Ross

William Henry Willmott: my police officer ancestor

4th May, 2021

Ross Willmott for Police and Crime Commissioner Policing and law enforcement is part of my family history going back to the Victorian era. My great great grandfather, William Henry Willmott, shown here in his uniform, was a police constable in London in the 1880s. The… Read full article

Ross Willmott for Police & Crime Commissioner

28th February, 2020

Ross selected as Labour Candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner

24th October, 2019

I would like to thank all the Labour Party members for selecting me to be their candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. I have already started campaigning and many thanks for all the invitations to attend events, keep them coming…. Read full article

Vote Ross Willmott for Police and Crime Commissioner

31st July, 2019

Ross Shortlisted for Labour PCC

9th July, 2019

Today I launch my campaign to become the next Labour Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester Leicestershire & Rutland I have just been shortlisted and the successful candidate will be chosen by a vote of all Party members later this month. This is a chance… Read full article

Many thanks to the people of Rushey Mead for electing me again!

9th June, 2019

Many thanks to the voters of Rushey Mead for electing me as one of their three councillors for the fourth consecutive time on May 2nd. It was good to meet so many people whilst out campaigning, as well as taking up so many issues and… Read full article

Update on Youth service cuts

25th October, 2017

Disappointingly the Labour Group voted by a majority not to have any debate at the full council meeting on the cuts to the youth service. Five of us had signed a ‘call in’ notice that meant the decision to cut the service by more than… Read full article

Why the youth service should not be cut

6th September, 2017

The city mayor is proposing to cut the youth service in half by removing £923,000 of its budget. This will mean the loss of 20-30 highly experienced youth workers, the reduction of youth work session from 42 to 12 per week and one-to-one street work…. Read full article

Rushey mead Library Campaign Continues

18th May, 2017

The people of Rushey mead are not giving up and are still campaigning to keep their library from being closed by the City Council. They were joined outside Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre, by campaigners from Belgrave who fought to keep Belgrave Library open They have pointed… Read full article

Labour Leader: Leicester East Nomination meeting

6th August, 2016

This Friday 5th August I was pleased to nominate Jeremy Corbyn to be Leader of the Labour Party at the Leicester East constituency meeting. The meeting was well attended and there were many speakers in support of Jeremy and only a few for Owen Smith…. Read full article