David Norris (Independent)

However, there was more of Stalin than Lenin about that.

Dracula is a very famous book written by a famous son of this city. He was a cousin of my great grandmother and I am glad to say I have entertained many members of his family here today, including D'Acre Stoker and previously his great grandson. The family has suggested that particularly since Romania has exploited this mercilessly and the town of Whitby has become the most popular resort in Britain on the basis of the Dracula connection, is it not time that we did something and put a statue of Bram Stoker somewhere in this city which he helped to make famous?