A Horwich councillor and leader of a hyper-local party has defected to the Conservatives. Marie Brady, who represents Horwich North East on Bolton Council, was a founder and leader of Horwich and Blackrod First Independents, who have three members.
She has crossed the floor and joined the Tories following an explosive row between one of her party colleagues, Coun David Grant and the Conservative leadership, over Bolton Council’s expression of interest in bidding to have the Great British Railways headquarters in Bolton town centre. Her former colleagues believed the bid should have centred on Horwich at the former loco works site.
Coun Brady, said: “As a founder member and leader of Horwich and Blackrod First Independents, I am sad to say that I have taken the difficult decision to leave the party. With a party of Independents, each wanting to do their the best for Horwich and Blackrod, how we achieved that, inevitably led to a difference of opinions.
