Showing posts with label Councillors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Councillors. Show all posts

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Andy Burton Rutland Conservative Candidate Former East Yorkshire councillors won deselection appeal. East Riding of Yorkshire Council

People have asked what happened in East Riding Council where Andy Burton was a member?


Cllr Andy Burton with other councillors and the leader, were accused by East Riding Conservative Councillor of bringing he Tory Party into disrepute.

East Riding Council's Tory cabinet voted to make the discretionary payment of £360,000 into director of corporate resources Sue Lockwood's pension fund at a behind-closed-doors meeting in Beverley.

The same cabinet also agreed back dated 21% pay rises to other senior council officers. 

These decisions understandable caused a public outcry.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council leader Stephen Parnaby and 10 Tory councillors who were not put on the approval shortlist by their Conservative constituency associations.

Fortunately Andy Burton and 6 others won there appeal, so he was able to carry on with his political career.

At the time Andrew Allison, of the Hull and East Riding branch of the Taxpayers' Alliance, said: "I would challenge them to go out on the doorstep and speak to the ratepayers and justify the decision they have made. It's the elections next year and some might find it difficult to get themselves re-elected."

Conservative parliamentary candidate for West Hull and Hessle Gary Shores, who is also an East Riding councillor, said: "I think it is a deplorable waste of money. The public are being asked to tighten their belts and at County Hall they are having to keep an eye on every penny they spend.

"It was only the other year they that they were given a pay rise because they were deemed indispensable and now she's being pensioned off early," he said. "This is a disgrace, a waste of public money.

"If she wants to retire early we shouldn't have to foot the bill."

In just eight months last of 2009 the council spent more than 1.1m on 19 early retirements.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Monday, November 19, 2012

Rutland County Council, Anti Corruption, £8,000 independent report, Letter, Councillors, Richard Gale, Dave Richardson, Nick Wainwright

Rutland County Council, Anti Corruption, £8,000 independent report,
Letter, Councillors, Richard Gale, Dave Richardson, Nick Wainwright

Why we ask for openness.



The Tories with the support of a few independents have agreed to waste
an astonishing amount of tax payers money, commissioning solicitor who the
Chief Executive admits in her report have worked for the council in the past,
hardly what one would call independent authors?

Once Rutland County Council has spent the tax payers money on this political
tool will the Tories be using it as part of their campaign at the next election.
If so they should pay for it.



Whilst in the library on Saturday I noticed some one had been
reading a Rutland County Council document alongside is a
copy of Brewers Dictionary Phrase and Fable.

Surely a good companion for any Rutland County Council Report?

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

OAKHAM TOWN COUNCIL CO-OPTIONS

OAKHAM TOWN COUNCIL CO-OPTIONS


Following the recent Local Government Elections Oakham Town Council is seeking to increase its representation in the four electoral wards in Oakham. The Council currently has six vacancies for Councillors as to date only one applicant has applied.

The Town Council needs to Co-opt for the following Vacancies



Oakham North East – 2 vacancies



Oakham North West – 1 vacancy



Oakham South East – 1 vacancy



Oakham South West – 2 vacancies



Members of the public who wish to join the Council should send their applications, which may include a CV, to Oakham Town Council, 39 High Street, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6AH.



The closing date for applications is 1st July 2011. Interviews will take place on the evening of the 6th July 2011 and appropriate decisions on the co-options will also be made on that evening.



Further information on the role of a Town Councillor is available, on request, from the Clerk to the Council at the above address, by telephone on 01572 723627 or via e-mail at

rwhite@oakhamtowncouncil.gov.uk

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Oakham Town Council Attendance of Councillors May 12th 2010 - 14th Feb 2011

Oakham Town Council Attendance of Councillors May 12th 2010 - 14th Feb 2011


I was asked by letter to find the attendance record of Rutland County Councillors, I did this, so I thought it would also be interesting to do the same for Town Councillor.

I spoke to the Clerk, who asked me to put in a FOI request the result arrive today.

Current Members Overall Attendance.

