About Ian
Ian is 42 years old and lives in the constituency. He was born in Liverpool and raised in Huyton. He is a big supporter of the NHS – ever since Alder Hey saved his life as a child. His parents moved to Meols in 1980 and he attended Great Meols Primary School and then Hilbre High School. On failing his ‘O’ levels, miserably, he attended Wirral Met College to resit the ‘O’s and take ‘A’s.
After a short time at various banks, building societies and mortgage brokers, he qualified with the Chartered Institute of Marketing and went on to work in marketing, PR and media for various private and public sector organisations.
He moved to Wallasey in 1994 and first stood for election in Leasowe & Moreton in 1996. Three years later, he was elected in neighbouring Wallasey Ward, defeating a Labour councillor. This was the first of 11 seats Labour lost in Wallasey.
In 2000, received the Andy Day Award, sometimes referred to as ‘Councillor of the Year’ for his work on issues in the area.
Ian stood for Leasowe & Moreton East in 2007 and came within 18 votes of winning. A year later, he succeeded in becoming the first-ever Conservative Councillor for the ward, winning 51.3% of the vote. He was not re-elected in 2012, losing by 318 votes to the Labour candidate.
Ian is a governor of Christchurch CE Primary School on Upton Road and Castleway Primary School.
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In reply to your letter dated the 8th oct,I would like to say a big thank you for helping the passengers of this service.In my case,I have an 80yr old husband who is wheelchair bound,and is a retired supervisor driving Instuctor for M.P.T.E.He is amazed at the time/keeping the drivers keep to,and when I use the service whith my husband how courteas the drivers are,once again thank you for writing to me. yours sincerly
Mrs B.S.Arthur
34 Sunningdale
Moreton.
Dear Ian,
Myself and my neighbours have been e-mailing and writing to yourself and Streetscene over the last two years regarding the tree outside number 497 Leasowe Road. We have been promised the removal of the tree because of the heavy fruit falls on the sidewalk and in this weather it becomes very dangerous.We have recieved a reply from Streetscene to think a manager can speak to people in that tone is very disturbing and I must ask for your intervention to follow up with this problem.I have photo`s and if you come along now and see for yourself.
Yours truly
Les Neish
Re; Speeding traffic,Cornflower Way,
After recieving a letter from Steve Smith about speeding traffic in Cornflower Way we thought a few people might change their habits,but no.After another incident this afternoon whilst carefully pulling out from outside my house because it is a blind corner a car approached quickly behind my car and beeped at me,i approched the driver and tried to explain that it is difficult to see traffic approching when we pull out,it fell on deaf ears,it was Steve Smiths wife.
i wont to ask the council can they make lingham skate park 10 feet bigger plz
Dear Mr Lewis
I am writig regarding Yew Tree Lane Moreton : Planning Application for Affordable Homes I did attend meeting at Yew Tree Center where I was informed that WPHs owed the land which they would like to build on.I have since been informed they do not own all the land to be built on as I live in Yew way I would like to know all the facts so I can make a informed decision. I was giving a Artistic Impression of Plans but no measurements of how big this site will be or how much of the park it will take over