Firefighters Against Cuts () was a political party formed in 2003 which fought a small number of seats in the
2003 United Kingdom local elections
The 2003 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 1 May 2003, the same day as the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, Scottish Parliamentary and the 2003 National Assembly for Wales election, Welsh Assembly elections. There were loca ...
. It was registered on 20 March 2003.
Paul Woolstenholmes was the party leader and he stood with Steven Brinkley, campaigns officer,
the for
Felixstowe North Ward in
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk Coastal was a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Melton, Suffolk, Melton, having moved from neighbouring Woodbridge, Suffolk, Woodbridge in 2017. Other towns include Fel ...
.
Gerard MacMillan stood for
Busby Ward,
East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire (; ) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It was formed in 1996, as a successor to the Eastwood (district), Eastwood district of the Strathclyde region. The northeastern part of the council area is close to Glasgow and ma ...
.
Fergus Richardson, a union leader of the
Fire Brigades Union
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom for wholetime firefighters (including officers up to chief fire officer / firemaster), retained firefighters and emergency control room staff.
History Early 20th century
...
during the
UK firefighter dispute 2002–03
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stood for
South Ayrshire Council
South Ayrshire Council (Scottish Gaelic: ''Comhairle Shiorrachd Àir a Deas'') is the local authority for South Ayrshire, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It was created in 1996, and now comprises eight wards, each with three of four dire ...
.
John Maitland also stood for Annbank Mossblown St Quivox Ward for the same council.
References
External links
* {{cite news, url=https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/fighting-fires-fighting-cuts, title=From fighting fires to fighting cuts, work=Workers' Liberty, publisher=Alliance for Workers' Liberty, date=25 April 2003, first=Vicki, last=Morris
2003 establishments in the United Kingdom
Defunct political parties in the United Kingdom
Fire and rescue in the United Kingdom
Anti-austerity political parties in the United Kingdom