STOP PRESS: General Election Results in Hitchin and Harpenden

Peter Lilley, Con, 29869;

Nigel Quinton, Liberal Democrat, 14598;

Oliver de Botton, Labour, 7 413;

Graham Wilkinson, UKIP, 1663;

Richard Wise, Green, 807;

Margaret Henderson, 109;

Simon Byron ,Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality , Ind, 108;

Eric Hannah, Your Right To Democracy Party Limited, 90;

Peter Rigby, Independent, 50

Welcome to Hitchin & Harpenden Liberal Democrats!

Nigel Quinton, Parliamentary Candidate for Hitchin and Harpenden

Welcome to the Hitchin & Harpenden Liberal Democrats website. We hope to keep you up-to-date with what we are doing in your area and hope that you will use it to let us know what you think too.

Split between St Albans District in the south and North Herts District in the north, this constituency is a diverse one, each town and village having its own distinct character and identity, which is what makes it such a great place to live.

Our current MP is Peter Lilley, famous for his Tory conference ditty "I've got them on my list", and for voting against the Climate Change Bill, and the Conservative Party have been the dominant party here for many years. We have made steady progress and are challenging them at every turn. We came second in the 2005 General Election and increased our vote in the recent 2010 General Election. In the 2010 District Council elections we retained our seat in Hitchin Highbury ward and won a new seat in Hitchin Bearton ward. Across the constituency we gained 31% of the votes in the district elections, our highest ever. The Lib Dems are the official opposition in Hertfordshire as across the county Labour's vote has continued to fall away.

Why not get in touch and help us to build a fairer society.

Best wishes,

PS - There is lots of news also on our councillor websites - check out Cllr Sal Jarvis' site for news affecting Chesfield Ward and the Hitchin area - www.saljarvis.mycouncillor.org.uk

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COUNCIL TO SPEND £¾ MILLION ON COMPUTERS DESPITE CUTS Sat 17th Jul 2010 Plans to spend more than three quarters of a million pounds on computers and software were voted through by Conservative North Herts Council at its meeting on Wednesday, despite forecasts that the Council's already dire financial position will get even worse. The spending plans are part of the Council's capital programme for 2010 - 2011.

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Election Success in Hitchin Sun 9th May 2010 The 2010 North Herts District Council election results were announced on Friday 7th May and there were two notable successes for Hitchin.
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Tories win, but Lib-Dems increase their lead over Labour Fri 7th May 2010 After an uncertain night across the UK, Hitchin & Harpenden Liberal Democrats could at least take some comfort from a small increase in the share of their vote locally.
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Lawrence Oliver: 3 PLEDGES Mon 26th Apr 2010 Lawrence Oliver, who is seeking re-election as District Councillor for Highbury Ward, today outlined 3 pledges:
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Grove Road set for Improvements Sun 25th Apr 2010 After badgering Hertfordshire Highways for months Lisa Courts finally has the road improvements she has been urgently pressing for. During her campaign to reduce the number of HGV's using Hitchin roads at all hours and in increasing numbers, Lisa - Liberal Democrat District Council candidate for Bearton Ward - was made aware of the state of Grove Road in particular.

