BURKE selected to fight Lindley ward seat in local elections
-Will fight re-election campaign on record of local action and achievement.
Lindley Liberal Democrats have selected current Councillor Cahal Burke to fight to retain the Lindley Ward seat for the party at the May 2014 Local Elections.
Cllr Burke, who was elected to the council four years ago, received the unanimous backing of Lindley Ward members in recognition of his outstanding work in the Lindley Ward area during his term in office.
Formally a special educational needs teacher at a secondary School, Cllr Burke left that position to focus on his ward and council work shortly after being elected in 2010.
Presently Cllr Burke is the Chair of Lindley Community Group which delivers Lindley Carnival and the Lindley 10k charity running event of which he is one of the founders. He has completed several half and full marathons during his time in office raising £1000’s for Yorkshire Cancer Research whilst also attracting £1000’s of funding to the area to pay for local improvements and projects.
He has also led several high profile campaigns helping residents tackle officials from the council and private companies on matters relating to local land development; road safety outside the local schools; permit parking charges; changes to letting arrangements at older person’s accommodation and the setting of the areas Local Development Framework.
Cllr Christine Stanfield, Kirklees and Lindley Lib Dem Member, said:
“I am delighted to support Cllr Cahal Burke as the Lib Dem candidate for the Lindley Ward in May. He has kept up our tradition of hard work and enterprise. The Carnival continues to be a great ward event and his innovation of the Lindley 10K not only challenges local runners but brings in a large donation to charity. He is dedicated and passionate and the right choice for Lindley.”
Cllr Cahal Burke
Cllr Burke lives in Lindley Ward with his wife and his two children said:
“I made the conscious decision when I got elected to leave my job as a teacher – which I loved – so I could focus my time and energy on the ward and my work as a councillor. I am really pleased with lots of things I have achieved, especially the way the Carnival has developed and the 10K but what pleases me most is that people know that I work hard for the area. That’s what I will be running by re-election campaign on, my record. The opposition might run negative campaigns but that’s because they haven’t done anything positive for the area to tell people about.”
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