ANGRY residents are pushing for Redditch MP Karen Lumley to call for a by-election on the grounds that she has ‘misled many’ constituents.
At the beginning of this year a petition was been launched online urging Mrs Lumley to resign and face a by-election and, in the light of recent tragic events involving the Alexandra Hospital and eight-year-old Callum Cartlidge, has seen a new surge in support.
The petition has attracted almost 2,000 signatures so far and the accompanying statement reads: “Karen Lumley has failed the people of Redditch. Our hospitals are in crisis with patients dying after lengthy waits in corridors, vital services being stripped and centralised putting people at risk and issues around bullying of staff that have never been properly resolved.
“Instead of fighting for the people of Redditch she has instead claimed the Alex has a thriving future and decried those, including her own constituents, who have tried to raise genuine concerns.”
People who have signed so far are mostly from the Redditch area, but others from Worcester and even Kent have got behind the cause.
The petition entitled “Karen Lumley has failed the people of Redditch” also reads: “Mrs Lumley campaigned on the assertion that the Alex was saved. She misled many constituents .
“We are angry, we are disappointed and we call on Mrs Lumley to put her record to the test by resigning and fighting a by-election.
“If Mrs Lumley genuinely believes the Alex has a thriving future and she can help deliver that then she will have no problem putting that claim to the voting public so they can deliver their verdict.”
Mrs Lumley is currently ill and has been signed off from parliamentary duties while she recovers her health.
Visit https://tinyurl.com/hhajy87 to see the petition.
