Politicians rounded on one of the area’s Tory councillors in a fiery mud-slinging match with claims that her government is “killing your constituents”.

Sally Page, who is one of two Conservative elected members in West Dunbartonshire, was hit with a backlash from SNP, Labour and the Community Party.

She riled up the 19 councillors after tabling a motion calling for more Scottish Government cash.

The Gartocharn councillor said she “strongly codemns” the amount awarded to local authorities in the Holyrood budget.

And she called on cross-party support for the council to write to finance secretary Derek Mackay to ask for a “fairer settlement”.

She hit out at the SNP government for spending its cash on “pet projects”, which resulted in a furious response from SNP leader Jonathan McColl.

He said: “A phrase she used has really upset me.

“We are mitigating the damaging policies that are killing your constituents.

“Your government is killing your constituents.

“Funding is being made to stop the Tories from doing that and that is not pet projects.”

Labour’s David McBride called on the Conservative politician to instead ask her “colleague” Theresa May for more cash.

Referring to the area’s second Conservative councillor Brian Walker, who wasn’t at the meeting, he said: “I didn’t think I had met a smart Tory but clearly Brian read the agenda for today and decided to send in his apologies.

“You really need to think about the policies of your party and what they are doing to people.

“If you are going to talk up your party, you need to be able to defend it and so far, you have not achieved that since you were elected.”

Councillor Page’s motion failed to receive a seconder and fell.

She said: “I am not here to defend the home of the Conservative government.

“I am here to argue for a better settlement for my ward.

“I have done a survey in the last week in my ward and they don’t want a council tax rise.

“They want better parks, better roads and more money from the Scottish Government.

“The Scottish Government persists on using it for their pet projects rather than parking it on councils.”