A Big Thank You to all of our Supporters
As the leader of Putting Hartlepool First I would like to offer my personal thanks to the voters of Hartlepool who gave us their support on the 3rd of May.
The second largest share of the vote and four Councillors elected is a phenomenal achievement for a party which has only existed for a few months. Your support has laid down firm foundations.......
For the full article and other News articles, see our News Page.
More than halfway there after only four months
After a mere four months of recruiting and campaigning, Putting Hartlepool First fielded 19 candidates in the 2012 local election, polling 9273 votes from a total of 47336. That's 20% of the total votes cast!
With two years to go to the 2014 elections we are already half way to the level of support needed to change the face of local politics. This is a fantastic start for our party and a tremendous platform on which to build.
Now that the dust has settled
The dust has now settled over the Hartlepool Council elections and the work of the Boundary Commission has paid dividends. The political map of Hartlepool has once aging been washed red!
The Tories have been pushed back into their rural heartland and their enclave behind the park. It’s probably going to be a generation before the Tory Party sees more than three councillors in the Hartlepool Council chamber.
Hartlepool Council is now a Lib-Dem free zone. They have disappeared completely and will probably never be seen again and the troublesome tendency of the Ancient Borough of Hartlepool to reject the Labour rose has been swamped by the Labour tide from Stranton. .......
For the full letter and other letters, see our Letters Page.
Constitution
Join Hartlepool 1st
Membership FormDo you have an issue?
Do you have an issue that you would like to publicise on this website? If you do, e-mail admin@puttinghartlepoolfirst.co.uk and put forward your views. Hartlepool First seeks to speak out on council any issue that is not in the best interests of the council tax payers in Hartlepool.
Note: Hartlepool First cannot publish unattributable articles. Articles can be credited with the writers name or they can be credited to "Anonymous", but before Hartlepool First can take responsibility for the content, the party must know the source of the information. This information will be confidential and will not be shared with anyone without permission, but the party is not in a position to publish information without the ability to ensure it's validity.