Liberal Democrats have won a decisive victory in the Coppice Valley Town Council by-election, with Cllr McManus taking 61.2% of the vote - increasing their vote on last years local election by +21.2 points.
"Reports of rape and abuse are all too commonplace but that doesn’t make them any less shocking or serious. These young women are incredibly brave, putting their careers on the line before they barely had a chance to start.
Tom Gordon welcomes Bilton Woodfield milestone after two-year campaign, says "we must never put SEND families through this again"
The Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough had been due to force a second Commons vote on the change this September.
Responding to the announcement that Lighthouse School Harrogate will open this November following the signing of its funding agreement with the Department for Education, Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough Tom Gordon has welcomed the news.
MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, has used Yorkshire Day to call on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to go further than this week's devolution announcement and give Yorkshire its own parliament - with real powers over education, transport and health.