Tag Archives: Winchester

COVID-19 and our local streets

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Martin

I’ve been thinking a lot about the challenges and opportunities that COVID-19 offers to the way we use our streets and roads here in Winchester.

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

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Martin

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 …

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A big thank you to everyone who sponsored the ‘Big Sleep Out’

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Martin

Thank you to everyone who gave so generously to members of the Lib Dem Sleep Out team (or anyone else!) as part of the Big Sleep Out. Thanks to your generosity the Lib Dem team has so far raised more than £3,800 towards the Nightshelter and …

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Cost of living survey

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Martin

I’ve been working with Mark on an online version of the cost of living survey that he recently put in the Hampshire Chronicle. Surveys are still coming in and we are still collating the full results, but Mark already used …

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Police Headquarters move should be an opportunity, not a threat

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Martin

I’m surprised that the Chamber of Commerce and George Beckett are so negative about the impact of the move of the Police Headquarters from Winchester to Chandler’s Ford. This is not the same as a big local business going bust …

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