Members for Rushcliffe Borough Council were elected in 2019 and are the largest Labour Group in Rushcliffe for 20 years!
Who we are
The “Magnificent Seven” are (in alphabetical order):
- Councillor Bal Bansal (Trent Bridge)
- Councillor Naseem Begum (Lutterell)
- Councillor Mike Gaunt (Ruddington)
- Councillor Penny Gowland (Abbey)
- Councillor Jenny Murray (Trent Bridge)
- Councillor Jenny Walker (Ruddington)
Our History
We want a public site like this so we can share news of council events, our opinions on topical matters, and attempt to get more people interested in local politics. We’d love to connect to Rushcliffe residents, local Labour Party members, and anyone interested in making decision making an open and inclusive process.
We hope with the help of this site we can get more people to come forward at local elections, to stand as Councillors, and to engage with their community to make a difference.
Use of the site we created has been gifted to the constituency Labour Party to share views and grow our movement.
Our Current West Bridgford Slate
Trent Bridge: Liz Plant Lutterell: Naz Begum Abbey: Penny Gowland, Julie Chaplain, and Steve Calvert Compton Acres: Cate Carmichael and Graham Johnson Musters: Dora Polenta and Roger Smith Gamston: Chris Geeson and John Bannister Lady Bay: Keith Wright, plus a vacancy – do get in touch if you’d like to run! Edwalton: vacancy – do…
A busy start to the 2023
There has been a lot happening this month, with a Full Council and the Place Committee meeting. I’ll discuss issues in the order they came up in meeting agendas- so sorry if this is a bit of a hotch potch of stories! (If you are wondering, the image is to illustrate that 2023 is the year…
What’s been happening November 2022
It has been a very busy autumn in West Bridgford. County Hall When I was elected and first went into County Hall, I have to admit I was surprised by the amount of space and how well equipped the offices were. I was also shocked that in 33 years of living in Nottingham, I had…
Spotlight On: The Victoria Repair Café
The “Spotlight On…” series gives members a platform to draw attention to good causes and opportunities to get involved in our community. The Victoria Repair Café, was established in March 2019 as part of a drive to live a simpler life, be in solidarity with people in poverty and to protect our planet. We hold…
October 2022 report
Lots going on.. Save Our Fire Stations What’s happening? The Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority has decided to cut our local fire and rescue service. They plan to remove one of the two fire engines at London Road station, and the night shift at West Bridgford fire station (which already only has one…
Our Next Women’s Branch Meeting: The Cost of Living Crisis, Domestic Abuse and Another Perfect Storm on its Way.
Thursday, September 22, 2022 – 7pm Room 4, The Methodist Church, Musters Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7PQ Guest Speaker: Yasmin Rehman – Juno Women’s Aid
July 2022
Sorry it is so long since my last report but under the new constitution at Notts County Council, formal meetings are like buses before the days of GPS timetabling.. you wait for ages and then they all come together. It is worth noting that there have been other meetings in the meantime, notably in June…
Notts County Council Meeting – March 2022
I try to do one of these reports after each County Council meeting but it is getting difficult to keep up with events. I think the main thing of general interest that happened at the County Council meeting was that the Ashfield Independents put forward a motion on the cost of living. They called on…
Correspondence on the Proposed Ratcliffe Incinerator
Dear Secretary of State Department/ Michael Gove Re: Ratcliffe on Soar EfW incinerator – Planning application ES/4154 – Moratorium on incinerators urgently needed. I am calling on you to action an urgent review on waste management to investigate projected significant over capacity of Energy from Waste (EfW) incineration in England in light of predicted reductions in…
March 2022
I have been trying to write this report for more than two weeks now but the world keeps changing. The situation in Ukraine is heartbreaking. I am not interested in any justification or explanation for what Putin is doing right now: he heads an authoritarian, nationalistic, uber-capitalist regime which has admitted using thermobaric weapons. We…
Budget Season
The setting of the budget at Rushcliffe Borough Council always gets the rhetoric flowing and yesterday’s meeting was no exception. The word prudence is frequently used by the Conservatives to describe the Conservative approach to managing the council funds. Not that one shouldn’t exercise prudence when dealing with the money of others – that is…
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