First signs – Have Labour got a challenge from the left in Rotherham?

There are growing signs of a new political force coming to Rotherham, the Green Party. One piece of evidence for this assertion is the first election leaflet for a Green Candidate intending to contest the Wath seat on RMBC: Wath … Continue reading →

The scale of Labour’s problem?

Nothing quite exemplifies the scale of Labour’s problems in Rotherham, than the list of Labour councillors, whose term of office expires next May. There are some real incompetents, deadbeats and worse, among this bunch. They are also all signed up … Continue reading →

Two Houses at War

Two Houses at War Barely on Speaking terms In the Deputy Leadership contest Lakin of valley won by a marginal amount Beck of Wales was seen on the day Whipping votes from the backbenchers All for lakin’s gain With the … Continue reading →

The shame of the Rotherham Labour 57!

Rotherham’s Labour Group Shabana Ahmed Jahangir Akhtar Shaukat Ali Jenny Andrews Lauren Astbury Alan Atkin Ian Barron Christine Beaumont Dominic Beck Alan Buckley Jo Burton Maggi Clark Simon Currie Judith Dalton Barry Dodson John Doyle Sue Ellis Jacqui Falvey John … Continue reading →

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who Is The Greediest Of Them All?…..

Let the figures speak for themselves!

Greed by Individual Councillor 2009-10
Rank	Name	2009-10		Ward	Up Next Year
1	Roger Stone	£45,407.72		Silverwood	Yes
2	Terry Sharman	£34,062.38		Wingfield	Yes
3	Richard Russell	£29,127.27		Hoober	No
4	Gerald Smith	£28,730.15		Holderness	No
5	Mahroof Hussain	£28,670.90		Boston Castle	No
6	Glyn Whelbourn	£28,662.08		Rawmarsh	No
7	Shaun Wright	£28,624.15		Rawmarsh	No
8	Jahangir Akhtar	£28,622.08		Rotherham West	No
9	Ken Wyatt	£28,597.44		Swinton	No
10	Iain StJohn	£26,707.84		Anston & Woodsetts	Yes
11	John Doyle	£26,608.20		Swinton	Yes
12	Dave Pickering	£23,292.72		Valley	No
13	Ann Russell	£23,268.91		Silverwood	No
14	Rose McNeely	£23,186.91		Boston Castle	No
15	Jane Austen	£23,183.41		Holderness	Yes
	Georgina Boyes	£23,183.41		Rother Vale	No
17	Alex Sangster	£23,182.96		Wath	Yes
	John Gilding	£23,182.96		Sitwell	Yes
19	Hilda Jack	£23,180.04		Holderness	No
	Peter Wooton	£23,180.04		Boston Castle	Yes
21	Barry Dodson	£17,821.29		Rotherham East	Yes
22	John Swift	£17,746.45		Rother Vale	Yes
23	Lindsay Johnston	£17,734.79		Wingfield	No
	Paul Lakin	£17,734.79		Valley	Yes
	Jennifer Whysall	£17,734.79		Wales	No
26	Alan Atkin	£17,064.05		Wath	No
	JRA Turner	£17,064.05		Hellaby	No
28	Maurice Kirk	£14,366.66		Rotherham East	No
	Amy Rushforth	£14,366.66		Maltby	No
30	Frank Hodgkiss	£14,191.06		Hoober	No
31	Josephine Burton	£13,974.74		Anston & Woodsetts	No
32	Reg Littleboy	£13,882.84		Brinsworth & Catcliffe	Yes
33	Shaukat Ali	£13,735.60		Rotherham East	No
34	Pat Russell	£13,640.64		Silverwood	No
35	Ian Barron	£13,596.78		Keppel	No
36	Sheila Walker	£13,588.84		Keppel	No
37	Barry Kaye	£13,570.24		Keppel	Yes
38	Jacqueline Falvey	£13,558.84		Dinnington	No
	Alan Gosling	£13,558.84		Wath	No
	Jane Hamilton	£13,558.84		Hoober	Yes
	Jane Havenhand	£13,558.84		Dinnington	Yes
42	Fred Wright	£13,558.40		Brinsworth & Catcliffe	No
43	Simon Currie	£13,404.13		Valley	No
	Keith Goulty	£13,404.13		Wingfield	No
45	Simon Tweed	£13,400.75		Dinnington	No
46	Chris McMahon	£12,952.16		Wickersley	No
47	Neil License	£12,772.58		Swinton	No
48	Kath Sims	£12,457.87		Rotherham West	No
49	T Fenoughty	£12,412.54		Wales	No
50	Michael Clarke	£12,306.98		Sitwell	Dec
	Brian Cutts	£12,306.98		Hellaby	Yes
	Lynda Donaldson	£12,306.98		Hellaby	No
	John Foden	£12,306.98		Rotherham West	Yes
	Neil Hamilton	£12,306.98		Rawmarsh	Yes
	Tony Mannion	£12,306.98		Sitwell	No
	G Nightingale	£12,306.98		Rother Vale	No
	G Sharp	£12,306.98		Wales	Yes
	Ben Slade	£12,306.98		Maltby	Yes
	Peter Thirlwall	£12,306.98		Wickersley	Yes
60	Will Blair	£12,303.59		Maltby	No
	John Gamble	£12,303.59		Brinsworth & Catcliffe	No
	Darren Hughes	£12,303.59		Anston & Woodsetts	No
	Martyn Parker	£12,303.59		Boston Castle	No

