This Conservative leaflet is from the February 1974 election, where 27 year old Tom Arnold failed to defeat the Liberal Michael Winstanley in Hazel Grove. Arnold had more success in the October General Election, becoming one of the youngest MPs in the Commons and  holding Hazel Grove until 1997. The leaflet is good quality, though [...]

United Utilities have published advice for anyone suffering from burst pipes due to the thaw.  Take a look here. I’ve not been told about significant burst pipe issues in our area, so I’m hoping we’ve got off lightly, but do let me know if you know otherwise.

I’ll be writing about this in more detail when I have a final report, so please treat this as interim information. Pam King, Mark Hunter and I have been working to find ways to improve the Kingsway junction, in particular for people turning right from Cheadle & Gatley onto Kingsway. The junction is one of [...]

This Conservative leaflet from the February 1974 General election in Cheadle constituency would hardly look out of place today.   It’s a good quality glossy leaflet stressing the local credentials of the sitting MP: he lives in the constituency, comes home every weekend and deals with thousands of pieces of casework. Normanton first won the seat [...]

This newspaper was put out by the Liberals in the October 1974 General Election, where Michael Winstanley, who’d won in February, was defeated by the Conservative Tom Arnold in Hazel Grove. Arnold would hold the seat until replaced by Lib Dem Andrew Stunell in 1997. It’s interesting that the paper openly discusses the possibilities of [...]

I will be contactable over the Christmas period, but you might not get as quick as response as you would normally. You can contact me by phone (07958 570202) or email (cllr.iain.roberts@stockport.gov.uk) but it may take up to a day for me to pick up the messaege and get back to you. Merry Christmas and [...]

The following schools have been confirmed as closed on Tuesday 21st December 2010: Meadowbank Primary in Cheadle St Joseph’s Catholic Primary in St Petersgate Stockport School Correct as of 8.40pm on the 20th, see the Stockport website for latest information.

The Lib Dems went into coalition to get as many of our manifesto policies put into practise as we could, given our 57 MPs, and to provide a strong, stable government to get the country out of recession and sort out the deficit. Here’s how we’re getting on. Lib Dem Achievements in Government

There’s little new in the world.  Although the Liberals would be supporting the Labour government just a few years later, Labour in Cheadle were keen to portray the Liberals and Conservatives as one and the same in the February 1974 election. In this leaflet from the Hazel Grove constituency, Manchester councillor Allan Roberts lays out [...]

Council Office opening times over the Christmas and New Year Holidays: · Friday 24th December – Open until 12 noon. · Saturday 25th December – Closed. · Sunday 26th, Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th December – Closed. · Wednesday 29th December – Open 8.30am to 5.00pm. · Thursday 30th December – Open 8.30am to 5.00pm. [...]