On your bike! - Redditch Borough Council - Worcestershire Hub
On your bike! - Redditch Borough Council - Worcestershire Hub
On your bike! - Redditch Borough Council - Worcestershire Hub
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‘Ewes’ <strong>your</strong> vote this May!<br />
RESIDENTS will soon be counting<br />
sheep as councils across<br />
<strong>Worcestershire</strong>, including<br />
<strong>Redditch</strong>, launch a campaign<br />
urging people to use their vote<br />
in 2010.<br />
<strong>On</strong>ly about one in three of us, who are<br />
eligible, votes at local election time<br />
which means two thirds of residents<br />
aged 18 and over, don’t have a say on<br />
issues which touch their lives, in their own<br />
communities.<br />
The campaign, which will be seen on<br />
buses, public buildings and<br />
noticeboards across the county up<br />
until May, emphasises this and urges<br />
people not to follow the flock, but to<br />
‘ewes’ their vote instead!<br />
More details can be found at<br />
www.redditchbc.gov.uk<br />
(Images: brightly coloured<br />
sheep aim to `ram it home`<br />
that voting is an important right<br />
we should all exercise)<br />
Polling date is 6th May<br />
THE PEOPLE of <strong>Redditch</strong> will have the<br />
chance to have their say in local<br />
elections being held across the<br />
borough on Thursday 6th May and that<br />
date is definite! It’s the one election date<br />
that was confirmed in 2010 as <strong>Redditch</strong><br />
Matters went to press.<br />
<strong>On</strong> this day, <strong>Redditch</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
will be electing one third of its 29<br />
councillors which is the practice in this<br />
authority unlike some other councils<br />
which choose to elect the whole of their<br />
<strong>Council</strong> in one go.<br />
Shown right are the wards that will be<br />
contested in <strong>Redditch</strong> on Thursday 6th<br />
May. There will be one seat up for<br />
election in each ward. The councillors<br />
mentioned have all completed their<br />
current term of office. They could seek<br />
re-election or may decide to stand<br />
down:<br />
As for that General Election, this must<br />
take place before 3rd June. <strong>Redditch</strong><br />
<strong>Borough</strong> comes under the constituency<br />
of <strong>Redditch</strong> County which also takes in<br />
part of Wychavon District. After voting<br />
ends, the count for the General Election<br />
will take place in the Town Hall, just as it<br />
will for the local election on 6th May.<br />
So now really is the time to get prepared<br />
and ensure you are on the Electoral<br />
Register to be able to vote in the local<br />
election and the General Election. If you<br />
are not, then you will not be able to vote<br />
and have <strong>your</strong> say.<br />
If you have moved house, are about to<br />
become 18, or have never registered,<br />
you should complete a Registration<br />
Form. These are available online at<br />
www.redditchbc.gov.uk (see the<br />
Electoral Services section in<br />
<strong>Council</strong> and Democracy) or<br />
write to Electoral Services,<br />
The <strong>Council</strong> House,<br />
Burcot Lane,<br />
Bromsgrove B60 1AA or email<br />
elections@bromsgroveandredditch.<br />
gov.uk.<br />
<strong>Redditch</strong> Wards being contested<br />
Astwood Bank and Feckenham<br />
(Cllr Michael Chalk) (Conservative)<br />
Abbey<br />
(Cllr Colin Macmillan) (Conservative)<br />
Batchley and Brockhill<br />
(Cllr Brenda Quinney) (Conservative)<br />
Central<br />
(Cllr Debbie Taylor) (Labour)<br />
Church Hill<br />
(Cllr David Hunt) (Labour)<br />
Crabbs Cross<br />
(Cllr David Smith) (Conservative)<br />
Greenlands<br />
(Cllr Phil Mould) (Labour)<br />
Headless Cross and Oakenshaw<br />
(Cllr Gay Hopkins) (Conservative)<br />
Lodge Park<br />
(Cllr Andy Fry) (Labour)<br />
Winyates<br />
(Cllr David Enderby) (British National<br />
Party)<br />
<strong>Redditch</strong> councillors are<br />
presently considering whether<br />
to change to ‘whole<br />
elections’ rather than<br />
‘election by thirds’. Residents<br />
were asked for their views on<br />
this last December and this<br />
January. Views expressed will be<br />
considered by councillors at a<br />
Special Full <strong>Council</strong> meeting on<br />
14th June when a decision will<br />
be made on a new governance<br />
model that will come into effect<br />
with the 2011 elections.<br />
8 <strong>Redditch</strong> matters<br />
<strong>Redditch</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong>