The British National Party has been informed that it ‘holds the balance of power’ in Pendle after a council vote on the budget reached a stalemate, leaving the deciding vote to the BNP.
The decision for the public spending in the Lancashire town hung in the balance yesterday after the 24 votes from the Labour and LibDem coalition were matched by the 24 Conservative votes – the final vote, which will tip the balance either way, is Cllr Brian Parker’s.
Cllr Parker, who won his third consecutive term on the local council in 2015, spoke to two senior LibDem councillors about reaching a deal to support Labour’s budget proposals in return for their assistance in getting a dilapidated road resurfaced at the behest of residents in his Marsden ward.
“My two LibDem contacts hold higher positions and are able to pull the strings for funding,” Cllr Parker told the BNP News Team.
“The road in Marsden ward between Garrick St and Alexander St is in a terrible state and my constituents desperately want it fixed.
“I’ve made a non-formal agreement to get this local funding with the two councillors in return for supporting their budget proposals.
“The following day, I saw LibDem Cllr Ali surveying the site and I discussed the issue further.”
Word of Cllr Parker’s deal incensed Tory MP, Andrew Stevenson, who raised the issue in parliament yesterday accusing every one involved with scuppering the Tories’ budget plan of being ‘racist’.
“It’s typical of Mr Stevenson to make such an unreasonable and foolish claim,” said Cllr Parker.
“This is not a ‘race’ issue, it’s about getting funding for the people of my ward who elected me to do just that.”
It’s not the first time the BNP has upset Mr Stevenson.
Before Brian’s re-election, Mr Stevenson personally promised the then Prime Minister, David Cameron, that he would run the BNP out of Pendle.
Reports on the night Brian won the election told of a devastated and teary-eyed Mr Stevenson.
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