4 new challengers took on incumbent, Conservative Ian Parry for the Stone Rural seat, however, Ian’s constituents once again backed him emphatically.
Ian received over 56% of the vote, a fall from his 2017 result where he achieved 67.97%, however still a huge amount in front of the other candidates.
Ian told our readers why he was standing once again and some of his priorities:
“I have served the area on the County Council since 1997, since then I have fought many campaigns, worked on countless issues on your behalf and helped numerous organisations in the community to access funding and support. It’s tough and challenging at times, but also a great privilege to serve my community.
This year has been especially demanding on all of us as we fight to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic. Locally I have been working with our local community groups who have done a brilliant job in reaching out to people who need support. I have also been especially keen to ensure that council services do not fail those who need support and care in their homes, particularly during the lockdown periods.
I hope my experience, commitment and record has earned me a reputation for being a strong advocate and community leader, a good listener who makes sound judgments and gets things done.
Roads and safety continue to be important, which is why I continue to argue and push for more to be done to make our roads safer and why I successfully got extra £millions for maintenance. I have also managed to gain more weight restrictions, safety features, crossings, speed camera monitoring and better signage to divert heavy vehicles.
There are still lots of problems to resolve and I will not give up.”
The full results are below:
| BENTLEY Daniel Wesley | Reform UK | 121 | 3.18% |
| DAVIES Jim | Independent | 589 | 15.48% |
| NICOLL David Maximilian Cathmoir | Labour Party | 585 | 15.37% |
| PARRY Ian Michael | Conservative Party Candidate | 2150 | 56.50% |
| SANDIFORD Alec | Liberal Democrats | 360 | 9.46% |
| Total Votes | 3805 |
When pinpointing specific issues across the Stone Rural division Ian told us:
“For Stone Rural residents having a county councillor with the experience and network ability to get things done matters most. Stone Rural is an area that has many villages and small communities, each has specific needs, but road safety, highway maintenance and maintaining good community facilities are high priorities.
Over the next few years we need to keep the pressure on HS2 to try to avoid the construction phase becoming a massive burden on local roads and communities.”
Congratulations to Ian, he’s certainly got the backing of his constituents who once again came out to support him, outpolling his opposition massively.
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