Within the Mid Sussex District area the Lib Dem share of the vote, as elsewhere, increased since the 1999 Euro election. Both sitting MEP's, Chris Huhne and Emma Nicholson were comfortably re-elected.
Reacting to the news that controversial ex-Council Leader Peter Soulsby has been chosen as Tony Blair's man for the forthcoming parliamentary by-election, Stuart Bray the Lib Dem Agent for Leicester South said:
Dear Sir,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Malcolm Bruce MP visited Leicester today to support the campaign of Parmjit Singh Gill to become the next MP.
In a shock development Labour lost overall control of Blackburn with Darwen Council when 6 of their newly-elected councillors resigned from the Party.
The Liberal Democrats made substantial progress in the European Elections in the North West on June 10th. Chris Davies was re-elected as a MEP and he was joined by Sajjad Karim as the Liberal Democrats gained an extra seat.