A LABOUR councillor has quit his party to go it alone in a shock move which has left local politicians ‘perplexed’. Cllr David Evans, who represents Little Lever and Darcy Lever, has resigned from the local Labour Group to become an Independent councillor. News he had quit the party broke on Sunday, just days after the new make-up of Bolton Council was revealed on Friday. Cllr Evans was first elected in 2012 before losing his seat and being re-elected again in 2018. He was the only Labour councillor in Little Lever. Cllr Evans declined to go into detail about his resignation, which he handed in in April 30, saying it was a combination of “national and regional” issues.
A LABOUR councillor has quit his party to go it alone in a shock move which has left local politicians ‘perplexed’. Cllr David Evans, who represents Little Lever and Darcy Lever, has resigned from the local Labour Group to become an Independent councillor. News he had quit the party broke on Sunday, just days after the new make-up of Bolton Council was revealed on Friday. Cllr Evans was first elected in 2012 before losing his seat and being re-elected again in 2018. He was the only Labour councillor in Little Lever. Cllr Evans declined to go into detail about his resignation, which he handed in in April 30, saying it was a combination of “national and regional” issues.
ANOTHER Westhoughton councillor has quit the Lib-Dem to join the Conservatives. Town councillor, Carol Kirkman who represents Central Ward, is the latest Lib-Dem councillor to defect to the Tory Party. She said: Today I ve decided to join Westhoughton Conservatives for positive reasons, they are hard working and friendly bunch of people who are genuinely trying to do the best for Westhoughton. I m really looking forward to working Cllrs Martyn Cox and Clle Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon on their plan to stop more house building in Westhoughton and on their strategy to invest nearly £8 million into Westhoughton Town Centre. Her resignation from the Lib-Dem group comes less than two weeks after Cllr Eckersley-Fallon went to join the rival party.