Chorley Conservatives are contesting all Wards in the Chorley Borough Council elections being held on Thursday 3rd May 2012. Today we publish our candidates.
Your correspondent last week wrote of squandering £40m on Olympic fireworks while the coalition government made cuts particularly citing the NHS and and pensions.
Conservative Party Chairman Baroness Sayeedi Warsi visited Chorley yesterday to see an innovative new affordable housing scheme at Cotton Fields in Adlington.She met representatives from Places for People, the contractors and visited the home of a new family who had just moved in at the end of October. Also at the visit was Councillor Alan Cullens who oversees housing policy for Chorley and County Councillor Peter Malpas in his role of Deputy Chairman of the Chorley Conservative Association.
Lancashire County Councillor Peter Malpas has been busy reporting faulty street lights on Wood Lane Heskin and in nearby Coppull.In total 5 consecutive lamps in Preston Road Coppull have been reported as out on the busy A49, and a further six in Wood Lane Heskin, mainly around the Park Hall Lane junction.
Heskin residents are asking for the introduction of a 30mph speed limit throughout Wood Lane between its' boundary with Eccleston and Wrightington. The speed limit is currently 40 mph.
Are there things about your community you would like to change?Do you believe local people should decide what is best for them?Would you stand up for your neighbours if they needed your help?Have you ever considered standing as a Conservative Council Candidate?
Peter Malpas – political deputy chairman of Chorley Conservatives has welcomed new figures which show that disadvantaged children in Chorley are set to receive £723,000 this year under the Coalition government’s new ‘pupil premium’.
Chorley Conservatives are joining with South Ribble Conservatives in defending ten seats across the whole Council area. Two are in the South Ribble constituency area.
