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Dr Diana Warner, Green Party candidate for the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency in the 2015 General Election.

Tuesday 10th February 2015 SH (Editor)

Diana Warner chosen to fight 2015 general election for The Greens

The Filton and Bradley Stoke Green Party has announced the selection of Dr Diana Warner as the Green Party candidate for the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) parliamentary seat in the 2015 general election. Dr Warner lives in Filton and has two adult children. A staunch supporter of the NHS and motivated by improving the health of all, Dr Warner

Ian Boulton, Labour candidate for Filton and Bradley Stoke.

Thursday 9th October 2014 SH (Editor)

Ian Boulton chosen as Labour’s 2015 general election candidate

Members of the Filton and Bradley Stoke Labour Party have selected a former Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, Cllr Ian Boulton, to be the Labour Party parliamentary candidate at the general election in May 2015. Cllr Boulton lives in the constituency in Staple Hill, which is the ward he represents on the council. He was also the Labour candidate for

Thursday 23rd January 2014 SH (Editor)

Ben Walker chosen to fight 2015 general election for UKIP

Bradley Stoke councillor Ben Walker has been chosen as the UKIP candidate for the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) parliamentary seat in the 2015 general election. The party has also announced its first wave of prospective South Gloucestershire Council candidates. Speaking after his selection, Cllr Walker said: “I’m honoured to have been selected as the Filton and Bradley Stoke UKIP candidate

Cllr Charlotte Walker of Bradley Stoke Town Council.

Tuesday 28th May 2013 SH (Editor)

Former mayor quits Conservatives to become independent

A Bradley Stoke town councillor has quit the Conservatives and become independent after refusing to allow herself to be associated with what she describes as “politically induced child’s play”. Cllr Charlotte Walker, who has just stood down following her year’s term as Mayor of Bradley Stoke, has dropped the local Conservative Party and become an independent member of the town

Jack Lopresti, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke.

Monday 29th April 2013 SH (Editor)

MP moves constituency office to the Willow Brook Centre

Jack Lopresti, Member of Parliament for the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency, has moved his local base to the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke. Announcing the move, Mr Lopresti said: “I’ve always wanted to have my local base here. It’s at the heart of the Bradley Stoke community and fairly central to the whole constituency. There are excellent public

Houses of parliament/Westminster Palace, London [photo by Sir James; licence: cc/by-sa/3.0]

Wednesday 17th October 2012 SH (Editor)

Commission set on removing ‘Bradley Stoke’ from constituency name

The name ‘Bradley Stoke’ looks set to disappear from the title of the local parliamentary constituency, despite protests from local Councillors who say they fought hard to get the town recognised before the current ‘Filton and Bradley Stoke’ (FABS) constituency was contested for the first time in 2010. The Boundary Commission for England, which is aiming to reduce the number

Friday 12th October 2012 SH (Editor)

MP’s expenses “soar” due to extra staff costs

Expenses claimed by Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti “soared by nearly 30% in 2011” compared to the previous year, according to a report in the Thornbury and Yate newspaper ‘The Gazette’. Figures published by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), set up following the expenses scandal of 2009, show that Mr Lopresti’s claims rose from £109,159 in 2010/11

Ex-Tories Ben Walker and Ed Rose are welcomed into UKIP.

Tuesday 29th May 2012 SH (Editor)

Two Bradley Stoke Conservative Councillors defect to UKIP

Two Bradley Stoke Councillors yesterday defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in what appears to be a consequence of some nasty in-fighting within the local Conservative Party. Cllr Ben Walker, a former Bradley Stoke Mayor and District Councillor for the Bradley Stoke North ward, and Cllr Ed Rose, elected to the Town Council in May 2011, were welcomed into

Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party. [Photo: Dweller; Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0]

Sunday 27th May 2012 SH (Editor)

UKIP forced to switch meeting venue after school cancels hall booking

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been forced to change the venue of a public meeting in Bradley Stoke after the school where it was due to take place cancelled the hall booking. Flyers promoting the meeting, to be fronted by UKIP’s national leader Nigel Farage, have been widely distributed in the local area over the past few weeks. These

Ben Walker (Deputy Chair, South Gloucestershire Council).

Monday 14th May 2012 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke Mayor hit by smear campaign

Bradley Stoke Mayor Ben Walker has become the target of a smear campaign aimed at stopping him becoming the Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, a position he is due to take on next week after serving for the past year as Vice Chair. A letter alleging irregularities in the financial management of two construction companies of which Cllr Walker is