Telford and Wrekin Liberal Democrats voting records on T&W Council

The Telford and Wrekin Liberal Democrats currently hold three seats on the Council, Bill and Karen Tomlinson and Karen Blundell.  These are all long serving and experienced Councillors and by all accounts work hard in their respective wards and have done so over their many years on the Council.

Looking closely at the their voting record however reveals the following:-

NB this table was prepared by using data supplied by Council officers and represents the recorded votes in this Council Cycle so between May 2015 and the date of this blog post 9th Feb 2019.  A recorded vote is a vote where members have especially asked the Council to publicly record the voting, this is typically done when the issue is important.  The number below represent the times a member has voted one way or another.

With Labour Against Labour With Conservatives With All Parties Abstained
Party Names Administration Administration Opposition alone Unanimously
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 15 Never Never 6 2
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 18 Never Never 7 2
Liberal Karen Blundell 12 Never Never 7 2

 

What is interesting is that whilst the Liberal Democrats from time to time vote with all parties and abstain they have never in this Council actually supported the Conservatives on any issue or resolution, nor have they voted against any Labour Administration motion or being precise only where the issue was also supported by the Labour Administration.  As the Conservatives are the main opposition party, then it can be said that the Telford and Wrekin Liberals have never supported the Opposition and voted against the Labour Administration.

This points towards an observation made recently to me by residents in Shawbirch that the Liberals “prop up the Labour Administration”, as can be seen above there is not to my knowledge any pact or agreement but there is certainly a common belief in policies or an alignment of views.

At the current time the Conservatives are fighting the Council elections which are to be held on 2nd May 2019, if residents of Apley, Dothill or Shawbirch are considering supporting the Liberals then please take note of the above, as for me their records of opposition to Conservative policies and motions speaks for itself.

The more detailed data including the resolutions themselves can be found here:-

Date Motion With Labour With Conservative Abstained
Administration Opposition
09/07/2015 Proposed changes to Arriva Bus routes
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell
09/07/2015 Close Newport Recycling Centre
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell
09/07/2015 Against Bedroom Tax
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell
26/11/2015 Against Government Grant Reduction
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell
03/03/2016 Service and Financial Planning
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1
24/11/2016 Protecting Children
Liberal Karen Tomlinson
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell
07/12/2016 Future Fit
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1 1
02/03/2017 Service and Financial Planning
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1
02/03/2017 Retention of Services at PRH
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1
20/07/2017 Overnight Closure of PRH
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1 1
21/09/2017 Shortfall in School Places
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1
11/01/2017 Telford & Wrekin Local Plan
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell
11/01/2017 Reverse Parking Charges at PRH
Liberal Karen Tomlinson
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1 1
01/03/2018 Service and Financial planning
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1
10/04/2018 Inquiry into CSE
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1 1
26/07/2018 Retain Childrens unit at PRH
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1 1
26/07/2018 Against merger with Shropshire
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1 1
20/09/2018 White Ribbon Town
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1 1
20/09/2018 Slow Progress with CRE
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1
29/10/2018 Overnight Closure of PRH
Liberal Karen Tomlinson 1
Liberal Bill Tomlinson 1
Liberal Karen Blundell 1

So please consider carefully your voting in this election, as a vote for the Liberals based on the experience of this Council Cycle is actually a vote to support the policy agenda of the current Labour Administration.

 

This is a picture of a poster from the Conservative Party archives but the message remains the same, that over the last 50 years or so up and down the Country a vote for the Liberals can in fact be a vote to let in Labour.

On May 2nd 2019 please vote with the above in mind,  the local liberals are nice people and work hard but their policy is one of Labour Support.

 

 

 

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