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Welcome to Stockton-on-Tees Liberal Democrats
This is the website for the Liberal Democrats based in Stockton-on-Tees covering Stockton North and Stockton South constituencies and is part of the Liberal Democrat commitment to e-government.
It's about making Lib Dem councillors, policies and news available to as many different people as possible, and complements our regular Focus newsletters.
Register for Free Email news updates from Stockton Lib Dems.
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Fri 11th Jul 2008
Hello and welcome to my July e-newsletter, which gives you a round up of all my latest news from the North East of England and the European Parliament.
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Fri 11th Jul 2008
Councillors Suzanne Fletcher and Julia Cherrett, Liberal Democrat Councillors for the Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree ward, are furious at developers snubbing the Council. There are a number of breaches on planning rules around, but one that everyone can see is the unauthorised boards advertising new houses.
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Fri 4th Jul 2008
Stockton Liberal Democrats are delighted that Councillor Julia Roberts today married Preston Parish Councillor Mike Cherrett. Mike was formerly the Borough Councillor for Preston Ward then Eaglescliffe Ward, retiring last year. Julia continues to represent Bishopsgarth and Elmtree ward.
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Thu 15th May 2008
Stockton South Liberal Democrats have selected Jacquie Bell as their candidate for the next Parliamentary election. Jacquie, a qualified social worker, is an experienced campaigner with family living on the nearby North York Moors.
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Thu 8th May 2008
Alan is angry that people without a Blue Badge abuse parking spaces allocated for people with disabilities in supermarket car parks.
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Wed 30th Apr 2008
BUS USERS FORUM HOLD UP
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Thu 24th Apr 2008
There is a rumour going round, fuelled by the right wing press, that the reason why Post Offices are closing down is that it is all the fault of the European Parliament.
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Archive of earlier news stories.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"Holding someone without charge for 42 days adds nothing of value to the investigation, prosecution or conviction of terrorists. "
Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General Lord (Martin) Thomas
Comment ahead of the Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the House of Lords - 8 July
"Opponents of Mugabe's regime are at serious risk of being tortured or killed if they are sent back to Zimbabwe. I am dismayed that the Home Office seems intent on pushing ahead with deportations at the earliest opportunity. "
Chris Huhne, Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesman
www.libdems.org.uk - 8 July
"Schools' performance in recognising and tackling homophobia should be an assessed criterion in Ofsted school inspections. "
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - 7 July
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| Henley By Election Result |
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Turnout: 34915 (51%)
56.7%
Conservative: 19796 (+3.2%)
27.7%
Liberal Democrat: 9680 (+1.7%)
3.8%
Green Party: 1321 (+0.5%)
View the results in detail.
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