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Lib Dems and Tories both take Labour votes at Henley
Fri 27th Jun 2008
The Conservatives have held the Henley seat but Liberal Democrats also increased their share of the vote at the expense of Labour, who came a disastrous fifth and lost their deposit. Full details are to the right of this story.
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Lib Dems say "Enough is enough at Heathrow"
Sat 26th Jan 2008
The government says that there are economic benefits associated with allowing Heathrow to continue to expand. Britain is the world's second largest exporter of services and the financial services industry uses 6 times more air travel than other businesses. The government says that 70% of foreign investment wants to, and does, locate within one hour of Heathrow. Allowing Heathrow to expand would create another 10000 jobs.
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Clegg is new Leader!
Thu 20th Dec 2007
Nick Clegg MP has been named as the new Leader of the Liberal Democrats, following a ballot of members from across the country.
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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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| Beaconsfield General Election Result |
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Turnout: 43523 (64%)
55.4%
Conservative: 24126 (+2.6%)
20.4%
Liberal Democrat: 8873 (−1.2%)
19.4%
Labour: 8422 (−2.4%)
View the results in detail.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"The Tories' main challenger in the June 26 Henley by-election will be the Liberal Democrats. Labour is expected to do so badly it will lose its deposit. "
Evening Standard
www.thisislondon.co.uk - 5 June
"We're going to be running a strong campaign to win here in Henley, and I'm going to be back as often as I can and urge members from across the country to join me. "
Lord Rennard
www.henleylibdems.org.uk - 26 May
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