The General Election resulted in a hung Parliament with no party winning enough seats to form a majority government. However, what the people of Britain did decide is that they have had enough of Labour and wanted change. Britain now has a coalition government made up of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and it [...]
On May 6th the people of South Tyneside go to the polls to decide who will represent them in Parliament and to choose their next local council representative. Thankfully it’s quite rare for two elections to be held on the same day and no wonder given the confusion it seems to cause. We thought we [...]
The Independent Alliance will be contesting a number of wards in the upcoming council elections on Thursday May 6th. The candidates and the wards they are contesting are: Jim Hodgson – Beacon and Bents Steven Pattison – Biddick and All Saints Andrew Farrow – Cleadon Park Dennis Allsop – Horsley Hill and Westoe Crown Aaron Luke – Primrose Helen Speirs – [...]
Councillor Victor Thompson has served the people of Westoe for the past four years as their Independent Alliance councillor. Victor has now decided to stand down when his term of office ends in May 2010. Councillor Thompson said, “This has been a difficult decision to make as I have enjoyed working with the Independent Alliance and it’s been an [...]
Earlier this week we revealed the the names of those ‘lucky’ people who have managed to make it onto Labour’s official election panel. Now we go one step further by predicting who is likely to be standing where and that’s before most constituency parties have held their selection meetings. SOUTH SHIELDS WARDS: Jane Carter – No seat Faye [...]
THERE WAS a time when the local Labour party had a plethora of potential election candidates waiting to be selected by local constituency parties. Now it seems that fewer and fewer people want anything to do with the Labour party, let alone put themselves forward for election! Each year the South Shields and Jarrow Labour parties approve a panel [...]