FURIOUS phone mast campaigners have accused Labour politicans of trying to hijack their campaign for political gain in the election.

Members of the no2o2 campaign group, who have fought tirelessly against a mast being set up on the corner of Readesdale Avenue and Valley Road in Wistaston close to three schools and two nurseries, were incensed when Labour put leaflets through their doors implying they would offer more support than the Tories.

The leaflet quoted one unnamed resident as saying they were convinced if Gwyneth Dunwoody was still MP and not Tory Edward Timpson, then the mast would never have received the go-ahead.

Furious campaigners distributed their own leaflets attacking Labour for their lack of support,.

The campaigners’ leaftlet said: “Your local MP Mr Edward Timpson has given us his full support from the very beginning of our campaign.”

The campaigners said they were not a political group and recognised it was the Conservative-controlled Cheshire East Council which had given the mast the go-ahead but re-iterated the only support had come from the local Tory MP.