Well done to the North West’s two new Liberal Democrat members of the European Parliament – Chris Davies and Jane Brophy.
Chris, who lives in Oldham, was MEP for the North West until 2014. Jane, who lives in Timperley, is a local Liberal Democrat councillor on Trafford Council. They join the largest ever team of Liberal Democrats MEPs – 16 across Great Britain.
The North West Region has 8 MEPs, which are allocated proportionately depending the votes for each Party. Results for the North West region were:
Brexit Party 31.2% – 3 MEPs
Labour 21.91 – 2 MEPs
Liberal Democrats 17.2% – 2 MEPs
Green Party 12.4% – 1 MEP
Conservative 7.6%
UKIP – 3.6%
Change UK – 2.7%
Bury’s votes are counted separately before being added towards the North West total. Bury’s votes were:
Voting takes place on Thursday, 23 May 2019 to elect members of the European Parliament.
Polling stations are open as normal – 7am – 10pm – you don’t need your polling card to vote.
If you have a postal vote, which you have not yet returned. You can fill it in as normal and take the sealed envelope down to your local polling station on Thursday (or in fact any polling station in Bury).
In the North West we will be electing eight members of the European Parliament – these are shared out proportionately between different parties depending on their level of support.
Liberal Democrats believe that the importance of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union has never been clearer. The national humiliation of Theresa May’s Brexit puts so much at risk – the NHS, our public services, jobs across the country, peace in Northern Ireland, the unity of the UK and our global reputation as a country that is confident and outward-facing. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Find out more and read our European Manifesto here.
Investigations by Bury’s Liberal Democrat councillors has revealed that Labour and Conservative councillors have not allocated around half of the money allocated to them for their local communities.
Only two areas – the Liberal Democrat councillors in Holyrood Ward and also the councillors in Tottington – have allocated the total of £4,500 allocated under the Elected Member Discretionary Budgets during that period.
The scheme was set up in December 2017 for councillors to support local projects and initiatives within their ward and wider township at their discretion.
More information was provided in an investigation by the Bury Times, reveal that only £41,801.96 was spent by councillors in their communities out of a possible £76,500.
Liberal Democrat Group Leader Cllr Tim Pickstone said: “We welcomed the decision to provide councillors with small delegated budgets to spend on priorities in their own wards. Liberal Democrat councillors in Holyrood ward have had no difficulty making sure all of that money has gone to the right place supporting a whole variety of community groups and initiatives.”
“There are so many good causes that need our support so I am amazed that only two of the 17 wards in Bury have spent the money that has been allocated to them.”
Councillors in Radcliffe West spent the least money at £312 out of a possible £4,5000 while Besses and St Mary’s wards spent around £700 each.
A huge thank you from the Liberal Democrat team here in Bury for your support in the local elections.
The Liberal Democrats had our best result in Bury for almost a decade:
– holding Holyrood Ward, with an increased majority (986 votes over Labour) electing our new Councillor Cristina Tegolo
– gaining St Mary’s Ward, by 942 votes over Labour, electing our youngest ever Councillor, Michael Powell.
Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Councillor Tim Pickstone said: “This is the first time in a decade that the Liberal Democrats have won so many seats in Bury. Not only that but we also got significantly more votes than Labour across the three Prestwich seats.
Local people are sending a clear message that Labour’s policies around building on our green belt land, and their failure to tackle congestion and air pollution need to change”.