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Lisa goes to court for Bearton Sun 25th Apr 2010 It is now three years since Lisa Courts, Liberal Democrat District Council candidate for Bearton Ward, decided enough was enough and something had to be done about the increased HGV traffic blighting the lives of Bearton residents.
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Hitchin Road Rage Mon 22nd Mar 2010 Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate Nigel Quinton has joined Cllr Lawrence Oliver in Highbury ward to carry out an extensive review of public opinion in the the Ward. Over one thousand households were contacted to assess their opinion of the state of the roads in Hitchin.
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Local Lib Dems back Community Pubs, Local Brewers and Consumer Rights! Sat 20th Mar 2010 Nigel Quinton, Local Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for the Hitchin & Harpenden constituency has today committed to:
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Degree Courses under threat Wed 17th Mar 2010 Thanks to Labour's obsession with targets, and the mess they have made of public finances, good degree courses may be closed so that Universities are not fined. Sounds crazy, but this is what could happen according to Nigel Quinton, prospective Lib Dem MP for Hitchin & Harpenden.
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Hertfordshire road maintenance costs 81% more than average Fri 26th Feb 2010 Figures which compare spending by different councils on road maintenance confirm what many of us have believed for some time - Herts County Council is appallingly inefficient at mending the roads.
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FCC Meet the Manager Mon 22nd Feb 2010 Nigel Quinton, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hitchin & Harpenden, reminds Harpenden rail users that First Capital Connect will be holding a Meet the Manager event at Harpenden station on 24th February from 5 to 7.30 pm.
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PPC says that Peter Lilley has questions to answer on expenses despite escaping from £41,000 repayment Tue 9th Feb 2010 Nigel Quinton, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hitchin & Harpenden, welcomes Peter Lilley's comment that "MPs have only ourselves to blame" but thinks that he still needs to explain to his constituents why he needs to claim for a second home when he lives within easy reach of Westminster, and why he and his party have resisted change at every opportunity.

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Incinerator Protest Gathers Momentum Mon 8th Feb 2010 Nigel Quinton, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hitchin & Harpenden, was delighted to be asked by Hatfield Against Incineration to hand their latest petition to the Waste Management Cabinet Panel at their meeting today. Although the council's proposal is for a site in South Hatfield, there is a commercial proposal by Biffa to be sited in Ware, and the choice of incineration over cleaner, greener modern alternatives is a matter for the whole county, not least on financial concerns.

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First Capital Connect - "Transforming Travel" or just using a good advertising slogan? Wed 3rd Feb 2010 Local Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates Nigel Quinton for Hitchin & Harpenden and Sandy Walkington for St Albans joined senior Liberal Democrat MPs at Westminster yesterday for a private meeting with FCC top management, Mary Grant and Neal Lawson.
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Local Lib Dems press FCC top management on compensation Wed 3rd Feb 2010 Local Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates Sandy Walkington for St Albans and Nigel Quinton for Hitchin & Harpenden joined senior Liberal Democrat MPs at Westminster yesterday for a private meeting with FCC top management, Mary Grant and Neal Lawson.
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Tory Brown Bin Mess! Thu 21st Jan 2010 Several years ago the Tory-run North Herts District Council (NHDC) made the decision that residents' brown bins would not be emptied over Christmas. This decision was taken so that the emptying of black bins wasn't disrupted over the festive period - and at the time was probably sensible. However, the council have since changed the rules on what waste can be put into our brown bins. Nowadays the contents of brown bins not only includes traditional garden waste, but also food waste. It's fantastic that residents are doing their part for the environment and recycling more, but the council have yet again failed to react quickly enough to the change in residents' habits and the subsequent problem of rotting food in uncollected bins.

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Lib Dem PPC alarmed at PCT financial report Sun 20th Dec 2009 Nigel Quinton, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hitchin & Harpenden, is calling for an urgent explanation from the PCT after they announced a £24M deficit at a Scrutiny Committee meeting at County Hall.
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Herts Waste Consultation deadline this Friday! Sun 13th Dec 2009 PPC Nigel Quinton has issued the following call to everyone to help reject the county council's proposed waste strategy, that will see £220 million pounds spent on an incinerator and hundreds of millions of pounds of our money committed to feeding this monster for the next quarter of a century.
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Public Meeting 4th Dec - Peak Oil & Climate Change Sun 29th Nov 2009 PPC Nigel Quinton will be in Kimpton next Friday to deliver a talk on "Peak Oil, Climate Change and a vision of a clean green future".
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Priory School - The Great Political Debate Sun 29th Nov 2009 On Wednesday 25th November the Priory School invited our PPC Nigel Quinton to a school politics debate. While Nigel represented the Liberal Democrats, chair of governors Charles Lacey spoke from a Tory perspective and headmaster Peter Loach spoke from a Labour party perspective.
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