Carl Simmons

Thursday, 21 November 2013

Carl Simmons - Independent: I am neither mainstream or extreme in my politics. I want a complete reform of Local Government and Local Council Elections: (1) All councillors to face re-election at the same time, every time (not the current system of 1/3 of the councillors per year). People should be able to change the political party in power in just one election - that it should take any more elections to do so is undemocratic. (2) Limit terms of office for councillors to stop individuals treating the position as a job for life. (3) 1 councillor per electoral area so that individual councillor's are held responsible to voters for their own actions. (4) Stop councillors having their partners or other family members elected to the council - because representation should come from as wide a number of people as possible. (5) Councillors, once elected by the people for any political party, should not be allowed to change party during their term of office without a by-election in the area they were elected to represent. (6) A Fund created so that people who are unemployed or on a low income and not in any political party can stand for office effectively.

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