Hill Pinehurst News Today

There are some familiar faces disappearing from the rollcall of Swindon borough councillors after the local elections in May.

It is perhaps a reflection of the increasing divide in British politics that more parties from across a wider spectrum of political positions are…

Councillors will take forward a proposal to devise a policy on stopping advertising of unhealthy food and drink on bus shelters Swindon Borough…

A Swindon-based academic has predicted a near redwash in the local borough council elections.

Voters in Swindon will go to the polls on May 5 to elect 19 out of 57 councillors in Euclid Street. Heres your essential run down of the wards and…

A Conservative councillor thinks he might have some lessons for Labour politicians wondering why their voters have deserted them for the Tories.

Swindon elections: second round of results sees Conservatives move closer to majority A gain of a seat and two holds saw Swindon’s Conservatives move serenely towards a majority.  The party held Chiseldon & Lawn in a by-election, and Lydiard & Freshbrook. The councillor there, Matty Courtliff, won the seat in a bit of a shock as a Labour councillor, defecting to the ruling Tories in 2019.  The Conservatives also regained Haydon Wick. It had been held by Oliver Donachie, a Conservative...

LOCAL ELECTIONS Clockwise from top left: Joseph Polson (Lib Dem), Carl Jones (Conservative), Andrew Osborne (Independent), Ray Ballman (Labour) and Andy Bentley (Green) Housing, crime and anti-social behaviour are all things that matter to the voters of Gorse Hill and Pinehurst.  The ward is one of the smallest in Swindon, but one of the most densely populated. It also suffers among the highest rates of deprivation in Swindon and the south west.  The Pinehurst West area is in the top fi...