Victoria Collins was elected with 27,282 votes (50.2% of the vote) beating the Conservative candidate by a whopping 10,708 votes.
Harpenden & Berkhamsted’s Lib Dem candidate calls for change on July 4th As the General Election campaign enters into the final phase, Liberal Democrat candidate Victoria Collins has said voters across Harpenden & Berkhamsted are “ready for change"
The Liberal Democrats and Conservative Party are neck and neck in Harpenden and Berkhamsted, one of the final major polls of the campaign has revealed.
Car thieves “getting away with it” as 5,517 cases go unsolved in Hertfordshire since last election
Steve Coogan a traditional Labour voter, is urging people in Hertfordshire to tactically vote Lib Dem in Harpenden & Berkhamsted to get the Conservatives out. This is in line with leading tactical voting websites which also recommend voting Lib Dem here
Victoria Collins, says Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) education is a key issue for local people, following a damning OFSTED report last year (Nov 2023) on the Conservative council’s services.
Hertfordshire motorists could face years of further pothole misery, after Tory council leaders renewed a maintenance contract blamed for the appalling state of the county’s roads.
Conservatives at Herts County Council have blocked Liberal Democrat proposals to fix more potholes, improve services for children with special needs and do more to tackle flooding.
Improvements for local transport and special educational needs in Hertfordshire have been delayed by county council incompetence - with £17 million of vital funds going unspent this year.
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