Letter of the week: 'East Boldon and Cleadon are not Tory strongholds'

By The Newsroom
Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

In the 'What you have to say' section of large  Boundary Change coverage in Saturday's Gazette one of your correspondents (Mr Banks) hasn't quite grasped the local political situation when he says Shields does not want/need East Boldon and Cleadon because they are Tory.

These two villages returned three Labour councillors, no Tories/Liberals/Farages etc only Labour.

Recent views over Boundary Commission proposals for South Tyneside have been sparked by the different views held by MP Emma Lewell-Buck and husband Simon Buck.placeholder image
Recent views over Boundary Commission proposals for South Tyneside have been sparked by the different views held by MP Emma Lewell-Buck and husband Simon Buck.

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