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Sensational Gain by Caterham Hill Lib Dems |
 East Surrey Liberal Democrats have pulled off a sensational gain from the Tories in the Caterham Hill division of Surrey County Council.
Local candidate John Orrick took the seat with a majority of 459 votes (10% swing Con to LD) with UKIP placed third and Labour, all but wiped out, in fourth.
Full result:
John Orrick (LD) 2270
Sakina Bradbury (Con) 1811
Helena Windsor (UKIP) 475
Rayhan Haque (Lab) 140
Full results
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"Vote Lib Dem" says The Observer |
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"Support the Lib Dems next Thursday", says The Observer. As well as its Editorial, an article by Andrew Rawnsley praises Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats in the run-up to the elections for the European Parliament and the County Council as the one party that has consistently advocated Constitutional Reform and the one that has come out of the expenses scandal much less sleazed than either Labour or the Tories.
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The week's events in summary
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County In Denial Over Children's Services |
At the Tandridge Local Committee last Friday a report was brought to County and District members regarding the County's "looked after children."
Cllr Lisa Bangs from Lingfield, who is the only Lib Dem on the committee, asked how this related to the recent appalling Ofsted report on children's services in the County which had caused the Council to drop to a one star rating, and asked what actions the County was taking in the light of that report.
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Tenants Bribed to Move Out |
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LIB DEM SLAMS COUNCIL’S “ASSISTED PURCHASE” SCHEME Lib Dem councillor, Jeffrey Gray (Whyteleafe) has criticised a scheme run by Tory-controlled Tandridge District Council to offer up to £20,000 to council tenants to persuade them to move out of their council houses. Over £250,000 of tax payers’ money has been set aside to fund this scheme over the next five years. |
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