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Itwasadeansweepforthe Conservatives in the elec- ^ tionsforthefourRibble Valley electoralwardsof Lancashire • County Council.


The battle for the Clitheroe ward was the most close run


: race, but following a recount, the Conservative’s Coun.Tan Brown,ofChatbumRoa4 Clit- heroe, took poll position win­ ning 1,061 votes, just 45 more


• than Independent Steve Rush,


, pfMearieySyke,CIitheroe,who polled 1,016, c Speaking to a jubilant


. Coun, Brown after the count, . he said: ’’I would like to thank ; everyone who gave me their


support both the voters and my team, but it appears from


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the closeness of the vote that the excessive housing devel­


opments proposed are an im­ portant issue and I will carry : ; on trying to oppose these de-:


- velopments," , Headded:Twanttoletres- ■


idents know that I’m on their . side and I’m approachable andthattheycanringmeat- any time and I will do my ab­ solute best for them at Lanca­ shire County Council as I try


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to do on Ribble Valley Borough Council.” Mr Rush, who is chairman ofClitheroe Residents’Action


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■ Group, which is strongly o p - . posed to unsustainable local housing developments, said: “Whilst it was disappointing


: to miss out by only45 votes, it ~ - is fair to say the main parties


- ingtothepeopleofClitheroe.”- v ; Longridge councillorKen -


■ Hind, speaking on behalf of ■


theRibbleValIeyConservative‘ '• Association, added: “We can-


; not be complacent and there ^


: were a number of lessons that ’ emerged on the doorstep. ' • ■ ;


to Clit-


heroe, and.Whalley was the - clearly expressed viewthat we ' need to stop excessivehousing


development.Wehavegotthe ' message and will continue to ■ campaigriandarguewithcen- : tralgovemmentontheimpact - ofhousebuildingintheRibble


: - Valley.Lastweek,EricPickles,’ ■ ■ SecretaiyofStateforCommu- ■ nities and Local government • visited the Ribble Valley and "


, he was left in no doubt about ourviews on planning and - housing policy.'


“What came toolate for the election was news of the objec-


- tions the Lancashire County Council have put forward on’


' grounds of traffic and road - ■ use to the proposed Standen


village where the planning ap-;


. were given a wakeup call and . might at long last start listen- > ^


■ plication includes 1,040 hous-’ es outside Clitheroe.” . :,„Coun. Michael Ranson, of ■ the Ribble Valley Conserva­ tives, said: “This vote reflects : local people making local ;


; choices and I’m really delight-; ed with the result.” : : -


. r Liberal Democrat Coun.' - Allan Knox, of Woone Lane,~


;“I would like to thank all ■ :


the people who have helped me over the past four years,” said Coun. Knox.' “There’s been a lot of talk."


- •: - In the Ribble Valley North . East ward, the Conservative’s


. : : Alb ert Atkinson; of Crowtrees Road, Sabden, won a land­


- s l id e victory with UKIP’s Si- i mon Kerins, of Cottam Close, '• Whalley,polling845votes,La- bour’s Mike Rose, of Victoria Court, Chatburn, polling 574 . and Liberal Democrat Simbn


; : O’Rourke, ofBlackLaneCroft, -^Clitheroe, polling 231,


.: Clitheroe, lost his seat on the ' county council polling 932 > 'votes.


. : Speaking after the count;'


^.^a relieved .Coun. Atkinson; who has been a councillor for ■


: 20 years, said: “^I would like to- thank my team. I have a huge


'' area to cover which includes ;-ig villages and the foot sol-


: ■ diers in the Ribble Valley have; 'doneagreatjobashasmyagent ■


about housing during this ' election, but the main work of - the county council has noth­ ing to do with housing. The •' county council deals' with so- " ; cial care, highways and educa- ■


, tion. I hope that work on these - issues wUl continue.”: -'Thefourthcandidateinthe>.i


shire, polledsTB votes.


, Michael Ranson.” :: ’-For this ward, which in'- -.


■ eludes the village of Whalley,^ ■ -109 ballot paper were spoiled, :, 'the highest number of any of - :the Ribble Valley wards. It is -


■ believed many were spoiled = : by local residents protesting


:■ againsthousingdevelopments ; proposed for Whalley.;


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Clitheroeward,theLabo’urand -* Co-Operative Party’s David Hinder, of The Grange, Wilp-:'


:; West ward, there was another ; : landslide victory for the Con- ’


■ servative’sAlanSchofield,who • won 2,129 votes. ' -


: : Coun.Schofield,ofRibches- ter Road, Clayton-le-Dale, said:


: :“I’m very grateful for the hard


. working team that helped me, espeeiallythosewhohelpedto delivermycommunicationsto theelectorsthroughoutRibble


- Valley South West.” - . . ^


: “Imustalsosayabigthank you to the voters who have giv-'


: enmetheopportunitytoserve as a county councillor follow­


ing the 24 years of dedicated


service by the retiring coun­ cillor Chris Holtom. Their


. confidence in me will not be misplaced.”


r : • Labour’s Paul Atkinson, of Knowle Top Farm, Pend-


, leton, polled 565 votes, while ■ theLiberalDemocrat’s Valerie


, Cooper, of John Wall Court, . Clitheroe, polled 236, ■; -- In another impressive vic­


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Agrandmotherwasleft shocked after returning from work to find her own grand­ son in her Clitheroe home without permission. Blackburn magistrates heard


: that Wesley Russell, who was on bail having admitted steal-


. ingmoneyfromhisuncle,was ordered out of the property. : But he returned later in the


day, forced entry through the cellar and carried out a “messy search” of the property. Russell (19), of Lowergate,


Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to burglary with intent to steal.' He was committed in custody to Preston Crown Court to be sentenced.


