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Four Chelmsford Lib Dems set out to deliver leaflets in the Bromley by-election

Lib Dems would win Chelmsford on much less than Bromley swing

The 14% swing from Conservatives to Lib Dems in the Bromley by-election on 29 June is more than double what the Lib Dems need to win the Chelmsford constituency. The drop in the Conservative majority of 11% is the worst by-election result for the Conservatives in a Tory seat since Wirral South in February 1997 - the last days of the John Major premiership.

6 Jul 2006
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Utility companies must work with more co-ordination

Local MP Tim Farron has launched a push to get utility companies to work with more co-ordination following news that Transco will be digging up Stricklandgate in Kendal so soon after the new pedestrian priority scheme has been completed. Cumbria County Council had tried to find out if any work was planned, but only found out about Transco's plans once the scheme was finished.

6 Jul 2006
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