Cllr Peter Scott Telford and Wrekin Independent Councillor Voting Record

Cllr Peter Scott is currently our only Independent Councillor on Telford and Wrekin Council. He announces himself as a “True Independent” but I have noted that whilst a good communicator and seemingly a hard working ward members, his voting record appears to be very one sided. He represents an area of Newport Shropshire on T&W Council which in the past has been held by Conservatives.

I asked Council Officers to share with me his recorded voting record from May 2015 through to January 2019, a recorded vote is one where members feel it is important that public record be kept of how members actual vote.

His recorded voting record is shown below.

		With Labour	Against Labour	With Conservatives	With All Parties	Abstained
Party	Names	Administration	Administration	Opposition alone	Unanimously
Independent	Peter Scott	19	Never	Never	7	0

He has never voted against the Labour administration or Voted with the Conservatives unless all parties unanimously voted for an issue which we did a few times including motions in respect of the Princess Royal Hospital.

I would conclude from that whilst not linked officially in any way to Labour he is sympathetic to their ideas and supports their administration, an Independent I would ordinarily expect to have different views to the main parties and sometimes support one issue from one party and one from another. That is never the case with Councillor Peter Scott at least in respect of his voting record in this Council cycle.

His detailed voting record is shown here:-

Date	Motion		With Labour	With Conservative	Abstained
			Administration	Opposition
09/07/2015	Proposed changes to Arriva Bus routes
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

09/07/2015	Close Newport Recycling Centre
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

09/07/2015	Against Bedroom Tax
	Independent	Peter Scott

26/11/2015	Against Government Grant Reduction
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

03/03/2016	Service and Financial Planning
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

24/11/2016	Protecting Children
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

07/12/2016	Future Fit
	Independent	Peter Scott	1	1

02/03/2017	Service and Financial Planning
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

02/03/2017	Retention of Services at PRH
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

20/07/2017	Overnight Closure of PRH
	Independent	Peter Scott	1	1

21/09/2017	Shortfall in School Places
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

11/01/2017	Telford & Wrekin Local Plan
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

11/01/2017	Reverse Parking Charges at PRH
	Independent	Peter Scott	1	1

01/03/2018	Service and Financial planning
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

10/04/2018	Inquiry into CSE
	Independent	Peter Scott	1	1

26/07/2018	Retain Childrens unit at PRH
	Independent	Peter Scott	1	1

26/07/2018	Against merger with Shropshire
	Independent	Peter Scott	1	1

20/09/2018	White Ribbon Town
	Independent	Peter Scott	1	1

20/09/2018	Slow Progress with CRE
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

29/10/2018	Overnight Closure of PRH
	Independent	Peter Scott	1

Social Media

Peter Scott is forthright on social media and is not afraid to “like” negative statements about the Conservative group and indeed to pass negative and critical statements publicly that approach would to me appear to re-affirm what is apparent from his voting record that whilst Independent of a political party he does support the policies and approach of the local Telford and Wrekin Labour party.

If residents of his ward are reading this then I would ask that you consider not just his record of activity in the ward but also his voting record as after all a Council relies on a voting majority to put through it’s agenda. Of course residents are free to make up their own minds and vote according to their own convictions, but I share this blog post to highlight the information that is whilst publicly available may not be highlighted by the candidate himself.