Cheadle and Gatley Lib Dems are moving
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Cheadle and Gatley Lib Dems are moving
Cheadle and Gatley Lib Dems are moving
What were the local issues four decades ago?
Cheadle and Gatley Lib Dems are moving
Second councillor in three weeks quits “bullying” Stockport Labour
by Lib Dem team on 23 October, 2014
Cllr Paul Moss resigns from Labour
Cllr Moss is the second Stockport councillor in three weeks to quit Labour: Cllr Laura Booth (Offerton) resigned earlier this month citing a “culture of systematic bullying in the local Labour party”. Cllr Booth was also Chair of Disability Labour and Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Hazel Grove.
The accusations of bullying have been denied by Stockport Labour. They admit they’re unable to disprove the claims and suggest that everyone should just stop talking about it.
The latest resignations follow a similar case in 2012 when Cllr Patrick McAuley resigned from Labour, also citing bullying in the Stockport Labour Group.
* Full disclosure: I support the Brinnington Regeneration Scheme, including building houses on a small part of Reddish Vale.
4 Comments
Does this mean he is going to have to be re-elected then as he is no longer a representative of the people who voted for him.
Arthur – no. The UK electoral system at all levels is that we elect people, not parties (the only exception being for European Parliament elections, and even then I think MEPs can change parties without standing down). That may be worth changing, but we had a referendum on changing the electoral system back in 2011 and the vote was a fairly convincing “keep it as it is”.
Oh dear I have been doing it all wrong as I have always voted for the party and not necessarily for the person except for voting in Gatley then I voted for the person and party.
Arthur – it’s a democracy, people can vote for whatever reasons they like. The rules of the system are that, whatever reasons people have for voting for someone – whether they like their personality, party, policies, hairstyle or whatever – they are elected as an individual, not a party rep.