Councillor Jenny Millin died earlier this week. Councillor Millin had been the councillor for the Moredon Ward since November 2010. She won her seat through a by-election. The Leader of the Labour Group, Councillor Jim Grant, said: “It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Councillor Jenny Millin. Our thoughts [...]

Ellen Osa (Walcot) and Joe Tray (St Philips) captured seats on Thursday for the Labour Party, and many Labour Candidates came close to unseating their Tory or LibDem opponents. Success was also celebrated by Jenny Millin (Mordeon) and Steve Wakefield (Toothill & Westlea) who retained seats which were won by the Conservatives in 2007. Labour [...]

Remember that Labour will: Support jobs with money raised from repeating the bank bonus tax – not hold back recovery with the VAT rise and cuts that will put almost one million workers out of their jobs. Protect police numbers – not cut them while wasting £100 million on new elected police commissioners. Protect your [...]

This week Government informed  local authorities of their funding settlements, and the Council hailed this as  “better than expected” – with cuts of ‘only’ 2.4%. However the Eric Pickles’ percentages are based on overall Council income – including income from Council Tax.  The ‘formula grant’ from Government to Swindon is actually being cut by more [...]

Jennifer Millin has launched the Labour comeback on  Swindon Borough Council with a stunning win in the Moredon byelection.  She increased the Labour share of the vote by 13% compared with May, on a much reduced poll (23.7%) which saw UKIP forcing the Liberals into a poor fourth. The voting was Jenny Millin (Labour) 887, [...]

Ed emphasised that enterprise and job creation are fundamental to the good economy and good society and that the Labour Party understands this at its core.  Labour wants to expand the economy and help Swindon and Moredon grow out of the recession not plunge it back to 12% unemployment like we had under Thatcher.  Please remember [...]

While canvassing today in Moredon I met a man who blamed the last Labour Government for the lost of his job, and the trouble he was having finding a new one.  I reminded him of the PriceWaterhouse Coopers report published last week which estimated that the Chancellors £84billion in cuts, due to be announced on [...]

Jenny Millin has been selected to fight the Moredon by-election for Labour.  She is a resident of neighbouring Gorse Hill and has lived in Swindon since 2000, when she moved to take up a Technical Officer post with Kennet District Council.  Her husband is a 3rd generation Swindonian, and her daughter and grandaughter live in [...]

Stephanie Excell, a Tory Councillor for Moredon has resigned from Swindon Borough Council.  She took this principled step because of cuts being made in services for the vulnerable.  There will be a by-election on 4th November …

This weekend I was talking to residents around Purton Road in Moredon.  Many issues were raised – such as lack of facilities in the ward, closure of the local old-folks home, and  increasing costs in the Community Centre.  In Moredon Park there were concerns about local parking – similar to elsewhere in the Constituency.  I [...]