You get my vote! Councillors wed after election wins
TWO Labour councillors have marked a double celebration recently by getting married the day after they were both reelected to their wards.
Coun John Blundell, 28, tied the knot with Coun Elsie Wraighte, 30, hours after they held their seats on Rochdale council.
The husband and wife were wed in an intimate ceremony at St Chad’s Parish Church in the town. It was their third attempt to get married, as their wedding had to be postponed twice during the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to the M.E.N. on honeymoon in Spain, John, who has been a councillor since 2014, said: “Both the election and our wedding went well, so it was doubly nice. We are obviously overtly political people, so the election was important to us. But we really wanted to get married, so we literally took the first opportunity and got married on the Saturday following the election.” Elsie who became a councillor in 2019, said: “We were really happy because we both got re-elected and then we got married, so it was the happiest day of our lives!
“The wedding was perfect. It was a beautiful and small ceremony with our family and closest friends. Typically, in Rochdale, it does rain a lot, but luckily, the sun really shone through the church window.”
The couple, who became engaged on a trip to Paris three years ago, said they bonded over a shared love of politics and helping people around them.
“When I met John, one of the things that I liked about him was that he was a councillor,” Elsie said.
“He always looked after his community. We both have full-time jobs on top of our councillor responsibilities, so our lives get really busy.
“But equally, it is amazing to have someone who fully understands the role of a councillor and can be really supportive.”