Four Lib Dem councillors shortlisted in Cllr awards in England
Many congratulations, and fingers crossed, for four Liberal Democrat councillors in England shortlisted in the Cllr 2022 Awards. … Read the full post »
Sutton Liberal Democrats
Read about the Liberal Democrats in the London Borough of Sutton.
Some highlights from the local election results so far
I’ll do a more considered analysis of the May election results in the next edition of Lib Dem Newswire, but ahead of that here are some initial highlights. … Read the full post »
Award-winning journalist David Campanale selected by Lib Dems
Award-winning international television journalist with the BBC World Service, David Campanale, has been selected by the Liberal Democrats in the parliamentary marginal of Sutton & Cheam. … Read the full post »
First Lib Dem PPC selected: Bobby Dean in Carshalton and Wallington
The Evening Standard reports on the first selection in this Parliament of a Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC). … Read the full post »
A busy Saturday: training, hustings and quizzing
Saturday started off with a double hit of back-to-back canvass training sessions in Camden, getting several new people up to speed on how to canvass for the very first time. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat winning run in Sutton local elections continues
Only the two council by-elections this week – a Liberal Democrat defence in London and an SNP seat in Scotland. … Read the full post »
Lib Dems snatch one council seat from Conservatives and just miss out on second
Eight Conservative (sort of) and two Labour defences make up a bumper set of ten council by-elections this week. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #77: why didn’t incumbency save more Lib Dem MPs?
Liberal Democrat Newswire #77 came out earlier this week, with new data on the party’s selections for the 2015 general election and a look at which incumbency didn’t save more Lib Dem MPs in 2015. … Read the full post »
Impressive results for Ruth Dombey and the Lib Dem team in Sutton
The results are in from the latest biennial independent survey of residents in Sutton and they’re an impressive vote of confidence in the Lib Dem run council and its leader, Ruth Dombey. … Read the full post »
Paul Burstow won’t stand again for Parliament
Best of luck with the next part of your life Paul, and thanks for all the help and support you gave other Liberal Democrats first working for ALDC and then as an MP. … Read the full post »