The deputy Conservative leader of Lancashire County Council has thanked residents for “putting their trust” in the party after the Tories retained control at County Hall. Just after midday, the Conservatives reached the 43-seat threshold needed to hand them a majority, keeping them in power for another four years. County Cllr Keith Iddon said he believed the party had secured victory because it had delivered on the promises it made at the last county vote in 2017. “We turned the county council around from having a £200m deficit. We put all the services back and now the residents have chosen us to lead them on into the future – and we won’t let you down.
County Cllr Keith Iddon said he believed the party had secured victory because it had delivered on the promises it made at the last county vote in 2017.
Deputy Conservative leader of Lancashire County Council Keith Iddon pictured at the count for his own seat in Chorley - he is now bidding for the top job at the authority (image: Michelle Adamson)
“We turned the county council around from having a £200m deficit. We put all the services back and now the residents have chosen us to lead them on into the future - and we won’t let you down.
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The Local Democracy Reporting Service has been scouring the party pledges and priorities - and hearing the pitch to voters from each of the group leaders.
CONSERVATIVES Record investment in roads - £48.5m for transport infrastructure projects over next year. £30m to create more jobs and boost the economy post-pandemic, plus creation of thousands more apprenticeships. New Foster Carer Academy and providing vulnerable children with safer homes. Guarantee no libraries will close and more books will be available. £1m programme to reduce carbon and improve air quality.
With current Lancashire County Council leader Geoff Driver not seeking re-election, his deputy, Keith Iddon, is a leading contender for the top job if the Tories retain control at County Hall. He says that the party’s record on the roads and transport, the portfolio for which he has been responsible for the past four years, is one that it can be proud of - including an additional £10m f
THIS year s Lancashire County Council election campaign has been strange as the giant authority s biggest political beast takes a back seat. And polling day on May 6 marks the end of an era as Burnley-born and Rossendale-raised Conservative group leader Geoff Driver bows out of the electoral fray. The controversial 76-year-old Turf Moor season ticket holder is standing down to spend time with his two - soon to be three -grandchildren. He has handed over the Tory torch to his deputy Keith Iddon who has carried on his campaign to portray Labour was wastefully poor managers and the Conservatives as a a safe set of financial hands.
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