Worcestershire Conservative Councillor Convicted of Drink Driving

Worcestershire Conservative councillor, Alan Hardman, has been convicted of drink driving by Cheltenham Magistrates' Court.

Cllr Hardman tested positive in a breath test on 22nd December and was convicted by magistrates yesterday. He has been banned from driving for 16 months and fined £250.

He stood down as leader of the council after being caught.

Cheshire Conservative councillor convicted of assaulting her own son

An alcoholic, convicted drink driver Conservative councillor in Cheshire has been convicted of beating her son.

Cllr Tracey Lorde, who is currently serving a 26 month driving ban for driving three times over the legal limit with her children in the car, has been sentenced to 80 hours of unpaid work after being found guilty of assault by beating and criminal damage.

Lorde was elected as a councillor on Poynton Town Council just 7 months ago and in that time has had a conviction for drink driving and now another for assault and criminal damage. Not exactly a pillar of the community!

Conservative leader of Worcestershire County Council charged with drink driving

The Conservative leader of Worcestershire County Council has been charged with drink driving.

Cllr Adrian Hardman was arrested on the 22nd and will appear before a magistrate on 18th January.

Burnley Conservative councillor convicted of assault and drink driving

A Conservative councillor in Burnley has been convicted of assaulting his wife and daughter and drink driving.

Former mayor of Burnley, Cllr David Heginbotham, drove home drunk after a night out and got into an argument with his daugher over a new bike she had purchased which ended up with him assaulting both her and his wife and threatening to cut the bike in half with a chainsaw.

Cllr Heginbotham has been fined £2,460, given a 12 month restraining order and a 12 month driving ban. He is still listed as a Conservative councillor despite being a convicted wife beater and drink driver.

Labour candidate for Banff & Buchan suspended over drink driving charges

The Labour parliamentary candidate for Banff & Buchan has been suspended after being charged with drink driving, driving without a licence and driving without an MOT.

Masoomul Sumon Hoque appeared in front of Aberdeen Sheriff Court last week to face the charges.

[UPDATED] Round-up of LibLabCon, SNP and Green racists, fraudsters, sex offenders, perverts, drink drivers and general crooks in 2014

The "News Reporter" responsible for a series of anti-UKIP articles on the BuzzFeed website published an article yesterday entitled "24 Times UKIP Went Too Far In 2014".

In the interests of balance, here is a round-up of the various racists, fraudsters, sex offenders, perverts, drink drivers and general crooks in the LibLabCon, SNP and Green parties that the national media mostly ignored this year:

January

• Swale borough councillors refuse to resign despite moving 150 miles away from their ward
• Conservative Councillor suspended for alleged racist comments
• Left wing extremists assault Nigel Farage in Kent

February

• Give your postal vote to the Post Office not the Labour Party
• Tory troll Joshua Bonehill-Paine charged with making malicious communications
• Conservative Party member was part of a child kidnap gang

March

• Racist MP Diane Abbott accuses UKIP of fostering racism
• Tories select former BNP activist for by-election

April

• Lib Dem councillor in Exmouth found guilty of breach code of conduct
• Shamed Lib Dem porn councillors told to resign
• Disgraced ex-Lib Dem Hancock standing for re-election in Portsmouth
• Warrant issued for Conservative ex-councillor
• Tory wannabe councillors in Hillingdon admit discrimination against non-Tory areas
• Tory councillor calls himself "Sir" for 19 years
• Labour candidate in Harrow a convicted benefits cheat
• Lib Dem Councillor resigns over £1,200 charity theft
• Labour official admits electoral fraud in leaked email
• Tory councillor: When rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it

May

• Labour Deputy Council Leader suspended over electoral fraud allegation
• Newham Conservatives in hot water over leaflets again
• Sheriff of Gloucester apologises for lying on election leaflet
• Labour MP demands withdrawal of Labour leaflet
• Labour councillor prosecuted for firearms offence
• Labour activist makes homophobic remarks against councillor
• Conservative councillor convicted of firearms offence
• Newham Conservatives deliver "sectarian" leaflet
• Conservative councillor arrested over allegations of impersonating a barrister
• Labour councillor's benefit fraud trial postponed
• Lib Dem benefit cheat councillor blocked from council committees
• Conservative councillor banned for drink driving
• Police called in over Labour postal vote fraud complaint in Slough
• Conservative fraudster arrested for electoral offences
• Tower Hamlets Conservative candidate being investigated by police
• Foot fetishist Lib Dem apologises for sleazy Twitter account
• Independent panel resigns in protest at Conservative councillors' allowances
• Conservative ex-mayor charged with possession of indecent images of children

