Upcoming Events:

	Visit to the Scottish Parliament:  This event will be run especially for members of the group but will also be open to friends and family as the previous events were.  The date is to be confirmed after the AGM of the Eccleshall Conservative Branch.  Priority will be given to members of Eccleshall and Stone Conservative Future.
	Visit to the European Parliament:  This event is being organised by The Staffordshire Conservative Party.  Please Contact Ivan for further information.

	Save Our Post Offices Campaign Day Thursday 3rd April:  Held in front of Walton Post Office, Stone.
	Save Our Post Offices Campaign Day Held campaign and petition in Stafford outside the Wolverhampton Road Post Office, the Marston Road Post Office and the Great Bridgeford Post Office, all under threat from the Labour Governments Post Office cuts.

 

	Stafford Conservative Association 28th February 2008: Meet the prospective MEP's evening.
	Après: 28th February 2008 Eccleshall and Stone Conservative Future night out at Après in collaboration with Stafford Conservative Future and Keele Conservative Future. Free pizza with voucher, please contact Ivan for further details.
	Staffordshire University Question Time 11th February 2008 Chairman from Staffordshire Conservative Future, Owen Meredith, Stafford Conservative Future, Mark Heenan and Eccleshall Conservative Future will be running a Conservative Future stand and the Conservative Party stand at the event at Staffordshire University.  The day will involve several parties and pressure groups along with University groups having stalls within the students union on the Stafford Campus for students from the university to come and say hi.  We will have information on the party as well as some free gifts including bottle openers and quirky badges.  This will run from 11:30 to 16:00.  At this point Jeremy LeFroy Conservative PPC for Stafford, along with Labour's David Kidney MP and a representative from the Green Party will have a Question Time style event run in the evening.
	Visit to the Welsh Assembly: 23rd October 2007 Limited places.  Please Contact Ivan for further information.  This was again a great success and leaves just the Scottish Parliament and the European Parliament for the group to visit with the May 2007 - May 2011 term of office.
	Visit to the House of Commons: 22nd May 2007 The initial event is going to be run in conjunction with The Eccleshall Branch of The Stone Conservative Association.  There is going to be a total of 30 seats available, which will go quickly once they open, to a visit to the House of Commons.  Priority will go to members of the Eccleshall Branch (Including members of Eccleshall and Stone Conservative Future).  However we have obtained ten tickets for new members/interested parties.  Further details will be available closer to the date.  Please contact Ivan for further details.  Please feel free to contact Eccleshall Branch Executive member Frank Hough for information, who along with Cllr Ivan Jennings will be running the event with support form chairman David Brass.

	I have been on two previous visits both of which where extremely interesting.  The last one included drinks in the members room overlooking the Thames.  Then a quick talk by the then leader Ian Duncan-Smith and Bill Cash MP followed by a meal.  We then went to the gallery and watched part of the debate going on at the time.
	This trip was also a great result.... for a brief overview of what occurred click here.

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Ivan's Political History

Political History

 { All dates run from May to May unless stated}

Elected Councillor for Stafford Borough Council – Eccleshall Ward        May 2003

Re-elected Councillor for Stafford Borough Council - Eccleshall Ward   May 2007

Stafford Tourism Bureau Executive Committee	2008-
Thirlmere Way Elderly Citizens Day Centre	2008-
Public Appeals Committee	2007-
Cotes Heath Village Hall - Chairman	2007-
Stone (Eccleshall) Conservative Way Forward - Chairman	2006-2008
Stone (Eccleshall) Conservative Future - Chairman	2006-2008
Independent Monitoring Board HMP Drake Hall	2006-2007
Development Control Sub Committee	2005-2007
S.B.C. Twinning Committee	2005-2007
Alleynes Swimming Pool Management Com.	2004-2007
Walton Hall Special School Board of Governors	2004-2008
Link Governor for Physical Education	2004-2007
S.B.C. Sports Council Management Committee (Now called Sport Stafford Borough)	2003-2007
Sport Stafford Borough Grant Aid Committee	2004-2007
(Click here for more information on this committee)
S.B.C. Conservative Group Press Unit (Chairman)	2005-2006
Standards Committee (S.B.C.)	2003-2006
Princes Youth Business Trust Management Com.	2003-2006
Stafford District Racial Equality Council	2004-2005
S.B.C. Conservative Group P.R. Officer	2004-2005
Leisure Scrutiny Committee (S.B.C.)	2004- 2005
Resources Scrutiny Committee (S.B.C.)	2003-2005
Stafford District Arts Council Management Com.	2003-2005
S.B.C. Conservative Group Management Committee	2003-2005
Staffordshire Playing Fields Management Com.	2003-2005
Lonsdale Primary School Governors Board of	2003-2005
Finance Committee	2003-2004
S.B.C. Conservative Group Secretary	2003-2004
Citizens Advice Bureaux Management Com.	2003-2004
Cotes and Standon Village Hall Committee	2005-2007
Stafford & Rural Homes (Cotes Heath and Swynnerton Committee)	2005-2008
Standon & Cotes Heath Parish Council Assistant Clerk (Planning)	2001-2003
Bowers Bent Residential Committee  Representative	2001-2003

Click here for Ivan's Political Compass

Ivan's Campaigning History

Year Event (main achievements that year)

2009 European Elections - June

The European Parliament has 626 Members who are elected in the fifteen member states of the EU for a five-year term. There are 87 MEP's for the UK. Most of the time, Parliament and the MEP's are based in Brussels where its specialist committees meet to scrutinize proposals for new EU laws.

