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Local Liberal Democrats were cheered this week by their victory by 107 votes in a council by-election for Cranbrook, Sissinghurst and Frittenden. The Lib Dems got 37% of the votes, increasing their overall majority on the recently reprieved Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. The Lib Dems now have 26 seats against a combined opposition on the …
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The Liberal Democrat plan to take on a council debt of £68 million to finance town centre development work appears to have turned into the major local election issue for voters who make their choice tomorrow (Thursday 7th). The Conservative candidate in Sherwood, Christian Atwood, told Southborough News today: "A lot of people are against …
The new MP for Tunbridge Wells is the Liberal Democrat, Mike Martin, who told journalists that an "earthquake" has hit politics after he comfortably defeated the Conservatives by around 10,000 votes. The constituency of Tunbridge Wells has been Conservative since it was created in 1974, having been combined with Tonbridge before that. Tunbridge Wells becomes …
Continue reading Liberal Democrats Win Tunbridge Wells as Conservatives Hold Tonbridge
The Labour Party has launched its General Election campaign in Tunbridge Wells, arguing that its plans to step up house building should include some development of Green Belt land. Labour's Parliamentary candidate, Hugo Pound (pictured below) said: "We stopped the sprawl of joining Tunbridge Wells to Pembury in a recent application...so we protected the Green …
Continue reading Labour’s Hugo Pound Bids to be Tunbridge Wells MP
