Election Snippet 4: links to the past severed?

Chris Read and Jon Trickett in the Yorkshire Post, have made claims the ‘old guard’ have been ‘put out to grass’, but are their claims credible? Jon Trickett stated; “TROUBLED Rotherham Council is aiming for a fresh start as Labour … Continue reading →

22 in Labour rout as it cuts ties with Rotherham’s past

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It is the 11th anniversary of the seminar after which ‘no one can say they did not know’

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‘A lot of men abused these girls’

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It is nearly the 11th anniversary of the seminar after which ‘no one can say they did not know’

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2014 elections – first look at the battleground

The 2014 Battleground, first look. These are the incumbent Councillors who’s Term of Office, expires May 2014.

Ward	Incumbent	Party
Anston & Woodsetts Ward	Jo Burton	Lab
Boston Castle Ward	Rose McNeeley	Lab
Brinsworth & Catcliffe Ward	Alan Buckley	Lab
Dinnington Ward	Jackie Falvey	Lab
Hellaby Ward	Lynda Donaldson	Con
Holderness Ward	Gerald Smith	Lab
Hoober Ward	Brian Steele	Lab
Keppel Ward	Ian Barron	Lab
Maltby Ward	Amy Rushforth	Lab
Rawmarsh Ward	Shaun Wright	Lab
Rother Vale Ward	Richard Russell	Lab
Rotherham East	Shaukut Ali	Lab
Rotherham West	Jahangir Akhtar	Lab
Silverwood Ward	Pat Russell	Lab
Sitwell Ward	Tony Mannion	Con
Swinton Ward	Neil License	Lab
Valley Ward	Dave Pickering	Lab
Wales Ward	Jennifer Whysall	Lab
Wath Ward	Alan Atkin	Lab
Wickersley Ward	Sue Ellis	Lab
Wingfield Ward	Keith Goulty	Lab

Borough Council Elections 2010 Results

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

–

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

Rotherham's Cabinet – What No Women!

Councillor Roger Stone Chairman Leader of Council

Councillor Jahangir Akhtar Cabinet Member for Safe and Attractive Neighbourhoods

Councillor John Doyle Member for Health and Social Care

Councillor Mahroof Hussain Member for Community Development and Engagement

Councillor Paul Lakin Member for Children and Young People’s Services

Councillor Richard S. Russell Member for Streetpride

Councillor Iain St. John Member for Cultural Services and Sport

Councillor Terry Sharman Vice-Chairman and responsible for Human Resources, Equalities, Training & Development

Councillor Gerald Smith Member for Economic Development, Planning and Transportation

Councillor Glyn Whelbourn Member for

Councillor Ken Wyatt Member for Resources

At first glance this Cabinet is pretty poor, lacking in talent, vision and ability. Nothing new about that then!

Second glance identifies the glaring omission. No Women at all! How can this be?

Thanks to Labour’s quest for gender equality, there are women Labour councillors but Roger Stone did not feel that any of them were up to it! Is he Right?

Jane Austen, Josephine Burton, Sue Ellis, Jaquie Falvey, Jane Hamilton, Jane Havenhand, Hilda Jack, Lindsay Johnston, Rose McNeely, Amy Rushforth (Kevin Barron’s daughter), Gwendoline Ann Russell, Pat Russell (Wife of R S Russell), Sheila Walker and Jennifer Whysall, have all been rejected by the Council Leader as not talented enough to serve in his Cabinet.

This means that not one of the fifteen female councillors is judged as able enough, by comparison with their male colleagues, to serve as Cabinet Members. Even a cursory glance at some in the Cabinet makes this appear patently ridiculous! There are at least four or five males that serve in the current Cabinet whose abilities are clearly inferior to one or more of the female back bench councillors and indeed, most if not all of their backbench Male colleagues!

Roger Stone is really taking the electorate for fools with this Cabinet. They are pretty well devoid of talent, arrogant, self opinionated and unwilling to listen to anyone but themselves and fully imbued with Rotherham’s culture of secrecy and Stalinist approach to control of decision making. Rotherham is also being run by a gerontocracy it seems!

We don’t have real democracy in Rotherham and this proves it!

This is just the latest example of Rotherham Labour treating those they are supposed to serve with complete and utter contempt. No wonder the people of Rotherham are disillusioned and more sceptical and cynical than I have ever known in the last thirty years.

Time for a change! I think.

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