| Get Transport Moving, Darling In the wake of Stephen Byers long overdue resignation, Alistair Darling has been appointed the new Transport Minister. Byers' successor needs to get transport policy moving in the righ... Read More |
| Tories Top In Social Services New performance ratings show that Conservative councils deliver the highest quality social services. The star ratings, published by the Socia... Read More |
| Labour's NHS: Longer Waits, Fewer Operations Labour's botched health policies mean patients face waiting times in excess of 25 hours in Accident and Emergency (A&E) units throughout the country. This worrying statistic emerge... Read More |
| Bye Bye Byers Local Conservatives welcome the news that Stephen Byers has resigned from the government. In his role as Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Stephen 'Li... Read More |
| Lib Dem Tax Hikes The Lib Dems launched their alternative budget in March. (Invest to innovate). They plan to hike up taxes, which they kept quiet throughout the local elections for fear of an ele... Read More |
| Tory Administration In Waiting Swindon’s Conservatives today explained why they chose not to form the Council’s administration following the stalemate of the borough elections. Although the Conservatives won the popular vote at th... Read More |
| Local Election 2002 Summary Local Conservatives today claimed to have effectively ‘won’ the borough elections in Swindon on 2 May, having won more votes than any other party. The Swindon Borough elections produced no change in ... Read More |
| NHS Tony Blair and senior cabinet colleagues are going on the offensive today over the Government's decision to put a penny on national insurance to allow for higher spending on healthKeypoint:The real ch... Read More |
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Swindon’s two new Conservative MPs are to be ‘sworn in’ on Thursday 20 May.
The historic ceremony will mean that Justin ...
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Justin and Robert have issued the following statements, reacting to the start of the new Conservative government.
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Swindon’s two new Conservative MPs are this morning beginning their first full working week following their historic election victories last ...
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The Conservatives comfortably retained control of Swindon Borough Council at the local elections on 6 May 2010. The new make-up of the c...
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Justin Tomlinson was elected as the new Conservative MP for North Swindon with a massive majority over the Labour candidate of 7,060
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Robert Buckland was elected MP for South Swindon with a majority of 3,544, beating Labour MP Anne Snelgrove.
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