Stephen Anstee: Championing Conservatism in Rochdale

Stephen Anstee: Championing Conservatism in Rochdale

Cllr Stephen Anstee is the Leader of the Conservative Group on Rochdale Council. Being the leader of a small Conservative administration in a council as overwhelmingly Labour-dominated as Rochdale is no easy task. Labour holds a commanding majority locally, dominates the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), and all the borough’s MPs come from the Labour benches. In such a setting, it would be easy — perhaps even expected — to position o…