Plymouth Labour sets sights on winning control of the City Council

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Plymouth Labour sets sights on winning control of the City Council

By Plymouth Labour ⋅ February 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
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Today, Plymouth Labour Party has announced that it is standing a full slate of candidates for Plymouth’s local elections on Thursday 3 May. Labour will contest every ward in Plymouth as the party sets its sights firmly on winning control of the City Council.

Labour’s full slate of candidates includes veteran Councillor and Dockyard Industrial Secretary, Pete Smith, who is standing for re-election in Honicknowle ward and former Plymouth Youth Parliament member and Notre Dame student Kate Taylor, 18, who is standing in Devonport. If elected in May we believe Kate Taylor would be Devon’s youngest ever councillor.

Cllr Tudor Evans, Leader of the Labour Group said: “May’s elections come at a crunch time for our city. Over the next few months Labour will be outlining a vision for a more vibrant, fairer and successful city that will see more people back in work, a more transparent and open Council and priorities aligned to what Plymouth residents want.”

“Thanks to the terrible legacy of Tory neglect and financial mismanagement whoever wins the elections will have a tough challenge to put the Council back on the right track. This Tory Council have run out of ideas and what Labour will be offering is a positive alternative that restores the pride in our city and helps us weather the economic storms.

Kate Taylor, Labour’s candidate in Devonport ward said: “It is an honour to stand in Devonport. Since being selected l have been speaking to local residents who feel let down by the Council. There can be no better example of how out of touch the Tories are than their plans which Labour will continue to oppose for a massive incinerator in Devonport. I have not met one single voter, Labour, Tory or otherwise who supports it and I will be making fighting against it the centre of the campaign in Devonport.”

Alison Seabeck MP, Labour’s MP for Plymouth Moor View said: “Labour has a first class team of Councillors and I continue to be impressed by the passion and commitment of our candidates across the city. The 2012 elections will be very close in Plymouth. The Tories are desperate to hold onto power but you only need to look at the state of our roads and all the potholes to know that the Tories aren’t working. Whether it is on local issues such as the state of the roads or rubbish collection or national issues such as Tory and Lib Dem plans to privatise the NHS and cut police numbers there’s a real fight on and Labour is up for the job.”

Labour is standing a full slate of candidates in every ward. Labour candidates include:

Budshead – Jon Taylor
Compton – Neil Hendy
Devonport – Kate Taylor
Efford & Lipson – Brian Vincent*
Egbuckland – Paul Jarvis
Ham – Tina Tuohy*
Honicknowle – Pete Smith*
Moor View – Mike Fox
Peverell – Steve Randall
Plympton Chaddlewood – Mark Thompson
Plympton Erle – Chris Mavin
Plympton St Mary – Seetha Cheeseman
Plymstock Dunstone – Prathees Kishore
Plymstock Radford – Shirley Smith
St Budeaux – Danny Damarell
St Peter & The Waterfront – Ian Tuffin*
Southway – Lorraine Parker
Stoke – Sam Davey
Sutton & Mount Gould – Eddie Rennie