Can I send a big thank you to those standing down as councillors this May. You have made a real difference to thousands of people across the country.
And let’s remind ourselves that local government is the most trusted form of government in this country.
A special thank you in particular to Liberal Democrat councillors who are standing again, and for delivering the largest number of Liberal Democrat candidates for years. Operation ‘stand a slate’ worked, so everyone should get a chance to vote for us.
“Operation ‘stand a slate’ worked, so everyone should get a chance to vote for us”
The Liberal Democrats and the wider Liberal Democrat local government family salutes you and your hard work.
Between January and March, we scored an impressive six by-election gains – and increased our vote share across all wards contested by 6.4 per cent.
That’s the biggest vote share rise of any party – and by some margin too!
As the results in Gloucester, Edinburgh, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cheltenham and North Yorkshire show us, we scored some stunning wins – great building blocks for the local elections.
Our local elections campaign was launched by Ed Davey in Dacorum, Hertfordshire.
It was great to hear him taking the battle to the Tories’ heartlands: the so-called ‘blue wall’ is crumbling, and Labour’s record of mismanagement across many of our towns and cities speaks for itself.
We look forward to welcoming many more Liberal Democrat councillors to the local government family and wish all those standing again this May the best of luck.
Remember, it is not over until the polls close at 10pm!