Stan Pajak Some familiar faces on the Swindon local political scene have left the stage – some by choice, others by the choice of the voters. Long-serving councillors such as Bob Wright, Fay Howard and Vera Tomlinson all ended their service with an extra year. They have finally retired from their ward duties along with Maureen Penny, who was cabinet member for highways and waste services until the local elections. Liberal Democrats leader Stan Pajak, whose time as a councillor in Swindon dates back to the 1990s, lost his seat in Eastcott to Labour by just 44 votes. His departure also means there is no Lib Dem representation in Swindon for the first time in decades.
Clockwise from top left: Francisco Goes (Conservative), Mohammed Miah (Labour), Sharon Newham (Independent) and Dawn Pajak (Liberal Democrat) are standing in Walcot and Park North on May 6 Walcot and Park North represents two separate periods of growth for Swindon – and those eras can be seen geographically. In the west of the ward, sometimes called Old Walcot, is an area of housing mainly built in the 1930s, butting up to Old Town. Over Queens Drive Walcot East is part of the post-war expansion of Swindon along with Park North – featuring hundreds of mid-century social housing. For an area of dense housing the green swathe of the park separating Walcot East from Park North is a welcome respite, and the Queens Drive campus of New College Swindon is a popular educational and training establishment
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