Rose Hill station won the best bloom and Marple station best artwork in the recent Cheshire Best Kept Station event in Jan.  Well to both!

  Across the borough there are a number of roadworks. The A555 westbound will be shut for 17 weeks from Mon 12th Feb (from A34 junction towards Heald Green) due to drainage problems.  Officers also tell us that in spite of the collapse of Carillion, the rest of the new road is still being built […]

Voting Reform We want an electoral system based on Proportional Representation, as Scotland and most other democracies use.  This means every vote counts, you get a representative who actually represents you and the results reflect the way the nation voted. An elected House of Lords.  All parties signed up to a 80% or 100% elected […]

Dedicated Marple Area Committee and issues (such as road works) from SMBC web pages SMBC link Area Committee topics on Marple website Marple website

News from TfGM and the GM mayor, December 2017 “Engines off at school gates!” urges Greater Manchester Mayor in clean air drive Mayor Andy Burnham has called on Greater Manchester’s drivers to help tackle deadly air pollution by turning their car engines off at the school gates. Pupils and teachers at Leigh Central Primary School […]

(Please note this organisation is completely independent from any political party, but campaigns on EU issues.)   “I’m sure you’ve seen today’s reports that our Government will be handing over £50 billion to Brussels to leave the EU.  Nobody was told this fact during the referendum. Brexit campaigners said that we would get £350 million […]

Work will take place from 27th November to carry out remedial repairs to the existing road hump/cushions on Hibbert Lane.  Meanwhile, United Utilities are still repairing the collapsed road around one of their pipes on Stockport Road near Rose Hill.  We are hoping this will be done shortly.   Meanwhile we hope that the leaks on […]

 MP-turned-councillor John Pugh Excellent news from a council byelection here in the North West – with  a Lib Dem gain from the Conservatives for Dukes ward on Sefton council. Our new councillor, John Pugh, was MP for Southport up until the snap election in June when he stood down after 16 years in Parliament.  He […]

After public consultations (and effectively a vote) on the subject, the ward name of Marple South will now be Marple South and High Lane. The area committee that makes local decisions across Marple North and Marple South will still be Marple Area Committee. That committee sat last night.  Cllr Allan commented that, whilst many (by […]

Hard border?  No. Hard luck Human Rights?  Not a chance. Hard Brexit??? Absolutely not. The trouble is, 6 months after the General Election, not much has changed and the government look weaker than ever.  The coalition of 2010-2015, for all the criticism at the time, now looks relatively stable.