Win for labour in Birchills Leamore

Tina Jukes wins for Labour

 While not in Walsall South, many of us have been helping in canvassing in the by election in Birchills Leamore and despite the date ( not called by Labour or tories) right next to Christmas the following result has put some Christmas cheer in our step here in Walsall Labour.
We shall redouble our efforts to capture the next 4 seats to re gain control of this Council in May 2012. All help gratefullly received.


On a low turnout for a by-election of 15.9% but not surprising given the

closeness to Christmas , Tina Jukes defended the Birchills seat of the late Joan

Barton 
Results Birchills-Leamore: Lab hold.

Tina Jukes (Lab): 835; 53%Kamran Aftab (Con) 512; 32%

Chris Newey (Eng Dem) 130; 8% Liz Hazell (UKIP) 59; 4%

L Gebrakedan (Green) 46. 3%

Tina will be an excellent councillor for the people of Birchills-Leamore.

This result once again sees Labour and Conservatives at 27 seats each, Lib

Dems with 5 and an independent.

This Council has been run by the Tories for the past 12 years. They continue to waste our money... the latest proposal to spend nearly £1 Million on doing up the Council House over the next two years when front line services for the most vulnerable in this Borough are being cut to the bone is just one example.

There have been serious flaws in a number of contracts that have resulted in really bad deals for Walsall residents : education is potentially in limbo with the apparent proposal to end the Serco contract within 6 months and leaves a real sense of concern for teachers and pupils as they face their examinations in the summer... we need to re-establish the Walsall Education Board urgently to take control:

 However we all know that their theme is 'let the market decide' OK if you are well off but not so good if you are struggling! As our Town centres fall into decay and unemployment rises and education results, while improved ,are nowhere near good enough, we look forward to being in a position to do  a lot better for the residents of Walsall after May.