Labour now holds a majority on southribblebc for the first time since 1999 🗳️🗳️🗳️
– which saw Labour take sole control of the authority for the first time since the 1995-1999 period, when the prevailing nationwide wind was with the party under Tony Blair.
Asked whether he would jettison the Liberal Democrats now that he no longer required their support to get Labour’s plans through the council, he said that he had no intention of casting them out. “We still hope that [Labour] will take on board suggestions that we put forward and will consider areas outside of the ones [where] they have won, “ said Cllr Howarth, whose group retains the five seats it previously held.
“It’s disappointing, but I’m not surprised with the national picture. Although [Labour] have got a majority, it’s not a very big majority and we will continue to work hard – for every decision they make, we will scrutinise it,” Cllr Walton pledged. However, Labour did not have all its own way, with sitting councillor Mal Donoghue – who had represented the Seven Stars ward since 2016 – losing out after opting to contest Moss Side this year, where Conservative stalwarts Michael and Mary Green both held on.There were mixed fortunes for two former Tories who defected to Labour since the last election and stood again in the same wards under their new party’s banner.
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