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By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter
Council leader Cllr Russ Bowden WARRINGTON Borough Council leader Cllr Russ Bowden has secured the backing required to continue in the role. Councillors passed a recommendation to appoint Cllr Bowden as leader until May 2024 during the full council meeting at the Parr Hall on Monday. It was the first in-person full council meeting in more than a year. Cllr Bowden retained his Birchwood seat in the all-out elections earlier this month as Labour retained control of the council despite losing seven seats at the Town Hall. Labour won 36 seats on the council, Tories 11, Liberal Democrats eight and independents three.
By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter
Cllr Russ Bowden WARRINGTON Borough Council leader Cllr Russ Bowden has confirmed changes to his cabinet in a post-election reshuffle. Labour retained control of the council in the all-out elections but the party lost seven seats – including three cabinet members. The party now has 36 seats at the Town Hall. The Liberal Democrats now have eight seats, after losing three, while the Tories have eleven seats after gaining 10. The independents won three seats. Judith Guthrie, portfolio holder for environment and public protection, Rebecca Knowles, portfolio holder for statutory health and adult social care, and Matt Smith, portfolio holder for children’s services, lost their seats.
And one objector to the scheme said the decision doesn t inspire my confidence in local democracy. An application to build over 40 homes on a field next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal, known as the Willows, was refused by members of Bradford Council s Regulatory and Appeals Committee last year. Members felt that the vehicle access to the site, off Hainsworth Road, was inadequate to support a housing estate of this size. Applicant Mick Smith appealed that decision, but his appeal was dismissed by a planning inspector last Summer. However - that decision did not prove to be the victory for objectors they may have originally thought it was.