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
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The scale of Labour’s problem?
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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
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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!
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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?