Bradley Stoke Radio stages its own version of Question Time tonight when a panel of local politicians take part in a live debate on “the key issues facing people in Bradley Stoke”. The event, compered by Julian Okoye, will hear representatives of the three main parties debate questions sent in by listeners. Mr Okoye told The Journal: “The intention is
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Lopresti willing to attend Gay Pride event says new Town Councillor
A newly-elected Bradley Stoke Town Councillor who is a member of the Conservative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transexual group LGBTory says local MP Jack Lopresti offered to attend the upcoming Pride Bristol event in order to demonstrate that he didn’t consider the young candidate’s sexual orientation an issue. Writing on the LGBTory blog, Cllr Keir Gravil, who was elected to
Continue readingClean sweep for Conservatives in Bradley Stoke
The Conservatives are this morning celebrating a remarkable clean sweep of all the District and Town Council seats in Bradley Stoke. The town’s five seats on South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) are now held by Conservatives after Ben Walker beat Jon Williams (Liberal Democrat) by a comfortable margin of 139 votes in Bradley Stoke North. Bradley Stoke Central & Stoke Lodge
Continue readingVoting underway in Local Elections & AV Referendum
Bradley Stoke has seven polling stations open today for voting in the 2011 District & Town Elections and the national AV Referendum. The local polling stations (open until 10pm) are: Brook Way Activity Centre Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road Holy Trinity Church, Broad Croft Baileys Court Activity Centre Evangelical Church, Baileys Court Road St Joseph’s Centre, Juniper Way Church of
Continue readingAV Referendum: ‘No’ camp shouts the loudest in Bradley Stoke
Supporters of the NO to AV campaign have been shouting the loudest in Bradley Stoke in an effort see off the possible introduction of the Alternative Vote method for selecting Westminster MPs. Local MP Jack Lopresti and Conservative activists manned a stall in the Willow Brook Centre on Saturday 16th April, where they distributed leaflets describing AV as a “Lib
Continue readingElection Week: More Town Council candidates this year
With 29 candidates contesting 15 seats, this week’s Town Council election could potentially throw up a few changes on the local political scene. The Conservatives have the greatest number of candidates (15, the same as in 2007) and are the only party with the potential to make a clean sweep. The Labour Party, not currently represented on the Town Council,
Continue readingElection week: On the doorstep with candidates
Local elections on Thursday this week (5th May) see all the seats on South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) up for grabs. Electors will also be asked to vote yes or no to the introduction of the Alternative Vote system for choosing MPs. Most residents will by now have had a fair few election leaflets through
Continue readingConservatives launch South Glos manifesto
South Gloucestershire Conservatives promise more police on the beat, the roll-out of superfast broadband and a recycling reward scheme if they win next month’s local elections. The party’s manifesto was launched in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square on Friday, in the presence of local MP Jack Lopresti and the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey. The document, entitled
Continue readingDeputy Prime Minister’s Bradley Stoke visit axed
A visit by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to Bradley Stoke planned for today has had to be cancelled “for operational reasons”, according to a Liberal Democrat spokesperson. The visit first came to light on BBC Radio Bristol news bulletins this morning (Friday 8th), where it was announced that: “The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to make a flying
Continue readingCandidates announced for 5th May local elections
Provisional lists of candidates standing for the 5th May district and local elections have been published by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). In each of the three SGC wards in Bradley Stoke, the three main parties (Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats) have each nominated a number of candidates that exactly matches the number of seats being contested (i.e. one or two).
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