# Nicholas Bye > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicholas_Bye > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicholas_Bye.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Bye > Source revision: 1311712480 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British politician (born 1960)}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | | name=Nicholas Bye | order= | image=Nick Bye.jpg | office= Mayor of Torbay | birth_date = May 1960 | birth_place = Paignton, Torbay | term_start = 24 October 2005 | term_end = 8 May 2011 | predecessor = New Office | successor = Gordon Oliver | party = Conservative | website = [http://www.torbay.gov.uk/index/council/electedmayor.htm www.torbay.gov.uk] }} '''Nicholas David Bye''', commonly known as '''Nick Bye''',{{cite news |title=Torbay Mayor Nick Bye loses local Conservative support |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11847046 |access-date=28 July 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=26 November 2010}} is a [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) local politician in [England](/source/England). Bye was born in [Paignton](/source/Paignton), [Devon](/source/Devon) and graduated from [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University).{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} He was [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) candidate for [Torbay](/source/Torbay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [1987 election](/source/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election). Bye served on [Torbay Council](/source/Torbay) for five years and served a term as civic mayor in 2003–04. In October 2005, he became the first [directly elected mayor](/source/Elected_mayors_in_the_United_Kingdom) of Torbay.{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/4374914.stm |title=Mayor voting system is condemned |publisher=BBC News |date=2005-10-25 |access-date=2019-06-29}} He beat [Liberal Democrat](/source/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)) Nicholas Pannell in the second round of counting with a total of 7,096 votes to Pannell's 5,197. After the election, Bye noted that "it is quite clear from canvassing that a lot of people did not want an elected mayor."{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/4358616.stm |title=Tory elected as mayor of Torbay |publisher=BBC News |date=2005-10-21 |access-date=2019-06-29}} Bye was the Conservative Party's third directly elected mayor, after [Chris Morgan](/source/Chris_Morgan_(politician)) and [Linda Arkley](/source/Linda_Arkley) in [North Tyneside](/source/North_Tyneside) and the first directly elected mayor in the [South West](/source/South_West_England). In 2008 fellow Conservative [Boris Johnson](/source/Boris_Johnson) was elected as the first Conservative mayor of London. Bye was one of three contenders for the Totnes Conservative candidacy, after the announcement by [Anthony Steen](/source/Anthony_Steen) that he will not stand in the next election. He placed third in the [Totnes primary](/source/Totnes_Conservative_primary%2C_2009), and defeated by [Sarah Wollaston](/source/Sarah_Wollaston). Bye was the subject of a complaint to Torbay Council's standards committee in August 2010, over the proposed development of a large housing estate on land currently being occupied by Churston Golf Club. This complaint relates to his interests in Eric Lloyd & Co Estate Agents, the only estate agency business with an office in Churston. In 2006 Bye registered the fact that he had a financial interest in the company, and council documents have also shown he is entitled to a profit related bonus from the company. On 12 November 2010, Bye confirmed that he would be seeking to stand as Mayor of Torbay for a further 4 years however he was deselected by the Conservative Party in favour of former independent candidate, Gordon Oliver, and stood for re-election as an independent.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11847046|title=Torbay Mayor Nick Bye loses local Conservative support|publisher=BBC|date=2010-11-26}} He failed to secure re-election in May 2011, losing to his Conservative opponent Gordon Oliver.{{cite news | url=http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/OLIVER-BAY-S-NEW-MAYOR/article-3531067-detail/article.html | title=Gordon Oliver is the new mayor of Torbay after local elections | work=Torbay Herald Express | date=2011-05-07 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513021726/http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/OLIVER-BAY-S-NEW-MAYOR/article-3531067-detail/article.html | archivedate=13 May 2011 }} By 2014 Bye had rejoined the Conservative Party; he stood as Conservative candidate for the Wellswood ward of Torbay Council in the [2015 local elections](/source/2015_United_Kingdom_local_elections).{{cite web |url=http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Torbay-Mayor-Nick-Bye-new-Conservative-council/story-25653018-detail/story.html |title=Former Torbay Mayor Nick Bye is new Conservative council candidate ....................... Gordon Oliver | Torquay Herald Express |accessdate=2015-02-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217201633/http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Torbay-Mayor-Nick-Bye-new-Conservative-council/story-25653018-detail/story.html |archivedate=17 February 2015 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723123649/http://www.torbay.gov.uk/index/council/electedmayor.htm Official profile] *[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/4358616.stm BBC News] ==References== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716143608/http://www.torbay.gov.uk/bye-nick.pdf] *[https://archive.today/20130505105924/http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Complaint-mayor-s-decision-club-heard-today/article-2478552-detail/article.html] {{s-start}} {{s-bef|before=New Creation}} {{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Torbay|years=2005–2011}} {{s-aft|after=Gordon Oliver}} {{End}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bye, Nicholas}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:People from Paignton Category:Mayors of places in Devon Category:Conservative Party (UK) mayors Category:Conservative Party (UK) councillors Category:Councillors in Devon --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nicholas Bye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Bye) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Bye?action=history)). 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