Post-Coalition Progress as Liberal Democrats Continue to Move Ahead
May 29, 2010 11:23 AM
Both locally and further afield, Liberal Democrats are getting increased support from the electorate. Two elections took place on Thursday, 27th May, the more significant being the delayed Thirsk & Malton parliamentary by-election. This was an expected Tory win, of course, but nevertheless there was a modest improvement in Lib Dem support, with the party jumping to 2nd place as Labour crashed. The figures showed a 1.8% swing from Tories to Lib Dems. Locally, Liberal Democrats did well in the Chorleywood Parish Council Elections held on the same day and are now in the majority with 9 councillors to the Tories' 7 and one independent.
County Councillor, Nick Hollinghurst, from South West Herts commented, "Clearly the Lib Dems are continuing to make progress in the new political arrangements. But I think the enduring surprise - once we'd recovered from the shock of the coalition - was the realisation of how weak the Conservative Party had become. And was clearly a weakness that the millions donated by Lord Ashcroft and others was unable to remedy.
Certainly we must work to make the coalition a success - and we must do it wholeheartedly and in good faith - but we must retain our own distinctive identity and continue to develop policies consistent with our own view of how society should develop. The electorate would expect no less."
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