The County Council elections were a spectacular success for the local Liberal Democrats. A strong performance across Spelthorne was crowned by the election of two Councillors in the Lower Sunbury and Halliford and the Sunbury Common and Ashford Common divisions.
London Irish have told members and local residents of their intention to relocate from the existing site in the Avenue, Lower Sunbury to what is currently Hazelwood golf course. Although it is proposed that the Avenue site would be redeveloped, no plans for this have yet been made public.
Local residents, supported by Lib Dem Councillor Caroline Nichols, have successfully fought off an attempt to over-develop a site in Lower Sunbury.
The Government suffered a symbolic defeat when MPs voted by 267 to 246 on a Liberal Democrat motion to give all Gurkha soldiers equal right of residence in Britain.
You can register to vote by post up until 5:00 PM on Tuesday 19th May. The link at the bottom of this article will take you to the postal voting form which you can print an then send into the Council.
At a recent Spelthorne Borough Council meeting Liberal Democrat Councillors led a debate on the shocking failure of Conservative-controlled Surrey County Council to run its Children's services properly. Unfortunately the Conservative majority group refused to criticise Surrey and voted against the motion.
