Bit of local news from just down the road in Hartlepool. I had a tweet this morning from LGBT Labour who drew my attention to the election of the first Labour 'civil-partnered' councillor. The full results were:
Christopher Akers-Belcher Labour 532
Cheryl Dunn British National Party 157
Dave Pascoe UK Independence Party 300
Ray Pocklington Conservative 102
Pamela Turnedge Liberal Democrat 166
The turnout was 26.69%.
I hadn't really thought about it properly before but I had just kind of assumed it had already happened. Given this news I was left wondering who was the first civil-partnered councillor and have the Tories all ready got one/more? As the biggest part of local government you would think/hope so.
Friday 8 May 2009
First Civil Partnered Labour Councillor Elected
Posted by Law & Sexuality on 09:53 in Civil Partnership labour Politics Tories | Comments : 0
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