The LRIP Member Development Programme is all about developing members’ skills and who better to learn from than each other.
So in this section a number of experienced councillors from across the Partnership give you the benefit of their time in office with a range of anecdotes and helpful advice on some key topics.
Their advice is in the form of video clips so we recommend you view the videos when using a broadband connection. For each topic, a text file is available to read if you can’t access the video clips.
Some people tend to take a very political stance, and make each issue and political issue.
I think sometime when you belong to a political party and when you’re working in a small council that you have to try and marry the party line along with what the local electorate want.
People sometimes think that just because you’re a Labour Councillor or liberal Democrat or you’re a Tory that you’re not interested in the views of people who don’t have you political persuasion. But that’s actually a nonsense- once you’re elected your elected to represent everybody in your ward.
When I knock on doors, people say to me, oh I’m going to vote for you- I won’t vote for your party nationally but I’ll vote for you, because I know you.
People I pretty clear that I was elected as party political politicians but that doesn’t mean in any way that it takes away my care for the area.
Party politics I think is part of the picture, but I would feel a small part of the picture.
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