Sharon Spencer (Chairman & Mayor) 85%    Allowance £5,000 cash, tax free this is equal to the income of two Job seekers

Mark Woodcock 74%

Joyce Lucas 79%

Alf Dewis 96%

Charles Haworth 78%

Maureen Dodds 85%

George Swiffin 13%

Tor Clark 89%

Adam Lowe 100%

Lorna Grey 84%


Jan Fillingham 0% resigned 

Martin Brookes 100% resigned

Alan Walters 95% resigned

Matthew Taylor 100%

Monday, February 14, 2011

Roger Begy OBE Leader of Rutland County Council Gold Star For Attendance FOI request info on all Rutland Councillors

Roger Begy OBE Leader of Rutland County Council Gold Star For Attendance FOI request info on all Rutland Councillors

Back in January a member of the public wrote asking me to look into Rutland County Councillors attendance.
I am pleased to report the FOI request was promptly handled by Jennette Holdstock and Debbie Muddimer (strategic director) and Geoff, I think there is only one Geoff at Rutland County Council, I won't guess at surname just in case Geoff is not unique.

The following information is for the period from 1st May 2010 to 9th February 2011

Mr Edward Baines (Conservative) - MARTINSTHORPE WARD (Chairman of the Council) 
attended 91% of meetings


(The Council records still has him listed as Independent? Over the years Mr Baines has charge party as far as I know he is currently a Conservative and as been selected to stand again as one in May)


Mr Roger B Begy (Conservative) - GREETHAM WARD  (Leader of the Council) 


attended 100% of meetings  



Mr Kenneth A Bool (Conservative) - UPPINGHAM WARD (Vice-Chairman of the Council)
attended 90% of meetings

Mr Jeffrey T Dale (Independent) - OAKHAM NORTH EAST WARD
attended 92% of meetings

Cpt Vijay Dighe (Conservative) - OAKHAM NORTH EAST WARD
attended 84% of meetings

Mr Trevor C Ellis (Conservative) - NORMANTON WARD
attended 85% of meetings

Mr Richard J Gale (Independent) - OAKHAM NORTH WEST WARD
attended 86% of meetings

Mr Peter J W Golden (Lib/Dem)- NORMANTON WARD
attended 94% of meetings

Mr Peter D Ind (Independent) - UPPINGHAM WARD
attended 90% of meetings

Miss Charlotte L Jones (Conservative) - RYHALL AND CASTERTON WARD
attended 79% of meetings

Mr Peter W Jones (Conservative) - OAKHAM SOUTH WEST WARD
attended 81% of meetings

Mr Terry C King (Conservative) - EXTON WARD (Deputy Leader of the Council)
attended 88% of meetings


Mr Marc A Oxley (Lib/Dem) - UPPINGHAM WARD
attended 79% of meetings
  
Mr Chris A Parsons (Conservative) - RYHALL AND CASTERTON WARD
attended 66% of meetings

Mr Gene Plews (Conservative) - OAKHAM SOUTH EAST WARD
attended 81% of meetings

Mr Hugh E G Rees (Conservative) - KETTON WARD
attended 90% of meetings

Mrs Janine Rodger (Conservative) - COTTESMORE WARD
attended 91% of meetings

Mr Barrie W Roper (Conservative) - KETTON WARD
attended 80% of meetings

Mrs Deborah Stuart (Conservative) - LYDDINGTON WARD
attended 71% of meetings

Mr Nicholas Mark Wainwright (Conservative) - LANGHAM WARD
attended 79% of meetings

Mrs Heather Wells (Conservative) - OAKHAM SOUTH WEST WARD
attended 82% of meetings

Mr Mark Wells (Conservative) - OAKHAM SOUTH EAST WARD
attended 79% of meetings

The Boot award is for the following Councillors:

Mr Brian A Montgomery (Independent) - WHISSENDINE WARD
attending only 55% of possible meetings


Mr Trevor Lovell (Independent) - OAKHAM NORTH WEST WARD
attending only 60% of possible meetings

Mr L John Duckham (Conservative) - BRAUNSTON AND BELTON WARD
attending only  54% of possible meetings


And last she got the boot no longer a Councillor.

Mrs Susie M Iannantuoni  (Conservative) - COTTESMORE WARD
attending a possible 55% meetings