Paul Walter

General election campaigns get off to a flying start across the country

By | Sat 22nd April 2017 - 9:18 pm

Campaigns, of course, are already up and running across the country for the May 4th local elections, but Theresa May’s announcement has given even greater impetus to Lib Dem activists across the country.

Here’s a round-up of some of today’s action via Twitter – please let us know about any other team action photos in the comments field below!:

Caroline Pidgeon was up in Cambridge lending her support to Julian Huppert in his campaign to regain the city’s parliamentary seat and also to Rod Cantrill in his bid to be the first Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough:

Jane Dodds and the team have been out in Montgomeryshire:



Layla Moran in OXWAB has been briefing a batch of new volunteers:


Clare Pierce and team have been out canvassing for Dawn Barnes in Hornsey and Wood Green:


Joshua Dixon also tweets good news about the strength of Dawn’s campaign:


Carole Ford and associate was out in the heart of Glasgow finding unprompted support for Jo Swinson:


There was standing room only at Ed Davey’s campaign launch:


Tom Brake tweeted a photograph of a very fulsome team about to go out in Carshalton and Wallington:


Vince Cable and team took advantage of the sunny afternoon to pioneer outside stuffing!:


And Claire Young was out in Thornbury and Yate:

* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist and member of the Liberal Democrat Voice team. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.

Read more by or more about .
This entry was posted in Campaign Corner.
Advert

One Comment

  • Peter Kemp 23rd Apr '17 - 8:29am

    Great to see ….. inspiring me to do my bit, hope it inspires others 🙂 🙂 I am off to Richmond this morning 🙂

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

*
*
Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Advert

Recent Comments

  • Jana
    “ Trump’s approval rating has never topped 50 percent.” Sorry but most opinion polls in January and February 2025 had Trump over 50% approval with a Yo...
  • Judy Abel
    @Tristan I am sorry but while privatisation may not automatically lead to poor water quality it certainly has in the UK. I’ve been to Italy and Denmark recent...
  • Tristan Ward
    @Judy Abel The suggestion that privatisation automatically leads to poor water quality is not supported by the facts. Most of continental Europe has poor ...
  • Judy Abel
    @John Indeed. At the very least we need to develop policies/guardrails on foreign investment in essential UK utilities to protect consumers and the viability of...
  • John Hann
    Foreign investment in the utilities like the water companies may mean that their interests do not correspond with UK consumers' interests. Foreign takeover o...