Sentences with phrase «conservative councillors»

Less easy to ignore are the many Conservative councillors and some MPs who are already very queasy about the forced academy plans.

Plans to turn every state school in England into an academy have been criticised by Conservative councillors.

Some Conservative councillors have criticised government plans to convert all state schools in England into them.

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said Morgan had been «very hard of hearing» since the policy was announced, and said it had taken the combined efforts of parents, teachers, school leaders, governors, Conservative councillors, MPs and education unions to get the government to «see sense».

The Education Bill, which was initially set to introduce the government's plans for the every school in England to be converted in an academy, has faced strong opposition from Education professionals, parents and local government, with a large number of Conservative Councillors speaking out against the proposals.

It will also be interesting to see if the Lib Dems low ebb allows the Conservatives to achieve representation on Lib Dem - run Cambridge City Council where there are currently no Conservative councillors.

There is still one ward in the Watford constituency with Conservative councillors, one of the Three Rivers wards.

Later this morning Eric Pickles MP will be addressing the Conservative Councillors Association's Leadership Conference in Nottingham.

However, there is also a great opportunity here for Conservative councillors, MPs and indeed candidates.

Conservative councillors won an overall majority in the council and formed a majority administration, Labour councillors form the second - largest grouping and UKIP's win of a seat was its single gain nationally in the 2017 local election cycle which saw all 145 of its other candidates standing in the election lose their seats.

All three incumbent Conservative Councillors were re-elected, including Lord Mayor of Leeds - elect Graham Latty.

[3] However, in May 2013 two Conservative councillors, Steve Hayward of Ducklington ward and David Snow of Witney North, resigned from the party to become independents.

[2] Conservative councillors who lost seats included the deputy leader of the party Ian Fowler and the cabinet member for education, Peter Collins.

The Conservative majority on the council increased to 15, after 32 Conservative councillors were elected.

Conservative councillors are surveyed on a potential UKIP pact, the EU, immigration, gay marriage and the economy.

[13] Meanwhile, the Conservative group split in half, with the 3 councillors from Brondesbury Park ward forming their own Brondesbury Park Conservatives group, after failing to replace Kenton councillor Suresh Kansahra as leader of the Conservative group, while the 3 Kenton Conservative councillors remained in the Conservative group.

Whilst it may not be top of the Tory target list (it is in fact 338th on the list), there are seven Conservative councillors within the boundaries of the constituency - and the wider North Tyneside Council has a directly - elected Conservative Mayor, Linda Arkley.

The government will know that local authorities, even those controlled by Conservative councillors, can make serious trouble over this sort of funding gap.

John Redwood MP is concerned that new Conservative councillors are truly Conservative.

There remain concerns about potential Tory infiltration on a large scale, with a Conservative MP, Conservative media commentators, and Conservative councillors all having been rejected.

Amongst the lively floor discussion that followed, featuring Conservative councillors from across London and even a district councillor who had come all the way from Lincolnshire, recently appointed No 10 adviser John Hayes responded to Fox's concerns.

«When you have Conservative councillors bringing a case against Conservative ministers in a Conservative - led government, you know that we are very confident that there are huge flaws in the HS2 project,» said StopHS2 campaign manager Joe Ruskin.

Already there are 14 Conservative councillors in Ealing Southall against Labour's 18.

In all likelihood, five or six hundred Conservative councillors have already «won» without a vote being cast, either because they have been returned unopposed, or because they do not face a full slate of opposition candidates in multi-member wards.

However, their majority was eroded by the suspension and defection of two Conservative councillors, leaving the council hung.

The London Borough of Croydon has a Labour controlled council with 40 Labour councillors and 30 Conservative councillors elected on 22 May 2014.

Whitehead said he had been concerned about the behaviour of the controlling group of Tories since 2011, when seven Conservative councillors from Haltemprice and Howden resigned, claiming bullying and intimidation.

We need to appeal to people, and I would note that in these results, while I'm sorry that Conservative councillors who've worked hard lost their seats, in places like Amber Valley in Derbyshire, the heart of England, a part that's actually been Labour for decades, we still have a Conservative council, a place where I launched our local election campaign.»

We've taken Basildon and Peterborough and we've shown what hard work by Conservative councillors can do in delivering for people,» she said.

There have been suggestions recently of disquiet among Conservative councillors over funding cuts.

Conservative councillors have joined the chorus of outrage at anti-immigrant vans, which have been driven around London boroughs telling illegal immigrants to «go home».

Yet it shows that even one in four Conservative councillors think power will shift from local government to the centre during this Parliament, and the only unity between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats at local level is about reducing council staff numbers.

Friends point out the two are genuine friends who go back many years to their days as Conservative councillors.

Farage called on journalists to cease attacking his party and complained about the media coverage, pointing out there were a total of 17 Liberal, Labour and Conservative councillors who were arrested during the campaign.

In the speech, for the Conservative Councillors» Seminar in central London, Mr Osborne stressed that a Conservative government would learn from local councils how to reduce administration costs in order to focus resources on public services.

A Conservative councillor and former planning chief has admitted ripping out a historic priest hole from her Grade II - listed home in East Sussex.

Porter has previously been the subject of concern from the only Conservative councillor, Ross Grant.

Martin Howe QC is a former Conservative councillor and parliamentary candidate who has written a number of publications on constitutional and European matters.

Fabiani will face Labour's LizAnne Handibode and Conservative Councillor Graham Simpson (who also ran in 2011) this May.

Ukip gained their second seat on the Humberston and New Waltham council when candidate William Harness triumphed in the by - election held to replace Conservative councillor John Colebrook following his death in December.

Bhatti is the first Conservative Councillor on Manchester City Council since 1996.

This is good news for Manchester, as the only Conservative councillor on the council they will offer a much - needed alternative voice.

Mark McInnes CBE — Conservative Councillor for the Meadows / Morningside Ward in Edinburgh and Director of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 10.

On 6 May 2010, she was elected as a Conservative councillor in the London Borough of Merton Council.

The formerly Conservative councillor for Southwick Green was defending the seat as an Independent, with no Conservative contesting that ward.

Jonathan Scott is a former Conservative councillor and head of the Yorkshire based Tory supporting think - tank, Conservative Vision.

He worked as a Conservative councillor on Harrow London Borough Council and later Woking Borough Council, as well as at Conservative Central Office.

This followed the resignation of a Conservative councillor.

Pritchard began his political career as a Conservative councillor on Harrow London Borough Council between 1993 - 1994.

He then served as a Conservative councillor on Woking Borough Council between 2000 — 2003.