George Hulme

Cllr George Hulme – Saddleworth North Ward

MY WARDPRIORITIES

·         Green Saddleworth

·         Public Transport

·         Road Safety

Work in thecommunity

·      Deputy Cabinet Member for Low Carbon and member of the Planning & Greater Manchester Economy, Business Growth and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committees.

·      Attended 100% of Oldham Councilmeetings and attended all required training.

·      Worked with residents and the Council on meeting our targets for carbon neutrality, 2025 for the Council and 2030 for Oldham, through Oldham’s Green New Deal.

·      On the planning committee, continued my record of not voting for any development in the greenbelt.

·      During the pandemic, I volunteered at the Food Bank to help deliver food to residents across the borough and helped organise donations from the local Labour party to the food bank.

·      Supported the campaign to re-regulate of the bus network in Greater and worked on solutions to increase capacity on buses for school students from Saddleworth affected by the Government rules around social distancing.

·      Supported schemes to improve road safety and the introduction of 20Mph zones in Saddleworth North

·      Campaigned for rural broadband improvements, an ongoing issue that has been exacerbated by so many working from home.

·      Supported residents by phone and email to deal with problems raised by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as other issues. This including assisting residents on a wide range of queries ranging from universal credit to pot holes to planning to flooding.

CONTACT ME

E: George.hulme@oldham.gov.uk 

M: 07534 073971

Twitter@george_hulme

SURGERIES

Face to face Ward Surgeries are cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.  Please contact me by phone or email for help with any issues or problems.