Dame Shirley Porter defeats no confidence vote

Title

Dame Shirley Porter defeats no confidence vote

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:37

Description

Julie Benson reports on a vote of no confidence at Westminster City Council where leader Dame Shirley Porter defeated the motion by three votes. The Labour leader, Paul Dimoldenberg, called for the vote after a BBC Panorama programme alleged a policy of gerrymandering- housing Tory voters in council estates to guarantee a victory in the local elections. Includes interview with Paul Dimoldenberg; John Ware, Panorama reporter; Dr Michael Dutt, housing committee; Chris Ward, council tenant. Poor quality recording.

Contributors

Paul Dimoldenberg; Julie Benson; John Ware; Michael Dutt; Chris Ward

Keywords

Elections; Local authorities; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Television; BBC; Council housing; Councils; Political corruption; Westminster City Council; Panorama; Television current affairs programmes; Local government personnel; Shirley Porter; City council members

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