Phil Sawford

Phil Sawford

Loatland Ward by Election October 1977

1977, The Queens Silver Jubilee, the Union Flag flying all over Desborough and Phil Sawford stands as a Labour candidate for the first time.

Black and white with no photograph the Co-op printers (corner of High Street and Victoria Street) charged £15 for the printing. With just 6s 9d in the branch coffers David Coe, Tony Allen and Phil Sawford donated £5 each to cover the cost.

Phil won the election and served on the Town Council until 1997.

No web, no e-mail, no Facebook or Twitter but we had a printer in the town!

By election October 1977

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Phil Sawford

Phil Sawford

Phil Sawford served as a Town Councillor for the Loatland Ward of Desborough for 20 years (1977 to 1997) He also served as a Borough Councillor for 17 years and was Leader of the Council from 1991 to 1997. With a solid background of speaking up for local people and working for the local community Phil went on to serve as the Member of Parliament for the Kettering Constituency from 1997 to 2005. Phil is now retired but takes an active interest in local politics and serves as Vice Chair of the Kettering Constituency Labour Party.

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