June

• Labour councillor in London under investigation for electoral fraud
• Chuka Umunna says UKIP supporters are too thick to use email or internet
• Disgraced Lib Dem MP Hancock admits "inappropriate and unprofessional" relationship
• Tory candidate for Newark tries to cover up his privileged upbringing and wealth

July

• Leicestershire Labour councillor paid £2,750 per meeting
• Leicester Tory Councillor charged with assault
• Surrey Conservative Councillor convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend
• Labour MEP says people from white, rural backgrounds are racists
• Green councillor calls soldiers "hired killers"

August

• Lib Dem Mayor and Lib Dem and Labour councillors resign over sex offender taxi drivers
• Broxtowe Labour councillor urged to resign over racist remark
• Guildford Conservative councillor charged with fraud, deception and pretending to be a barrister
• Labour activist threatened with expulsion over homophobia named as one of their top activists
• Leicester Labour councillor in trouble again
• Wigan Lib Dem porn councillor censured by standards committee
• Hounslow Labour councillor applies to have indecent assault charge dismissed
• Shaun Wright refuses to resign over Rotherham child abuse report
• Labour Mayor of Salford facing malfeasance investigation
• Labour leader of Wrexham council sacks councillor for raising concerns about social services
• Labour councillor charged with dangerous driving and attempted wounding
• Rotherham Council child snatchers allowed 1,400 children to be raped and abused
• SNP councillor who lives in Austria missed 40 out of 47 meetings last year
• Ex-BNP, ex-English Democrat adult model joins Conservatives
• Labour councillor suspended for swearing at whip
• Wirral Labour marking their own homework
• Lib Dem councillor for Fareham lives in Saudi Arabia

September

• Tories threaten potential defectors with character assassination
• Ken Clarke and Boris Johnson: UKIP voters are elderly men with disappointing lives who have sex with vacuum cleaners
• Labour Mayor of Hartlepool in trouble again
• Rochester Conservatives organise fake protest against Mark Reckless
• Conservative Minister resigns over sex scandal

October

• Lib Dem Mayor of Watford accused of abusing her position
• Conservative councillor who suggested executing travellers resigns
• Lib Dem campaigning in Botswana at taxpayer's expense
• Highland Lib Dem councillor forced to resign for sharing anti-Muslim propaganda
• St Helens Labour PPC to stand trial for assault
• SNP Councillor charged with homophobic assault
• Former Lib Dem Mayor of Milton Keynes implicated in fake visa scam
• Chukka Umunna accepts donation from tax dodge advisors
• Maidenhead Conservative councillor apologises for saying travellers should be executed
• Green Party Peer arrested over illegal protest in London
• St Albans Conservative councillor assault trial date set
• Lord Freud to keep his job despite saying disabled are worth less than able-bodied people
• Conservative's Rochester "postal primary" gimmick is an election expense
• Labour Mayor of Rochdale apologises for saying she would have rigged by-election result
• Another Labour peer calls for charges to use the NHS
• York Labour councillor calls Conservative councillors "seriously obese"
• SNP councillor left council meeting to play games
• Malvern Green Party councillor banned from council offices
• Complaint about Conservative councillor's game playing in meetings
• UKIP councillor calls for investigation into Sandwell Council asset sale

November

• Former Labour councillor charged with defrauding council she sat on
• County Durham Labour Councillor admits child sex abuse
• North Cornwall Council warns schools not to allow Lib Dem councillor near children
• Rochester & Strood Green Party's disrespectful Remembrance Sunday anti-war campaign

December

• North London Labour: UKIP has "evil money grabbing jews" in the party
• Lib Dem councillor gives "Nazi salute" as Labour councillors award themselves 24% pay rises
• Fake barrister Conservative councillor pleads not guilty to fraud charges
• Lib Dem ex-councillor sacked as magistrate
• Iain Duncan Smith talks down food banks with some dodgy maths
• Three Conservative MPs address London Swinton Circle
• Former Lib Dem Mayor of Horncastle convicted of animal welfare offences
• Conservative Councillor says being "brown and a woman" is a handicap
• Conservative councillor criticised for laughing during speech about 7 year old flood victim

Conservative councillor banned for drink driving

A Conservative councillor in Lincolnshire has been convicted of drink driving.

East Lindsey District Councillor Lesley-Jayne Marfleet was seen driving erratically by the police who pulled her over and breathalysed her after seeing that she was visibly drunk. She was found to be two and a half times over the drink drive limit.

She has been banned from driving for 25 months.