"Councillors I am proud of" says Lib Dem Leader Aspinell
The full picture of who is the most hardworking councillor in Brentwood emerged last week, with Lib Dem councillors occupying five of the top ten places.
Cllr Karen Chilvers, Brentwood West, was revealed as the councillor who did the most ward case work in 2013 with 216 cases - one of only two of the 37 councillors to break the 200 mark.
As well as new leader Cllr Aspinell himself at the number three spot (181 cases), also in the top ten are Cllr Vicky Davies at no 4 (140 cases), Shenfield's Liz Cohen at no 8 with 80 cases and Brentwood North's Cllr Philip Mynott at no 10 with 58 cases.
Of the 21 Conservative councillors - twelve of them have chalked up less than ten resident cases in the entire twelve months with Cllr Noelle Hones (Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing) and Cllr Keith Parker (Brizes & Doddinghurst) giving their time to just one case. However, this is eclipsed by the second year running by Hutton Central's Cllr Alan Braid who has done no council casework whatsoever for his residents, according to the information in this Freedom of Information request.
On average, Tory councillors undertake an average of 19 resident cases per year, the average opposition councillor undertakes 79 per year whilst the Lib Dems are way out in front with an average of 94 cases per year.
Cllr Barry Aspinell said:
"I am extremely proud of my hardworking team of councillors who demonstrate exactly what being a councillor is all about - working hard for resdients all year round. Some of the Tory administration's councillors are clearly not working for their residents and should be ashamed of themselves. This is a paid role - make sure you ask your candidate what they are doing or plan to do for you whent they ask for your vote in May and - especially those councillors who have a record of doing nothing."
Meanwhile, County Council records show that Cllr David Kendall is the hardest working backbencher in Brentwood with over 300 cases registered for his Brentwood South Division.
