A message from Rochelle Russell:
In the face of a strong effort by the Conservative and after a hard fought campaign I was delighted to be elected as a new Labour Councillor. I am truly honoured to be representing Gorse Hill and Pinehurst. I would like to offer my thanks to those who voted for [...]

Swindon Labour candidates averaged 31.0% of the vote in the 2010 local election compared to only 24.4% in 2008.  Mark Dempsey stunningly captured a seat in Parks ward, and newcomer Rochelle Russell comfortably beat off all challengers, including the BNP to win Gorse Hill for Labour.  Overall the Tory share of the vote dropped by [...]

Rochelle Russell successfully defended the seat in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst previously held by Maurice Fanning. Rochelle recorded 43.4% of the vote in a 4-way fight with the Tories, Lib Dems and BNP.  Congratulations to her and to fellow workers in the ward.  Congratulations too to the voters in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst for choosing [...]

Hello again – last Saturday I was out on the doorsteps with Rochelle Russell – Labour’s excellent candidate in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst.  Some people mentioned the Tories’ plan not to increase National Insurance in April 2011.  While the Tories did get good press coverage for this ploy, they only achieved it by COMPLETELY DESTROYING [...]

Councillor Maurice Fanning and his grand children can be seen here opening the new play area at Edinburgh Street Recreation ground.
The new play area is part of the governments Play Builder scheme Swindon received £1.6 million from the government to build new play areas across the Borough
Local councillors led the way in ensuring that that Gorse [...]

£25 million worth of Labour government investment in Pinehurst finally came to fruition in January when the Academy in Beech Ave opened its door to secondary school pupils.  Already the Academy is having an effect in results 26% of pupils gained 5 GCSEs or more this year a great improvement on last year. The Academy [...]

In a move likely to waste £1million of council tax payers money the Tory council is looking to sell off all the council housing in Swindon.  Should they succeed it will mean those houses will be managed & owned by Housing Associations. Where this has happened in other areas of the country it has led [...]

Over 1,000 Pinehurst residents signed a petition that was handed to the Mayor of Swindon at the Council meeting on 27 September 09. The petition calls on Swindon Borough Council to honour its promise to the people of Pinehurst to build a new community centre on the old Pinetrees site just off The Circle.
This promise [...]

I am honoured to have been selected tonight for Gorse Hill and Pinehurst and if I am voted in i pledge to work tirelessly for the good of all members of the community.
I will endeavour to help develop communication between different groups and am particularly keen to encourage younger people to take a greater role [...]

“I am pleased that North Swindon’s Labour Party members have selected Victor as their candidate.  Swindon needs a Labour MP to protect residents against the Tory Council’s cuts in services and I know that Victor will  be a hard-working and tireless campaigner for people in North Swindon.  I look forward to working with him in [...]