| Old Town Cllr's Form Key Part Of New Cabinet Local Councillor's Mike Bawden and Fionuala Foley have formed a key part of the new Conservative Cabinet. As Conservative Group leader, Cllr Mike Bawden will become the new Council Leader, and Cllr F... Read More |
| Conservative Cabinet Formed At the Annual Council meeting on 16 May 2003, the Conservative group took control of Swindon Borough Council, as the largest party, for the first time in 25 years.Swindon Borough Council (No Overall C... Read More |
| Labour Agress To Tories Taking Over Article from Swindon Evening Advertiser, Tuesday 6 May 2003 LABOUR group leader Kevin Small has decided to relinquish control of Swindon Council after the Conservatives became the majority party in t... Read More |
| Conservatives Make Sweeping Gains In Council Elections Across Swindon, the Conservatives made sweeping gains in the crucial Council elections, which ultimately saw Labour lose control of Swindon Council for the first time in 24 years. Conservatives made ... Read More |
| Cllr Foley Re-Elected With A Landslide Cllr Fionuala Foley was re-elected with a thumping majority, polling 2000 votes on a night which saw the Conservatives end Labour's 25 years of control in Swindon. Cllr Fionuala Foley, "I am delighte... Read More |
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Conservatives launch local elections manifesto Conservatives have launched their manifesto for May’s English local elections, at the Conservative local government conference in Coventry.Eric Pickles MP, Shado... Read More |
| Lib Dems on Local Taxation Their Budget pledges to ‘cut every council tax bill by £100, funded by part of the proceeds of our 50p rate on individual incomes’ (p.10). Yet despite this rhetoric, Liberal D... Read More |
| Conservatives launch new campaign for Swindon’s public services The Conservatives today launched a new campaign, calling for a better funding deal for Swindon. Swindon Conservatives accused the Labour Government of rigging the way money was given to coun... 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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