In addition to their growing role as legislators, MEP's approve the appointment of the European Commission, decide the EU budget with the member states, monitor spending, approve international agreements, question EU Commissioners and national Ministers, and appoint the European Ombudsman. Citizens have the right to petition the European Parliament.

The UK is divided into twelve European electoral regions. Each region has between three and eleven MEP's and each MEP in a region represents each person living there. If you live in Weymouth or Portland you live within the South West Region which is represented by seven South West MEP's those who are currently representing you are listed below you are able to contact any or all of them.

2008 Local Government Elections and London Mayoral Elections

Though there were no elections within the Stafford Borough Area Charlotte and I helped out in the campaign in Coventry.  Overall the elections were an amazing success with Conservatives making gains all over the country even a number of councils taken! - see my events page for May 2008

2007 Stafford Borough Council Elections - May

  Eccleshall Conservative Branch Borough Council Prospective Candidate (Internal) Election

Candidate	Sitting or Non sitting	Result
Henry Butter	Sitting candidate	Re-elected (80% of the vote)
Ivan Jennings	Sitting candidate	Re-elected (75% of the vote)
John Sillito	Sitting candidate	Not re-elected
Peter Jones	Non sitting candidate	Not elected
Frank Chapman	Non sitting candidate	Elected

 

Borough Council Election Results May 2007

Candidate	Party	Result
Henry Butter	Conservative	Re-Elected
Frank Chapman	Conservative	Elected
Ivan Jennings	Conservative	Re-Elected
John Silito	Independent
Bryan Delanchy	Liberal Democrat

On behalf of all of the candidates can I thank everyone who voted and also thank all of the volunteers who took time out to canvas on our behalf.  I would especially like to thank my election agent (and sister) Imogen for taking the time from university and the team that worked with me.

As a result of the elections held on May 3rd 2007 the Borough Council consists of

40 Conservatives (0)
13 Labour (-1)
4 Liberal Democrats (-1)

2 Independent (+2)

Independents consist of 1 ex Liberal Democrat Councillor and 1 ex Conservative Councillor.

Election Flyer for Eccleshall 2007

Please click on the to go to the election page.

2006 - No elections held in this part of the cycle.

2005 By Elections – St Michael’s Ward (Stone). 

	Canvassing for Conservative Candidates           Geoff Collier - Stafford Borough Council Candidate (Elected)
	Cllr Geoff Collier thanks Ivan for his help in the 2005 election campaign

                   Phillip Jones - Stone Town Council Candidate (Elected)

North Staffordshire Hunt Meeting -The first day of the ban Sandon, Nr Stone

This was a great gathering with around 70 riders, the pack of hounds and close to, if not, a thousand supporters at this event alone.  There were three other meets in Staffordshire and others all over the country.

County Council and General Elections

In the Staffordshire County Council Elections for 2005 I am helping with the campaign to elect Mark Winnington (Gnosall Ward) who is one of my colleagues on the Borough Council.  Please visit his web site to see what he is doing www.markwinnington.co.uk.

(Elected)

I also took part in the campaign to re-elect the County Councillor for the Eccleshall Ward, Henry Butter.

(Re-elected)

The County Council elections coincide with the General Elections.  I helped with the campaign to re-elect Bill Cash for the Stone Parliamentary seat.

(Re-elected)

Open Space and Play Area Initiative Started

Eccleshall High Street  completed

Public Toilet Improvements initiated

Slindon speed restriction implemented

  2004European Parliamentary Elections 

	Leaflet Drop and Canvassing for Conservative Team
	(Three candidates elected)

European Electioneering with the family 2004

Slindon A519 Speed Restriction Negotiated

Eccleshall Grant Scheme Launched

2003 Borough Council Elections

Ivan was elected to Stafford Borough Council for the Eccleshall on 1st May 2003.  The Ward is the largest in the Borough geographically and is just under a fifth the size of the entire Borough.  It consists of four parish council areas, Adbaston Parish Council, Chebsey Parish Council, Eccleshall Parish Council and Standon Parish Council in which Ivan lives.

(Elected with approximately 200 vote majority).

As a result of the elections held on May 1st 2003 the Borough Council consists of

40 Conservatives
14 Labour
5 Liberal Democrats

Eccleshall Ward Results:-

Candidate	Party	Result	Other Information
Henry Butter	Conservative	Elected	County Councillor
Ivan Jennings	Conservative	Elected	Youngest Elected Borough Councillor
John Sillito	Conservative	Elected	Re-elected to Eccleshall Parish Council
Gordon Dale	Independent	Not Elected	Re-elected to Eccleshall Parish Council
David Kirby	Liberal Democrat	Not Elected	Re-elected to Eccleshall Parish Council
Bryan Delanchy	Liberal Democrat	Not Elected	Re-elected to Eccleshall Parish Council

(More detail of results can be seen at www.staffordbc.gov.uk)

Negotiation of Special Educational Transportation

2002 Liberty and Livelihood March

click here for old Political History Page

Other.....

for further details please contact Ivan

Click here for Letter to the Editor from Mark Heenan Stafford CF's Chairman.

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