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# Councillor: Future is bright for Conservatives in Lichfield and Burntwood
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillor-future-is-bright-for-conservatives-in-lichfield-and-burntwood/
- Published: 2015-07-30T07:00:12.000Z
- Updated: 2015-07-09T19:47:04.000Z
- Description: The future of the Conservative Party in Lichfield and Burntwood is in excellent hands, according to a local councillor.
- Author: Lewis Deakin
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 20:42, News

The future of the Conservative Party in Lichfield and Burntwood is in excellent hands, according to a local councillor.

[![Ben Rayner with Lichfield District Council leader Mike Wilcox](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rayner-and-wilcox.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2015/05/09/tory-young-guns-will-bring-new-ideas-to-lichfield-district-council/rayner-and-wilcox/)

Ben Rayner with Lichfield District Council leader Mike Wilcox

Cllr Joseph Powell, who represents Little Aston and Stonnall, believes the election of young-guns Ben Rayner, Olivia Joy Shepherd and Beth Fisher proves that the future is bright for the party in the area.

He also welcomed a rise in the number of female councillors.

[![Cllr Joseph Powell](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/17759258053_349f59558a_z.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2015/06/09/burntwood-councillor-spending-16000-on-chairmans-chauffeur-driven-car-is-crazy-in-times-of-austerity/17759258053%5F349f59558a%5Fz/)

Cllr Joseph Powell

Cllr Powell said: “We wanted to recruit younger people who’re comfortable with technology to stand for council elections.

“As a council, I believe we’re now 20 years younger than we were in the previous session. We’re also now 25 per cent female – I know that is not the 50 per cent you’re supposed to have, but things are getting better.

“For example, there is a picture gallery going to back to 1898 at the council and the first three or four photos shows a group of male politicians with a solitary lady.”