A handy infographic from Mark Pack.

Every opinion poll for months has said the same thing: no one party will win an overall majority on May 7th.  The Conservatives are not going to win outright – so if they end up as the largest party, who will they work with? There is a real risk that a block of right-wingers in […]

If you want a hard-working local team, you have to vote for it.   People have commented to me that the Lib Dems have delivered more leaflets, got more posters and seem to be knocking on more doors than the Conservatives or any of the other parties contesting the elections locally. In fact, more than […]

Since the tragic death of Millie Thompson in a nursery in Cheadle Hulme back in 2012, local MP Mark Hunter has supported Millie’s parents Joanne and Dan in their campaign to to make paediatric first aid training for new nursery staff compulsory. Mark has today welcomed official confirmation from the Childcare Minister that the Government is […]

Back in June I reported an outrage against human rights, that a woman from Heald Green had been imprisoned by the Iranian government simply for criticising the regime on Facebook. Roya Saberinejad Nobakht has been in prison in Iran since October 2013. She has been subjected to physical and psychological torture and was sentenced to […]

Residents of Turnfield Road and Cringle Drive in Cheadle might have been a little confused to see the Lib Dem team out knocking on doors last Friday afternoon with a camera crew following us around. The cameras weren’t for the local team – we’re really not that interesting! They were from Belgian TV, following former […]

Cllr Iain Roberts has been selected to stand as the Cheadle & Gatley Liberal Democrat candidate in the local elections on May 22nd. Iain was first elected in a by-election in 2009, then held his seat in 2010. “It’s been a privilege to serve Cheadle and Gatley,” said Iain. “Over that time I’ve been able […]

In just the last week, we’ve knocked on hundreds of doors across Cheadle and Gatley with our residents’ survey – part of “Project 6000”, aiming to call on all the 6,000-odd homes across the ward before May. We’ve been to Baxter Park, Cambridge Road and Leyland Avenue in Gatley and Oak, Acorn and Ash Avenues […]

Project 6000 – the Lib Dem campaign to call at all 6,000 homes in Cheadle and Gatley with our residents’ survey has passed the half-way mark – more than 3,000 called on since April. We’ve had lots of people out with the local councillors including Euro-MP Chris Davies. Over the last few weeks we’ve called […]

The Local Lib Dems are on course to knock on all 6,000 doors in the ward before the elections next May. In the last three months we’ve knocked on over 2,000 doors and spoken to hundreds of residents.  We’ve got a big pile of returned Residents Surveys which people have filled in, letting us know […]