http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from North West Hampshire Liberal Democrats en-GB North West Hampshire Liberal Democrats http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 North West Hampshire Liberal Democrats 2008-08-20T14:16+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000091/hampshire_tory_budget_panic__lib_dem_response.html Hampshire Conservatives over-charged council tax payers this year so they could bribe the voters with a lower increase next year - County election year. They denied it at the time, but now the truth is out. They have also announced some modest improvements to services to try to distract people from the major service cuts they are making. 2008-06-15T19:37+01:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000090/liberal_democrats_candidates_for_the_basingstoke_and_deane_borough_council_elections_on_1st_may.html Liberal Democrats have the following candidates standing in the Basingstoke and Deane wards of North West Hampshire for the Borough Council elections on 1st May. 2008-04-27T14:17+01:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000089/smannell_lib_dems_launch_weblog.html Liberal Democrats in the parish of Smannell have launched their own web blog to record and debate matters of local interest. 2008-02-26T19:12+00:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000088/conservatives_damage_borough_image.html Liberal Democrats on Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council have blasted Conservative Councillors for damaging the image of the Borough. Lib Dems blame Tory Councillors for poor decision making that has alienated developers and the business community. 2008-02-26T19:09+00:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000087/lib_dem_michael_bound_wins_baughurst_byelection.html The local Liberal Democrat Candidate, Michael Bound has won the by election held on 24th Jan 08 in the Baughurst Ward of Basingstoke and Deane taking the seat previously held by Conservative, the late Sheila Allen. 2008-02-03T16:41+00:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000086/michael_bound__the_local_choice_for_baughurst.html Liberal Democrats have selected Michael Bound as their candidate in the Baughurst by-election on January 24th. 2008-01-02T19:15+00:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000085/andover_liberal_democrats_back_the_town_council_campaign.html Andover Lib Dem councillors have tabled a motion to Test Valley Borough Council supporting the Campaign for an Andover Town Council. The motion will be debated at the next council meeting in Crossfield Hall, Romsey on January 10th. 2007-12-26T14:21+00:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000084/resignation_call_over_wardens.html Calls have been made for the resignation of Conservative Basingstoke & Deane Borough Councillor Stephen West after further revelations of 'flip-flop'. 2007-12-26T14:18+00:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000083/tories_in_turmoil.html Conservative chickens are coming home to roost less than two years after the 2007-12-14T19:00+00:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000082/whitchurch_byelection_victory_for_eric_dunlop.html Eric Dunlop has won the recent Whitchurch By-Election. Eric was elected by 858 votes, a majority of 149 over his Conservative rival, while Labour trailed in third with only 58 votes. 2007-11-25T19:38+00:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000081/tory_candidate_joins_andover_lib_dems.html Peter Mather, Tory candidate in the May 2007 local elections for St Mary's ward Test Valley Borough Council, has resigned from the Conservative party and joined the North West Hampshire Liberal Democrats. 2007-09-30T19:14+01:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000080/eric_dunlop_selected_as_candidate_for_whitchurch_byelection.html Eric Dunlop has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate to contest the by-election in Whitchurch for a seat on Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council caused by the sudden death of Alison Wall. Eric was born and grew up in Whitchurch. He had a career in electrical engineering and facilities management for large companies. As a young man he also played guitar as a session musician for Pye Recording Studios. Since retiring in 2000, Eric has worked part-time as a surveyor and planning consultant. 2007-09-22T09:20+01:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000079/andover_guildhall_battle_continues.html After a stormy debate Test Valley Tories have voted to lease Andover's lower Guildhall to a restaurant chain. They dismissed objectors' views as irrelevant, accusing opponents of the scheme of being politically motivated agitators. 2007-08-31T08:36+01:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000078/councillor_alison_wall_has_died_she_will_be_greatly_missed.html Councillor Alison Wall, who represented Whitchurch on Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council since 1995, died suddenly on 21 August. Alison will be greatly missed. As well as working hard for individuals in Whitchurch, Alison was a senior member of the Liberal Democrat led joint administration of the Council for 11 years. As Cabinet Member for Recreation she drove through the project to build a new Community Hall in Whitchurch. 2007-08-31T08:29+01:00 http://www.nwhantslibdems.org.uk/news/000076/activist_of_30_years_dies.html Graham Clewer, an activist in Whitchurch, Hampshire, since the mid seventies died on 13th June 2007. 2007-06-20T20:25+01:00