Kate Clegg
Liberal Democrat Party
Littleborough Lakeside Ward
Kate lives in Smithy Bridge with her husband, 2 girls, 2 dogs, a cat and flock of ducks in the garden. Kate works as a lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice and attends Smithy Bridge Methodist church. In her limited spare time, she loves walking her dogs in the countryside around Littleborough and is a keen baker. In 2018 Kate jointly set up the Littleborough and Smithy Bridge 'Save the Greenbelt' campaign and she continues to vehemently oppose the plans to build extensively on the greenbelt in our area.
“I am delighted to have been re-selected to stand for Littleborough Lakeside for the Lib Dems.” Said Kate “We came within a couple of hundred votes of winning last year and I want to give the community the chance to vote for a councillor who will truly listen and serve the constituents. I am deeply concerned about the climate emergency facing the country and I would love to see Littleborough Lakeside leading the way in the borough for an improved recycling scheme, a reduction in single use plastics and cleaner air.
We need to hold the current administration to task. Rochdale Labour seem to have a strategy of “Borrow and Build” without ever listening to the opinions or thoughts of local residents. We see it time and again with things like the GMSF, the Clean Air Zone tax, Littleborough Centre Master Plan have all been presented from above without consulting with voters. It seems that all Rochdale wants to do is attract people from elsewhere to come live here, before looking after the residents who already reside here.
As an opposition party the Lib Dems in Rochdale will continue to hold Labour to task. We pledge to challenge, scrutinise and offer alternatives to their decision making and actions. The Conservative government is an absolute disgrace. People I talk to on the doorstep simply cannot vote Tory locally because of the behaviour of Boris and his cronies.”
Kate goes on; “If elected I pledge to do everything possible to bring down the levels of crime and anti-social behaviour in the ward. Speeding cars, theft, drug use and street crime just seem to be treated as low level by the police, but the feeling of being ignored and not being safe is high upon people’s priorities.”
She would also like to see safer and cleaner walking and cycling paths in the area, especially on school routes and if elected, will lobby for improvements to cycle routes and for better public transport through the reintroduction of a decent bus route between Littleborough and Milnrow and beyond.
Kate and her family can often be seen out litter picking in the local community or out on ‘toad patrol’ . "We are lucky to live in such a beautiful area, it saddens me to see so much litter and graffiti around, I would like to see the litter bins emptied more regularly , particularly during busy weekends on the canal and at the lake".
A vote for me is a vote to save the green spaces, to reject Labour’s house building plans and to scrutinise local decisions and hold them to account. I pledge to be accountable, available and advocate for the residents of Littleborough Lakeside.
