2022 Plymouth City Council election
The independent councillor George Wheeler, who had originally been elected as a Labour councllor, joined the Green Party.[9] In the same month, Kelly was suspended from the Conservative Party over an interview about the murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod in which he had said "everybody has a responsibility not to try to put themselves in a compromising position", which was characterised as victim blaming by women politicians in the city.They pledged to cancel plans to remove bus shelters, invest money in roads and pavements, build more homes and buy empty properties.[23] In April, recordings were published of a conversation between Bingley and the independent candidate Danny Bamping that had taken place in February.[24] Bridgeman said she was "devastated by the vitriolic attack", and called for Bingley to resign, as well as asking their Conservative Association to suspend his membership.[24][25] Margaret Boadella, the Conservative Association chair, said that people upset at Bingley's remarks should "do what I did when Downie was ranting at me, shut up and grow up".[27][28] In response to the report, he said that he had taken action against climate change since becoming council leader, and that his comments about COVID had been made early in the pandemic.[32] The Green Party won their first ever seat on the council, with their candidate Ian Poyser gaining Plympton Chaddlewood from the Conservatives.[35] The independent councillor George Wheeler, who had originally been elected as a Labour candidate, joined the Green Party later in May.[36] The Plymouth Herald reported that Bingley was planning to invite independent councillors who had left the Conservative group to rejoin.
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