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| Written by johnfranklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday, 18 December 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PRESS RELEASE
Thursday December 18th 2008
Telford & Wrekin Councillors Denis Allen and George Ashcroft have today resigned the Conservative whip. This action follows a significant deterioration in the working relationship between them and the leader of the Conservative group at Telford & Wrekin.
Their decision has not been taken lightly and should not detract from the hard work that has been undertaken by Conservative Party activists in Telford & Wrekin over the past few years. Councillors Allen and Ashcroft will gladly take the whip once more but not under the current leadership which has proved both inept and juvenile in its handling of a number of important local issues.
Last weeks motion on the future of the Princess Royal Hospital which failed even to mention the hospital by name, the non-attendance by the leadership at the crucial Telford housing summit and the Malinslee mobile phone mast debacle are just three areas in which the leadership is out of touch with popular and conservative opinion. In addition, the failure of the leader to reinstate Cllr Allen to the cabinet in the absence of any evidence against him is contrary to the laws of decency and natural justice. Denis is pleased to have received private _expressions of support from members from across the political divide.
Telford & Wrekin political makeup as of today:
All others (Inc Labour) - 29
Conservative group - 25
Footnotes on Denis Allen & George Ashcroft
Denis Allen joined the Conservative Party in October 1978 after leaving the armed forces. In May 1979 (on the day when Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister) he was elected Councillor for East Ward, Market Drayton on North Shropshire District Council and was re-elected until 1992 when he had moved to Tibberton and was therefore not eligible for North Shropshire District Council. In 1997 he stood for Parliament in North Shropshire as the Referendum Party Candidate. Subsequently he has been Acting Chairman then Chairman of Wrekin Conservative Association for several years and has been elected Councillor for Park Ward, Wellington for the last three elections. In May 2007 he was made Cabinet Member for Community Services by Councillor Andrew Eade and remained in that post until October 2008 when he was sacked, at his home, by Councillor Steve Bentley in the presence of Cllrs Andrew Eade and Adrian Lawrence for a stated reason which turned out to be false but, despite this, he has not been re-instated.
George Ashcroft first campaigned for the Conservative Party in 2001 and in 2003 contested the Madeley Ward and served as a parish councillor until 2007 when he was elected a member for the Brookside Ward of Telford & Wrekin Council. George Ashcroft has served as a cabinet assistant to adult and consumer care portfolio and is currently the assistant to environment and regeneration. In June 2007 George was elected the deputy chair (political) of the Telford Conservative Association by majority.
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