CHARLOTTE EARL FRANCES LASOK Let ’s make the most of Leamington’s potential Your local Conservative Candidates for Leamington Clarendon We’ll work with local groups and knock doors to hear from you about what needs solving Dear fellow resident, Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. My name is Frances and I live just off Leicester Street in North Leamington. I moved here for the first time when I was a teenager, came back to settle here as an adult, and now I’m standing to be our next district councillor here in Clarendon. Although I’m involved in the community and have worked a lot with local government, it wasn’t my plan to stand as a councillor. But, and it sounds so cheesy to say this, whenever you walk around the area or walk down the Parade, you realise how lucky we are to live here. We have so much potential; we’re the Silicon Spa, a stone’s throw from two universities, a town of both young families and people who’ve spent their lives here. We’re a town of contrasts too. Probably one of the most prosperous and innovative towns in the region but at the same time children live in poverty here, and Leamington has some of the wards with the highest levels of deprivation in Warwick District. It’s the council’s job to ensure that all voices are heard and help ensure that everyone is able to access help when they need it. Frances Lasok Charlotte Earl Many of us have walked around the town during lockdown and looked at the closed Your local candidate Your local candidate for shops, at the closed schools, at the closed and silent Parade. It’s a reminder of how we for Clarendon, District Clarendon, Warwickshire can’t take what we’ve got for granted. We all know how many of our businesses will Council By-Election County Council Elections be reliant on an economic recovery post-COVID and, in a town that’s defined by our 07874 074299 07852 880 023 communities, how many groups will have been unable to meet for over a year. [email protected] [email protected] That’s why I’m standing. Some details are on the back about how we can use the Council’s resources to get the best for residents, like last year’s emergency support for the town centre businesses during COVID. The Commonwealth Games comes to Leamington in 2022 for the bowls and the start of the cycle race, so let’s use that opportunity! There are exciting plans for the Creative Quarter running roughly from the Town Hall to the station, and the plans to extend the cycle routes will get us on the way to a cleaner and greener Leamington. We’re a town with huge, huge potential and we can knuckle down to achieve this, at Philip Seccombe the same time protecting what we’ve got. Police and Crime Commissioner [email protected] Like most of us, in my job I get measured on results. In my free time, I volunteer helping 07773 326046 get people from different backgrounds into public life. It’s that drive for making things www.philipseccombe.co.uk happen and achieving potential that I think we could use in Clarendon. Both of your Conservative candidates live locally and can bring hard work and enthusiasm to our area. My contact details are below if you would like to get in touch. At social distance, I hope we get a chance to meet soon. Frances Frances Lasok, Your district council candidate for Leamington Clarendon 07874 074299 [email protected] Warwickshire County Council Elections and Leamington Clarendon By- Election Thursday 6th May PLAN FOR LEAMINGTON CLARENDON Making the most of our town of opportunity Green Spaces - Greener Leamington Working to protect our We’ll work to protect our green spaces and parks, green spaces and parks 1. including preserving Newbold Comyn as our public space open to all users. We’ll help make Leamington greener through policies including increasing cycle tracks and provision of electric car charging points. The world comes to Leamington! We’ll seize the opportunity of the Commonwealth 2. Games coming to Leamington in 2022. So we’ll work with the team here to use this opportunity to improve our area, bring in tourist spending, and get the investment in to improve our town along with the Games. A safer Leamington Whether it’s increasing road safety or tackling anti- 3. social behaviour, we can help to make Leamington safer. The District Council has recently invested £1m in CCTV. Where there are specific local issues, we’ll work with the councils and the Police and Crime Commissioner to We’ve got two Council administrations in identify what safety measures can be put in place. Warwick, County and District. So we’ve formed a united team that will work No-one left behind together to get the best for you. Many people live close to the breadline or otherwise 4. need support: the Council supported 3,620 Lifeline users in the last year. That’s why we’ll work with the councils, the Govt, and third party agencies to ensure everyone can access help when needed and ensure every voice is represented. Local Infrastructure Leamington should be a place of opportunity. So the 5. District Council are running an Improvement Scheme for Leamington Spa Station, a series of transforming projects Supporting local infrastructure & for the Creative Quarter, have secured a £10m bid from Leamington as a place of opportunity the Future High Streets Fund: that’s what we’ll build on. A record of action nationally→ A record of action locally £48m PAID OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES IN COVID SUPPORT FUNDING - RANKED 12TH IN THE COUNTRY £10m OF FUNDING SECURED FROM NATIONAL HIGHOver ST 50 FUND and not FOR had the PARADE vaccine? Go to https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-cov- id-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavi- rus-vaccination, ring 119 or contact your GP We’re a town of opportunity. Let’s make the most of Leamington’s potential: warwickandleamingtonconservatives.org/LeamingtonClarendon Promoted by Thomas Raynor on behalf of Charlotte Earl and Frances Lasok, and Alex Hall on behalf of Philip Seccombe, all of 3 Trinity Street, CV37 6BL. Printed by Solopress. 9 Stock Rd, Southend-on-Sea SS2 5QF.