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Lib Dems and Tories both take Labour votes at Henley
Fri 27th Jun 2008
The Conservatives have held the Henley seat but Liberal Democrats also increased their share of the vote at the expense of Labour, who came a disastrous fifth and lost their deposit. Full details are to the right of this story.
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Lib Dems say "Enough is enough at Heathrow"
Sat 26th Jan 2008
The government says that there are economic benefits associated with allowing Heathrow to continue to expand. Britain is the world's second largest exporter of services and the financial services industry uses 6 times more air travel than other businesses. The government says that 70% of foreign investment wants to, and does, locate within one hour of Heathrow. Allowing Heathrow to expand would create another 10000 jobs.
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Clegg is new Leader!
Thu 20th Dec 2007
Nick Clegg MP has been named as the new Leader of the Liberal Democrats, following a ballot of members from across the country.
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| Henley By Election Result |
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Turnout: 34915 (51%)
56.7%
Conservative: 19796 (+3.2%)
27.7%
Liberal Democrat: 9680 (+1.7%)
3.8%
Green Party: 1321 (+0.5%)
View the results in detail.
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| Beaconsfield General Election Result |
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Turnout: 43523 (64%)
55.4%
Conservative: 24126 (+2.6%)
20.4%
Liberal Democrat: 8873 (−1.2%)
19.4%
Labour: 8422 (−2.4%)
View the results in detail.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"Holding someone without charge for 42 days adds nothing of value to the investigation, prosecution or conviction of terrorists. "
Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Lord (Martin) Thomas
Comment ahead of the Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the House of Lords - 8 July
"Opponents of Mugabe's regime are at serious risk of being tortured or killed if they are sent back to Zimbabwe. I am dismayed that the Home Office seems intent on pushing ahead with deportations at the earliest opportunity. "
Chris Huhne, Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesman
www.libdems.org.uk - 8 July
"Schools' performance in recognising and tackling homophobia should be an assessed criterion in Ofsted school inspections. "
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - 7 July
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