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Peter Grant was duly elected to serve as MP for Glenrothes in Central Fife, he has chosen to also remain as a councillor for the Glenrothes West and Central Fife ward. We believe that he will be unable to carry out both jobs as effectively as possible, and one will end up suffering. We respect that he has chosen to donate his salary from Fife Council to local good causes but believe that he will not be serving his constituents well.
We hope Peter will take notice and resign immediately as a councillor, allowing a bye-election to take place and him to focus on his job as an MP, fighting for the people of Glenrothes and Central Fife. We are not party political campaign and do not care who wins this. If he chooses to remain, he will be severely letting down his constituents and be unable to represent them and fight for them.
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June 8, 2015
I really need to emphasize that this is about the workload because the sheer amount of work involved in just one of these roles is immense and I honestly cannot see how anyone splits their energy effectively. I have been reading through the feedback people keep leaving and it is clear that folks really just want someone fully present for the local issues they deal with every single day.
June 8, 2015
Seeing this much energy behind the idea that a person should really just pick one job is honestly pretty wild because I never imagined it would travel this far outside my own head. It feels like people actually want a representative who is physically present in the ward instead of splitting their focus everywhere else.
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You have a conflict of interest by holding two seats. Professional etiquette is to resign one or the other.
It is utterly ridiculous to try and do an important local councillors job on top of an mp's role which means a lot of time in london. resign for the sake of your council constituents
If I sign twice do we get his lazy "can't turn up for meetings" wife from the council?.......taking a lot of money out of the public purse for doing the square root of zilch!
Imagine the outcry from the snp,if this was someone from any other political party.Shame on them
SNP are wholly ineffective at governing in any meaningful way, both locally, in Scotland and now in Westminster.
Two jobs ! No one else would be allowed to keep their old job and a new one, so what makes him think he can.
Typical SNP money for nothing member the whole party are a disgrace
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Peter Grant was duly elected to serve as MP for Glenrothes in Central Fife, he has chosen to also remain as a councillor for the Glenrothes West and Central Fife ward. We believe that he will be unable to carry out both jobs as effectively as possible, and one will end up suffering. We respect that he has chosen to donate his salary from Fife Council to local good causes but believe that he will not be serving his constituents well.
We hope Peter will take notice and resign immediately as a councillor, allowing a bye-election to take place and him to focus on his job as an MP, fighting for the people of Glenrothes and Central Fife. We are not party political campaign and do not care who wins this. If he chooses to remain, he will be severely letting down his constituents and be unable to represent them and fight for them.
Updates
June 8, 2015
I really need to emphasize that this is about the workload because the sheer amount of work involved in just one of these roles is immense and I honestly cannot see how anyone splits their energy effectively. I have been reading through the feedback people keep leaving and it is clear that folks really just want someone fully present for the local issues they deal with every single day.
June 8, 2015
Seeing this much energy behind the idea that a person should really just pick one job is honestly pretty wild because I never imagined it would travel this far outside my own head. It feels like people actually want a representative who is physically present in the ward instead of splitting their focus everywhere else.
16 Comments
He is taking a wage and donating it to charity but not doing the job as he is at least 4 days a week in London.
You have a conflict of interest by holding two seats. Professional etiquette is to resign one or the other.
It is utterly ridiculous to try and do an important local councillors job on top of an mp's role which means a lot of time in london. resign for the sake of your council constituents
If I sign twice do we get his lazy "can't turn up for meetings" wife from the council?.......taking a lot of money out of the public purse for doing the square root of zilch!
Imagine the outcry from the snp,if this was someone from any other political party.Shame on them
SNP are wholly ineffective at governing in any meaningful way, both locally, in Scotland and now in Westminster.
Two jobs ! No one else would be allowed to keep their old job and a new one, so what makes him think he can.
Typical SNP money for nothing member the whole party are a disgrace
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He is taking a wage and donating it to charity but not doing the job as he is at least 4 days a week in London.