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Long-serving West Lancashire Councillor calls on MP, Rosie Cooper to stop using local residents as pawns in some Westminster Chess Game and resign as she promised

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Rosie Cooper should stop using local residents as pawns in some Westminster chess game and resign her seat as she indicated more than 7 weeks ago said long-serving West Lancashire councillor, Adrian Owens on Monday (14th November 2022). Cllr Owens said “Rosie Cooper is not fulfilling her role as an MP. She has voted on only one day since Parliament returned from its summer break, inexcusably failing to vote when fracking was debated in the Commons last month. West Lancashire’s voice was also absent from the votes on the important and controversial Public Order Bill.”

Cllr Owens pointed out that when Ms Cooper announced in September that she’d accepted a role as Chairman of MerseyCare she had said she was unable to continue representing the people of West Lancashire as their MP. Cllr Owens commented, “Clearly from her almost complete absence from the voting lobbies that inability is indeed the case. She needs to resign today.”

Cllr Owens added, “By-election candidates have been selected for some weeks and are busy campaigning. Whatever games Rosie Cooper is playing need to cease. She needs to follow through and keep her word. She must step aside so that West Lancashire can be properly represented in Parliament with an MP that attends to vote on the key issues that matter to local people.

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