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Congleton Liberal Democrats provide an open, liberal voice for your community. As a party, we believe in power being vested where it makes a difference - championing the voice of local councils and local people. We believe that it is the duty of the state, whether it is the national government or your parish council, to enable all citizens to foster creativity, embrace diversity, and contribute fully to their local communities.

At the local level, we campaign on practical issues that make a difference, whether it is local planning, bus routes, the unitary authority, or so much more. We are always open to hear from you on what is most important to you, so please get in touch with us if you have a cause that should be championed. We will always seek to help where we can.

Our Party is growing - we continue to attract increasing numbers of new party members, and new supporters. The 2019 General Election saw us increase our share of the public vote to 11.5% from 7.4% in the previous General Election. The 2019 European Elections and Local Elections saw Liberal Democrats making gains in both seats won and our share of the vote.

As Liberal Democrats we are working for cleaner, caring and connected communities. We believe in full transparency, meaningful public consultations and local decision-making wherever possible. We believe in proper funding of public services. If you also believe in these things and want a different way of doing things then join us at www.libdems.org.uk/join-local

We look forward to meeting you.

Online you can:

  • Read about recent letters and press releases both local and national.

Recent updates

  • The Government is failing to protect jobs and livelihoods
    Article: Oct 22, 2020

    Despite the massive effort people have made to fight coronavirus it's clear that the road to recovery is going to be rockier than we first feared.

    With millions of workers worried about their livelihoods, the British people deserve a Government that listens to their concerns and does everything in its power to protect them. Sadly, this isn't the case.

  • Congleton Constituency Annual General Meeting 2020
    Event: Nov 27, 2020 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    Zoom

    Due to current Covid restrictions, this year's AGM will be held online via Zoom. A link to the Zoom login will be sent to members in due course.Should you wish to attend it would be most helpful if you could notify the constituency secreatary at suzyfirkinld@gmail.com so that we have an indication of the numbers likely to attend.

  • Minutes of Congleton Constituency Executive 11.09.19
    Document: Oct 22, 2020
    24.26 KiB document

    Minutes of Exec 11.09.19

    Secretary S Firkin

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    Annual General Meeting, Saturday 24 October 2020
    Article: Oct 22, 2020

    Annual General Meeting
    Saturday 24 October 2020 10:00 AM
    To be held online via Zoom
    Pre-registration required; members only.

    AGENDA

    Chair: Catherine Bearder, President

    1. Short presentation and exchange of views with Christine Jardine MP, spokesperson for the Treasury, Brexit, Europe and Trade (up to 45 mins)
    2. Apologies for absence
    3. Minutes of 2019 AGM and matters arising (web page)
    4. Chair's report (web page)
    5. Party review of SAOs and AOs (chair verbal report)
    6. Financial and membership reports (web page)
    7. Any other business
  • Getting our new party team in place
    Article: Oct 21, 2020

    Improving our candidate process

    Following the issues with our Mayor of London selection and in response to a request from the London Lib Dems, I asked Alison Suttie - a Liberal Democrat peer and the new chair of the Joint Candidate Subcommittee (JCSC) - to do an investigation to learn the lessons, not only for London but for our selections more generally.

  • Domestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill
    Article: Oct 21, 2020

    I have a bill going through the House of Lords right now, the Domestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill.

    It requires the Government to ensure (with certain reasonable exceptions) that all fuel poor households are properly insulated and heated to achieve Energy Performance Certificate band C by 2030, and all other households by 2035.

  • Charles Michel in EP plenary on UK talks
    Article: Oct 21, 2020
    By Mark Johnston

    EC VP Maroš Šefčovič on UK situation in EP plenary:

    Michel Barnier on UK situation in EP plenary:

  • The Government must protect British farmers
    Article: Oct 20, 2020
    By Liberal Democrats

    The Conservatives have continually promised to back British farmers throughout the Brexit process, but their failure last week to uphold our high food standards reveals just how hollow those promises were.

    Our high agricultural standards must be protected in international trade deals and after the transition period.

  • The Tories are risking a new Windrush-style scandal
    Article: Oct 19, 2020
    By Alistair Carmichael

    Conservative MPs have rejected all 10 cross-party amendments to the Government's Immigration Bill passed by the House of Lords earlier this month, including three from the Liberal Democrats.

    The 28-day time limit on immigration detention (Amendment 6) - introduced by Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Hamwee in the House of Lords - was rejected by 328 votes to 264.

  • The Weekly Whip
    Article: Oct 19, 2020

    Welcome to the Weekly Whip. Your one-stop shop for Lib Dem Parliamentary updates, covering the week that was and the week to come.

    For up to date information from the Lib Dem Whips Office, follow us on Twitter: @LibDemWhips

    Weekly Whip w/c 12th October

    Monday 12th October

    Monday was a key day for British Farming, but the House started off with a Prime Ministerial Statement from Boris Johnson regarding the new tier system for Covid-restrictions. Ed Davey and Munira Wilson led the charge for the Lib Dems, with Ed stressing that time is of the essence; the British people have made painful sacrifices and the government cannot squander the opportunity to get solid testing systems in place. Munira raised another glitch in the trace system which attributes positive cases for students to their home addresses, rather than university addresses, skewing critical data.

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