I've been away for a few days, hence the lack of daily posts. A little unfortunate, because I understand that there's been a bit going on locally over the last couple of days.
This means I've spent the last few hours since I've been home devouring news, and there's one thing that's starting to bug me. This concept of Macclesfield being a safe seat, just because Nick has won it for the last 290 years.
Anyone who pays attention to how divisions/wards vote at local elections will know that even with the success the Conservatives have in the rural areas, Macc is not safe for us Conservatives. We managed a swing from Labour to Con in west ward, but it took quite a bit of hard work and lots of leaflets. We'll only hold it by working hard and continuing to communicate with people to tell them just how hard we are working. (In essence...the whole point of this blog).
The Lib Dems have a good amount of support, and we all know of a couple of good independent candidates who probably couldn't win, but probably could sap a good number of our votes.
But it comes down to this: The first time Nick won this seat he only just scraped in. It took him years and years of hard work to build up his personal majority. Anyone who thinks this is going to be an easy win next time may be mistaken.
Anyway...to my delight there's lots of talk of free car parking again at the moment. There's talk of a motion at the next full council. I'm trying to find out the gossip from the leader of the opposition at the moment. Could be good news for the traders in Macclesfield who desperately need a boost.
Welcome to my blog.
I was elected as Councillor for Macclesfield West in May 2008. I live in the centre of the ward with my Wife and Westie, and when I'm not a Councillor I'm a Scout Leader and I run a small consultancy business.
I'm equally at home cycling around the town as I am walking the dog up Shutlingsloe – Macclesfield is one of the few places that can provide this town and country balance.
This blog is intended to give the residents of Macclesfield West an insight into the work that I am doing on their behalf. This could be better services and facilities for children and young people, or perhaps trying to achieve a better plan for the Macclesfield Town Centre redevelopment. At all times I'm keen on reducing costs and keeping council tax as low as possible.
The blog is intended to be little lighthearted at times, perhaps irreverent but never irrelevant. You're encouraged to comment on each post and have your say - it's a great way to debate the issues of the day.
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3 comments:
Macclesfield has had a Conservative MP for the last 91 years. While the past isn't always a good indicator of future events, I think we can safely say that Macc is a pretty safe Tory seat :-)
Viva Sir Nick, viva, viva, viva.
Viva? This is starting to sound a bit similar to the comments on the Express website (albeit not supporting Tesco's...)
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