Councillor Sir Ron Watson CBE (Dukes Ward)

Sefton MBC Councillor

Sir Ron Watson CBE is a Dukes Ward councillor. He lives in the ward and is a familiar face to local residents and businesses.

Sir Ron recently said, 'The past period with the pandemic has certainly brought many more Local Government enquiries than usual but I have been very pleased to do what I can to help Dukes Ward residents with a range of issues including the cycle lanes, planning applications, road repairs, overhanging trees and have given particular attention to environmental improvements and cleansing in our principal Town Centre areas.

I am also working with our MP, Damien Moore, to ensure that in view of the £37.5m Southport has been allocated by the Conservative Government, we do seek to improve many areas of the Town and encourage and assist the local business community.

I hope that residents will not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any assistance to them with any Sefton Council matters that arise in their area.'

News

Does Southport Need More Cycle Lanes and One Way Systems?

Plans have been put forward by Sefton Council as part of the “Les Transformation de Southport” to change the road layout along the Promenade, introducing one way systems on Nevill Street and Bold Street as well as a large cycle lane down the centre of The Promenade.

Conservatives Vote Against Council Tax Rises at Sefton Council

At last night’s Sefton Council  budget meeting, Conservatives proposed investing over £750,000 in our green spaces and recreational services. Tony Brough, leader of the Conservative Group on the council, said “We put forward a credible and fully costed proposal to improve our green spaces

Cllr Tony Brough Criticises Local Lib Dems

Councillor Tony Brough the Leader of the Sefton Conservative Group and a Councillor for Ainsdale has expressed his great concern over the decision made by the Liberal Democrat Group to resign their seat on the Planning Committee to which they are entitled under the Council’s Constitution. Councillo

No Support for Cycle Lanes

On Tuesday evening, Sefton Council’s Overview & Scruitiny Committee met to consider the results of the cycle lane consultation, which was published earlier this month.

Southport Conservatives Call for Cycle Lane Proposals to be Scrapped

Southport Conservatives are demanding that Sefton Labour listen to the people of Southport and abandon their plans to impose more cycle lanes on the town. Cambridge Ward Councillor, Sinclair d’Albuquerque, and Dukes Ward Councillor, Mike Prendergast, have long opposed the scheme with it being a cen

Cllr Sir Ron Watson Alerts Residents to Telephone Scams

There is hardly a day goes by when some unintended consequences of the Covid-19 situation do not make themselves known and one factor which no-one took into account because there was no precedent has been a huge increase in scam telephone calls. These have included people indicating that they are f

Cllr Sir Ron Watson on Afghan Resettlement Scheme

“When Sherlock Holmes was first introduced to Dr Watson he said “I can see that you have recently returned from Afghanistan”. This was some 150 years ago and the involvement of so many countries over so many decades for so many different reasons could be considered to be the defining issue with thi

Southport Conservatives Force Labour to Release Cycle Lane Consultation Results

The Southport Conservative council group have decided to retract a requisition for a full extraordinary meeting of the council to discuss the consultation into the cycle lane proposals for Southport. This comes following the response, on the same day the requisition was received by the council, tha

Borrowing for The Strand will cost £42.5 million says Cllr Sir Ron Watson

Conservative Dukes Ward Councillor, Sir Ron Watson, has now been able to learn more details concerning Sefton Labour Council’s decision to buy the Bootle New Strand Shopping Centre at a time when no-one from the private sector would entertain purchasing the centre as a commercial entity. Sir Ron sa

Sir Ron Watson calls on Sefton Labour to say if they agree with Angela Rayner

Southport Conservative Councillor Sir Ron Watson has challenged the Labour Leader of Sefton, Councillor Ian Maher, to say  whether or not there are any Conservative Councillors who can be described as “a bunch of scum, homophobic, racist, misogynistic, absolute vile, banana republic, pieces of