Working hard for Brickhill

Brickhill Liberal Democrats are campaigning hard on behalf of local residents in Brickhill. Borough Councillor Charles Royden with FOCUS Editor Councillor Wendy Rider are pressing for potholes to be filled in, pavements repairds, street lights to be fixed and much more besides. For full details of their local campaigning see http://www.PuttingBrickhillFirst.com.

Charles Royden and Wendy Rider - Lib Dem councillors in Brickhill

Putting Brickhill First

Brickhill Liberal Democrats have lauched a new website with details of their work within Brickhill.

See http://www.PuttingBrickhillFirst.com for all the news about Brickhill.

Setting up of Brickhill Parish Council led to reduction of Borough council tax for Brickhill

Brickhill has a Parish Council, created in 2004. In the initial elections in June 2004, 9 Liberal Democrats were elected, plus 4 Tories. The budget for the first year of the Parish Council's existence was proposed by the Conservative borough councillors. In 2005 and 2006 the Parish sets its own budget.

Brickhill Parish council will be working for local residents this year to tackle crime and fear of crime in Brickhill, seeking to improve the provision of services for young people in Brickhill, and taking responsibility for the Brickhill allotments amongst many other matters. For more information see http://www.BrickhillParishCouncil.gov.uk or write to Councillor Mark Fitzpatrick, Liberal Democrat chair of Brickhill Parish Council via email to markfitzp @ cix.co.uk.

Brickhill Parish Council website

Brickhill Parish Council has a web site. It holds contact details for all councillors, for the clerk to the council, dates of forthcoming meetings, minutes of previous meetings and an electronic version of the Parish Council newsletter.

All meetings will be held at St Mark's Church & Community Centre, Calder Rise, Brickhill.

Brickhill Parish Council website.

33 years of action for Brickhill

Our success depends on the efforts of local people. Every FOCUS is delivered by a dedicated team of over 50 volunteers. Over the past 33 years several hundred people have been involved in bringing you your FOCUS. We dedicate the 33rd anniversary to all those deliverers, without whom our Brickhill success story would not have been possible.

Thank You - Charles Royden wins in Brickhill

A big 'Thank You' to everyone who supported the Liberal Democrat FOCUS Team in the elections on May 3rd 2007. Here in Brickhill Charles Royden was elected to serve you. Charles says "Please do not hesitate to get in touch if I can be of any help. Now the election is over, the real work continues of getting things done for local residents."

Christine McHugh thanks everyone for their support in the Mayoral campaign. Whilst not being successful this time, Christine increased her vote share by 6.7% and had a higher number of 1st choice votes than Frank Branston had when elected in 2002.

Within Bedford and Kempston Parliamentary boundaries, Liberal Democrats had their best result ever, topping the poll in votes and seats ahead of Labour and the Tories. Six Lib Dem councillors were elected, three Labour, one Independent and no Conservatives.

Brickhill result 2007

Charles Royden, Liberal Democrat 1,758

Conservative 1,163

Labour 232

'Better Bedford' 133

A Liberal Democrat majority of 595

Turnout 50.14%