Politician quits Labour to 'focus on green agenda'
A Labour politician has quit the party after he was not selected to stand for the upcoming Leicestershire County Council elections.
Councillor Neville Stork had hoped to be the Labour candidate for the Loughborough South division in May's vote.
He has previously held the seat, but another candidate, Councillor Robert Sharp, was picked ahead of him to contest it.
Coun Stork now sits on Charnwood Borough Council as an independent representing Shelthorpe ward.
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He said he was upset not to be chosen by his party for the election, but stressed that was not his main reason for quitting.
Coun Stork, a Labour member for 10 years, said: "I am an environmentalist and I was not able to do what I wanted as a member of the Labour Party.
"As an independent I will be able to pursue that much better for the next two years.
"It was upsetting not to be picked (for the county election) and it may look like sour grapes, but that is not it.
"Robert is a lovely guy and will make a great county councillor if he is elected.
"It was a very hard decision for me to leave after such a long time but I am happy with it."
The borough council's Labour group leader, Councillor Jewel Miah, said: "We tried to persuade Neville to stay but he wanted to go his own way and we respect that."
Comments
by BruceAstill
Thursday, November 01 2012, 12:54AM
“by davidh11Tuesday
"Suleman Nagdi will win the police commisoner vote, simple becuase he has the block Muslim vote, and they are the people who will go out and vote."
He won't if people put their cards in the bin and don't vote.”
by f007e
Wednesday, October 31 2012, 11:56AM
“davidh11, are you really suggesting that whether an individual votes or not can be determined by their religion?”
by oldhenry
Wednesday, October 31 2012, 11:35AM
“The turnout for police job will be very low indeed, I threw ny papers away as soon as they fell through the door. So if a candidate can muster personal support they will do well. As for Mr Stork I remember him on the Council at Charnwood when I was an officer there and he seemed reasonable , much better than some of them and I would say he must have annoyed the wrong people- that is politics in the UK.”
by davidh11
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 11:28PM
“Suleman Nagdi will win the police commisoner vote, simple becuase he has the block Muslim vote, and they are the people who will go out and vote.”
by mole74
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 7:47PM
“It's a shame Labour didn't ask Councillor Stork to stand as their Police Commissioner candidate. I'd have voted for him and I don't really want an elected police chief. Instead Labour nominated one of Soulsby's snout troughing cronies - what a wasted opportunity.
The Councillor's decision to quit Labour and promote green issues is a brave one. I wish him well.”