Candidates hoping to represent North and South Jesmond after Thursday’s elections have debated a range of questions put to them by local voters at this JesmondLocal’s first online hustings event
JesmondLocal continues its series of interviews ahead of this week’s local elections with North East Party candidate Brian Moore. A former Newcastle City Councillor for the Liberal Democrats, Moore hopes to bring his experience to the people of South Jesmond and says he is committed to stopping HMOs as well as doubling funding towards Operation Oak.
Ahead of next Thursday’s local elections, JesmondLocal spoke with Martin Evison who hopes to claim the South Jesmond seat for Reform UK. Evison, a former professor at Northumbria University, says the pandemic has had detrimental consequences for younger generations and hopes for the opportunity to support local health and care organisations if elected.
Standing for the Labour Party in South Jesmond in May’s elections, Charlie Gray grew up locally and attended St Catherine’s School in Sandyford. He’s now a student in forensic science and works at Northumbria University.
We begin our series of interviews with this year’s local election candidates with Tanya Pretswell, who is standing for Labour in North Jesmond in May.
Tanya Pretswell and Charlie Gray are hoping to retain for Labour the seats being vacated by Councillors Wendy Young and Arlene Ainsley in North and South Jesmond respectively on May 6th
Louis Miller and Jerry Chen meet Gerry Keating, standing for election in North Jesmond
Tenants renting houses and flats in Jesmond say they hope contentious proposals by Newcastle City Council will prevent landlords from letting out dirty, damaged and dangerous properties.
The date, time and location for our annual hustings event have been announced
Free coffee at Waitrose, cricketing heroes, road changes and the state of local politics – all on this week’s show