The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has cut his share of Council tax saving a family living in a band D property £3.62 per year, or about 1p per day.  What will you do with your extra penny each day? Of course at the same time he’s increases bus and train fares by more than […]

Thanks to Kingston Voluntary Action for producing this easy to use guide to the key Olympic events and their potential disruptions in Kingston.  If you are planning to watch any of these, you will need to leave extra time for your journey by car or bus.  Or you could walk or cycle!     Date […]

Richmond Conservative Councillor Tony Arbour has been re-elected as the South West Constituency member for the Greater London Authority.  Whilst the final result of the Mayoral and Londonwide list votes are not known at this point, Conservative Boris Johnson looks likely to win and he did in the South West London Constituency. Obviously we are […]

Just a brief note to thank all the St Mark’s Ward residents who voted today in the London elections. We met many residents today who said they were supporting Brian, Munira and the Liberal Democrat team. We would like to thank them and all the others who chose to support the London Liberal Democrats. We […]

Today is election day.  Polling stations are open from 7am until 10pm.  St Mark’s ward are voting at YMCA, Glenmore House and Surbiton Library.  If you are not sure which one to attend please get in contact on 020 8288 0161. For the last week we have been providing an update on Liberal Democrat candidates and […]

The London Elections are tomorrow.   Remember there 3 ballots. Vote Munira Wilson for South West London Constituency – only Munira can beat the sitting Conservative, Richmond Councillor Tony Arbour. Vote London Liberal Democrats for Londonwide team – Increasing our vote by only a few will help keep the BNP out of City Hall. Vote 1st […]

The proportional representation element of the Greater London Authority election is the 11 Londonwide members.  Essentially, each political party puts forward a list of candidates in a specific order, then according to the number of votes cast the 11 places are divided.  For a full description of the voting method visit about my vote. The […]

As we enter election week,  it is clear that many people are still deciding who to vote into City Hall.  Brian Paddick’s team has launched their “Won’t Vote Boris, Can’t Vote Ken” campaign, as residents show little enthusiasm for either.  Both have let down residents, both can be seen as inner London Mayor’s, leaving little for outer London borough’s […]

Next Thursday, 3rd May, London will elect it’s London representatives.  Whilst all the media is on the Mayoral candidates there are 3 elections and Kingston Borough’s constituency for the Greater London Authority is South West London. For the past 12 years Kingston’s representative on the London Assembly – the person who is looking out for Kingston […]

On May 3rd London will be electing it’s next Mayor and it’s Greater London Authority assembly members.  Current Liberal Democrat Leader on the GLA and first of the Liberal Democrat London-wide party list, Caroline Pidgeon, has visited Kingston Borough on many occasions. Caroline has got behind several campaigns for Kingston and Surbiton including re-zoning Surbiton […]