Of course, all of the Cllrs you’ve mentioned above stood originally as members of a large Party - I suspect it’s probably a lot harder to get elected as an Independent from a standing start than it would be to be elected as a Conservative or Labour Cllr and then leave the party. As this was mentioned for the three former Conservative Cllrs, I’m surprised to see it not get a mention regarding Julie Davenport.
I believe numerous candidates initially would stand for a political party thinking that their political views was in line with that parties policies. However, they then found out that there is no honest debates on any particular subject. The party line has to be adhere to. This in my opinion can be a good reason for taking an opposit view and that surely is "Democracy". I shall vote for Paul Clark as he is the only candidate who turn up in our door steps. He work very hard in trying to improve the lives of people in his ward. Good luck to him!
Of course, all of the Cllrs you’ve mentioned above stood originally as members of a large Party - I suspect it’s probably a lot harder to get elected as an Independent from a standing start than it would be to be elected as a Conservative or Labour Cllr and then leave the party. As this was mentioned for the three former Conservative Cllrs, I’m surprised to see it not get a mention regarding Julie Davenport.
Noted and amended Steve, Point taken, thanks
I believe numerous candidates initially would stand for a political party thinking that their political views was in line with that parties policies. However, they then found out that there is no honest debates on any particular subject. The party line has to be adhere to. This in my opinion can be a good reason for taking an opposit view and that surely is "Democracy". I shall vote for Paul Clark as he is the only candidate who turn up in our door steps. He work very hard in trying to improve the lives of people in his ward. Good luck to him!
Not sure if Russell Ellis would like being described as a Labour candidate.
Apologies if I missed something but weren't most (all?) of these candidates first elected as representatives of large political parties?