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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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Four former-Mayors are amongst seven current Bradley Stoke Town Councillors who have chosen not to stand for re-election on Thursday 5th May. Cllrs Julian Barge (Mayor 2003/04, 2005/06 & 2007/08), Ronnie Conway-Haskins (2006/07), Mark Forsyth (2009/10) and Sandra Hobson (2005/06) have all chosen not to contest the upcoming Town Council election that sees a total of 29 candidates fighting the 15
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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
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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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South Gloucestershire Labour is the latest politcal group to launch its manifesto for the 70 seats on the district council that are up for election on Thursday 5th May. The theme of Labour’s manifesto is that the party will be the community’s voice in the tough times ahead. It outlines “the Con Dem Coalition’s harsh treatment of local government, the
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In a few weeks time it’ll be elections again. And I would like to appeal to voters in Bradley Stoke, in regard to the Town Council elections. It may not be common knowledge (and is not always apparent at voting time) that the composition of the present Town Council is 7 residents of Bradley Stoke and 8 non-residents. Which is
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