The local Lyneham win for the Lib Dems came hard on the heels of the Party's surprise triumph in the Parliamentary by-election of Dunfermline & Fife West! Local Lib Dem Willie Rennie beat Labour by 2000 votes in a previously safe seat and now has Gordon Brown as one of his local constituents as the Chancellor lives in the area!
The Liberal Democrat victory in the hotly contested Lyneham by-election means that they replace the Conservatives as the largest Party on the District Council. Meaning that providing the one Independent and one Labour Councillors do not back the Tories, Lib Dem Cllr Carol O'Gorman will carry-on leading North Wiltshire Council.
The Liberal Democrat victory in the hotly contested Lyneham by-election means that they replace the Conservatives as the largest Party on the District Council. Meaning that providing the one Independent and one Labour Councillors do not back the Tories, Lib Dem Cllr Carol O'Gorman will carry-on leading North Wiltshire Council.
The residents of Lyneham, Bradenstoke, Bushton, Clyffe Pypard and Tockenham have a new District Councillor - Liberal Democrat, John Webb.
The residents of Lyneham, Bradenstoke, Bushton, Clyffe Pypard and Tockenham have a new District Councillor - Liberal Democrat, John Webb.
Voters in Wolverhampton have until 13 March - just three weeks - to register so that they can vote in the local council elections on 4 May 2006.
