There’s an election on. It’s mainly about getting rid of the Tories but for many people who have never voted, who are now thinking about voting, who previously might have thought ‘they’re all the same’ but now want to make sure their voice is heard they have a day to register if they haven’t already. […]

There are elections across the Avon and Somerset area today to elect a new Police and Crime commissioner. polling stations are open until 10pm tonight. There are 4 candidates -the sitting Tory, Labour – the main challenger , a Lib Dem and a Green. Please vote for CLARE MOODY, Labour.

At the elections of May 5th, the people of Westover (and Bridgwater) chose Labour candidates one more time to represent them. Westover is now represented at County Unitary level by Kathy Pearce and Brian Smedley and on Town Council by Kathy, Brian and Tim Mander. At the same time Labour increased control of Bridgwater Town […]

Whilst Boris Johnson appears to be afraid to face questions from BBC presenter Andrew Neil, it seems that our local Conservative candidate Ian Lidell-Grainger is scared to even show his face to a roomful of Bridgwater College students. Hence the no show at student hustings this Friday. And, sadly, he also won’t be making an […]

It’s been a long, hard, often disconcerting election campaign. So now’s the time to sit back and reflect upon where we are and what needs to be done for the next 4 years in Westover ward.