15 Comments

• Alex Foster 4th Apr '07 - 4:04pm

  That’s quite a moustache.

• Rob Fenwick 4th Apr '07 - 4:29pm

  Shhh. Maybe he just had something on his face…

• Simon 4th Apr '07 - 4:35pm

  It looked rather impressive on Stuart’s flying start Focus which has already gone out so at least the people of Reepham heard something from us about this election. Just a shame that no other parties thought given them a chance to vote was a good idea. This was the ward with the highest turnout in Broadland District last time.

• Helen Elsom 4th Apr '07 - 9:41pm

  Hahahahahaha.

  (Sorry. I just hope none of us go and do the same.)

• david 5th Apr '07 - 7:22am

  Alan Connett, Lib Dem leader of Teignbridge DC, just got returned unopposed. The Tories only put up one candidate in a two member Kingsteignton ward – the only other candidates are the two Lib Dems, so at least one gain there, if not two!

• Andrea 5th Apr '07 - 8:04am

  Liz Tucker has been elected unopossed in Pinvin ward-Wychavon District Council too

• Will 5th Apr '07 - 8:43am

  Bizarrely, the sitting Independent in Kingsteignton West (where our gain will be) appears on the nominations for Kingsteignton East. Was that a cunning campaign tactic?

• Joe Taylor 5th Apr '07 - 9:16am

  I can go one better – we’ve retained control of Bradfield Parish Council in South Yorkshire after 11 out of 13 councillors were elected unopposed…

• Liberal Neil 5th Apr '07 - 7:46pm

  We have also retained control of Kidlington Parish Council in Evan Harris’ constituency.

  Nine Lib Dems returned unopposed, fifteen seats in all.

• Anders 5th Apr '07 - 9:20pm

  Thanks for building up our immense victory in Bradfield. Of course, it is down to our parish councillors working all year round for you.
  http://andershanson.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/first-electoral-test-passed/

• Peter 6th Apr '07 - 10:58pm

  Why did only 3 Lib Dems Stand in Harrow in 2002?

• Angus J Huck 7th Apr '07 - 10:40am

  The answer to Peter’s question is that the Returning Officer, Mr Balabanov (who threatens to sue people who are rude about him – even a fellow solicitor, on one occasion), refused to accept the nominations of the others (they had called themselves “Liberal Democrat Focus Team” instead of “Liberal Democrat” – unlike the 3 in Harrow Weald who were “Liberal Democrat”). And the High Court agreed with Mr Balabanov.

• Liam 8th Apr '07 - 4:24pm

  “Liberal Democrat – Focus Team” is now allowed, I understand

• Hywel Morgan 9th Apr '07 - 9:16am

  It always was – you needed the same description on the nomination paper as on the DNOs certificate.

  Matters weren’t helped by handing in the Harrow nomination papers at the very last minute (40 mins before the noon deadline according the court reports)

• H-Lad 9th Apr '07 - 7:00pm

  Yes this is true and it didn’t help that we had another set of bad results in Harrow last year too. When we lost council seats we should have been out campaigning but we clearly weren’t. Same for Hillingdon! (Sob!)