Liberal Democrat Council By-Election Tally since the General Election
In real elections there is real evidence of a recovery of Lib Dem support.
9 Nov 2015
News
News from West Hertfordshire
Tring Biz 1 - Kiwi Chick Chocs and Truffles
Kiwi Chick Chocs & Truffles (seen here at Tring's Apple Fair)
9 Nov 2015
Hertfordshire County Council Tolerates a 10-Hour Flood Across a Road but Others Do Not
Recently Hertfordshire County Council agreed with its contractors Ringway that no action need be taken with flooding situations across roads if they last for less than 10 hours. Obviously the Conservative county councillor for Hemel Hempstead North West, Terry Douris, agrees with this - because he is the Executive Member with responsibility for Highways.
8 Nov 2015
Decisive Win Against Tories as the Liberal Democrat Vote Surges in Paignton
Well Done South West Liberal Democrats!.
6 Nov 2015
News from Rickmansworth Liberal Democrats - Three Rivers, a Lib Dem Run Council
Nine Lives lives. National Grid is working at the Wharf Lane former gas works site. The cut through between Salters Close and Wharf Lane is cordoned off but 9 Lives Furniture is open for business as usual. ………………………………………………………. Three Rivers District Council (TRDC) has had no contact from Lidl since the planning application to build a store on the old police station site was refused last year. Lidl has now told us they remain committed to opening a store on this site, and are trying to achieve the relocation of the Fire Station so the two sites can be brought together to provide enough space to accommodate a store and some residential development. Planning permission would still be required. …………………………………………………………………….. In spite of TRDC's efforts to get HCC to put clear notices up, in plenty of time, giving the necessary information about the closure of Station Rd, the County Council arrangements were not good enough. TRDC stressed the importance of this to HCC before the closure but i
30 Oct 2015
Safety Measures in Stocks Road, Aldbury to Protect Horses and Riders at a busy Stables
We should always drive carefully, but we should take especially care not to frighten horses. Apart from causing injury to itself a frightened, bolting horse could easily throw or otherwise injure a rider - or any nearby pedestrian.
28 Oct 2015
First Train between Oxford Parkway and London Marylebone Yesterday
Chiltern Railways officially opened Oxford Parkway station yesterday (October 26) as the first phase of the £320 million project to run trains between London Marylebone and Oxford.
27 Oct 2015
Wilstone and Long Marston Rural Broadband Rollout
There is understandable impatience to the late introduction of broadband to the rural parts of the UK. Two months ago local Liberal Democrat county councillor, Nick Hollinghurst, was at a meeting when Microsoft's UK Director of Media & Communication referred to the "Great British Broadband Problem". However a massive extension programme costing nearly £2 billion and with funding shared between the government, the EU, industry and local authorities continues to make progress in providing connections free of charge to the householder.
25 Oct 2015
Tring's New Mill Roundabout - Broken Kerbs Fixed at Last.
The replacement of those concrete block paviors in the centre of New Mill Roundabout has been a great success.
24 Oct 2015
Tring 700 Celebrations Continue - Derek Townsend's Big Day
This year, as we hope everybody knows by now, is the 700th Anniversary of the granting of Tring's Market Charter by Edward II, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Scotland and Duke of Aquitaine.
19 Oct 2015
More Work to Make the West of Tring Safer - Visibility Protection at Junctions
And yet more! After a very long wait we're getting there.
14 Oct 2015
Grove Road, Tring Car Accident - Dog Killed by Car.
There was sad news on Facebook this morning.
14 Oct 2015
News from Victoria Collins MP
MPs urge residents to back local businesses in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariffs
‘Buy Hertfordshire, Back Britain’ - that’s the rallying cry from local Lib Dem MPs, Daisy Cooper, MP for St Albans, and Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, as they launch a campaign to support local businesses.
4 Apr 2025
Lib Dem MPs force vote to create Blue Flag Status to protect local chalk streams
Victoria Collins MP, has voted for a Liberal Democrat proposal to create a Blue Flag Status to protect chalk streams and other rivers from filthy sewage dumping.
24 Apr 2025
MP attends beacon lighting to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day
Victoria Collins, joined local residents, veterans and their families, representatives from Berkhamsted Town Council and Royal British Legion (RBL) members, to light a beacon marking the 80th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day.
8 May 2025
MP opens Berkhamsted Community Garden for 2025
This garden is a much loved space amongst the Berkhamsted community, and a product of the hard work of Open Door’s volunteer gardening team.
20 May 2025
Liberal Democrat MPs meet US Congress delegation to deepen transatlantic ties
Lib Dem MP Victoria Collins and other Liberal Democrat frontbenchers met a cross-party delegation of US Congressmembers to discuss strategic and economic issues impacting the future of transatlantic cooperation, peace and security.
21 May 2025
MP seeks guarantee of government funding for Harpenden Child Contact Centre
Victoria Collins MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, has written to the government urging them to resolve a delay in provision of funding to vital centres like this one.
30 May 2025