On Thursday 1 May, local people elected me as your new county councillor for the Leckhampton and Warden Hill Division. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. I will strive to represent everyone locally regardless of who you voted for.
I’d like to thank my predecessor Emma Nelson for her service to the area. Although we are from different parties and obviously took a different view of the county council’s past record, I recognise the affection in which Emma is held locally and her hard work on our behalf. I’m pleased that in these divisive times we both fought respectful election campaigns.
Although local government reorganisation looms over the county council as it does over other local councils, at the moment Gloucestershire County Council takes the lion’s share of our council tax and is responsible for major budgets like transport, roads and pavements, adult social care and children’s services as well as many other smaller but important services like waste disposal and libraries. It is very likely that with 27 out of 55 seats across the county the Liberal Democrats will now form the county administration and we take seriously our pledges to address many of the issues raised during the election campaign. These include the quality of our roads and pavements, the need to improve children’s services, commit the county ever more clearly to environmental sustainability and tackle waste.
Thank you for your support.
