Local Election News
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been slammed for the poor election coverage on its own website during the Local & General Elections in May this year. In a damming report from SOCITM, who surveyed a number of councils before, during and after the elections, Stoke-on-Trent City Council was singled out by the report authors who said of the council: SOTICM:Communication of the results was patchy. Stoke on Trent City barely acknowledged that elections were taking place.
As the dust settles on both the General and Local Elections, the various parties will start analysing their performances and making the changes they need as a result. Questions are being asked of the party leaders, particularly those who failed to deliver. Gordon Brown is facing calls from a few of his MPs to step down and the same can be said of the British National Party Leader Nick Griffin. There are many calls for Griffin to stand down and it is thought that Eddie Butler who is head of the P
Stoke-on-Trent's electorate went to the polls on Thursday 6th May to vote in both the local and General Elections. There had been a lot of hype about the General Election.
Declarations and Audio Interviews Online. As the count was comng to an end, it became apparent that it had been a tremendous day for the Labour Party in Stoke-on-Trent. It was also obvious that it had been an horrendous day for the BNP in particular and also the City Independent Group. The Conservative Party and the Libe Dems made 1 gain each respectively. Listen to the Audio Interviews below...
Declarations and Audio Interviews Online. The votes for the Stoke-on-Trent local election are being counted from 1100 this morning.
Hello, my name is Alastair Watson and I’m the local Labour candidate for Meir Park & Sandon. My hope here is that the lives of young people would be enhanced and improved by the services made available. There are a few ways of achieving this, many are Labour inspired. The Stepping Stones Children’s Centre that has recently opened on 26th April on Normacot Grange Road is a Labour achievement that covers prebirth to aged 5 with a range of services and helps.
This Thursday, I hope the people of Hanley West & Shelton ward will consider using the local election vote for a candidate who is aware of the issues that affect us in this ward. I have been living in this ward since 1977! That’s over 30 years, and in that time I’ve had the opportunity to serve the community in a variety of ways.
It is exactly 40 years since I was first elected to the City Council. As a young(ish) enthusiastic Labour member I had a lot to learn. Coincidentally: “Forty years it had taken him to learn just what kind of smile was hidden beneath that dark moustache. But it was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.” (Closing lines of Orwell’s ‘1984’) Did Orwell’s moustache adorn the face of Stalin ?
I posted my last campaign leaflet last Saturday. 5,000 plus dwellings!. I’ve lived in this Ward for 30 years but still have to admit to visiting some of those roads, streets ..tracks! for the first time. This is my first venture into local politics so thought it appropriate that I at least made the effort to find every ‘door’. This week I have started to systematically walk around our ward just knocking on some of those doors, meeting people and asking their opinions on all things local.
Election Apathy
29 Apr 2010
Every time there is an election there is always the discussion about apathy of the electorate. How many people are entitled to vote and how many people actually use their vote. I have done a bit of research in to the general election to see how bad election apathy really is. In the last General Election only 52% of Stoke-on-Trent voters turned out, which is about 13% or around 24,000 people below the national average, which in itself it quite poor.
