No sooner did we predict no news for the week, due to an observant Maundy Thursday, than we received news from Pembrokeshire of our first 2012 local election win! Hard-working County Councillor Bob Kilmister has been returned unopposed to the Dinas Cross division. Well done, Bob, we hope you’re the first of many…
Without any further election news, we’d like to take the chance to promote our new conversation space on Facebook. The group ‘Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors’ has been redesigned as a secure online space for ALDC members to discuss campaign strategy, interesting articles, and campaign stories from across the country. We’d like all ALDC members to look us up as quickly as possible and join the conversation!
Looking forward, there are four by-elections slated for next week – including a very unusual Wednesday poll in the East Finchley ward of Barnet. The other three are in the traditional Thursday berth; Newark and Sherwood’s Lowdham ward (where a win could tip the Tories out of majority control) and two up in Darlington – Harrowgate Hill and Hurworth.
The best of luck to all of our candidates and campaigners across the country.
Craig Whittall
craig.whittall@aldc.org