Category: Otley and Yeadon Branch News
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Katie joins canoe clean-up
Katie White, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Leeds North West, joined 15 members of Leeds Canoe Club from Otley and Kirkstall last Saturday on the River Wharfe, as part of the 2024 Big Paddle Clean Up fortnight to remove rubbish from UK rivers. In about an hour, the Clean Up canoeists had pulled out of the…
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Ian McCargo’s priorities for Otley and Yeadon
I’m delighted to have been re-selected by the Labour Party as your Leeds City Council candidate for 2024. I live locally, with two children at high school. I run my own business and have senior roles in the Leeds-wide activities of both Labour and the Co-op Party. By listening to local resident and working on…
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Otley Victorian Fayre 2023
A really uplifting afternoon at Otley Victorian Christmas Fayre, brilliantly organised Otley & Yeadon Labour Party stall, well done Penny Mares, Carl Morris, Trudy Appleyard, Nigel Gill and all the other volunteers, now off to tuck into the gingerbread donut! Could just do with the secret mulled wine recipe! Post from Katie White, Labour candidate…
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Ian McCargo endorsed by Co-op party
Ian McCargo has been officially endorsed by the Co-operative party to stand as a joint Labour and Co-op candidate for Otley and Yeadon ward on Leeds City Council in May 2024. You can find out more about the Co-operative party, which works in partnership with the Labour party, at https://party.coop Promoted by David Kirk on…
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Local candidate will work for change
The local Labour Party has selected Ian McCargo as Labour candidate for Otley and Yeadon in the city council elections on May 4th. Ian was Labour’s city council candidate in the May 2023 elections, in which he narrowed the gap between Labour and the sitting Liberal Democrat. Labour’s Nigel Gill won a town council seat…
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Richard Davies re-elected to Otley Town Council
A big thank you to all of you who voted for me in Thursday’s election which saw me re-elected for Danefield Ward. Congratulations to all of my colleagues who were re-elected whatever their party and a big welcome to new Labour councillor, Nigel Gill, and new Green councillor, Sue Stepan. I wish you all the…
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Labour Party Objects to the East of Otley Planning Application
John Richardson Chair of the branch says “The plans as they stand fail to give enough detail about the way it will be developed. They don’t say when the school will be built, they don’t give enough detail about how damage to the environment will be minimised and they don’t give enough detail about the…
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Road safety in Danefield – major rethink needed for Otley’s roads
Richard Davies says changes are needed As Labour’s candidate for Otley Town Council’s Danefield Ward, I believe that a major rethink is needed for some of the town’s roads in and around the ward. Traffic levels and parking problems have continued to rise in Otley, but not enough is being done to ensure the safety…
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Labour Candidate Richard Davies Announced for Otley By Election
Richard story here. The by-election has been called because former Liberal Democrat town councillor Savannah Dabill was forced to step down, after non-attendance at council meetings. Currently the Liberal Democrats have 15 out of 20 seats on the town council and there is no Labour representative. More Richard here Otley’s MP Alex Sobel said,”I know…