Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
The Liberal Democrats are the opposition to the Conservatives in Wiltshire. Lib Dems in Wiltshire have contested all six by-elections(the election held when a councillor resigns or dies) since 2017, winning three. It really is a two-horse race here between the LibDems and the Conservatives. We are building our campaigning strength across the county so that we can win many more seats this year.
Lib Dems at Surrey County Council set out its proposal for a £26m (over 5 years) Road Safety Fund last week. Led by Group Leader Chris Botten, Lib Dem councillors had put together the alternative budget plan in response to the growing number of requests from the public to their Local or Joint Committees, for improvements to junctions, reductions in speed limits or the introduction of other road safety measures. These together with other outstanding local highway schemes amount to around £50m.
Cllr Paul Kennedy, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Surrey's Police and Crime Commissioner, has criticized the decision of Surrey's Police and Crime Commissioner David Munro to press ahead with a 5.5% increase in his council tax precept, ignoring the concerns of the Surrey Police and Crime Panel and the public.
Independent Councillors running Malvern Hills District Council have u-turned on their previous policy of providing free electric car charging points in the Priory Road Car Park in Malvern Town Centre.
The Liberal Democrat Group will be proposing an amendment to the Council's budget that includes £100,000 for new bins across the...
"It is a scandal that the Tories have broken their post-Grenfell promises to leaseholders living in unsafe homes," Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper MP said, following Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick's announcement on high rise flats' cladding funding today .