A Conservative councillor representing Towcester has moved 250 miles away to Cornwall but says she has no intention whatsoever of resigning her council seat.

Commenting Liberal Democrat Councillor Chris Lofts said: “This seems a very odd way to try representing the town. I fail to see how Towcester people can have their views properly represented by someone living in Cornwall.”

Cllr Rosemary Bromwich argues she is able to represent the town effectively, despite living several hundred miles away. She is quoted in the local press as saying that she is: “fully equipped to continue serving the town until I stand down at the May 2013 elections.” The Tory councillor is also quoted as saying: “I’m so well versed on what the issues are.” Towcester people may beg to differ that a councillor can represent them from Cornwall.

Towcester is now effectively unrepresented at the county council. People are already asking if Cllr Bromwich is still claiming her councillor’s allowance of £7,086 a year.

With unpopular Tory policies such as cuts to street lighting, school crossing patrol funding, libraries, social care, poor road maintenance etc, it doesn’t take a cynic to see why the Conservatives don’t want to call a bye-election. I’m sure Cllr Bromwich does want to resign but her Tory Party whips have plainly pressured her into hanging on to her seat until 2013.

Cllr M Johns

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