Sentences with phrase «number of councillors from»

Not exact matches

The policy that councillors will vote on won't immediately decrease the city's number of payday loan businesses to 15 to match its number of wards because it will grandfather in existing companies, but will prevent new ones from opening, said Tom Cooper, the director of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction.

And he did earn endorsements from a number of conservatives during his by - election bid, including Councillor Diane Colley - Urquhart, former PC MLA Gordon Shrake and former mayor Rod Sykes.

The civil service welcomes combined authorities with DEEMs as a way of achieving its long - held aspiration to diminish by amalgamations the number of councils, and thus councillors who do not want to accept the line from Whitehall.

Similarly, the number of Liberal Democrat councillors has declined from 3,944 councillors in 2010 to 2,282 in 2014; meaning that whilst the party used to control 25 councils, they now control just 10.

This article was amended on Wednesday 20 July to correct the number of constituency councillors interviewed from 104 to 101

Their numbers were previously boosted by the defection of two sitting UKIP councillors whose four - year terms were coming to an end; they held onto their seats in these areas whilst also gaining a seat from UKIP and another from an independent in Rugeley, leaving them with four net gains.

While Ukip's projected national share of the vote fell, it increased its number of councillors by more than 150 — from just nine in 2010 — by focusing resources on target areas.

Labour gained more than 70 councillors but ended up with no change to the numbers of councils they control, having failed to take several targets from the Conservatives, including Wandsworth.

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.

-- Talk about the amount of support generated so far for the Climate Emergency Declaration campaign (number of signatures, support from eminent people including other councillors and mayors, etc.) See the Supporters page for examples.

-- Explain the campaign vision and the amount of support generated so far (number of signatures, support from eminent people including other councillors and mayors, etc.) See the Supporters page for examples.