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Some challenging statistics
The size of the swing from Conservatives to Lib Dems that was seen in the fantastic win for Richard Foord in Tiverton and Honiton was almost 30% (29.9%).
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Matlock Focus now published
The latest Lib Dem Focus newsletter for Matlock and Tansley residents has now been published. You can download it here. It will be delivered to local homes in the next few weeks.
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Ashbourne Focus now published
The latest edition of our newsletter for residents in the Ashbourne area has been published.
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Lib Dem Mayor opens Farmers View Social Club on Hurst Farm Matlock
Liberal Democrat Cllr Steve Wain, as one of his last events as Matlock's mayor, re-opened the club following its renovation funded by a variety of sponsors including the Levelling Up Fund and Sport…
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Levelling Up? Not in Derbyshire Dales
According to research published in the Bloomberg article 'Boris Johnson's Flagship Plan to Fix Britain Is in Trouble', Derbyshire Dales has fallen further behind London and the South East in 5 out of…
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Lib Dem Councillor raises thousands for Air Ambulance
Derbyshire Dales Civic Chairman's year in office is coming to a close - and Lib Dem Councillor Steve Wain says it has been "a privilege and an honour" to wear the ceremonial chain of office…
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Lib Dems double their vote but Tories hang on to Carsington Water Ward
Despite a 15% swing from the Tories to the Liberal Democrats, it was a Conservative who held on to the rural ward of Carsington Water in the Derbyshire Dales, albeit with a reduced majority on an…
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Derbyshire Dales Lib Dems demand heating oil price cap in rural cost of living rescue package.
The Liberal Democrats have demanded a rural cost of living rescue package, including a cap on heating oil prices to help struggling families off the gas grid. The party warned that the Conservatives…
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Conservative Controlling Group vote to not apologise to Tansley Residents over Traveller site.
At a Council Meeting of Derbyshire Dales District Council on April 27th a motion to apologise to the residents of the village of Tansley near Matlock was narrowly defeated as all the Conservative…
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What is the Conservative record on the environment?
Whether it is giving water companies 18 years to sort out less than half of their storm sewage discharges or, more locally, suspending food waste collections so that kitchen scraps went to landfill…