The primary Liberal Democrat councillor to take up a seat on West Lothian Council has stated she is wanting ahead to preventing for native residents.
Sally Pattle will take up her seat after a nail-biting contest which noticed the Tory favorite eased off the chief board early and she or he admitted the stress had been so insufferable she hadn’t been capable of watch the ultimate moments of the rely.
The outcome meant Linlithgow elected its first Lib-Dem consultant because the days of Lothian Regional Council. There was a robust Lib Dem organisation within the city which has actively contested elections in any respect ranges.
Sally stated: “We knew we’d run a well-received marketing campaign on the bottom, and we might see from the beginning of the rely that we had been positively within the race, however because the morning went on it bought nearer and nearer - ultimately I simply waited for the announcement by Graham Hope as I couldn’t watch the screens anymore.”
Honoured to be elected as “native champion” Sally, who runs the bookstore, Far From the Madding Crowd, within the city’s Excessive Avenue stated she would combat for all within the city.
Highlighting the present “scorching button” points for Linlithgow equivalent to excessive road parking, she stated: “I’ll combat to get the perfect deal for everybody who lives and works right here.”
Now eager to get began, she added: “Throughout West Lothian, I'm wanting ahead to working with my colleagues to make sure that the place new developments are accredited, there's ample infrastructure to deal with the elevated demand.
“I additionally need to assist and promote the work of the voluntary sector any approach I can, they do such necessary work and have proven by means of the pandemic that native teams are sometimes greatest positioned to take care of native issues as they will react extra rapidly.”
Sally stated the Liberal Democrats have a “implausible observe report in native democracy”.
She added: “I'm extremely proud to be the primary elected Lib Dem Councillor since West Lothian Council was shaped in 1996. I can’t wait to get began on the true work of being a councillor for the Linlithgow ward.
“I intention to strike a superb stability with the brand new administration by working along with them on the various points the place we comply with get constructive outcomes for everybody in Linlithgow, and naturally West Lothian as an entire.”
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