“They need shaking up.”
Distrust, anger and frustration at a lack of democratic choice are among the feelings of voters in Tameside ahead of next week’s local elections. When the ballot boxes open on the morning of Thursday, May 4 it will be the first time all 57 seats on the council will be up for election for nearly 20 years.
Theoretically, it gives a chance for control of the town hall – which has been run by Labour since 1979 – to swing to another party if they can drum up enough support to win a majority of seats.
