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| Andrew Douglas Pope Independent Candidate for Shirley |
"I pledge to listen and act for you. I will ask questions the other councillors do not ask.
I stand up for you in the media.
I have a proven track record of delivery.
I try to be the change that you want to see.
I've helped thousands of people over the years."
In Shirley Ward on 10th October, elect a proven winner for Southampton and its great people.
Vote Andrew Douglas Pope
Independent Candidate for Shirley Ward on 10th October 2024
Andrew Pope Founded Southampton Independents With Other Residents
Andrew Pope was Southampton City Councillor for eight years in the Maybush, Millbrook and Redbridge areas of Southampton between 2011-2019, first for Labour and then after standing for Parliament in the 2015 General Election in New Forest East, he resigned from Labour in disgust at what the Labour Council were doing to the City and the people in the area that he represented passionately and skilfully.
With the support of other residents, Andrew founded Southampton Independents and became its first ever councillor.
Andrew did not stand for Council in 2019. The Council was not bankrupt then. But having seen the dire state of the Council over recent years under new Labour MP Satvir Kaur's leadership before she quit the Council to vote at Parliament for cuts to pensioners, Andrew spoke to residents. He says:
"Standing as an Independent is different to the Westminster political parties.
I asked them and residents encouraged me to stand for Council and said that they would vote for me."
So Andrew is standing in the Shirley by-election as an Independent candidate.
He runs his own business in Shirley, PopeyMon Games and Consultancy, a technology consultancy and also repairs and trades vintage toys and games.
As well as many years experience listening and acting for Southampton people, Andrew listens carefully to the public every day as a professional interviewer for official surveys. These surveys are run for Government and charities. Andrew listens and records people's views and experiences on the NHS, education, work, transport, housing, mental health, the signs of ageing and on broadcast media.
These surveys are used to make important policy decisions by Government and campaigners.
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| Councillor Andrew Pope on BBC South Today Standing Up For Southampton |
Andrew Pope's Proven Record of Delivery
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| Andrew Pope Campaigning For Safe Standing At St. Mary's Stadium |
As a councillor and campaigner outside the Council, Andrew Pope has a track record of winning for Southampton:
- EXPERT IN COUNCIL FINANCES, LEADERSHIP AND CAMPAIGNING - trained by the Local Government Association in council finance and leadership. Andrew is a proven campaign winner, shown across the Southampton Independents website. Click the links below, or search the website using the web version search, or scroll down on your phone.
- WON CAMPAIGN FOR SPRINKLERS IN ALL COUNCIL TOWER BLOCKS - a campaign that he started after the Shirley Towers deaths and after the Redbridge Towers fire, months before the Grenfell disaster later in 2017.
- WON 7-YEAR “SAFE STANDING” CAMPAIGN AT ST MARY’S STADIUM BY WORKING WITH SOUTHAMPTON FC
- STOPPED LABOUR COUNCIL PLAN TO CHARGE YOU TO USE YOUR VEHICLE ON OUR ROADS BY CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM AND THEY U-TURNED!
- IN 2014/15 (before Southampton Independents website was created), WON COMPENSATION FROM POWER COMPANIES FOR 100s OF RESIDENTS
- GETS RESULTS AND HOLDS COUNCIL TO ACCOUNT FOR RESIDENTS - this website shows some, but not all, of his results. Andrew's work is in the Daily Echo, on BBC South Today (see photo above), on BBC Radio Solent and on the local BBC News website and Wave 105 Radio. Nationally, Andrew's work has appeared in The Guardian, the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail (on the living wage and minimum wage) and other national printed and TV news.
- INVESTIGATES AND PUBLISHES ON THIS SOUTHAMPTON INDEPENDENTS WEBSITE - just use the search on the web version, or scroll down on your phone to see his hard work
In Shirley Ward on 10th October, elect a proven winner for Southampton and its great people.
Vote Andrew Douglas Pope Independent for Shirley Ward on 10th October 2024.
