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.
The freedom for residents to use recycling centres will be protected - after Lib Dems scrapped disastrous Tory plans to reduce opening hours, and force users to pre-book visits.
Lib Dems are now leading Hertfordshire County Council, for the first time in its 136-year history.
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.
The international stage has been shaken by a series of reckless and illegal actions from Donald Trump’s White House. Liberal Democrat members have passed a new motion to bolster our national defence and strengthen our alliances with reliable partners.
For too long, tech giants have treated children as data to be mined, using addictive algorithms and harmful content to keep them scrolling. While some are calling for blanket bans, we know these are impractical and risk isolating vulnerable groups.
If the answer to “Is our nuclear deterrent working?” depends on what Donald Trump had for breakfast, then the answer is no, it’s not. And our deterrent is not truly independent.