Conservatives Take Control of Lancashire County Council

Whilst I was away on holiday, my colleagues in the Conservative Party took control of Lancashire County Council for the first time in 28 years.  This is a major milestone for Conservative supporters in Lancashire, as we now have the strong powerbase to begin changing local services for the better, as well as achieving necessary cost savings wherever we can to benefit local taxpayers.

For Pendle, this means that we now have four Conservative County Councillors representing us at County Hall, my congratulations to County Councillors Mike Calvert and Shelagh Derwent on their re-election, two excellent and conciencious councillors rewarded for the hours of hard work they put in week in week out to help their local residents.  We celebrate the election of County Councillor George Askew in Pendle Central, George is a very hard working Borough Councillor in Colne’s Boulsworth ward, and will fight tooth and nail to look after the interests of residents in Marsden, Vivary Bridge and Waterside.  County Councillor Keith Bailey’s election in West Craven is a true reward for a gentleman who is also one of Barnoldswick’s hardest working Town Councillors, and like Mike, Shelagh and George, Keith will put the interests of local residents first and foremost.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported my colleague Shakil Rehman in his bid to become Nelson South’s County Councillor.