Candidates Announced for Forthcoming District Council Elections
Written by Steve Guy on April 10, 2007 – 1:05 pm -Wycombe Liberal Democrats are proud to announce that they will be fielding no less than 38 candidates in the forthcoming District Council Elections on Thursday May 3rd:
- Booker & Cressex: Robert Perkins
- Bourne End-cum-Hedsor: Brian Pollock & Simon Fowke
- Bowerdean: Richard Groom
- Chiltern Rise: Steve Guy & Neil Timberlake
- Downley & Plomer Hill: Matthew Brown & Andy Randall
- Flackwell Heath & Little Marlow: Jeff Herschel and Vivienne Pollock
- Greater Hughenden: William Barnes, Jane Newman & Marion Hall
- Greater Marlow: Elaine Funnel
- Hazlemere North: Marie Burnand
- Lacey Green, Speen & The Hampdens: Lee Harte
- Marlow North & West: Derek Done, Margaret Done & James Campbell
- Marlow South East: Maurice Oram & Ivor Coleman
- Micklefield: Stephen Pitt
- Oakridge & Castlefield: Fiona Brooke
- Ryemead: Trevor Snaith & Ray Farmer
- Sands: Ian Morton & Reg Rundle
- Stokenchurch & Radnage: Julian Newman
- Terriers & Amersham Hill: Frances Alexander & Sam Clements
- The Risboroughs: Nelson Bathurst and Rosemary Eames
- The Wooburns: Denise Hershel
- Totteridge: Wendy Guy & Robert Olszeweski
- Tylers Green & Loudwater: Ian Forbes, Michael Hehir & Peter Mapp
In addition for voting for them on polling day, there are many other ways in which you can help! There are leaflets to deliver, telephone calls to be made – and of course financial donations, however small, are always welcome. If you would like to help in any way, please contact our campaign manager, Ian Morton on 07876 538400.
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April 25th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
So how do the public contact these prospective candidates?
There seems to be no facility on this website.
We have received no literature from the LibDems (yet) so I know nothing about our candidate and would like to pose the same questions on recycling / composting that I have to the other parties standing.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I am sorry that you haven’t received any literature yet – our volunteers are out every night delivering leaflets and canvassing, so hopefully we will reach you soon! You didn’t mention which ward you were in, but you can email any of us using the format firstname.lastname@wycombelibdems.org.uk – or alternatively, post your question here and someone will answer it!
April 25th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Neil
You haven’t seen them because most of them are “paper candidates”. Volunteers put their names on the ballot paper to create an impression that the Party has a big presence but really, they know they have no hope. In most wards you will never see a Lib Dem and, to be honest, most of them would be shocked if they were elected! Luckily there’s no chance of that.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:16 am
Felix, you’ll be pleased to know that I have put Neil in touch with his candidate Julian Newman. Julian is certainly no paper candidate, and already serves on Aylesbury Town Council! Clearly you are not a Lib Dem supporter, but for the sake of balance I feel I should point out that many of the candidates listed above are current Town and Parish Councillors, and many have been District Councillors before. Across Buckinghamshire clearly the Tories are the biggest party, but the Liberal Democrats have significant support – and have been working very hard. Over the last two years, four by elections have been fought. In all four of these by elections, we have enjoyed significant swings to the Liberal Democrats – and in one case came very close to toppling a safe Tory seat. The fact is that the Liberal Democrats are a very significant force in local government, and already successfully run councils not a million miles from here. Since you are predicting that we have ‘no hope’, I hope you will be willing to eat humble pie if, as I predict, the number of Liberal Democrats on Wycombe District Council increases!
April 26th, 2007 at 8:35 am
please could you ask the representative for the ryemead area in the forthcoming elections to contact me regarding their views on fortnightly refuse collections. ta
April 27th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Hi David
Refuse collections
There are a number of issues surrounding refuse and recycling
Firstly 2 weekly collections are acceptable until we see temperatures rising and the green bins staring to “ferment” — we then need option of extra collections in summer months
Secondly vermin issue is one we need to look at closely as there are mixed views as to whether its refuse driven or a general rat problem .Whichever it is we need to see increased rodent control from council
There are also other refuse and recycling issues to address.
We need to see glass ,plastic and tin collections from homes.
We need to see increase in street bins and also ensure they are multifunctional by having paper,plastic and glass sections
If you have any other Qs please let me know
April 28th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Regardind the sugested increase in Rat numbers.
I’m not sure if this is correct but I heard that before the Water companies were privatised they would often put rat poison into the sewers to control the numbers however since privatisation this has been cut as it impacts on profits.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
This is quite true – The Independent covered this story last year. They interviewed a former water board employee in London. He described how they used to lower buckets of poison into the sewers at regular intervals. He knew they were needed, he said, because they were always empty the next time they were checked! The rat population has been exploding for years – so it would be misleading to conclude that it had any connection to the current recycling policy.
April 29th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Hi, regarding the literature for each candidate… I appreciate the fact that it takes considerable time and effort to get leaflets delivered, but do think it’s slightly odd that the information contained in them isn’t online. All that would need to be done is scan in the leaflets and post them online as a pdf, or even if you just had a short paragraph about each candidate somewhere on the website this would be massively useful for many I’m sure, and certainly wouldn’ be expensive.
April 30th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
I am also wondering if we are going to receive any literature from the Liberal Democrats and am equally surprised that there is no information on the Booker candidate Robert Perkins to be found on any website. How can I consider voting for someone I hardly heard of and cannot find any information on except that he supports Chelsea FC. Please send me something to make a judgement on. Thanks
May 1st, 2007 at 6:30 pm
I can only agree with my wife, Neil and Aaron that it is very difficult to vote for someone you know nothing about and I do appreciate that getting leaflets to every one is a major enterprise but if that proves impossible it would be a good idea to leave some information online as Aaron suggests.
If there were a Green candidate I would be very likely to vote for him or her, but the LibDems seem the next best thing and I really can’t bring myself to vote Tory … so if there is any chance of getting something out in one form or another before polling day, then that would be greatly appreciated. And it would no doubt be appreciated by a good number of others who find themselves in a similar position.
May 1st, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Hey all, I am not ashamed to say I have always been a Labour voter. Thing is this year in the elections there are no Labour candidates in Flackwell Heath.
I refuse to vote BNP so ignore them. I am not sure I could bring myself to vote Tory so that leaves only Lib Dem or a spoiled vote. I don’t like to spoil votes.
What can lib dems do for me in Flackwell Heath? One of my issues is something which has always been ignored. We desperately need a mini roundabout at the top of Sheepridge Lane. Its a very dangerous junction as its so difficult to see the cars coming along the road when people wish to turn out. Only last week there was a nasty accident there. It may seem only a minor thing to people, but one day there will be a fatality.
Will any of the Lib Dem candidates be willing to pursue this matter?
May 2nd, 2007 at 12:54 am
Becky, I do hope you won’t find it necessary to spoil your vote as we have two outstanding candidates in Flackwell Heath! Jeff Hershel and Vivienne Pollock can be contacted via the Beaconsfield Lib Dems website (Flackwell Heath is in Beaconsfield constituency). I will write to them about the junction that you refer to as they may already be aware of the issue.
May 2nd, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Hi Steve,
Regardless of the junction I think I will probably be voting Lib Dem anyway. I certainly cannot bring myself to vote the other two parties standing and I don’t believe in spoils.
Hopefully one of the Lib Dem people will be at the community centre in Flackwell tomorrow morning so I can have a little chat with them
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:04 pm
I would like to make contact with Neil Timberlake re family matters. If Neil will kindly contact me with his e-mail address that would be very helpful. Thank you.