The Lib Dems are Winning Across Buckinghamshire
LIB DEMS MAKING GAINS IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
The Liberal Democrats are winning against the Conservatives in Buckinghamshire. At the May 2021 local elections, the party gained Town and Buckinghamshire Councillors cementing ourselves as the clear alternative to the Conservatives in Aylesbury and Buckinghamshire. In the Chesham and Amersham by-election, the Liberal Democrats elected their first ever Buckinghamshire Member of Parliament.
Aylesbury Town Council is now made up of 20 Liberal Democrats & 5 Conservatives, and 14 Buckinghamshire Councillors were elected as Liberal Democrats in Aylesbury Constituency.
Across the South of England, the Liberal Democrats made stunning gains - from gaining control of Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire Council for the first time ever, to gaining seats in Wiltshire, Woking, Surrey, Tunbridge Wells at many more.
The Liberal Democrats shock triumph in the neighbouring Chesham and Amersham by-election would see some 154 seats across the country flip to the party after they sent shockwaves through the Tory blue wall.
The Liberal Democrats gained a 25% swing in Chesham and Amersham electing their 12th MP Sarah Green.
Aylesbury would be one of 154 constituencies that would turn Liberal Democrat at an election.
The 25% swing to the Lib Dems in Chesham and Amersham has put blue wall seats like Aylesbury "on notice" with Aylesbury Liberal Democrat being the leading opposition to the Conservatives here, especially after the local gains made by Aylesbury Liberal Democrats in May.
The Lib Dems have said many Conservative MPs such as Rob Butler are looking over their shoulders and feeling worried about the party making gains in their area.
Steven Lambert, Leader of the Opposition on Buckinghamshire Council, said:
"Our huge triumph in Chesham and Amersham and our gains in the local elections have shown that the Liberal Democrats are the serious and credible opposition to the Convervative party in Buckinghamshire.
"Their blue wall isn't just on notice; it has been shaken at its foundations by the Liberal Democrats in both the Chesham and Amersham by-election and the last set of local elections.
"Residents do not like being taken for granted and that's exactly what this Conservative party is doing time and time again by centralising more powers away from town and parish councils, ignoring residents on planning & HS2 and wasting taxpayers money on the largest council in the country."
Commenting on the Chesham and Amersham by-election success, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
"This is a huge victory for the Liberal Democrats. The people of Chesham and Amersham have sent a shockwave through British politics.
"We were told it was impossible for any party to beat the Tories here in Buckinghamshire. We were told this seat was too safe and the Tories too strong. This Liberal Democrat win has proved them utterly wrong.
"Across the south, the Tory Blue Wall is beginning to crumble. Here and in great swathes of the country, only the Liberal Democrats can beat the Conservatives and breach their Blue Wall.
"This amazing win will strengthen our fight to safeguard our precious natural environment and build a fairer, greener, more caring country."