Woking Lib Dems adopted Dr Anne Lee as their candidate for the General Election at a packed meeting in the Maybury Centre on April 9. Guildford's MP Sue Doughty who ended a long history of Tory MPs at the last General Election was present to wish Anne well. She said that Woking's position strongly resembled Guildford's four years ago, and that today both the Tories and Labour were weaker than they had been then.
The Lib Dems have launched their County Council election campaign with a call to abolish the unfair Council Tax.
The Liberal Democrats are the winners of the first week of campaigning. The average Liberal Democrat share of vote stands at 20%. This shows a big increase of 7% compared to 13% at the first weekend of the last General Election.
Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll has condemned the postponement of the decision on the future of two wards that care for elderly patients at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
"Homes in West Chelmsford could be hiked into higher council tax bands when revaluation takes place after April 1st," said Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate Stephen Robinson. "The rises here since 1991 have been higher than the national average, which means many council tax payers in West Chelmsford could see a large rise. Council tax bills for the next ten years will be based on the April 1st 2005 property prices."
West Chelmsford Liberal Democrat candidate Stephen Robinson and Charles Kennedy have launched the Liberal Democrats election campaign. Said Stephen Robinson, "The Liberal Democrats are entering this campaign in excellent shape. In Chelmsford we have signed up many more helpers and members over the last year. More and more people are looking to the Liberal Democrats to provide a REAL alternative to Labour and the Conservatives. That is exactly what we will do in this campaign.