Labour’s county candidate chosen

A NEW candidate has been chosen to represent Labour for Earl Shilton during next year’s county council elections.

Members of the town’s Labour Party have selected Christine Dallas to battle for a seat on Leicestershire County Council in May 2017.

Christine, whose father and grandfather were both coal miners, has a solid track record in the helping the community having previously worked for Oxfam, the British Heart Foundation and Scope.

Most recently she was the director of Leicestershire and Rutland Emmaus, a charity which helps homeless people find jobs and places to live.

During her tenure she supported more than 40 people to get off the streets and start new lives. Christine also spent five years as the special educational needs link governor at William Bradford Community College.

In her selection speech Christine stressed the need for a councillor who would work to ensure that as Earl Shilton grows there are enough facilities, doctors, schools and infrastructure to support local families.

The town is set to expand rapidly over the next few years with development starting on the Earl Shilton SUE.

Christine told local members that while new houses needed to be built they had to be right for the people of Earl Shilton and the town needed adequate facilities to serve the people who lived there.

Leicestershire County Council has 55 county councillors, representing 52 county divisions.

There are seven county divisions in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, with two divisions returning two county councillors, and the remaining five divisions each returning one county councillor. This gives a total of nine county councillors serving the borough.

The term of office for a county councillor is four years and the county elections were held in May 2013.