, - Mrs Philippa White (pros­


ecuting) said that Russell had previously lived with his grandmother, but had left to set up home with his girl­ friend. He told his grandmother that the door had not been


secure and he had simply walked in. Butheactually had akey whichhedid notwanthis grandmother to take offhim. Mrs White told the court:


“He was asked to leave and shortly afterwards his grand­ ma left her home, double lock­ ing the door behind her. “When she returned she


discovered the cellar door had been forced, a lock on an officehadbeen tampered with: and her bedroom had been searched.”


When he was interviewed


by the police, Russell claimed that he had been in the house looking for a laptop computer so that he could use it to com­ plete a job application. Mr Gareth Price (defend­


ing) said that when Russell ■ first let himself into the prop­ erty his only intention had •. been to find the laptop com­ puter and complete the job application. . . Mr Price added: “He ac­


cepts that on his second en­ try hedidhaveanoseyaround : the property, but nothing was . taken.”


Harry staged a ‘horror crash’ to highlight danger


Ayoung'Clitheroe firefight- er-in-the-njaking staged a graphic road accident to help show the impact of dangerous driving and raise awareness of road safety. Harry Quigley, 22, of


Standen Road, who is stud­ ying for a foundation degree in Fire and Rescue Service Management at the Univer­ sity Centre at Blackburn College, set up the fiction­ al experience as part of his community safety module in conjunction with Wasted Lives, Lancashire’s award winning young driver edu­ cation programme. The former Ribblesdale


High School pupil is soon to embark on a two-week train­ ing course with Clitheroe fire service, so he can begin hiscareerasa firefighter. Harry said: “I worked re-•


Wesley Russell, who pleaded guilty to burglary at his grandmother’s house.


ally hard on this project be­ cause I wanted it to have a huge impactonall who came to see it. The fact that one in three new drivers crash within the first two years of • passingtheirtestprovesthat


Harry Quigley (22), firefightei^in- the-making.(s)


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we really need to make peo­ ple aware of how. dangerous driving can be, especially for the inexperienced. • “The accident we set up certainly wasn’t for the faint


. hearted - We made it gory and realistic, as if the friends in the car had been in a truly horrendous crash. ■ “There is no point sugar


coating these things because the harsh reality is that dan­ gerous driving can kill.” :


tory for the Conservative Party


. in the Longridge with Bow- landward,Coun.DavidSmith;


of Cumeragh Lane, Whitting­ ton, was elected winning 1,932 ’ votes.


;. Lab'our’s Gill Rose, of Vic­ toria Court, Chatburn, polled 626 votes, while the Liberal . Democrats James Shervey, -


of Faraday Avenue, Clitheroe polled 207. :, Coun. David Smith said af­


ter winning the seat: “I’m ab­ solutely delighted with this


result especially in the cur­ rent climate. I can onlyjope that I canjoin othercolleagues at County Hall to carry on the' excellent work that the coun- ■ ty council has done in the last • touryears. 1 havea wonderful division, full ofwonderfulpeo- pie and communities and Tm '


•: verygratefultoallofthemfor supporting me. ■


: : : “I ’m very much a parish;


: man. I’ve got 13 parishes that ;: I’ve targeted over the last four: • years. I’ve been around to the ■ parish meetings and taken their concerns to County Hall.


. and I know that has been ap­ preciated.” : For the past four years, Coun. Smith has been lead


■ memberfor Community Serv­ ices at the council and he is keen to continue his work on


A issues such as library services' and community safety.


; would like to say a huge thankyou to my team ofvolun- . teeerswhohavecontributedso


- much to my success.” : ' : The overall turnout for


i;the Ribble Valley was around . 28.2%.


Labour failed to retake overall control of Lancashire County '


Council following last Thurs- "I day’s election. • - The party held power in the :


county for 28 years until the ’ Conservatives triumphed in the


Torieslose control at County HaMasLabour«.«k..»aii. last elections in 2009.


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the84seats,butfellfourshort of the 43 it required for a major- ■


'ty so the county is novv under ■


.nooverallcontrol.Tory council ; leader Geoff Driver said; “It’s V


: Labour now hold the majority of ■ i- A t . 4" m


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a big disappointment we have lost control. We thought we had; done a goodjob over the p a s t . four years in terms of what we . have achieved, but we live in a democracy and the people of ■ . Lancashire have spoken.": : ■


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