Filton and Bradley Stoke Liberal Democrats

In his keynote speech to the Liberal Democrat Conference, Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has outlined his goals for the Government and the country over the coming years. He reiterated his commitment to liberal values on the environment and human rights and his determination to ensure a fair chance for every child, saying "every child can do good things, great things, if only we give them the opportunities they deserve."

On 5th May you have a choice. You can keep the discredited First Past the Post system to elect our MPs, or you can choose a new and fairer system - Alternative Vote (AV). Back the campaign for change at www.YesToFairerVotes.org

AV is a small change that makes a big difference.

Saying YES! to Fairer Votes Means:

You may not have heard of the North Fringe to Hengrove (Transport) Package, but during December 2009 local residents in South Gloucestershire and Bristol were asked their opinions on the proposals. The scheme has 5 main aims to:

Tackle congestion; Improve road safety; Enhance accessibility; Improve air quality and Improve overall quality of life.

Lib Dem Cllrs. have been campaigning for more than 5 years on behalf of South Glos local residents for kerbside collection of plastic bottles and food waste. Now plans are in place to roll out kerbside collections across the area by March 2011.

Kerbside collection of plastic bottles has been put in the Lib Dem budgets in 2005, 06, 07, 08 and 09 - the Conservative administration backed by Labour have refused to back this initiative year on year; until now.

On May 6th 2010 people across the country went out to vote and decided that they wanted a change of Government. However, it wasn't a straight forward swap from Labour to Conservative as in previous elections, this time no one party had an overall majority and history was in the making.

The national picture showed the public what an unfair voting system we currently have with the Conservatives getting 36.46% of the vote and having 306 (47%) MP's; Labour getting 29.01% of the vote and having 258 (39%) MP's; Liberal Democrats winning 23.03% of the votes and having just 57 (just under 9%) MP's.

5 times World Women's boxing Champion Jane Couch MBE added her weight to the local Lib Dem campaign. The Lib Dem candidate Peter Tyzack who is fighting for new constituency Filton and Bradley Stoke stands the best chance of blocking the Tories according to both the bookies Labrokes and the polls including the electoral calculus seat calculation site.

Last night was the final of the three televised Leaders' debates. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, debated with Gordon Brown and David Cameron about the economy. Subjects discussed included breaking up the banks, creating more jobs and reinvigorating the British economy.

Most post-debate polls scored this final debate to David Cameron, but again put Nick Clegg clearly ahead of Gordon Brown. An analysis by pollsters Angus Reid of previously undecided voters who watched the debate gave Nick Clegg 37%, David Cameron 25%, Gordon Brown 22% and Not sure 16%. Angus Reid found that 32% of undecided voters say they are now more likely to vote for the Liberal Democrats after watching the final debate, with just 18% Conservative and 15% Labour.