Call for answers from 'axe POs' MPs

10:03am Friday 21st March 2008

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A Blackpool conservative parliamentary candidate has called for answers from Gordon Marsden and Joan Humble after they voted against Tory proposals to stop the closure of 2,500 post office.

Councillor Ron Bell, the conservative parliamentary candidate for Blackpool South has expressed his dismay as to why they voted against the Conservatives proposal to stop the closures in Parliament yesterday.

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The vote saw at least 20 of their Labour colleagues voting in favour of the Conservative proposal.

Ron said: "It was astonishing that the Conservative motion was defeated by only 20 votes thanks to a number of Labour MPs voting with the Conservatives.

"Sadly our own MPs were amongst those Labour MPs who had campaigned to support Post Offices when they were in their own constituencies, but then changed their minds when they had a chance to make a real difference."