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Councillor Greed by Ward 2009-2010.
Ward totals in descending order.
Ward	Total	Rank
Silverwood	£82,317.27	1
Holderness	£75,093.60	2
Boston Castle	£75,037.85	3
Rawmarsh	£69,593.21	4
Swinton	£67,978.22	5
Wingfield	£65,201.13	6
Hoober	£56,877.17	7
Valley	£54,431.64	8
Wath	£53,804.30	9
Rotherham West	£53,386.93	10
Rother Vale	£53,236.84	11
Anston & Woodsetts	£52,986.17	12
Sitwell	£47,796.88	13
Rotherham East	£45,923.55	14
Wales	£42,454.31	15
Hellaby	£41,681.01	16
Keppel	£40,755.86	17
Dinnington	£40,518.43	18
Brinsworth & Catcliffe	£39,744.83	19
Maltby	£38,977.23	20
Wickersley	£37,562.73	21

Extracted from: http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/download/3675/members_allowances_and_expenses_2009-10

Next Years Crop?

Political parties throughout the country are beginning the process of choosing their candidates for next years round of local council elections.

This list below details the Rotherham councillors that successfully fought these seats the last time they were contested in 2007.

If this list ends up looking anything like next years field of candidates then both Labour and the Tories are definitely having a laugh at our expense! It must surely be time for some of of them to go if their respective political parties want us to take them at all seriously in the future.

Hens ‘earn their corn’ by laying eggs, when they stop laying, it is surely time for them to go!

So too it should be on the council, when they have out lived their usefulness, it is time for them to stand aside, not to continue on until carried out in a box!

Even the Labour Party insists that being a councillor is not a job for life, but it is a pity that the Labour Party’s writ does not run as far as Rotherham, never has!

Which is why we are landed with such poor candidates year after year because no one wants to give up their allowances that give them a good life. We must not forget the ‘State Funeral’ that is their due entitlement if they die in office. We must also not forget, that when there are ‘bodies buried’, it pays to be around lest anything gets out.

When a labour councillor dies, the relatives of the recently deceased are treated to an immediate search and removal of anything that appertains to the work on the council of their loved one, quite outrageous when you have seen it up close from the relatives perspective!

Anston and Woodsetts Ward
Iain St John – Labour -1394 (321)

Boston Castle Ward
Peter Wootton – Labour – 1282 (451)

Brinsworth and Catcliffe Ward
Reg Littleboy – Labour – 1515 (366)

Dinnington Ward
Jane Havenhand – Labour – 1216 (427)

Hellaby Ward
Brian Cutts – Conservative – 1516 (697)

Holderness Ward
Jane Austen – Labour – 1801 (713)

Hoober Ward
Jane Hamilton – Labour – 1531 (612)

Keppel Ward
Barry Kaye – Labour – 1190 (238)

Maltby Ward
Ben Slade – Independent – 913 (90)

Rawmarsh Ward
Neil Hamilton – Labour – 1495 (673)

Rother Vale Ward
John Swift – Labour – 1461 (917)

Rotherham East Ward
Barry Dodson – Labour – 1312  (826)

Rotherham West Ward
John Foden – Labour – 1305 (369)

Silverwood Ward
Roger Stone – Labour – 1088 (217)

Sitwell Ward
John Gilding – Conservative – 1901 (967)

Swinton Ward
John Doyle – Labour – 1436 (729)

Valley Ward
Paul Lakin – Labour – 1271 (668)

Wales Ward
Gavin Sharp – Conservative – 1045 (322)

Wath Ward
Alex Sangster – Labour – 1641 (717)

Wickersley Ward
Peter Thirlwall – Labour (Sits as Independent) – 1329 (233)

Wingfield Ward
Terry Sharman – Labour – 1411 (545)

For a quick look at photos of the Rotherham councillors all on the same page, not recommended for the nervous or easily shocked, you have been warned click here to view.

At first glance, there are an awful lot of very old pictures here, time surely for an update?