Surbiton Hill Conservatives last night chose former councillor Nick Kilby to be their standard bearer in the bye-election on 15th September.
Ward chair, Mavis Cracknell, commented, ‘ We were very lucky in that we had a choice between two very able former councillors for the ward. It’s more...
Nick believes that senior officers’ pay at Kingston Council has got out of hand. Too many
Nick Kilby has called on the Lib Dem-run Kingston Council to cut the wasted spending and concentrate on preserving important frontline services, such as Elderly and Disability Services. Nick has organised several campaigns and petitions to try and save local elderly and disability services more...
Kingston Council has elected Councillor Pat Codd to be the Mayor of the Royal Borough for the muncipal year 2011/12.
Councillor Codd is one of the best loved and most respect member of the Conservative Group on Kingston Council.
A passionate local activist, has been a councillor for more...
Kingston’s overwhelming rejection of the alternative vote showed Edward Davey’s parliamentary seat could be at risk, an expert said.
Kingston voters rejected changing the parliamentary electoral system by 60.5 per cent to 39.5 per cent on Thursday, May 5.
27,945 people in more...
The Alternative Vote is a complicated, expensive and unfair system that gives some people more votes than others. It might sound like a small change but the danger is in the detail — it’s a politicians’ fix.
Governments would be selected through backroom deals and people more...
AV is an unfair system, where the person who finishes third can end up winning. This film looks at what would happen if a school sports day was run under AV – and highlights why you need to vote ‘No’ on May 5th. more...
“I talk sport every single day, four till seven, so I know a level playing field when I see it. In cricket, you’re either in or out. So when I played cricket for England, when I was given out, I had to walk, I had to go. You didn’t get a second chance, so why should it be any different in more...
“I’m used to a system in sport, in cricket specifically, where if you win, you win; it’s as simple as that. If you’re first, if you’ve got more runs, you win the game. I can’t see why politics should be any different. You want the best to be at the top, and if they are the best, they more...
Many of us on the ground do our bit to serve the community, supporting Labour councillors and MPs in their work and making sure services are delivered to the people who need them. We want to see Labour back in government. People should have a clear choice when it comes to elections, and nobody more...
