For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter A councillor has rejoined the Conservatives just months after quitting the party and claiming she was ‘not allowed her own opinion’.
Coun Diane Parkinson, who represents Hulton ward on Bolton council, sensationally left the Conservatives along with another Tory member, Beverley Fletcher, in January this year.
At that time they said they 'didn’t feel the council have stood up to the government enough to support and protect Bolton'. Coun Fletcher remains an independent member of the council but Coun Parkinson has now reversed her decision and rejoined Bolton's current leading party.
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