Greatest number of Residents candidates standing for May elections to keep Uttlesford free of Westminster politics

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Residents for Uttlesford (R4U), the local party of north-west Essex towns and villages, has announced its greatest number candidates for the district local elections on 4th May to ‘finish the job of turning around’ Uttlesford District Council for residents.

Petrina Lees (R4U) Petrina Lees (R4U)

R4U’s Petrina Lees, Leader of Uttlesford District Council, said “In 2019 Uttlesford voted to be free of Westminster politics. Our residents’ party inherited a financially weak district council that was failing due to many years of mismanagement by self-serving and complacent Conservative administrations. Local residents elected us to make radical changes, and that is exactly what we’ve done, including refreshing UDC’s senior officer team. With them with delivered on our manifesto promises – we’ve rebuilt council finances, while keeping taxes low; created a greener district, with new community and sports facilities; over-hauled the planning department and held developers to account; and provided what are now award-winning services.”

R4U’s Cllr Lees continued “We need four more years to finish the job of turning around UDC. If re-elected on 4th May, we will deliver more value-for-money services, further invest in our communities, and always put residents first. We’ll also keep taking Conservative-controlled Essex County Council to task to fix their pothole mess, remove their awful book-to-bin system, and return our school choice. To do that we are standing 32 excellent district candidates across Uttlesford, which is the most we ever have. The choice has never been clearer – Vote Residents and get local priorities; vote Westminster and get their politics; so please put a cross against every R4U candidate on all your ballot papers to deliver the best local results.”

The local elections are on 4th May 2023. Valid Photo ID is now required to vote in person. Find out more information on our voting page.

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About Residents for Uttlesford

Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) is the local independent party of north-west Essex towns and villages. It believes that on local issues residents should decide, not Westminster parties. R4U’s success has been based on the desire to give local people a voice and implement long range strategic and sustainable plans for where they live. It has turned around both councils it has been elected to lead to make them now multi award-winning.

R4U leads Uttlesford District Council (UDC). In its first election in 2015 it became the second party at UDC. In May 2019, it gained majority control of the authority by inflicting the biggest loss of seats on any Conservative controlled council in the UK. In May 2023, R4U retained control of UDC.

R4U also leads Saffron Walden Town Council, where under its stewardship the council since 2015 it has rebuilt finances, invested in community assets, and won multiple awards, including the best run council in Essex.

Residents for Uttlesford can be found on the web at www.residents4u.org.

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