Yet so far… I was appointed the Conservative Candidate for Oakley Ward in January 2015. From a standing start and in only 4 months, I managed to gain 39% share of the vote against a long standing borough councillor (29 years) and former Mayoress. I also managed to reduce her share of the vote from […]
Stevington Oakley and Pavenham…
I feel like a Guardsman outside Buckingham Palace! Let’s make a change today! Go out to vote Ade Clewlow
This is the question that the vast majority of people have asked me as I have been knocking on doors throughout the last 4 months. And the answer is simple. After 29 years it is highly unlikely that any borough councillor will have the same levels of drive, enthusiasm and ambition as when they started their […]
I spent 5 hours in Lincroft yesterday. I met many people and they were all surprised when I explained that it was the culmination of a 4 month campaign. They didn’t expect to hear such commitment from a political candidate. I have been the only local candidate knocking on doors in this campaign. What does […]
I’m writing this from the Tudor Rose cafe in Oakley, which is a great place to recharge my batteries. I’ve just finished meeting residents in Farsands and Burleigh Place. It was another positive morning; the majority of people I met wanted to see a change and would vote for me. Others were naturally reserved […]
In January this year my wife came up with the idea to set up a Facebook page for the village where we live and those villages surrounding us. I decided to add a couple more and so the community group COPS was born (covering Clapham, Oakley, Pavenham and Stevington). We are now nearing 500 […]
It’s been a really busy weekend canvassing. This is what real local politics is all about. And with more people responding to my campaign and recognising me in the street, I am more confident than ever that change will come to the people in Oakley Ward. So as well as meeting the world’s biggest puppy […]
Well, not that much, other than confirmation that Alistair Burt was head and shoulders over his fellow candidates. We did learn that those members of the public who sat through the two hours provided a brilliantly diverse range of questions for the panelists. I still think that UKIP’s policies are un-British and the Greens are […]
In Oakley Ward it is a 2 horse race. With most other candidates simply nominated by their political parties, there is only one candidate who has been knocking on doors since January to hear your views (and you’re reading his blog!). Even today, canvassing with my local Parliamentary candidate Alistair Burt, I am struck by […]
Ade Clewlow MBE 