I set this blog up in 2016 to communicate with Portswood residents and Labour party members and supporters in Portswood and across the Southampton.

I would like to thank everyone in Portswood who has continued to vote for the Labour party in the last few elections, electing my colleagues Lisa Mitchell and Gordon Gooper as Councillors in Portswood and given all three of us their support during recent campaigns.

Following the COVID-19 virus outbreak last year, local elections for 2020 were postponed and were re-scheduled for May 6 this year. I has been a great honour to work this community and as many of you will know, despite Labour narrowly losing the election across the City, I was successfully returned as one of your councillors for Portswood at the election this May.

I would like to thank the many local residents who have voted for me and given me their support. I will continue to work as hard as possible on all the issues facing local residents (whether or not you voted for me). The task will be a little harder this year as I am no-longer a part of the administration but I can guarantee that I will be working even harder to hold this Conservative Council to account.

I would particularly like to thank local Labour activists who have worked incredibly hard to get me re-elected. If others would like to join the efforts to remove the Conservatives from office, please get in touch. Lastly I would like to thank Lisa and Gordon for all their hard work over recent months to make such a success of our local campaign.

I will post information here as the three of us take up various roles in different council committees, in our endeavours to reduce the damage that the new administration may try wreak on our local communities.

We will try to keep this site up-to-date with any developments, plans for canvassing and gaining support as we move towards elections in 2022. As Councillors for Portswood this site is also a way to get in touch with me, Lisa and Gordon if you have any problems or concerns that you would like to bring to our attention or need help with.

Many thanks.

Cllr John Savage