Firefighters Against Cuts ( cy, Diffoddwyr Tàn yn Erbyn Toriadau) was a political party formed in 2003 which fought a small number of seats in the

2003 United Kingdom local elections Local elections took place in various parts of the United Kingdom on 1 May 2003, the same day as the Scottish Parliamentary and the Welsh Assembly elections. There were local elections for all councils in Scotland and in most of England. The ...

. It was registered on 20 March 2003. Paul Woolstenholmes was the party leader and he stood with Steven Brinkley, campaigns officer, the for Felixstowe North Ward in Suffolk Coastal. Gerard MacMillan stood for Busby Ward,

East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire ( sco, Aest Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975, it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas ...

. Fergus Richardson, a union leader of the

Fire Brigades Union The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom for wholetime firefighters (including officers up to chief fire officer / firemaster), retained firefighters and emergency control room staff. History The first recorded ins ...

during the UK firefighter dispute 2002–03 stood for

South Ayrshire Council South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

. John Maitland also stood for Annbank Mossblown St Quivox Ward for the same council.

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* {{cite news, url=https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/fighting-fires-fighting-cuts, title=From fighting fires to fighting cuts, work=Workers' Liberty, publisher=Alliance for Workers' Liberty, date=25 April 2003, first=Vicki, last=Morris 2003 establishments in the United Kingdom Defunct political parties in the United Kingdom Fire and rescue in the United Kingdom Anti-austerity political parties in the United Kingdom