Drake Ward - Plymouth Labour

02/06/2025

07/07/2024

Thank you for all the messages in the last 48 hours. It is a privilege to be re-elected to represent my home in Parliament.

The Labour landslide wasn’t just a rejection of the Conservatives, it was a vote for change, a vote for a better style of government and for getting our country back on track.

I’m so proud of the campaign Plymouth Labour has run across our city. We chose to be positive, to ignore smears and personal jibes and to make the case for change.

Plymouth now has a new look team in Westminster. After years where my requests for cross-party working were rebuffed for purely political reasons I now believe we have a team of Parliamentarians who will work together in our city’s best interest. Fred Thomas for Plymouth Moor View, Rebecca Smith, the new Conservative MP for SW Devon and me are a fresh start for our city.

Labour won well in Cornwall too. Every single Conservative MP lost and Labour now has four MPs including Anna Gelderd for South East Cornwall who I’ve worked with on cheaper tolls for local people on the Tamar Crossings.

This election wasn’t just about changing faces, it was about changing the way our country is run, changing our style of politics and changing the focus of those in public office back to service. Self-interest was yesterday’s business.

Parliament returns this week and I will be back making the case for change, for Plymouth’s fair share, for getting our NHS back on its feet, for a strong defence and for action on the cost of living crisis. There’s much to do. I can’t wait to get stuck in. Thank you for all your support.

05/07/2024

RESULT: Labour hold Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.

https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/uk-parliamentary-general-election-results

05/07/2024

So that's is it folks, we have a The Labour Party goverment.

The following people have played their part it for Drake Ward - Plymouth Labour

Cllr Charlotte Holloway our wonderful councillor.

Eddie Rennie gone but not forgoten who was our wonderful chair and councillor for Labour in Sutton and Mount Gould ward.

Luke Pollard our wonderful MP.

Most of importantly all our wonderful volunteers who made this possible.

We also can't forget Plymouth Labour MP Fred Thomas the new Labour MP for Moor View.

04/07/2024

Do you want five more years of Tory chaos, or change with Labour?

Polls are open until 10pm.

04/07/2024

Find a local Labour campaigning event near you.

03/07/2024

03/07/2024

11/03/2022

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21/09/2021

Plymouth Labour is celebrating the news that Plymouth City Council has won Council of the Year at the prestigious Municipal Journal Achievement Awards 2021.

The awards, dubbed the Oscars of the local government world, are the highest accolade a council can receive from its peers and leader of the Labour group, Cllr Tudor Evans OBE, described it as an “astonishing achievement”.

“It is a real vindication of the way Plymouth Labour ran the council and a testament to the effort and vision of the entire Plymouth Labour cabinet and group,” said Cllr Evans.
“We are fortunate to have extremely committed and hardworking officers at the council and they should also be thrilled at this astonishing achievement.”

The award relates to the 2020-21 municipal year and covers an extraordinary 12 months which included the council’s response to Covid pandemic, marking the anniversary of Mayflower 400, the opening of The Box and the creation of the UK’s first National Marine Park among a whole host of other innovations.

The Council heard of its shortlisting in June, a few weeks into the new Conservative administration, and Labour Group Deputy Leader Sue Dann attended the ceremony in London on Friday where the awards were handed out by Ed Balls.

The judges described Plymouth as “a local authority that has put culture-led regeneration and a sense of place at its heart, one that is determined to put its city on the map for all the right reasons and where political and officer leadership is genuinely a single voice for the benefit of all residents”.

Cllr Evans said: “The recognition of culture as a key part of the city’s development is particularly gratifying to see, to have that recognised on a national scale, and against such fierce competition, is something which everyone in Plymouth Labour can be enormously proud of.

“It’s our award, for our efforts on behalf of our communities and our city.”

09/08/2021

Important!

Plymouth Labour’s spokesperson for HR, Leisure and Parks, Cllr Sarah Allen (Peverell), comments on the switch in the management of Plymouth’s sports and leisure facilities, which may be run by a new council-owned company from April 2022.

“This is a move in the right direction but there are a number of issues on which we will be seeking clarity. This plan partially reflects the recent Labour-led administration’s ambition to bring these services back in-house and echoes our commitment to have better connections between our city’s green park spaces, the newly-created National Marine Park and our sports and swimming facilities. It is vital all relevant groups and communities are involved and engaged as this new company is developed, we need to know how this will work in practice and, importantly, what the advantages will be to the residents of the city. We want to see more people able to be actively involved in sport and leisure as we know how integral it is to people’s health and wellbeing.

We will also need to understand exactly what this will mean for the staff involved."

Read the full story in the Herald here: https://bit.ly/3fMfkxM