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Chandlers Ford Debate Electoral Reform Event Yes2AV

AV debate this Thursday in Chandler’s Ford

Just to let you know about an AV debate that will be taking place this Thursday the 28th at the Dovetail Centre, Chandler’s Ford.

Peter Facey, a  member of the national Yes to Fairer votes campaign committee will be debating Charlotte Vere a Director for NO2AV.

I’m also going to be a panelist on the Yes side – and Andy Milligan from Chandler’s Ford will be a panelist on the No side.

The debate will begin at 7.30 pm on Thursday the 28th. It is being held at the Dovetail Centre, Chandler’s Ford Methodist Church, SO53 2GJ.

Hope you can come along to support the cause (and the speakers too)!Debate on the Alternative Vote Referendum - Thursday 29th April - 7.30 pm - Dovetail Centre, Chandler's Ford

 

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Chandlers Ford Iceland Video Winchester

Icelandic banks – entertaining report from 2008

It seems a while since Winchester City Council had its troubles with Icelandic banks.

I realised to my surprise that I never uploaded the video of the original BBC News report on it, so here it is:

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I particularly like Steve Humphrey’s line about the Conservatives in Winchester feeling the blues and the Lib Dems in Eastleigh basking in a golden glow!

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Chandlers Ford Winchester

Thank you

First, a big thank you for the incredible support given to me by so many people during (and after) the recent election.  The level of support was astonishing and humbling – the personal support, along with all the hours spent delivering, canvassing, writing and stuffing envelopes, printing, sticking up posters etc.  It was something to behold and I am intensely grateful.

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Chandlers Ford Winchester

Making progress on ambulance numbers

I was very pleased to see that Will Hancock, the Chief Executive of the South Central Ambulance service, has admitted that there’s a problem with the number of ambulances we have in Hampshire.

Back in September, the Chairman of the Trust said something very similar when I challenged him at their Annual General Meeting (as reported in the Echo):

To achieve all our targets we need more ambulances, more crews and more money.

Having the problem recognised from the top is a good first step.  Now we need to see some action to fix it.

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Chandlers Ford County Council Elections Winchester

Lib Dems beat 2005 results to win 6 out of 7 seats in the new Winchester constituency

How Winchester voted - 2009

On Friday, we found out that we had won 6 out of 7 seats in the new Winchester constituency.

Across the new constituency, the Lib Dem team got 48% of the vote. The Conservative vote slumped to 38%. Labour collapsed to 4%. UKIP got 6% of the vote and the Greens 3%.

These are better results than we achieved at the County Council elections on the same day as we won the 2005 General Election. Compared to 2005, the Lib Dem vote is up. The Conservative vote is down.

Overall, we saw a 4.4% swing from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats compared to our vote last year and a clear swing in our favour compared to the results on General Election day in 2005.

Lib Dem team celebrates results in WinchesterMany congratulations to Jackie Porter, Charlotte Bailey, Brian Collin, Phryn Dickens, Peter Mason and Alan Broadhurst on their victories and many thanks to Terry Holden-Brown for his commitment and hard work on the campaign in Chandler’s Ford.

A big thank you to the voters who decided to back our candidates. We also owe a huge debt to the staff and volunteers who worked so incredibly hard over the preceding months, and to our exceptional candidates for their incredible commitment and hard work over the last few months and years. There’s no doubt that their personal work played a pivotal part in our success on Thursday.

It still hasn’t fully sunk in, but these results put us in very good spirits for the General Election campaign – whenever it may come.