Dear resident, First of all, a happy new year to you all! Welcome to my latest Notes from Westminster, which aims to keep you up to date with some of the work I’ve been doing, and interesting news announcements both locally and in Westminster. •        Our campaign to see the A555 Relief Road completed has [...]

An all party group of MP’s, including local Cheadle MP Mark Hunter, have just returned from a visit to British troops currently serving in Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The delegation, who met with International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) representatives, were briefed by senior officers and had the opportunity to discuss the situation on the ground [...]

The Boundary Commission has published its initial proposals for how the English parliamentary constituencies should change. In our area they propose: Cheadle constituency (which we’re in here) gains the ward of Davenport & Cale Green, but loses Stepping Hill ward (which covers parts of Davenport, Great Moor, Heavily and Hazel Grove). Hazel Grove constituency gains [...]

Over the next few days, people will start voting on the referendum to change the way we elect MPs. Here are five reasons why I’m voting Yes to the Alternative Vote. 1. It’s as easy as 1-2-3 It’s not complicated. Just rank the candidates with “1″ for your favourite, “2″ for your next and so [...]

May 5th will be a big day in the local political calendar with local elections across Stockport and the referendum on fairer votes. For the local election in Cheadle & Gatley, Pam will be standing for the Lib Dems.  Pam’s an excellent councillor for Cheadle & Gatley and has been both an inspiration and a [...]

Cllr David White rejoined Labour recently (having left them for the Lib Dems in 2002) and wrote a letter last week giving his reasons.  This is my response. I was surprised to read Cllr David White’s letter last week.  His decision to return to the Labour Party after nine years away is one for him, [...]

The Lib Dems went into coalition to get as many of our manifesto policies put into practise as we could, given our 57 MPs, and to provide a strong, stable government to get the country out of recession and sort out the deficit. Here’s how we’re getting on. Lib Dem Achievements in Government

I don’t normally write about national politics on this blog, but tuition fees is a major issue and I’ve been disappointed by the amount of misinformation flying about. This is an attempt to set the record straight.  You may read this and end up with the view that the Lib Dem leadership made the wrong [...]

As a good Lib Dem, I’ve been spending some time in Oldham East & Saddleworth. Their former Labour MP, Phil Woolas, was found guilty of lying about his opponent in the election.  It was the first time it had happened in almost a century, and as a result Woolas is no longer an MP and [...]

Cheadle MP Mark Hunter has joined the growing band of MPs on Twitter, where he tweets as markhuntermp. You can also follow me on Twitter at CllrIainRoberts.