Thanks to your votes, Bosworth Liberal Democrats gained 10 seats in the May 3rd local elections and now have an overall majority on the council. The result in Hinckley and Bosworth has been hailed by many as the best Liberal Democrat result in Britain.
The Liberal Democrats won 300 more council seats than Labour in Thursday's local government elections in England. With one council (Breckland) still to finish counting 2,167 Liberal Democrats councillors have been elected compared to 1,867 Labour councillors. The party gained control of 6 councils: Eastbourne and Hinckley & Bosworth (Leics) - both from the Conservatives - plus Rochdale, Kingston-upon-Hull, Northampton and Caradon (Cornwall), and held another 17.
Despite feeling flushed with success, Cllr Robin Lawrence and the Liberal Democrats realise that there is much to do in Park Ward. A bathroom suite was found illegally fly tipped just days after the successful election victory. Cllr Lawrence has already arranged to get it removed.
West End LibDem Councillor Fraser Macpherson today (Monday 7th May) published his monthly update to West End Community Council.
After their historic victory in winning Park Ward, A "Thank You" Focus is now being delivered to all homes in the Ward. Newly elected Councillor Robin Lawrence said "I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who supported me in our campaign. I intend to use my term in office to carry on the good work for our area. At the earliest opportunity I will keep my promise and place a motion before the City Council that would save Compton Park Centre from closure. The Liberal Democrats will continue to work for everyone in our area and not just for those people who voted Liberal Democrat." A PDF version of this Focus can be found in the Park 2007 section of the Download area of this site.
I noted with interest the comments of Sandra Pell (BFP 4th May) regarding parking charges. While she is right to say that there is no such thing as free parking she has missed a fundamental point in the current car parks were constructed and paid for with taxpayers money. Many of the taxpayers who paid for that construction are now retired and on limited incomes. To dramatically increase charges in St Edmundsbury for car parking is very much a case of the Council reaping revenue in a double whammy from taxpayers. I am sure the council will point out the need for maintenance, but our car parks are automated. It is not the case that increased revenue is needed to cover increased costs. Charges are rising far too fast for that to be a viable answer and the excess revenue from car parking is published for all to see who care to look.