Labour MP to inherit 3 hole constituency left by Tories.

 

Former MP for Wansbeck who is now the Labour candidate for the brand new Blyth with Ashington constituency Ian Lavery, who is according to the most recent polling data about to win this new consistency with a handsome majority will inherit the nations only political patch famous for its three long term holes, left by the Conservatives than for any improvement being brought about through levelling up.

 The towns of Bedlington, Ashington and Blyth have had to endure the mess brought about by Conservative failures to be even interested in improving the three South East Northumberland towns.

They have left them drift for the last seven years as they squander £ millions on show off projects in areas they promote heavily like Morpeth and Ponteland leaving residents of the new constituency with sites akin to Aleppo in their Town centres.

 The bragging Tories have attempted to mix funding to improve the lot of rich industrialists designed to fill their pockets with public cash with the skimpy spend on Town centres being spread so thinly that local people now know that they are being and have been ignored since May 2017 .

With more being spent on funding lawyers and clearing out officers from the Conservative County Council and when coupled with the narrowing of A class roads to fit in cycle tracks than is being spent to improve the lot for residents.

The Tories seem to be blowing the trumpet of the spend on a new much needed school in Seaton Delaval using an estimated £60m of public funds which sits outside the new constituency of Blyth with Ashington and hailing this as a spending success in Blyth.

 

 The outgoing MP for Blyth who is replaced by his wife as the Tory’s candidate to run against Ian Lavery MP, Ian Levy MP,  is the man who bragged he was bringing 8000 jobs to Blyth.

 Up to press the outgoing MP for Blyth has actually driven down the number of jobs available in Blyth through his acceptance of the closure of the Keel Row shopping centre and the rundown of the remaining retail offer in the Town with Wilko and Argos deserting the high street zone during his time in office. When the catalogue of failures is coupled with the sale of the site which was being used as a catalyst for the expected 8000 jobs by his Tory mates from County Hall the improvements for local people will never arrive if the Tories get back into office.