Conservative PPC kicked off council for non-attendance

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Conservative PPC kicked off council for non-attendance

By Mark Pack | Thu 12th November 2009 - 12:50 pm

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The Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Hallam, Daniel Gage, would face a pretty uphill task to defeat Nick Clegg in any event. But he’s just made that job a whole lot harder, by being kicked off a town council for failing to turn up to meetings.

The Sheffield Telegraph reports:

Daniel Gage, one of five Tories on Dronfield Town Council, has been disqualified after failing to attend a single council meeting in the last six months.

Mr Gage, aged 24, said he is ‘heartbroken’ to have been kicked off the council just days before he was due to launch his campaign to be elected as MP for Sheffield Hallam.

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2 Comments

Sally 12th Nov '09 - 3:02pm

Heartbroken? Sounds like a plan to me…
Geoffrey Payne 12th Nov '09 - 11:35pm

To think this used to be a Tory seat!

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