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Labour gain District council seat in Batchwood ward
Popular local figure Roma Mills received a strong mandate from residents in Batchwood on Thursday night, receiving 55 % of the vote. The full results were;
Mills, Roma
Labour Party
1005
55%
Partridge, David
Liberal Democrats
395
22%
Smith, Tim
Conservative Party
347
19%
Love, Naomi
Green Party
76
4%
Turnout 33%
Labour's campaign team were pleased with the result, in which the party took an 8 per cent swing from both the Lib Dems and the Conservative party and a 15 per cent swing from 2010 when Roma Mills last contested the seat.
You can read Roma's post election interview with The St Albans Review here or listen to her live interview on BBC Three Counties radio here (scroll to 1hour and 25 minutes).
Housing Pettition
It's time for action on housing
On Saturday 19th November at St Albans Market, the Labour Party will launch a campaign to return the target for building affordable homes in the District to at least 200 per year. This was the target to which we, as a community, aspired as far back as 1994. But more recently that aspiration to help local people has been diluted.
In 2010, when the local housing waiting list grew by 300 to a record 1,800 households, the Council decided to halve the target for new affordable homes to just 100 per annum. And that's where it will stay for many years to come as part of the new Local Plan to be announced next year. Unless we, as a community, force Councillors to think again.
If you agree with us that your Council, of whichever political persuasion, should make the provision of decent housing for local people a top priority,please visit us at our stall in St Peter's Street this Saturday and sign our petition. If you can't make it, you can still help put a roof over a family's head by visiting our petition online at: (web address). Alternatively - or additionally - please contact your local Councillors (each ward has at least two and their contact details are on the Council website), and ask them to support a return to the policy of building at least 200 affordable homes each year.
Sign the pettition and help build a better young people and families in St Albans. Just follow the link below.
St Albans Labour Party Campaigns against Hospital car parking charges
St Albans Labour Party campaigns against Hospital car parking charges
At a Saturday market stall St Albans Labour activists asked shoppers to sign a petition for West Herts NHS trust to abandon the rise with hundreds joining our campaign.
Watch District Labour leader Cllr Martin Leach and Roma Mills on Hospital Car Parking charges;
St Albans Labour Parliamentary Candidate, Roma Mills, releases Declaration of Interest
Roma Mills, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate in the coming General Election on 6th May, has released her declaration of interest for members of the public to see. Roma has promised to live in St Albans, as she has done for over 30 years, if elected. She has also promised to keep this as her only home.
Download the Declaration as a PDF