Thank you
You’re right. This should have been posted yesterday, but yesterday passed in such a rush and by the time I got logged on I was too tired to do anything.
It’s been a tiring six weeks, and I simply could not have been elected were it not for my terrific co-candidate Natalie English and two groups of people:
1) a tireless band of about ten helpers who put out our leaflets, addressed and stuffed envelopes, worked the printer, and worked on all their friends to get behind us
2) the voters of Consett, many of whom had a real struggle of conscience before breaking the ingrained thinking of a lifetime, and who trusted us to work harder and smarter for Consett than our rivals.
I’ve been touched by the number of phone calls urgently wanting to know if we’d made it, the heartfelt congratulations for me and commiserations for Natalie.
The task is only just beginning, but it will be a whole lot easier in the knowledge of how many people willed us into getting it.
And just one final thought. The people of Consett have told Councillor Clive Robson and me that they require us to co-operate to deliver what Consett needs. It’s a challenge which I hope means we can both put behind us the ill-will that emerged during the campaign. The future well-being of Consett is more important than any inter-party rivalries.
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