Wycombe Liberal Democrats are delighted that residents have overwhelmingly re-elected both Chaudhary Ditta & Julia Wassell as their representatives on Bucks County Council.

Winning Liberal Democrat team in Wycombe

Due to boundary changes and the reduced number of Councillors on Bucks County Council Wycombe Liberal Democrats are now representing more people at County Hall than before.

UKIP and Labour both failed to win a single seat in Wycombe so yet again it is down to the Liberal Democrats to provide the main opposition to the Tories at County Hall. Labour also suffered a set back in the Disraeli District Council by-election which they lost to the Conservatives.

Elsewhere in Bucks the picture was bleaker for the Lib Dems but we have no doubt that our neighbouring friends will regroup and come back stronger than ever.

Wycombe Liberal Democrats would like to thank everyone who has helped our candidates  in their campaigns or supported them by casting their vote in favour. If you would like to join our team of community activists then you can join us here

Results below for our 2 target areas. Remaining results can be found here.

Totteridge & Bowerdean

Chaudhary Ditta – Liberal Democrat 953 (elected)

Ghalib Hussain – Labour 671

Tony Green – Conservative 482

Philip Whitehead – UKIP 354

Ryemead & Micklefield

Julia Wassell – Liberal Democrat 870 (Elected)

Mark Harris – Conservative 252

Martin Bradshaw – Labour 238

Pauline Day – UKIP 194

Ivan Cicin-Sain – Green 50

Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat 2013 local election campaign. In his speech, he set out how Liberal Democrats have the right priorities in tough times.

For example, Liberal Democrat-controlled local authorities protect the services people value most and last year, no Liberal Democrat-led council closed any libraries.

This is in contrast to Labour and the Conservatives’ record in local government. It shows that, even when millions of families are feeling the pinch, they’ll both squander taxpayers’ money on waste, inefficiency and their own vanity projects.

For example, here in Bucks, the Conservatives are spending £2 million on new windows for County Hall.

Commenting, Chaudhary Ditta said:

“It is scandalous that when ordinary people in  Bucks are feeling under pressure because of the difficult economic circumstances, the Conservatives waste £2 million on expensive windows.

“Liberal Democrats know how to choose the right priorities for people here. We are working hard to build a stronger economy in a fairer society, enabling everyone to get on in life.” 

The Liberal Democrats are fielding candidates in every seat in the Bucks County Council elections on May 2nd. Labour didn’t win a single seat  last time and have failed to put up a candidate in many of the seats this time. In Bucks a vote for Labour could let the Tories sneak back in.

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The coalition Government last month unveiled plans to lift 3,770 people in Wycombe District out of paying income tax, while over 65,000 will see their bills cut.

Catherine Bearder, a Liberal Democrat MEP for the South East, hoped the reduction would start helping hard-pressed families.

She said: ”The tax system had gotten increasingly unfair under successive Governments during the last few decades, sucking more and more people into paying income tax.

“That is why the Liberal Democrats did the right thing and made rebalancing the tax system a priority, putting it on the front page of our manifesto.

“On Friday, the income tax threshold is raised for the second year in a row.”

Next year the income tax threshold will rise again, increasing the tax cut to £45 a month and this will continue until reaching a personal allowance of £10,000.

It means someone working full-time on the minimum wage will have had their income tax bill halved.

Catherine added: ”Liberal Democrats are making sure the rich pay their fair share, by closing loopholes, introducing a tycoon tax and cracking down on tax avoidance.

“As we clean up the economic mess Labour left behind, it is right than the broadest shoulders bear the heaviest burdens.

“That is also why every Liberal Democrat-run council in England has frozen Council Tax, unlike Labour and the Tories.”

Catherine at Cressex Community School

Liberal Democrat Alex Slater has won the Hazlemere South By-Election increasing the Lib Dem share of the vote by 19%.

Cllr Slater said: “It hasn’t sunk in yet. I will fulfil my pledges to the electorate who came out and voted for me. I will continue campaigning for a 20mph speed limit on Rose Avenue and push to solve the parking problems outside the schools in the area, you can sign my Twenty is Plenty petition here  I would like to thank local residents for electing me, it is a great honour to represent you.”

Alex Slater and the winning Lib Dem team

Result was:

LD Alex Slater 412 – 37.7%
UKIP 365 – 33.4%
Con 228 – 20.9%
Lab 88 – 8.1%

Campaign Organiser Ian Morton said “It was a stunning result achieved through a combination of hard work, great teamwork and a good local candidate with a proven track record of working for Hazlemere. It has been a tough period for the Liberal Democrats but this result shows that where we work hard for our communities and communicate well we are capable of winning any safe seat. I hope this result gives heart to the many Liberal Democrat campaigners across the country who have had a tough time of late, we are still very much in the game”

Liberal Democrats in Windsor & Maidenhead are celebrating a stunning victory in Eton. Congratulations to our new Councillor George Fussey.

Lib Dem councillor Kathy Newbound said, “George will be an outstanding councillor who will really stand up for the residents of Eton and the whole Borough. It is great to have him on board ”

Result

Liberal Democrat 208

Conservative 182

Labour 32

UKIP 17.

LD Swing: 21.6%