Brighton & Hove
B & H City by-election date announced
The Council has set the date as 2 May 2024
22 Mar 2024
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LOCAL ELECTIONS ON 2 MAY
Robert Brown selected as Liberal Democrat candidate for the Kemptown Ward by-election
If you want to help out in Robert's campaign contact the ward team here.
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Dominique Hall selected as Liberal Democrat candidate for the Queen's Park Ward by-election
If you want to help out in Dominique's campaign contact the ward team here.
The date of the by-election has been announced as 2 May 2024.
Want to learn more about your Liberal Democrat Candidates?
Go to their ward pages. Kemptown, Queen's Park.
Details of Hustings where you can go and listen to your Liberal Democrat Candidates,
Kemptown, Wednesday, 17 April, Dorset Gardens Methodist Church
Queen's Park, Monday, 22 April, St Luke's Church Hall.
(Make sure to let the organisers know if you wish to attend as numbers are limited.)
If you want to get involved in our Campaigning Action Days click on the Link for details of when and how to take part. Link
Local Politics
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Council Chamber Monitor
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The goings on in and of our City Council
City Hall Politics from a Liberal Democrat perspective.
- With the proposal to introduce cabinet government to the city we ask how will the checks and balances be introduced and will they be enough to ensure good decision making?
- How will the people of the city have a say in the management of their city once their councillors are deprived of their voice as valuable committees disappear?
- Why has consultation not taken place properly? Were you asked about the proposal? There are lots of claims but no evidence that councils are better for introducing cabinet government.
Pothole in the city causing you a problem? Contact the council and tell them about it https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/travel-and-road-safety/roads-and-highways/pavement-and-road-repairs
By-elections date announced.
The by-elections for Kemptown and Queen's Park are set for 2 May 2024, the same day as the election for the Police & Crime Commissioner takes place.
Make sure you are registered to vote and make sure you have acceptable photo ID. You need both if you want to vote Liberal Democrat.
A postal vote alternative is available, but again you must be registered to do so.
To find out more and register go to the Government website here. To find out more about voter ID go here. To find out more information about postal voting go here.
Democracy is for the birds claim Labour as they seek Cabinet Authoritarianism.
With their intention to impose cabinet government on the city and deny the local voters a proper say in the decision Labour finally admit that they don't care what the electorate think or want.
Like their leader's decision to deny the people the right to proportional representation as was voted for by his party, Bella Sankey and her cronies reject democratic principles and seek to embrace cronyism and open the doors to corruption.
Liberal Democrats believe that open government and decision making processes result in the best decisions and give the people the best chance to regain trust in their local politics and local politicians.
Ex Labour Councillors finally stand down.
Kemptown and Queen's Park due to have elections to choose new councillors to represent their wards.
The voters in Kemptown and Queen's Park are to have another chance to elect a councillor to represent them as the two disgraced ex-Labour Councillors announce their resignation. Voters in those two wards have suffered from little say in their affairs as the two former Labour councillors chose not to attend council or ward meetings. The other existing Labour councillor for Kemptown is noticably missing in action leaving it up to Robert Brown, the Liberal Democrat candidate in the May 2023 elections, as the only voice out there fighting for their interests. Robert has held surgeries with voters and chased up the council on their behalf with his efforts being publicised through the local press. Robert has said that he intends to stand again for selection as the Liberal Democrat representative for Kemptown in the forthcoming by-election. The date of the by-election is still to be announced.
If you want to help Robert and the Kemptown Focus Team in their campaigns to help the residents of Kemptown or put a poster in your window then email kemptown@liberalbrighton.org and Robert or one of his team will contact you.
To donate to help their campaigns efforts click here. Make sure to tell us that the donation is for Kemptown's campaigns.
Brighton & Hove Liberal Democrats and You.
Come and enjoy yourself and meet other people with a passion for life and those around them.
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Monthly Coffee Mornings
Come and meet us. We get together each month for a coffee morning; Just choose which constituency you would like to get to know and turn up and treat yourself to a coffee or tea and a chat. For details for each constituency, Hove, Kemptown, or Pavilion go to our Events page for more details on the coffee morning you would like to attend.
Inn Politics
Our Next meeting is on Wednesday, 24th April 2024 at The Bath Arms, 3 - 4 Meeting House Lane, Brighton, BN1 1HB, it starts at 7:00 pm for the early birds and goes on until late for the night birds.
All are welcome. We are meeting in The Lanes to make it easier for members and supporters and those who wish to know more about us as it is in the centre of the city with excellent transport links. A topic of conversation is bound to be about the forthcoming by-elections in Kemptown and Queen's Park Wards.
Politics & Prosecco
Join us in the fizzy discovery of matching food and wine with politics and socialising.
We find out just how good our local restaurants are at enticing our taste buds whilst we explore through discourse the latest gossip meandering through local politics, with the odd diversion into the world of Westminster.
Our next event is due to be held in late May/early June. Details will be published as soon as they become available.
Brighton & Hove Liberal Democrats and the National Stage
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Our Parliamentary Candidates for the next General Election
Brighton Kemptown
Brighton Pavilion
Hove
To find out more about the policies our parliamentary candidates support click Here.
Conference News
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The Autumn 2024 Conference will be held in Brighton from 14 - 17 September 2024. Details are expected to be available from May 2024.
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The Spring 2024 Conference has just been held in York from 15 - 17 March 2024. Details can be obtained here.
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Autumn 2023 Conference took place in Bournemouth from 23 - 26 September 2023. Details of the conference can be obtained from here.
Post-Office and Horizon
Setting the record straight
With the attacks by the Tories on Ed Davey we thought you might like to know what really happened and not what the Tories imagined happened.
Click on the Link to find out.
Liberal Democrats sweep to Victory in Somerton & Frome with an 11,008 majority.
The voters completely rejected Tory policies and government by electing Sarah Dyke as their new MP. Sarah polled 21,187 votes against the Tories 10,179, their worst result in the history of the seat. In the General Election in 2019 Tories polled 36,230 votes so this represents a loss of 26,051 votes for them. A disastrous result and a measure of just how much disatisfaction there is with the current Tory Party and its disastrous government. For Sarah though, it represents a huge personal triumph as she becomes the 15th MP sitting for the Lib Dems in this parliament. Huge congratulations to Sarah, our newest MP.
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Dominique Hall selected as Liberal Democrat candidate for Queen's Park Ward
Dominique has been chosen to lead Liberal Democrats in their quest to be elected as the new ward Councillor in the forthcoming by-election.
19 Mar 2024
HMRC to make permanent cuts to helplines
As if contacting HMRC is not hard enough, they now want to make it even more difficult
19 Mar 2024
Brighton Kemptown Ward
Robert Brown selected as Liberal Democrat candidate for the Kemptown Ward by-election
Brighton and Hove Liberal Democrats have chosen Robert Brown to be their candidate to represent Kemptown Ward.
17 Mar 2024
Brighton Kemptown Ward
Water company's failings
Volk's Railway Blackrock station suffers from Southern Water mis-management
28 Feb 2024
Brighton & Hove
Hove Liberal Democrats choose Parliamentary Candidate
Hove Liberal Democrats have chosen Michael Wang as their candidate for the seat at the next General Election.
4 Jan 2024
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