in 1948, Davies went to school in Thorne , then worked at Danum School as
200-522: The 1997 general election , getting 462 votes. The following year, in 1998, a by-election arose in the Yorkshire South European constituency and Davies stood again, against the wishes of the then UKIP party leader Michael Holmes but with the support of Nigel Farage and John Whittaker , who put up his deposit . Davies came last in the poll, but saved his deposit, increasing his share of the vote to 11.6%. Davies left UKIP and joined
225-771: The English Democrat candidate, Peter Davies , won the election for mayor. In January 2013 Davies left the English Democrats citing "a big influx of new members (of the English Democrats) joining from the British National Party". In the May 2013 mayoral election he was defeated by Labour's Ros Jones . The council as a whole has been dominated by the Labour Party traditionally, but in the 2004 local elections , they lost overall control of
250-465: The European Union , withdrawal of council translation services, a reduction in the number of Doncaster councillors, and for local schools to opt out of local authority control. Once elected, Davies was interviewed on BBC Radio Sheffield and Look North where the interviewers questioned the legality and achievability of his manifesto promises. One of Davies' first decisions was to announce
275-671: The European elections and the Doncaster mayoral election in June 2009. He was placed fourth on English Democrats' party list for Yorkshire and the Humber , a list that achieved 2.6% of the vote. In the mayoral race, Davies took second place in the first round of voting, but won by around 400 votes once second preferences had been taken into account. Davies' mayoral campaign had called for harsher punishments for "young thugs", withdrawal from
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#1732780041035300-572: The Maastricht Treaty in 1993. He is a global warming denier . Davies then joined the strongly eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). He contested Yorkshire South at the European Parliament election in 1994 , taking 2.6% of the votes cast. Two years later he contested the 1996 Hemsworth by-election , finishing with 2.1% of the vote and coming sixth of ten candidates. He contested Doncaster Central at
325-516: The "ordered way of life under the Taliban ." "The one thing to be said about the Taliban is that they do have an ordered society of some sort and that they don't have hundreds of cases of children under threat of abuse from violent parents, as we have in Doncaster." Davies made it clear it was the moral code he was an admirer of while detesting the Taliban themselves, adding, "The point I was making
350-663: The above stations can be received within various areas of Doncaster, the only stations actually owned by Doncaster-based companies are Sine FM 102.6 and TMCR 95.3. The borough is also the base of Nova Productions who produce the syndicated TV series Walks Around Britain . The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Doncaster. 53°31′21″N 1°07′43″W / 53.52250°N 1.12861°W / 53.52250; -1.12861 Peter Davies (politician) Peter Davies (born 1948)
375-547: The borough are Doncaster itself, followed by the towns of Thorne , Hatfield and Mexborough (the latter of which is part of the Barnsley/Dearne Valley built-up area ), and it additionally covers the towns of Conisbrough, Stainforth , Bawtry , Askern , Edlington and Tickhill . Doncaster borders North Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, North Lincolnshire to
400-452: The borough's population reside within Doncaster's urban area (approximately 160,000). Verified population statistics per Ward from the 2001 census are shown as A referendum was held in 2001, to decide if a directly elected mayor should be appointed. The first mayor , Martin Winter , representing the Labour Party, was elected in 2002 and successfully defended his post in 2005. In 2009
425-575: The council (though they retained more councillors than any other single party). Labour regained overall control at the 2010 local elections . In January 2010, the Audit Commission initiated a corporate governance inspection of Doncaster Council. This followed the sudden resignation of the Chief executive leading to a conflict between the mayor and council over the appointment of a successor. The Commission felt that this, along with evidence that
450-600: The council had not been well run for 15 years, was leading to a loss of public confidence. The Commission's report was issued in April 2010. It found that Doncaster was a dysfunctional authority and that there were three factors preventing the council from providing good governance: On the recommendations of the commission, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government , John Denham , used powers to appoint an acting chief executive and an advisory board to oversee
475-895: The council. A Doncaster Recovery Board, comprising four appointed commissioners and seven other members including the mayor and chief executive held its first quarterly meeting on 10 September 2010. Settlements in the Borough of Doncaster include: In terms of television, the area is served by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire broadcasting from the Emley Moor transmitter. Radio stations that can be received in Doncaster are Sine FM 102.6 (serving central districts of around 100,000 households in FM stereo), TMCR 95.3 (which serves Northeast Doncaster and other areas in FM stereo), TX1 Radio (covering Doncaster and Bassetlaw), Capital Yorkshire , Heart Yorkshire , Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire , Hits Radio South Yorkshire and BBC Radio Sheffield . Although
500-711: The east, Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire to the south-east, Rotherham to the south-west, Barnsley to the west, and Wakefield , West Yorkshire , to the north-west. It is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The borough was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 , as a merger of the former County Borough of Doncaster , the urban districts of Adwick-le-Street , Bentley with Arksey , Conisbrough , Mexborough , and Tickhill , Doncaster and Thorne rural districts, and
525-453: The government appointed a new chief executive and three commissioners to lead the council. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said the measures were needed to turn the council around "after 15 years of poor governance and dysfunctional politics". In October 2010, Davies was disciplined by the council for breaching the code of conduct by failing to declare his membership of the Campaign Against Political Correctness . In February 2013 it
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#1732780041035550-486: The parish of Finningley from East Retford Rural District and small parts of the parish of Harworth from Worksop Rural District from Nottinghamshire . According to the 2011 census , the population of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is 302,400. With approximately 110,000 inhabitants, the town of Doncaster itself contains around a third of the population of the entire borough. Around half of
575-457: The torture of two other children, an Audit Commission report stated that: “Those leading the council – the mayor and cabinet, some councillors and some officers – do not collectively have the capacity or capability to make the necessary improvements in governance.” Davies responded that he thought it “a very black report without any shade of colour at all and painted the town as a dreadful hole that no one would ever want to come to or live in and that
600-553: Was reported that Davies had left the English Democrats and would run as an independent in the 2013 Doncaster mayoral elections . In May, Davies lost narrowly to the Labour candidate, Ros Jones. Davies attracted widespread media attention during his period in office, with a series of contentious announcements. Speaking in September 2009, Davies' conservative approach to family values was unequivocal as he spoke of his admiration for
625-486: Was that even a regime as hideous as the Taliban at least appear to have sort of decent sort of family affairs. In fact probably...they have an ordered society." He continued: "We in this country have created mayhem through lax social policies of disregard for marriage and the family and we have created mayhem in society." After an incident in which two young boys living in Council care were given indeterminate sentences for
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