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2009 election results - Liberal Democrats continue to progress, Labour crashes. Thu 2nd Jul 2009 Now the dust has settled on last month's County Council elections, other local and Euro elections - here is a round up of the results for the Liberal Democrats.

Cllr Ann Holtom Throws Her Support Behind LDV Sun 14th Jun 2009 Cllr Ann Holtom has signed the Downing Street petition calling for the Government to save the jobs of the workers at LDV in the Hodge Hill Constituency.

Lozells and East Handsworth by-election: latest news Tue 26th May 2009 Electors in Lozells and East Handsworth have a by-election on 4 June, the same day as the European elections, to fill a vacancy on Birmingham City Council following the resignation of a Labour councillor.

Taking action on MPs expenses Fri 22nd May 2009 Earlier this week the Liberal Democrats, led by Nick Clegg MP and party president Ros Scott, agreed a series of hard hitting points on expenses.

Nick Clegg launches European election campaign Thu 14th May 2009 Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat European election campaign. In his speech on 12 May he warned that Britain must lead within the EU to protect families from crime, climate change and the recession.

Cllr Ann Holtom - working with residents to tackle anti-social behaviour Tue 12th May 2009 Responding to residents' requests for help in dealing with anti-social behaviour, Tyburn Ward's Liberal Democrat councillor, Ann Holtom, has come across an effective method of tackling the problem in relation to rights of way. Until recently these troublesome rights of way have been almost impossible to block off to prevent the constant nuisance that occurs in the typical walkway or alleyway.

Gordon Brown "election meltdown" prediction boosts Lib Dem by-election hopes Sun 10th May 2009 Gordon Brown's Labour Party are heading for a humiliating third place in the local elections to be held on 4 June according to top independent commentators, Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Their analysis of the opinion polls in the run-up to the local elections for the Sunday Times newspaper, predicts that Labour could lose all four of the Councils it controls and as many as half of the 500 seats it is defending.

Nick Clegg listens to the people - party election broadcast tonight Fri 8th May 2009 The first of the Liberal Democrats party election broadcasts for the European elections and the English local elections will be on TV this evening, (8 May 2009).

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