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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.
State of the Borough Debate
Tue 10th Aug 2010
Every autumn Reigate and Banstead Borough Councillors are asked to take part in a debate about the state of our Borough and the meeting this year is on Thursday 30th September. As your local councillors we would like to know what is important to you, the things you like or dislike and any changes you would like to see. We can then raise these issues on your behalf at the meeting. The emphasis will be on what has been done well and what needs to be improved.
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Read "State of the Borough Debate" in full.
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Bus route update
Wed 28th Jul 2010
Hundreds of bus users in Reigate, Meadvale and St Johns have been waiting anxiously for the outcome of the recent bus review by Surrey County Council and I am happy to write with some good news!
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Read "Bus route update" in full.
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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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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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"How can you possibly take on such a large financial commitment as Trident without considering the military and political implications? If fierce cuts are to be made in Britain's conventional forces, surely we have to consider whether replacing Trident can be justified. "
Sir Menzies Campbell
Response to announcement that the Ministry of Defence will be responsible for the cost of replacing Trident - 30 July
"With most of their leadership contenders claiming to back AV for a fairer voting system, it is astonishing they now wish to block the legislation to make that happen. Each and every Labour MP campaigned on a manifesto committing to a referendum. Now they have the opportunity to make this happen but have chosen to say no for opposition's sake. "
Simon Hughes MP
Comment on Labour's decision to oppose legislation for a referendum on the alternative vote - 28 July
"With more than half of ASBOs breached in 2008, this was a policy more about posturing than effective policing. Local communities know that other measures, such as Acceptable Behaviour Contracts can nip problems in the bud before they escalate. "
Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Justice, Tom Brake MP
Commenting on speech by the Home Secretary in which she said it was 'time to move beyond Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) - 28 July
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