SIR – Responding to Ian Lyons’s letter (T&A, December 30). I am the newest councillor of Baildon Town Council, having been co-opted in December 2013.
When I applied to the council to be considered for co-option, I quite clearly declared that I also chair the Baildon and Wharfedale Branch of the Labour Party – there was no stealth involved at all.
I also stated that I would be standing as an Independent on the council as I believe that party politics has no place on a town council like Baildon. The council should be free to make whatever decisions it wants for the good of the town, without having to answer to a party. Whether it be co-option or election the best people should be selected or elected for the job in hand.
David Shaw, Nidderdale Walk Baildon
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