Lib Dem Euro MP Catherine Bearder met celebrity fishing campaigner Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall to discuss the future of fishing. On a visit to the European Parliament to launch the European Fish Fight Campaign, Fearnley Whittingstall praised the efforts by MEPs to put the issue of fishing reforms high up on the European agenda.
Buckingham Constituency really bucked the national trend in last week's elections to Aylesbury Vale District Council. Not only did we retain our two sitting candidates - Cory Cashman and Avril Davies - but we also returned two new councillors - Llew Monger for Winslow and David Vick for Waddesdon. Unfortunately because we were unable to find a candidate for the Wycombe district wards we let the independents and conservative have a free reign. We will be working hard to resolve this issue in time for the county elections in 2013.
Letter to the Editor, Bucks Herald. Published May 18h, 2011 Dear Madam: It was certainly not a good local election day for the Liberal Democrats in Aylesbury, and the loss of such an able and experienced politician as the party's leader on the council Alan Sherwell will be felt across the community. But the results were not all bad for our party, and were not as straightforward as your "Lib Dems suffer" headline suggests. In fact in the Buckingham constituency, and totally at odds with the national trend, it was the Lib Dems who were the clear winners. Not only did we hold our two existing seats, Cheddington (Corry Cashman) and Pitstone (Avril Davies) with increased majorities, we also gained two seats in Waddesdon (David Vick) and Winslow (Llew Monger) from the Conservatives, which you did not mention in your report. We also increased our vote in several other wards. This was a great tribute to the quality and hard work of our candidates. If you add on their loss of a seat in Buckingham South to Labour, it w
Letter to the Editor, Bucks Herald. Published May 18h, 2011 Dear Madam: It was certainly not a good local election day for the Liberal Democrats in Aylesbury, and the loss of such an able and experienced politician as the party's leader on the council Alan Sherwell will be felt across the community. But the results were not all bad for our party, and were not as straightforward as your "Lib Dems suffer" headline suggests. In fact in the Buckingham constituency, and totally at odds with the national trend, it was the Lib Dems who were the clear winners. Not only did we hold our two existing seats, Cheddington (Corry Cashman) and Pitstone (Avril Davies) with increased majorities, we also gained two seats in Waddesdon (David Vick) and Winslow (Llew Monger) from the Conservatives, which you did not mention in your report. We also increased our vote in several other wards. This was a great tribute to the quality and hard work of our candidates. If you add on their loss of a seat in Buckingham South to Labour, it w
First impressions are important at election time. Everybody heard the Lib Dems are doing badly as the results came in on Friday, May 6. But unless you were glued to the TV that day, you will probably have missed the subtler messages being delivered by the electorate up and down the country.
We managed to double our number of district council seats in Buckingham constituency, from two to four.
