Showing posts with label local elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local elections. Show all posts

Saturday, 9 May 2015

South Gloucestershire Election Results for our area

Thank you to everyone who supported the Lib Dem Focus Team candidates in the local elections. 

John O'Neill, Pat and Dave Hockey and Claire Young were all re-elected to South Gloucestershire Council but sadly Duncan Goodland missed out on holding the Ladden Brook seat that was previously held by Howard Gawler.

The local results in full:

Charfield
Frampton Cotterell


Ladden Brook

Westerleigh 


In South Gloucestershire as a whole, the Conservatives now have a majority with 40 out of the 70 seats. The Lib Dems have 16 and Labour 14.

Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Polling day reminder

Thursday 7th May is Polling Day.

Thank you to everyone who has given us a warm reception on the doorstep and told us how much they value the hard work the local Focus Team does all year round.

Please help us to continue that work by voting for John O'Neill in Charfield Ward, Pat and Dave Hockey in Frampton Cotterell Ward, Duncan Goodland in Ladden Brook Ward and Claire Young in Westerleigh Ward - and Steve Webb for MP. In some areas there will also be Parish Council elections.
  • Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm.
  • You don't need your polling card but it helps.
  • If you have a postal vote and have not yet completed and returned it, you can still take your ballot paper in person to the polling station on Thursday.
The General Election votes will be counted on Thursday night/Friday morning and the South Gloucestershire and Parish Council ones on Friday afternoon. Results will be made available on the South Glos website.

Sunday, 3 May 2015

The local dimension

As the General Election gets nearer and dominates the national media, people may overlook the local elections that are being held as well.

The key priorities of the South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats are set out in the Liberal Democrat Vision for South Gloucestershire, our manifesto for the 2015 Local Elections. The priorities are set out under five main headings:
  • Ensuring fairness and empowering communities
  • A healthier and more caring place to live
  • Helping to get South Gloucestershire moving
  • Keeping our area green for future generations
  • A stronger local economy that will benefit everyone 
The full manifesto is available to read here.

Your South Glos candidates are:

Charfield ward - John O'Neill
Frampton Cotterell ward - Pat and Dave Hockey
Ladden Brook ward - Duncan Goodland
Westerleigh ward - Claire Young

If you would like to help your local Focus Team candidate(s) in the final days of the campaign or on polling day, please click on their name to contact them.

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

South Glos Lib Dems launch manifesto

The South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats have  launched our manifesto for the Council elections on May 7th. Entitled ‘Working with you and for you’ it lays out our local key priorities, in addition to those outlined in the party’s national manifesto, which was published last week. You can find out more on the South Glos Lib Dems website.

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Are you registered to vote?

On Thursday 7th May we will be electing an MP, South Glos councillors and Parish Councillors. To vote in these elections you must be registered by Monday 20 April. Find out more on the South Glos website.

Thursday, 5 February 2015

Don't lose your vote!

South Glos Council is writing to all households to clarify who is registered to vote. You should receive a letter in early February which will clarify if the electoral register information for your property is correct and if you need to take action to join the register.

To vote in the elections on 7 May 2015 you must be registered by Monday 20 April. If you’re not on the register, you won’t have a say in who represents you.

It is also necessary to register to vote if you wish to apply for credit. This is because credit reference agencies use the register to check where someone lives when they apply for credit in order to prevent fraud.

If you are a South Gloucestershire resident and your household hasn’t received a household information letter by the end of February then please contact the electoral services team by calling 01454 863030 or by emailing electoral.services@southglos.gov.uk