We would like to thank everyone who voted for the Liberal Democrats in Spelthorne for your support. This is the third election in a row in which Lib Dems have made substantial progress - the national election in 2010, the county elections in 2009 and the borough elections in 2007 - a pattern that we intend to continue.
Vince Cable took time out of his busy national schedule to visit Spelthorne and to canvass on behalf on Mark Chapman. An enthusiastic group of canvassers got a very positive response from local people and confirmed that more and more people are switching to the Liberal Democrats at this election.
"This is not the time for banks to be complaining about tighter regulatory controls, it is the time for them to be lending to good British businesses," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor.
The two planning applications from London Irish, to build 194 houses in the Avenue in Sunbury and to redevelop the Hazelwood golf course site as a rugby centre, were both refused unanimously by Spelthorne's Planning Committee.
"Liberal Democrats will save billions of pounds by decentralising power, getting bureaucrats out of the NHS and helping underperforming Trusts to achieve the standards of the best," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary.
The Liberal Democrats have set out radical plans to protect the environment and set the economy on a path to a zero carbon Britain.
