Wednesday was Mayor making, Peter Ashworth is Burys new Mayor and by all accounts a very worthy person .

Later bob bibby gave his statement on the state of the borough 2007/2008 strangely ( well for him ) that’s what he did without trying to goad the opposition parties.

I also have a new seating position I’m officially a frontbencher with my mentor Cllr Garner to my left, to my right is Cllr Vincent (who I’ve found to be amusing ) behind me is Cllr Ahmed a new appointee also behind me is Cllr Wiseman who is the conservatives parliamentary candidate for Bury south ( vote D’ Albert )

Thursday was full Governors at Prestwich Arts College we were told of a meeting between the Head Geoff Barlow and our local Mp Ivan Lewis in attempt to move on from the strategic review and build some bridges. Well surprise surprise, knock me down with a feather our Local Mp still has some negative perceptions of the school.  

Darlings mini budget is a bribe it will not work!

Liberal Democrats at Bury’s election count last night:

Here’s our new team of Councillors in St Mary’s Ward - Donal O’Hanlon, Mary D’Albert and Richard Baum…… Labour MP Ivan Lewis sneaks past behind.

Lib Dem Councillors elected last night Mary D’Albert, Vic D’Albert and Ann Garner with some of their group colleagues Steve Wright, Wilf Davison and Donal O’Hanlon.

More pictures here

Liberal Democrats have continued to move forward on Bury Council making another gain from Labour and holding off a challenges from the Conservatives. This is the fifth election in a row in Bury where we have made gains.

Full results to follow, but in our key wards in Prestwich the results were as follows:

Holyrood
Vic D’Albert (Lib Dem) 1632
Labour 669
Conservative 852

St Mary’s
Mary D’Albert (Lib Dem) 1308
Labour 1013
Conservatives 692

Sedgley
Ann Garner (Lib Dem) 1488
Labour 906
Conservatives 1238

Across Prestwich the share of the vote was:
Liberal Democrats - 45%
Labour 26%
Conservatives 28%

The Liberal Democrats now have ALL NINE councillors in Prestwich. We’ll be doing our best all year round to stand up for the local community.

Across the motorway Lib Dem candidate Julie Baum put in a stunning performance to move into second place with a 50% increase in the Lib Dem vote.
Besses
Julie Baum (Lib Dem) 614
Labour 1084
Conservatives 584
Others 354

Well done to all our candidates, but particularly to re-elected Councillors Vic D’Albert and Ann Garner, and to new Councillor Mary D’Albert.
A huge thank you to the whole Lib Dem campaign team for a stunning result. Full results to follow.