Wycombe Liberal Democrats

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”

This evening Wycombe District Councils cabinet (well 4 of them!) voted to stop the plan to build the Wasps/Wycombe Wanderers Stadium at Booker.

Bucks Free Press has good coverage at http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/9146173.Stadium_project_axed/

Thank you to everyone who supported the Liberal Democrats in the Wycombe District Council Elections.

In Wycombe Constituency we lost 2 and gained 3 so considering the national picture we did ok.

In Booker we gained a seat from the Conservatives who slipped to bottom of the poll as their vote was decimated because of their plan to build upon Green Belt Land. Congratulations to our candidate Simon Parker who has led the opposition to these plans.

In Micklefield we gained 2 seats, one from Labour and one from the Conservatives. This was a fantastic victory for the Micklefield community who came out to support two strong community activists. Well done to Matt Knight and Paula Lee.

Team Micklefield Wins

We held our seats in Bowerdean ward & Ryemead ward. Congratulations to Chaudary Ditta, Julia Wassell, Ray Farmer & Trevor Snaith.

As the Official Opposition to the Conservatives locally we will continue to stand up for our local communities and put local residents first.

Labour managed to pick up a few Councillors by running a dishonest and cynical campaign, pretending to voters that they wouldn’t be making any cuts if they were still in government. None of their leaflets outlined any plans to improve our District so I’ve no idea what they can constructively bring to the Council Chamber.

The full election results can be found here.

Next elections are the County Council Elections in 2013 so if you are interested in becoming a Councillor then please get in touch.

Thank you again for all your support.