Four Scottish Labour Councillors representing West Fife, Dunfermline and Rosyth have unanimously backed proposals for a Labour minority administration to run Fife Council and called the plans for the next five years, “transformative”. The four have also supported plans for colleague, Jim Leishman, to continue as Provost as Fife.
Labour Councillors will be seeking support to form a Labour Minority Administration on Thursday as Fife Council meets to agree its new governance structure.
In a statement, the four Councillors (Graeme Downie, West Fife & Coastal Villages; Cara Hilton, Dunfermline South; Gordon Pryde, Dunfermline North; and Andrew Verrecchia, Rosyth) said:
“The election on 5 May did not provide a majority for any single party so it is up to each to present their vision for Fife and see which of those could win the support of a majority . That is democracy.”
“The people of Fife are right to demand Fife Council make their lives better and fairer. Cuts to local government budgets by the SNP / Green coalition at Holyrood will make it very difficult but we believe the Fife Labour manifesto has the potential to be transformative for Fife by; helping people with increases in the cost of living; upgrading roads and public transport; improving social care; and creating new job opportunities.”
“We will be supporting Jim Leishman to continue as the Provost of Fife. Jim has been a fantastic ambassador for Fife and we hope he will get the overwhelming support of the Council on Thursday.”
“Should our proposals be agreed by the Council, we look forward to working with all other parties to improve services across the region and focussing on the most important thing, the people of Fife.”