IN the first of our profiles ahead of next month’s local elections, today we are taking a closer look at the city’s Arboretum ward.
Joy Squires has so far been re-elected twice in Arboretum for Labour after first securing a place in the two-councillor ward in 2008 and is hoping for a hat-trick on May 6 in the delayed local elections.
In fact, the ward has traditionally been a strong heartland for Labour for many years and there will be a big hope that it will be remain so in the tightly contested battle for control of the Guildhall.
Labour’s margin of victory has fluctuated over the last couple of elections having come up triumphant by 225 votes last time out in 2019 and 568 votes in 2016, 299 votes in 2015 and 478 votes in 2012 before that.