Paul Walter

Lib Dems gain seat in Sunderland

By | Fri 6th May 2016 - 2:26 am


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

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3 Comments

  • Ruth Bright 6th May '16 - 3:36pm

    Fantastic gain in Gateshead too.

  • Tony Dawson 6th May '16 - 4:22pm

    I was delighted to see this although I have never met the people involved.

    As joint organisers of Sunderland Lib Dems, of which I later became Chair, Phil Hanmer and I started out the Liberal success in Sunderland in 1980 with wins on the Tyne & Wear County Council seats of Bishopwearmouth and Southwick and later several Sunderland MBC seats. Millfield was part of the Sunderland MBC Central Ward in which I stood several times before returning to Lancashire. our longstanding councillor in Central Sunderland (26 years) . Mark Greenfield was never defeated in his ward in a clean fight by Labour – he succumbed to a major re-warding and even then only lost by a handful of votes against the entire Sunderland Labour machine. Mark was my greatest helper this year in winning central Southport – a SLIGHTLY different area to central Sunderland! 🙂

  • Simon Banks 7th May '16 - 8:55pm

    What do you mean? They’re both seaside places.

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