Many thanks to all of you who voted for me and my running mate Margaret Toner. It is very humbling to think that people take the trouble to come out to the polling stations and mark their ballot papers in your favour. This is my third election victory and each time when the result was announced I experienced an incredible feeling of pride that so many people had chosen me to represent them. Along with the feeling of pride is also a certain amount of apprehension as it sinks home that you have been given a huge responsibility and I commit myself to working diligently for the people of Prestwick in particular and South Ayrshire in general for the next four years.
The new electoral make up of 12 Tories, 9 Labour, 8 SNP and 1 Independent means that no party has overall control but that the parties are going to have to come to some sort of agreement or understanding and embrace a spirit of co-operation which puts the best interests of the people of South Ayrshire at the heart of their decision making.
We councillors will be under intense scrutiny and I am in no doubt that we will be judged harshly by the electorate in four years time if we waste this opportunity to change the face of south Ayrshire politics from one of confrontation to one of co-operation.
Monday 7 May 2007
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