Welcome to Hitchin & Harpenden Liberal Democrats!

Nigel Quinton, Parliamentary Candidate for Hitchin and Harpenden

Welcome to the Hitchin & Harpenden Liberal Democrats website. Through this site 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.

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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. It is split between St Albans City & District Council in the south and North Herts District Council in the north. Information about our councillors and about each area can be found using the links on the left of this page.

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 since then have retaken control of St Albans, and are the official opposition in North Herts. In June of this year the Lib Dems became the official oppsition in Hertfordshire, and in this constiruency Labour's vote dropped to just 11%, in fourth place behind the green party.

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

In these days when Labour and Conservatives are almost indivisible on policy, it is the Liberal Democrats who offer the only real alternative - FREER, FAIRER AND GREENER.

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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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