Tory newcomer eager to start
STIRLING NORTH
Ward 4
There were few changes in the Stirling North ward.
Three incumbent councillors - Labour’s Danny Gibson and the SNP’S Jim Thomson and Susan Mcgill - all retained their seats.
A new face, however, will be Conservative candidate Rachel Nunn, who was the party’s candidate after Councillor Ross Oxburgh decided not to stand again.
Councillor Nunn moved to Stirling to study 30 years ago and shortly after graduating met her husband. They settled here and still live in the area with their family. She is a Cub leader and mentor at a social care programme.
She also recently joined the substance misuse recovery charity ‘Change Grow Live’. Her career has centred on how to build financial, social, and environmental sustainability in communities.
In 2008 she founded Going Carbon Neutral Stirling, one of the first community climate change projects in the UK and has advised UK, Welsh, and Scottish Governments.
Ms Nunn told the Observer:“i’m very grateful for the support shown to me in the ballot box and raring to go to deliver the positive change for which I was elected.”
Asked about her priorities, she added:“among my priorities are to sort out the bins and more generally restore pride of place to Stirling; to revitalise the city centre to make it a place local people and tourists want to visit; and spend time and money to make proper in-roads in the transition to Net
Zero, particularly in housing and transport.
“Another priority I will work on includes supporting young people through their education choices to ensure they transition into secure, meaningful employment.“
On social media, Mr Gibson said: “It’s an honour to have been re-elected to serve as a Scottish Labour councillor for the Stirling North ward.
“Massive thanks to all who voted and helped in the campaign.”
Councillor Thomson - the council’s environment and housing convener - survived a barrage of criticism over changes to waste collection, particularly from the Tories who had made it a key campaign message.