FOCUS www.PeterboroughLibDems.org.uk

SOUTH WERRINGTON and NORTH GUNTHORPE RESIDENTS’ NEWSLETTER

“Working All Year Round”

Edition: 71

TEAM CONTACT DETAILS:

Councillor: Darren Fower Editor: Julia Davidson Text or call Darren’s mobile: 0796 184 91 10 Email: SWNG_FOCUS @peterboroughlibdems.org.uk Email Julia at: Julia.Davidson@ PeterboroughLibDems.org.uk Ward website: www.campaigns. libdems.org.uk/SWNG Darren’s website: www.darrenfower. mycouncillor.org.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/SWNG. FOCUS.Team Post: Cllr Darren Fower, Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough PE1 1HG

IT’S YOUR CHOICE – LOCAL ACTIVIST OR TORY PUPPET Only hours before the polls open for the council elections in Werrington, one

thing is clear. It is a ‘two horse race’ between local resident Julia Davidson,

your Liberal Democrat FOCUS Team candidate, and the Tory candidate.

Everyone agrees that Labour cannot win this election. Just look at the

results of elections here over the past few years (see graph below).

People who vote Labour in national elections have told Lib Dem councillor

Darren Fower they are voting for Julia in this election to keep the Tories out.

The choice on Thursday is clear – it is a choice between local Lib Dem

activist Julia Davidson, who campaigns to get things done in this area, and a

councillor who does and votes as he is told by council leader Marco Cereste.

So, how you vote on Thursday matters. You will be electing your local

councillor to represent you, your community and your family.

Your vote can change the way our city council is run. Just one vote –

maybe your vote – can make the difference!

DARREN SAYS … On Thursday you will elect a city

councillor to work with Lib Dem

Darren Fower, who remains a

councillor until 2013.

Darren said: “Werrington and

Gunthorpe need an active councillor

who will fight to get this area noticed

by the council – not another Tory

puppet who will vote as directed to

give Town Hall bosses a quiet life.

“Julia Davidson is the only candidate

who lives in this ward and will work

tirelessly with me to represent you.”

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for service and action!

JULIA DAVIDSON

Votes cast in recent elections Note: No election in 2009

LOCAL RESIDENTS

SAY:

Sandra Bond, community activist

(Edinburgh Avenue)

Mike Holland, local businessman

(Carron Drive)

Cllr Darren Fower

Of course, it is what residents say

with their votes that really counts.

The last time the incumbent Tory

councillor stood for election, less

than 20 per cent of those entitled to

vote actually voted for him!

Lib Dem FOCUS Editor Julia

Davidson lives in this ward – unlike

any of the other candidates. She is

actively involved in producing the

regular FOCUS newsletters (how

often do you hear from the Tories?)

and in delivering them in the area

around her home in Fulbridge Road.

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‘FOCUS’ ON THE FACTS! Let’s check out the present situation with the existing councillors for this

area – who does what and what do they cost you?

Cllr Darren

Fower Lib Dem

Cllr Paula

Thacker Conservative

Cllr Colin

Burton Conservative

COST TO YOU: Over the past 2 years

(Data: salaries from

2009/10-2010/11)

£17,813 -

£742 per

month

£23,070 -

£961 per

month

£29,784 -

£1,241 per

month

REGULAR:

Holds ‘surgeries’ in ward

every month.

Yes two per month

No No

VOTING:

Voted against Council Tax

rise this year

Yes No No

OPPOSED:

The money wasted on

fountains in Cathedral Sq

Yes No No

ACTION:

Motion for safety action

on Gunthorpe Road

Yes No No

ACTION:

Argued for police action

on Cock Inn corner

Yes No No

ACTION: Campaigned for Lincoln

Road improvements

Yes No No

COMMUNITY: Instigated annual funding

for Werrington Carnival

Yes No No

COMMUNITY: Member of Peterborough

Racial Equality Council

Yes No No

COUNCIL: Argued against costly

“vanity projects” of city

leader Marco Cereste

Yes No No

Cllr Colin Burton, the most expensive and least active of our local

councillors, is the Tory candidate on Thursday.

So would you like to see Cllr Burton back in the Town Hall - or an

active local Lib Dem FOCUS Team councillor who lives in this ward?