Leading figures from the five political parties currently represented on Lancashire County Council faced questions from the public and media ahead of the local elections on 1st May. <br /><br />Taking part were County Cllr Scott Smith, a member of the ruling Conservative group and the lead member for highways and active travel; County Cllr Matthew Tomlinson, leader of the Labour opposition group,; County Cllr John Potter, for the Liberal Democrats; County Cllr Gina Dowding, Green party group leader; and Cllr Stephen Atkinson, not himself currently on the county council, but standing at the local elections for Reform UK and the outgoing leader of Ribble Valley Borough Council. <br /><br />Chaired by local democracy reporter Paul Faulkner, at the MacDonald Tickled Trout Hotel, near Preston, on 16th April.
