Conservative Cllr for Harvey West Ward Rory Love is deputy leader of Shepway District Council, replacing Cllr David Monk.
Shepway Liberal Democrats are claiming that Cllr Love has ‘ousted’ Cllr Monk. The Conservative website as yet has no comment on this issue. Cllr Love’s title on the Shepway District website is now ‘Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Services’.
This adds to the ‘Revenues and Benefits’ and ‘Environmental Services’ portfolios which were already under Cllr Love’s control. He also sits on six panels, committees and boards and represents the council on various issues including Rail for Folkestone.
Cllr Love has overseen an improvement in benefit payment, for which his team narrowly missed out on an award . He is an eloquent speaker in meetings, has a reasonably active webpage, stood for the Lewes constituency seat in 2005 and was previously council leader in 1999.
He has not escaped criticism. Cllr Love was singled out by Cllr Paul Marsh of the People First group as having awarded himself a 600% pay rise, and his expanding power base in the council led to an unfavourable comparison with Peter Mandelson.
*Cllr Love is surely waiting in the wings to take over as Leader of the Council. With the imminent election of young Conservative Candidate Damian Collins as MP, perhaps the Tories are seeking to have a younger, more dynamic and modern leader for the District Council to represent a break from the past.
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