Tories Out
Latenight the Tory leader of Kirklees and his cabinet resigned following a vote of no confidence. All 69 councillors attended the meeting and the vote of no confidence was passed by 46 votes to 23 - just the two thirds majority needed. There were 22 Labour, 19 Lib Dems, 4 Greens , and 1 Independent againts 22 Tories and 1 BNP.
Follwoing the vote the Labour leader was elected leader of the council and apponted a Cabinet of 5 Labour and 4 Lib Dem members.
The reason for the vote was the delay and dithering over the BSF proposals in North Kirklees. The Conservatives have considered 24 proposals in all but then decided it needed a referendum to sort out the winner.
The new adminstration is intended to last until the annual meeting of the council in May when further negotiations are likely. However it is hoped that the BSF fiasco can be sorted out by then.
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