John Fox and Sarah Hillier celebrated early immediately after a shocking election consequence for Peterborough Metropolis Council. Each have been vilified by Peterborough MP Paul Bristow over the problem surrounding Werrington fields.
Mr Bristow’s spouse even joined in by standing as a Conservative councillor in yesterday’s election which the MP described as a ‘referendum’ on the problem.
On the day, nevertheless, each John and Sarah triumphed within the polls, voters giving them a vote of confidence by decisive margins.
.MP Paul Bristow arrives on the depend on Thursday evening together with his spouse Sarah who stood for Werrington within the metropolis council elections as a Conservative candidate however was unsuccessful. Photograph: Terry Harris
Cllr Fox mentioned: “For Werrington residents, let me state it many times, Judy Fox, Sarah Hillier and I usually are not towards a fence, however we’re towards the entire area being fenced off.
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“All of us need a compromise to swimsuit the scholars, the varsity, and the neighborhood, which we now have been saying since day one.
“Statements like ‘if we’re elected as your councillors, we’ll cease Werrington fields being fenced off. If we can’t try this, we’ll resign. No ifs or however’s’, appears to be considerably a ridiculous and ill-informed assertion as this is able to create a by-election costing the taxpayers round £13,000.
“So do they not suppose there was sufficient cash already spent on placing a fence up?”.
He added: “They appear to be lacking crucial issue and we ask them, why has this taken 5 years by a earlier Conservative administration to type out and why now’s there a sudden curiosity simply two months earlier than an election.”
RESULT
Werrington ward (2 seats
BRISTOW Sara Louise (Conservative) 626
DALTON Ruta (Conservative) 392
FOX John Raymond (Peterborough First – Werrington Impartial) * 1,664
HILLIER Sarah Areatha (Peterborough First – Werrington Impartial) 1,307
JONES Roz (Labour) 421
KAIL Simon James (Liberal Democrat) 92
SHARP Katherine Ann (Inexperienced Occasion) 178
WARNE Barry (Inexperienced Occasion) 103
Peterborough First HOLD each
Turnout 33.84 per cent
