Traffford Conservatives have launched their election manifesto for the Council elections. Cutting costs while protecting services is naturally a prominent theme. Surplus office buildings are being sold. This is a modern council – very much at the cutting edge with transparency and making use of new technology on areas from customer service to road repairs […]
Conservative-run West Lancashire has a third of its seats up for election on May 5th. Among the local issues is how the Labour councillors are soft on crime. For instance at a Council meeting this week the following motion was proposed the Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Cllr Paul Greenall: “This Council notes that under […]
Predictions for the local elections this year are starting to come in thick and fast. Political Betting suggest that the Lib Dem losses might be more modest than generally expected – noting that their showing at Council byelections puts them at 22% just 2% below the 24% vote share they achieved in the 2007 local […]
Luton is a Labour-controlled Council, which employs Parenting Co-ordinators. It has with all the seats up for election on May 5th. The Conservatives were boosted by a defection last year but are currently in thir place on the Council. Matthew Peck, Deputy Chairman Luton Conservatives, reports Four years ago a Labour administration won a surprise […]
Since last year Bradford has has a minority Labour administration. A third of the seats are up for election on May 5 (plus an extra one as a Lib Dem not due for reelection has resigned.) Typically as a Labour council they have responded to the need to save money by extensive library closures. They are […]
Since last year Wirral Borough Council has been run a Conservative/Lib Dem coalition under Conservative leadership. A third of the seats are up for election this year. The Council's new leadership have done a fantastic job in finding £60 million of savings without cutting frontline services. They have also declared war on red tape to help […]
By Jonathan Isaby I wrote in October 2009 about ructions within the Bedford Conservatives, when the group leader on the local council, Nicky Attenborough, was suspended from the party. And these divisions have now resurfaced very publicly in advance of the local elections in Bedford next month, as reported by Bedford Today. There are two […]
Cllr Andrew Cumpsty, the leader of Reading Borough Council, where a third of the seats are up for election on May 5 reports For decades, Reading was a Labour town, with two Labour MPs, dozens of Labour Councillors and was until recently the only Labour run Borough in the South East of England outside of […]
David Cameron's speech in Sale yesterday including the following passage about the Council elections: We promised to get rid of the red tape and political correctness that stops people getting on their lives…. Now I don't know about you but I think April 29th is going to be a special day, very special for two […]
I don't imagine many Lib Dems would regard forcing a General Election just at the moment as a terribly good idea. But Cllr Warren Bradley, the leader of the Lib Dem opposition on Liverpool City Council, seems to be among them. He has sent a whiny email to Nick Clegg calling for the coalition Government to be […]
Glyn Gaskarth says Conservative councillors who want to win should remember the C2 voters Conservative councils need to make public spending cuts to balance the books. If we spread the pain we will not build the electoral base we need to win. We need to target key swing voters and recruit the grassroots activists necessary […]
Bath and North East Somerset Council is a unitary authority with a minority Conservative administration and all the seats up for election on May 5. Given that when last contested in 2007 the Conservatives had 13% lead over Labour in the results nationally that implies heavy losses. However in this council the main opposition coems from […]
By Jonathan Isaby This afternoon, I have already indicated the lengths to which Labour has gone to try and increase the number of candidates it is standing at the council elections taking place on May 5th. Now that nominations have closed, I can share with you the figures collated by CCHQ as to how well […]
Conservative-controlled East Staffordshire Borough Council has all the seats up for election on May 5. They have an ecellent record and deserve to win. At present there are 25 Conservative councillors, 12 Labour and two Lib Dems. The Council is shielding local residents from the rising cost of living and finding efficiency savings while managing […]
Good luck to Jane Hunt, the Conservative candidate for the Leicester South byelection on May 5th. The same day also sees the chance for everyone in Leicester to vote in the election for Leicester City Council. All the seats are up for election in this unitary authority. Labour run the Council with a big majority. […]