'Full Time' MP? Councillor Adam Symons poor record of attendance at Torridge DC
By mfs1011 | Monday, May 03, 2010, 11:29
Giving the vitriolic and sustained attack on Geoffrey Cox, which involved rewriting and misrepresenting old newspaper headlines, it is only fair an reasonable to enquire as to whether Councillor Adam Symons, who represents Hartland and Bradworthy on Torridge District Council is a good attender of meetings.
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I have gone through the Torridge District Council website looking at the minutes of meetings for the last year or so from March/April '09 to the present. Cllr Symons sits on the Overview & Scrutiny Committee and like all councillors has to attend full council meetings.
In summary, I found that Councillor Symons attended only 27% of meetings, though he partially attended a further 9% where is is minuted that he left the meeting early. For the remaining 64% he has given his apologies.
I will do something he has not done for Geoffrey Cox and cut Adam Symons a bit of slack for the birth of his son. However, the point remains that Adam Symons has failed to attend a substantial number of meetings which as a Councillor he should have been present at.
Given all the talk of being a full time MP, it is certainly revealing that Councillor Symons attends meetings so infrequently for the elected office that he does hold and for which he receives an allowance and expenses from the taxpayer.
Below is the list meetings. DNA - Did Not Attend
Date
Meeting
Attended
26-Apr-10
Full Council
DNA
12-Apr-10
Full Council
DNA
22-Feb-10
Full Council
DNA
18-Jan-10
Full Council
DNA
05-Jan-10
Overview & Scrutiny
Attended
02-Dec-09
Overview & Scrutiny
DNA
30-Nov-09
Full Council
Attended
09-Nov-09
Full Council
DNA
04-Nov-09
Overview & Scrutiny
DNA
21-Oct-09
Overview & Scrutiny
DNA
19-Oct-09
Full Council
DNA
30-Sep-09
Overview & Scrutiny
Attended
07-Sep-09
Full Council
Attended
20-Aug
Overview & Scrutiny
DNA
29-Jul-09
Overview & Scrutiny
DNA
29-Jul-09
Full Council
Attended
22-Jun-09
Full Council
DNA
17-Jun-09
Overview & Scrutiny
DNA
12-May-09
Overview & Scrutiny
DNA
11-May-09
Full Council
Left early
29-Apr-09
Overview & Scrutiny
Attended
23rd March 2009
Full Council
Left early
Comments
I added my comment about voting before I had read this.
lewis45 - Your postings have no factual content. Unlike the poster of this news item.
What are you going to allege or make up about my post?
I would say I have read all the local Liberal Democrat election literature and all the local Conservative election literature. Only the Liberal Democrat Candidate, Adam Symons has made personal innuendos against the Conservative Party Candidate, Geoffrey Cox.
By pobox112 at 23:15 on 05/05/10
ReportIt is quite clear that members of Geofrey's staff have been posting on here and other sites. It does not do your party any good at all.
mfs1011 you mentioned in a previous post that the Lib Dems have launched a nasty smear campaign. Is this not what you, and countless leaflets that have been pushed through my letter box have done?
By lewis45 at 12:28 on 04/05/10
ReportCase closed silly man. Adam if you have a job then do it, golf or anything else does not take away the responsibility you hold, and want to hold.
By Dartmoor Motorcycle Training at 20:22 on 03/05/10
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