“Speak up or stand down” call to West End Conservative Councillors over parking plans

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“Speak up or stand down” call to West End Conservative Councillors over parking plans

By Westminster Labour ⋅ December 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
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As Cabinet Minister Lord Strathclyde joins the growing number of senior Conservatives opposed to Westminster’s plans to introduce Evening and Sunday parking charges, Labour has called on the West End’s 11 Conservative Councillors to ’speak up or stand down’ on the Council’s plans. Labour say that 11 out of the 12 Conservative Councillors representing the four West End wards affected by the parking ban have failed to say anything in public about where they stand, with only West End Ward Councillor Glenys Roberts having the courage to speak out against.

The ‘West End 11′ are;

* West End Ward – Jonathan Glanz and Frixos Tombolis.

* Marylebone High Street Ward – Edward Baxter, Harvey Marshall and Ian Rowley.

* St James’ Ward – Louise Hyams, Tim Mitchell and Cameron Thomson.

* Bryanston and Dorset Square Ward – Richard Beddoe, Audrey Lewis and Sheila D’Souza.

Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Leader of the Labour Group, said; “What a spineless lot Westminster’s Conservative Councillors are! If they won’t speak up for local residents and business then they should stand down and make way for people who will.”

“Last week we heard that Councillor Lindsey Hall, who represents Abbey Road ward and is chair of the Conservative backbench Councillors committee, opposes the Council’s plan to introduce evening and Sunday parking charges but she will not vote against them. How many more Conservative Councillors are afraid to say what they really think? How many more Conservative Councillors are willfully ignoring the wishes of their constituents in favour of toeing the party line?

“Westminster residents are being badly let down by Conservative Councillors who are putting their own political ambitions before the wishes of the people who voted for them. What is the point of voting for Conservative Councillors if they turn out to be as spineless and ineffective as the current lot?”

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