Paul Foster says he won't be taking eye off the ball at southribblebc as he announces his general election ambitions. South Ribble is currently a Conservative seat with a majority of more than 11,000 🗳️
Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service about his selection by local party members, Cllr Foster said that he will not be forgetting his local government roots if he ends up in Parliament after the next general election – and suggested that his council experience might also help him get there.
“I understand acutely that local government is so important to all communities – and I don’t think that’s recognised, necessarily, at a government level all the time. But the pandemic proved that – the government didn’t support the communities during the pandemic, local authorities did. Cllr Foster said that he had been motivated to stand for Parliament following the death of his mother at the age of 68 shortly after the start of the first Covid lockdown in 2020.
Ms. Fletcher has a majority of almost 11,200 – the largest of anybody who has held the constituency since it was formed in 1983. In the 40 years since then, the seat has been a comfortable banker for the Conservatives, except during the 13 years of New Labour government between 1997 and 2010, when it was represented by former Preston City Council leader David Borrow.
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