Congratulations to Jeff Reid on his selection as Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Blyth Valley:
Share:THE leader of Northumberland County Council has been chosen by the Liberal Democrats as a Parliamentary candidate. Coun Jeff Reid, who leads the minority Liberal Democrat administration at County Hall, will contest the Parliamentary seat of Blyth Valley at the next general election.
Coun Reid faces the task of unseating Ronnie Campbell, the former-miner and Labour MP who has represented Blyth Valley in the House of Commons for 22 years, and holds a majority in excess of 8,000.
“I’m very excited about the forthcoming election,” Coun Reid said this morning. “And if you look at the last few election results, we stand a very good chance of beating Labour. But I think the government will go all the way to next June before calling a general election.”
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Blyth Valley with its history of lost heavy industry and now `clean coal’ and important port, has great potential for being a L/D Gain.
Good luck to Cllr. Jeff Reid.
Blyth is a good example of a Recession impacted industrial Town, that would reap great economic renewal, from reforming policies,introduced by Vince Cable, as Chancellor of the Exchequer.