Lib Dems take control of town council following by-election
Adding to my earlier report of Liberal Democrats winning town and parish council seats due to standing in by-elections where no-one else put up a candidate, here’s news of a bigger prize: control of Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council.
In May 2021, the Lib Dems won nine out of the 18 seats to nine also for the Conservatives, ending decades of outright Conservative control.
But now with Martin Denz standing in a town council by-election and no-one else putting up, the Lib Dems have gained at tenth seat, getting overall control of the council.
It really is a good idea to stand more candidates…
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But what the voter wants, especially at local level, is for every person elected, regardless of what party or religion they belong to, to work together for the good of the whole community. We must aim to banish the adversarial stance that people so easily take up, and see that there is good in everyone who puts themselves up for public office, and having different approaches is healthy.