When will Raab stand up for Elmbridge against his Government's ridiculous housing targets?
Residents across Elmbridge have reacted with anger to claims from Dominic Raab last week which show he doesn’t seem to c...
15 Nov 2020
Councillor Andy Swain - Teign Valley (TDC)
14 Feb 2021
Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Contact information
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Committee appointments
Term of Office
- 07/05/2019 - 13/05/2023
Andy's News
Signs of electoral reform but it's not in UK
The UK, especially England, has some unfair electoral procedures but for weirdness you have to cross the Atlantic to the USA where you don't need to win the most votes to become president. The Electoral College gets in the way so that in 2016 Hilary Clinton had over 3 million more votes than Donald Trump but didn't become president.
BL
15 Nov 2020
Gotta pick a packet or two
From zero to almost 500 members in three months "I had been listening to the comedian David Sedaris's programmes on Radio 4 Extra and discovered he spends his spare time litter picking near his home in Sussex", Shirley Lunn, the co-founder of Spelthorne Litter Pickers, recalls. "I was inspired to start doing a few litter picks on my own."
15 Nov 2020
Gotta pick a packet or two
The remarkable rise of Spelthorne Litter Pickers "I had been listening to the comedian David Sedaris's programmes on Radio 4 Extra and discovered he spends his spare time litter picking near his home in Sussex", Shirley Lunn, the co-founder of Spelthorne Litter Pickers, recalls. "I was inspired to start doing a few litter picks on my own."
15 Nov 2020
Free Trees from the Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust have announced a Free Trees for Schools & Communities project.
15 Nov 2020
Lib Dems mark Diwali
Ed Davey has released this message for Diwali, highlighting how friends and family are not able to celebrate as they would wish because of the Covid restrictions:
15 Nov 2020