MAY I please take this opportunity to thank everyone who turned out to vote for UKIP in the General Election and District Council elections on May 7?

Our newly elected district councillors are aware of the many challenges faced by the district council as a whole and look forward to representing the electorate to the best of their ability.

No councillor is an island and we could not have returned seven district councillors without the very hard work and dedication of an army of supporters, so many thanks to all who were involved in the campaign.

Finally our thanks to all those involved at the district council, in the running of the election for their hard work in ensuring that candidate registration, the polling and the counting of votes was run so efficiently.

– Cllr Colin Guyton, acting chairman, UKIP Forest of Dean, Ruardean.