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Last updated Monday August 25, 2008

Election Information Page

Results May 2007

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. Also a special thank you to Carol who has been not only supportive but my inspiration through out.

Stafford Borough Conservative Election Campaign Launch

Stafford Borough Conservative Candidate Launch - Page 13 Staffordshire Newsletter 12th April.  The conservative party are the only party putting candidates forward for all 59 seats in the elections in May.  Candidates pictured are Front: Mike Carey, Mark Heenan, Judith Delgarno, Ann Edgeller, Trevor Reeves, Charles Simpson. Back: Ivan Jennings, Ken Brown, Bryan Cross and Eric Cartwright.

visit the conservative website for the election www.betterservices-bettervalue.com

Click here for in the press

Flyer for Eccleshall Ward

Click here for information on other candidate and also Borough Group Statements to the press

A tale of two councils

With the Council elections fast approaching, on Thursday 3^rd May, it prompted me to do a comparison of the performance of our two local councils, Stafford Borough Council, which is Conservative controlled, and Staffordshire County Council, which is Labour controlled.   

The Conservatives were returned to power in Stafford Borough four years ago, inheriting a budget deficit in excess of one million pounds, an ageing leisure centre with insufficient funds to fully refurbish it, and a housing account which was gradually running out of money and could only afford the barest minimum of repairs and could not meet government targets for improvements by 2010. 

 All this has been achieved at the same time as reducing the administrative costs of running the Council.  Indeed this was acknowledged in a recent auditors’ report, which commented that the administrative costs of Stafford Borough Council were in the lowest 25% of local authorities in England .  This has enabled resources to be retargeted at front line services, examples being the launch of the Street Scene service, improved recycling, better turnround times for planning applications and improved customer service arrangements, providing an answered telephone service by the Council from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm.

 But what of Labour-controlled Staffordshire County Council?  Here we have seen above inflation rises in council tax for every one of those four years, (a total of 21.4%), proposals to close care homes and day centres throughout the county, a botched pay evaluation review, which has had large numbers of the County’s employees up in arms, lack of attention to growing traffic congestion and a budget which never seems to be quite under control. 

I will leave you to draw your own conclusions as to who to vote for on May 3^rd, but it seems to me that just as the Labour government nationally is falling apart before our eyes, and no one has any confidence that Gordon Brown will solve the problem, so in local affairs it is Conservatives that offer BETTER SERVICES and BETTER VALUE.  

Polls find Tory lead

Sunday March 18, 04:49 AM

Conservatives gain almost 900 council seats

as the whole country turns blue.... the midlands are no exception.

With the heading Tories Storm Back Into Power the Staffordshire Newsletters Printed Results:

Click here for the thank you letter from Bill Cash MP to Ivan

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