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Glenis Willmott former East Midlands Labour Member of the European Parliament
“Richard is an industrious and sympathetic Councillor, a hard working member of staff for a Labour MP, and a thoroughly reliable and committed Labour Party activist. He is continually looking for new ways of spreading Labour’s message, and his enthusiasm and good humour are also real assets.”
Richard has a high profile in his Kimberley ward. This is gained through hard work; helping lots of people with individual casework matters – this can be anything from housing and debt problems, to getting disabled parking improved, sorting their benefits out etc. There aren’t many streets in Kimberley, where you will find someone who has not been helped by Richard.
Richard also has an excellent track record of campaigning on “issues” in his ward – & has a track record of getting results – in 2008 he helped pioneer a Community Speedwatch scheme – encouraging volunteers to monitor speeding traffic in Kimberley “hotspots”. The aim of the scheme was to get drivers to reduce their speed. Both BBC East Midlands Today and Central ITV covered this story. As a result of this campaigning, new permanent speed cameras were placed on Awsworth Lane, Cossall, helping contribute towards better road safety and fewer traffic accidents.
He is working tirelessly towards promoting jobs, investment, reducing traffic convestion and supporting local infrastructure by championing the tram extension from Phoenix Park out to Kimberley, Eastwood and into Amber Valley.
Richard also corresponds with a large number of his constituents via e mail. He has an e mail group which currently has over 1100 members. These are issued monthly – and examples of his newsletters are shown below:
Hi all
Trust you are keeping well, still in these continuing very challenging times.
Thanks to everyone who has been in touch over the past few weeks – there’s a wide variety of matters to report on – so straight down to business.
Feedback is always welcome and if ever you need help with anything, more »
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Trust you are keeping well, still in these very challenging times.
I wasn’t able to issue a newsletter in June, simply to the sheer volume of ongoing work I have – so this is a sort of bumper summer edition – covering both June and July.
You’ll notice below that I’ve reinstated the more »
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Trust you are all well in these continuing hugely challenging times.
This newsletter features details about much of the work I have been involved in regarding Kimberley Leisure Centre during recent weeks. I endeavour to set out the facts, a timeline and clear account of what happened, more »
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It appears like an absolute eternity since I sent out my last newsletter on 24 March. I wrote at the time that there are massive challenges on a scale many of us will have never experienced before. However at the same time there are brilliant opportunities when we can all come together and more »
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These are unprecedented times in the history of our country, and our communities, our streets and neighbourhoods.
Massive challenges on a scale many of us will have never experienced before. However at the same time there are brilliant opportunities when we can all come together more »
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Welcome to my second newsletter of 2020. A special greeting to all those who have joined over the past month or so.
It seems (well to me anyway) an absolute eternity since my last newsletter which I sent out on 9 January. I went on holiday for two weeks last month, and during this time I more »
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A very warm welcome to my first newsletter of 2020, and of course this decade.
I would like to take this opportunity of wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year.
Local politics will always bring its challenges with many competing interests. I will continue to work hard for you all, and more »
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Welcome to the December edition of my local newsletter. A special welcome to all those who have joined during the past few weeks, and thank you to everyone who has been in touch recently.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Christmas and peaceful 2020.
This more »
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Welcome to the November edition of my local newsletter. A special welcome to all those who have joined during the past few weeks, and thank you to everyone who has been in touch recently.
There’s plenty of news to get through, so it’s straight down to business.
Please do not hesitate to get more »
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Welcome to the September/October edition of my local newsletter. A special welcome to all those who have joined during the past few weeks, and thank you to everyone who has been in touch recently.
You may have noticed that for the past couple of months, I have issued bi-monthly as opposed more »
