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Gayle · 15-05-2009, 08:51

It's a shame that Paul Gott has decided to resign from the Labour Party and will now be an Independent on the Council. Not that I blame him, I resigned from the Labour Party myself over 18 months ago.

What's unfortunate though is that he is allowed to do this and remain a Councillor. I believe that if you have been voted on to the Council on a Labour ticket (or even a Conservative one for that matter) and you switch sides, you should have a bye election. I don't think it's fair to the electorate to be voted in based on a manifesto that he will no longer be obliged to follow.

Paul is a good Councillor and would possibly win a bye election anyway. He's not the first either, other Councillors have done it too but I think they're short changing the people who voted for them.

15-05-2009, 08:51	#1
Gayle God Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Relaxville Posts: 6,866 Blog Entries: 69 Liked: 13 times Rep Power: 2867	Another Labour Councillor defects It's a shame that Paul Gott has decided to resign from the Labour Party and will now be an Independent on the Council. Not that I blame him, I resigned from the Labour Party myself over 18 months ago. What's unfortunate though is that he is allowed to do this and remain a Councillor. I believe that if you have been voted on to the Council on a Labour ticket (or even a Conservative one for that matter) and you switch sides, you should have a bye election. I don't think it's fair to the electorate to be voted in based on a manifesto that he will no longer be obliged to follow. Paul is a good Councillor and would possibly win a bye election anyway. He's not the first either, other Councillors have done it too but I think they're short changing the people who voted for them. __________________ The views expressed within this post are mine and mine alone.