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Welcome to Reigate Liberal Democrats
Reigate and Banstead Borough Map
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Reigate Liberal Democrats are the constituency party of Reigate.
This covers the towns of Banstead, Redhill and Reigate, as well as the villages of Burgh Heath, Chipstead, Earlswood, Kingswood, Lower Kingswood, Merstham, Salfords, Southpark and Meadvale, Tadworth, Walton on the hill Woodhatch and Woodmansterne.
The constituency is divided into the wards of Banstead Village, Chipstead Hooley & Woodmansterne, Earlswood & Whitebushes, Kingswood & Burgh Heath, Meadvale & St. Johns, Merstham, Preston, Redhill East, Redhill West, Reigate Central, Southpark & Woodhatch, Salfords & Sidlow and Tadworth & Walton.
Reigate Liberal Democrats always work hard to keep in touch with local people with local news.
This website is part of that ongoing work - along with the FOCUS leaflets.
Surrey taken for a ride by Bus companies
Mon 21st Jun 2010
This week, I attended the consultation meeting for the School Special Bus review. The Council are looking for savings in all areas that they fund. Surrey County Council Officers presented their case for cutting some services however there were some serious and obvious flaws and omissions in their presentation.
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Read "Surrey taken for a ride by Bus companies" in full.
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Surrey Special Schools Bus Service Review
Thu 17th Jun 2010
A public meeting is to be held at Reigate School, Pendleton Road on Monday 21st June 2010 from 6.30pm until 8.00 pm as part of the consultation on the School Specials Bus Service Review.
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Read "Surrey Special Schools Bus Service Review" in full.
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Real Change in Reigate Constituency
Mon 3rd May 2010
Jane Kulka, the Reigate Constituency Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate is campaigning for every vote in our area. Jane and the other local liberal Democrats have been delighted by the very positive reaction they are receiving on the doorstep and in the towns and villages of this area.
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Read "Real Change in Reigate Constituency" in full.
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Lib Dems win the youth vote
Thu 22nd Apr 2010
An election debate was held at St Bede's school in Redhill on the 21st April. Jane and the other candidates for the General Election took part. Students had the opportunity to express who they would vote for, both before and after they had heard from the candidates. It was clear from the results that the Liberal Democrats policies are favoured overwhelmingly by the 6th form Students at St Bede's.
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Read "Lib Dems win the youth vote" in full.
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Nick Clegg Storms First Ever Party Leaders' Debate
Fri 16th Apr 2010
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders' General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders' debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the newspapers and polls are calling it a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats.
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Read "Nick Clegg Storms First Ever Party Leaders' Debate" in full.
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Preston Ward residents able to vote in Reigate Constituency for the first time.
Fri 2nd Apr 2010
In this years General election the residents of Preston Ward will be voting for the MP for the Reigate constituency for the first time. In 2007 the Boundary commission moved the Preston Ward in to the Constituency to balance up the resident numbers in the constituencies in Surrey. Jane Kulka the Parliamentary Candidate for the Lib Dems said, "It's great to have Preston in this Constituency now, this is the place I was born and went to school. I know it well and appreciate the problems that are experienced there. Preston has been recognised as an area of particular disadvantage within Surrey."
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Read "Preston Ward residents able to vote in Reigate Constituency for the first time.".
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Victory Vince: Cable Wins Channel 4 Chancellors Debate
Mon 29th Mar 2010
The first ever TV debate between the three candidates to be the next Chancellor has seen Lib Dem Vince Cable win a clear victory. In a Channel 4 on-line poll carried out immediately after the debate, Vince out-polled both Alistair Darling and George Osborne.
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![Vince Cable [Photo: LDD Pics]](/images/sites/217.160.173.25-3e54d75166df56.63810547/thumbs/316.jpeg "Vince Cable [Photo: LDD Pics]")
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Read "Victory Vince: Cable Wins Channel 4 Chancellors Debate" in full.
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Coffee and croissants with Barroso won't solve Tory trouble in Europe
Fri 19th Mar 2010
"Ken Clarke's legendary hush puppies made no sound this week as they padded their way to EU Commission President Barroso's office. The Daily Telegraph got wind of the story, but there was no further media comment, no photographic evidence and not so much as a press release to mark the Shadow Business Secretary's visit", writes Lib Dem MEP for the South East, Catherine Bearder.
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Read "Coffee and croissants with Barroso won't solve Tory trouble in Europe" in full.
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Archive of earlier news stories.
 News Story Feed (v1.0).
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| Reigate General Election Result |
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Turnout: 49978 (70%)
53.4%
Conservative: 26688 (+4.8%)
26.2%
Liberal Democrats: 13097 (+3.1%)
11.3%
Labour: 5672 (−10.2%)
View the results in detail.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"People have been talking about Lords reform for over a century. The time for talk is now over. "
Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister
Debate of Constitutional Reform, The Independent - 8 June
"Two welcome announcements have come from David Cameron and Nick Clegg in as many days. First, there are going to be major cuts in public spending. Second, they're going to be done with some finesse. "
Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute
Guardian - 9 June
"The wasteful, bureaucratic and intrusive ID card scheme represents everything that has been wrong with government in recent years. By taking swift action to scrap it, we are making it clear that this government won't sacrifice people's liberty for the sake of Ministers' pet projects. "
Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister
Comment on the announcement that ID cards are to be scrapped for British citizens within 100 days - 27 May
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