Conservative members in Coventry have been voting to decide who will represent the party in the next set of local elections in May 2020. At a packed meeting four candidates were selected to contest some of the key battleground seats in the city.

Coventry Conservatives are celebrating after holding onto Wainbody Ward with an increased majority. The result means that Conservative candidate Mattie Heaven will join Cllr John Blundell and Cllr Tim Sawdon, who also represent Wainbody Ward, at the Council House.

Coventry Conservatives have selected Mattie Heaven as their candidate at a forthcoming by-election in Wainbody ward. The date of the poll is yet to be announced. It follows the death of former Lord Mayor, Gary Crookes, who had represented the ward since 1995.

Conservatives have set out their five-year vision for Coventry ahead of this year’s local elections on Thursday 2nd May. In the document they promise to prioritise job creation, improve transport links, support libraries and clean the city up.

Councillors will meet next week to consider calls for an independent investigation into bullying at Coventry City Council. It follows the release of a survey by a trades union which found that 85% of respondents felt they had been bullied at some point.

Former greenbelt land at Eastern Green in Coventry could end up with almost an extra thousand houses on top of what had previously been agreed. That’s almost 50% more than the 2,250 agreed in the Local Plan.

Coventry Conservatives have announced plans to inject an extra £669,000 into services delivered by the Council next year. It comes as Councillors prepare to debate the authority’s budget for the next year at a meeting of all councillors on Tuesday 19th February.

As an opposition in Coventry Council we have always worked for transparency and Bi partisan working. 

Under the current leadership from Cllr George Duggins this has been almost impossible. 

The news today is very shocking and something we will be pushing for answers.

Conservative Councillors in Coventry are calling upon the Council to review maintenance contracts levied upon new build homeowners across the city. Councillor Peter Male (Woodlands Ward) and Councillor Marcus Lapsa (Westwood Ward) have submitted a motion to the forthcoming Full Council meeting.

Coventry Conservatives have welcomed the decision of Coventry City Council to grant an application for a new private hire operator in the city, following months of procrastination by the Labour controlled Council.