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3 May 2015

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Councillor uses Sidmouth Streetlife to propound his views.

from a correspondent (happy to be named as Sandra Semple):

Didn’t Archant promise a purdah period?

Aren’t councillors supposed to show an imprint when they distribute pre-election material?

Under a heading “My Election News” a councillor identified as Peter S makes various political claims:

https://www.streetlife.com/conversation/3kpv1ltvmcvg1/?utm_term=sidmouthherald.co.uk&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=archant

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I made a complaint about this in the column (Sandra S) which was removed almost immediately by the newspaper which has allowed other comments to continue (no, actually it refuses to accept my password!)

[Subsequent posts to this make an interesting read as readers take the councillor to task for admitting that he took a decision on incomplete information – his Cabinet having denied other councillors the rightt to see many of the documents that led to their decision – Ed EDW]

Electoral Commission document states:

You must:
• Use imprints on all your campaign material, including websites. See paragraph 1.26 below for more information.

Websites and other electronic material

1.33 You should also put an imprint on electronic material, such as websites and emails. The imprint should include the name and address of the promoter and the organisation on whose behalf it has been produced.

Click to access Part-4-The-campaign-P-and-C.pdf

Is this an appropriate use of the Streetlife ethos (chatting about what is going on in your local community)? And why was my comment censored?

 

2 thoughts on “Councillor uses Sidmouth Streetlife to propound his views.”

  1. Following the EDDC Council’s decision to relocate to Sky Park in March 2014 I put it to this former councillor that he had let his constituents down by voting to move. He responded by claiming he represented the people of East Devon and not Sidmouth. I do hope the new councillors will represent the interest of the people who voted for them and not some third party interest.

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  2. I encourage everyone to go and read this Streetlife page – Peter Sullivan is getting a real drubbing – everyone is telling him they will not be voting for him!!!

    I know that Sidmouth is particularly disaffected with the Conservatives, but if the other wards are even part-way like this, the Tories are going to lose a LOT of seats.

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