Within the Mid Sussex District area the Lib Dem share of the vote, as elsewhere, increased since the 1999 Euro election. Both sitting MEP's, Chris Huhne and Emma Nicholson were comfortably re-elected.
Baroness Emma Nicholson, Liberal Democrat MEP for the South East, has voted in a more environmentally friendly way on green issues than even the region's Green MEP, Caroline Lucas, according to a new website set up by Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and other 'green' bodies to scrutinise MEPs' voting. The 'EU Vote Watch' selects the ten most important environmental votes in the European Parliament since the last election in 1999, and outlines how each member voted.
Commenting on the lack of a viable alternative to Council Tax in the Conservatives' attack document against Labour, Edward Davey MP, Liberal Democrat Local Government spokesman, said: "The Conservative election campaign looks set to be entirely negative because they have no alternative policies to offer voters."With council tax set to be the dominant issue in council elections, it is astonishing that the Tories have no viable proposals to offer.
Serena Tierney, Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesman for Mid Sussex has condemned this year's Council Tax rises.
Serena Tierney, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Mid Sussex and Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, delivered a giant postcard to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street urging him to end unwanted post office closures.
Serena Tierney, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Mid Sussex , has written to local Tory and Labour councillors urging them to vote for the Lib Dem amendment to the MSDC budget to save the funding of Citizens Advice Bureaux, Age Concern and Bluebird Community Transport.
