Thankyou!
All eight of our candidates in the recent Parliamentary and County elections want to say a big THANK YOU to all those who turned out to vote on May 5th.
21 May 2005
Lib Dems stage Yorkshire coast fair votes action day.
Local Liberal Democrats and Green Party members are running an action day to protest at Britain's unfair voting system and add to the nationwide campaign for electoral reform.
20 May 2005
Tories put Toilet Closers Back in Power
In an astonishing move the Conservatives have done a deal with the very people who, just a year ago, tried to put Council Tax up by nearly 40%, closed the toilets and stopped cutting grass across the district.
20 May 2005
Sign up to The Independent's Campaign for Democracy
Wolverhampton Liberal Democrats are backing the Independent newspapers' "Campaign for Democracy". The Campaign aims to persuade the Government to reform our unfair electoral system, pointing out that the Labour Party was able to claim a majority with just 36 per cent of the popular vote, and 22 per cent of the electorate - a warning that our democracy cannot continue to stagger on unreformed.
19 May 2005
Sign up to The Independent's Campaign for Democracy
Shepway Liberal Democrats are backing the Independent newspapers' "Campaign for Democracy". The Campaign aims to persuade the Government to reform our unfair electoral system, pointing out that the Labour Party was able to claim a majority with just 36 per cent of the popular vote, and 22 per cent of the electorate - a warning that our democracy cannot continue to stagger on unreformed.
19 May 2005
62% of the population think we should have a fair voting system
A NOP survey for The Independent has found that 62 per cent of people agree that Britain should bring in proportional representation (PR) so that the number of MPs each party secures matches its votes more closely. Only 17 per cent disagree. NOP's finding is believed to show the strongest support yet for a switch to a proportional system.
18 May 2005