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Election for a councillor to serve Toothill, Westlea, Shaw and Rough moor
The candidates for election to Thamesdown Council on Thursday 1 April

Maurice Fanning Yvette Maxwell- Alan Timpson
Labour Party Darkes Liberal Democrat
Can you ever trust the Conservative Party Local Liberal Democrat
Tories again? Af ter living in West Swin- Alan Timpson lives in
Locally they have de- don for 12 years, I think I Shaw with his wife
ceived voters, hiding the can claim to be a local can- Barbara and two teenage
fact their councillor left didate. daughters.
the area. They wanted an My knowledge of our Alan writes:
election called only when problems and a total "The goals that guide
it suited them. The cost dedication to the area Liberal Democrat on the
of democracy to get you must outweigh theclaims Borough Council are
representation is approxi- of my main opponent good local services and
mately 35p per resident. (Labour), who simply is value for money. It's true
They obviously do not think you are worth it. more interested in finding a place on the Council the council are facing a budget crisis, but Liberal
The real callous nature of the Tories has exposed than in you and your locality. Democrats argue for the cash to be spent on 'front
itself recently. They have: I totally reject the use of party politics on a line' local services, not bureaucracy at the Civic
• Threatened closure of the Enterprise works - national level, together with the bitter rhetoric Offices.
throwing disabled people onto the unemployed generated, as being a sound basis for what is truly For me it's local issues, here in West Swindon
scrapheap a matter of local management of your money and that matter most;
• Closed Old Peoples homes forcing them to move your requirements. • Relieving traffic congestion
from their friends Labour controlled Thamesdown seems to have • Providing more pavements and crossing
• Slashed E2 million off education leanings more toward ultra-socialist Arthur Scargffl patrols
• Introduced VAT on Gas and Electricity putting than the non-programmed John Smith. To them, • The lack ofapublic telephone at the Shaw Ridge
more into poverty private ownership of property is 'not on', and Leisure Park,
• Caused a record number of reposc&'ssed homes, council tenants in our area have become second are just some of the local issues that need attention.
and crashed businesses class for repairs, perhaps due to so many 'buying Too often party politics dominate the council,
• Threatened Railworkers pensions out'. We lose out far too much. and they shouldn't. For example, the idea of im-
It's time to fight back. Only Labour can beat the The lack of competitive shopping facilities in posing parking charges at Lydiard Park was first
Tories, voting Liberal is a vote for the Tories. On I West Swindon is a close match to the narrow mooted two years ago but was defeated by a Lib-
April give them a message they won't forget. thinking about town centre development. Future Dem led campaign. This time the Lib-Dems put
I have the experience that the area needs. I offer control of the Borough by the Conservative Group, forward an alternative proposal to avoid the
you total commitment and hard work. I do not will encourage development of those with com- charges, but Labour and Conservatives voted to-
pretend that Thamesdown Council does not have mercial experience rather than the negative ideas gether to defeat it. This was wrong, the local
its faults, it does, and you need someone who of a handful of shop stewards. community must always come first. Party politics
knows who and where to go to get something done. Together, we can sort the mess out. have no place in local government. As your local
Every vote will count, if you have had enough of councillor this is the stance I will take"
callous Tories please support me by voting Labour.

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