Wow! It really is SO close! Just 77 votes in it, based on the latest poll! Only the
@LibDems
can beat the Conservatives here in Romsey and Southampton North. Less than 48 hours until the polls close and it’s on a knife edge!
Very happy to announce that I have been elected the new Test Valley Borough councillor for North Baddesley. Thanks to the amazing
@LibDems
team for all their support.
Polls keep coming and one thing unites them all… it’s going to be so close in Romsey & Southampton North! Every vote will count!
Only a vote for the
@LibDems
will stop another Tory MP being returned to Westminster.
Your vote, your voice, your choice!
Wonderful to welcome
@EdwardJDavey
to
#Romsey
today to meet staff and residents of Abbotswood Court Care Home. Thanks to everyone there for making us feel so welcome and thanks to the
@RSNLibDems
and
@LibDems
for your support!
Fantastic meeting this evening with the Test Valley
@LibDems
!
The energy in the room was electric. The drive & determination to deliver a New Beginning for our residents is stronger than ever. We’re bringing the change our community so desperately needs!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
What a massive move forward in Test Valley for the
@LibDems
!
We won the popular vote: 45.9% to the *cough* ‘Local’ Conservative’s 42.9%
Gained 5 councillors and turned once Tory safe seats into slim marginals, in NINE seats! All of which are in our sights next time!
Thank you!
Confirming what all the conversations on the doorstep have been telling us…
Vote
@LibDems
in Romsey & Southampton North to stop another Conservative MP being returned to Westminster on 4th July! 🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸
A fantastic day for our
@LibDems
team in our rural wards today. Thanks for all their efforts!
From Blackwater to Mid Test to Harewood, in the heart of rural Hampshire, those we talk to tell us: It’s time for change, it’s time to remove the Tories, it’s time for a New Beginning!
Thank you to all who came along to our campaign office official opening yesterday! It’s great to finally have a base for the
@RSNLibDems
team.
The positive feedback the
@LibDems
are receiving in the constituency is fantastic. Voters want change, we are bringing that change here!
Canvassing in
#Stockbridge
this morning and saw this brilliant
@LibDems
sign at the eastern entrance to the village. Thanks to Tom Horder (pictured) for his support and for flying the flag so proudly at the village entrance!
A massive thank you to all our wonderful
@LibDems
volunteers that braved the rain today. Knocking on doors, speaking to residents, delivering leaflets and placing the Lib Dem posters; our team are spreading the word: it’s time for change and change is coming!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
In case you’re wondering, only the
@LibDems
will act as an official opposition to this Labour government. It’s disgraceful that the 2 child benefit cap is being kept. It is one of the causes of child poverty today. The Tories didn’t even turn up! What are they good for?!?
It’s so close… I think we can do something about that 642 votes!
If you want to help the
@LibDems
win at the next General Election in Romsey and Southampton North, please do get in touch and join the
@RSNLibDems
team!
It finally feels like we’re campaigning in April! I don’t know if it was the sunshine talking but the positivity our
@LibDems
teams were getting on the doorstep today, seemed to be on a different level! Only 5 days to go and our New Beginning will have begun!
#maythe4thbewithyou
After the weekend in Somerton and Frome, the
@RSNLibDems
were back to local door knocking this evening, this time in Abbotswood, Romsey.
Thanks to our
@LibDems
volunteers who joined us. A very positive evening… and most importantly - it stayed dry!!!
It’s been another great day on the doors, this time in
#Nursling
and
#Rownhams
. Thanks to
@LaylaMoran
for coming to join us and to all those
@LibDems
who have been out to on the doorstep today talking to hundreds of residents.
Very poor statement from
@DonnaJonesPCC
. To suggest the rioters are somehow trying to “protect British sovereignty” & “uphold British values” is absurd. They are opportunistic thugs, motivated by fear, anger and hatred, stoked up mostly by right wing politicians & media.
Political change does not ‘just happen’. Lives are not made better overnight. It takes hard work, dedication and commitment from many people. Thank you to our wonderful team of
@RSNLibDems
who are doing everything they can to make our lives & this world just a little bit better.
Thank you to the people of Swaythling for the lovely reception on the doorstep this morning for me and the
@RSNLibDems
. A lovely start to my birthday! 😊
It’s looking golden for the
@LibDems
here in this part of
#Southampton
!
Our
@LibDems
teams are out across the Test Valley Borough today. I’ve had a lovely morning in the sunny Blackwater ward! Potholes seemed to be mentioned quite a bit by the residents! More to do this afternoon!
#lastsaturdayfun
#maythe4thbewith
Thank you
@LaylaMoran
for coming to support the
@RSNLibDems
team in
#Nursling
today! Great to have you join us on the doorstep, listening to voters and hearing about their concerns. The
@LibDems
message of hope for the future is certainly cutting through!
Thank you to our amazing
@RSNLibDems
poster team! Despite some unfortunate incidents of vandalism and theft, we are definitely turning the hedgerows and drives of the constituency
@LibDems
gold! 🔶️❤️😊
Tactical voting will play a big part in this election. I wish we had a voting system that allowed people to vote with their hearts, not their heads, to stop a government they don’t want, but we don’t, so until then, thank you to those lending me &
@LibDems
their vote.
Come rain or shine our
@LibDems
volunteers are out across Test Valley and Romsey & So’ton North!
Saturday was a pretty wet one, but great to hear the positive support from those we spoke to, grateful we were willing to make the effort in such awful weather!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
So proud of the people of
#Southampton
. Hundreds turned up to so unity against the far-right and fascism this evening! We are the people. We are the true voice of Southampton.
Racists go home! No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here!
It’s been great to part of the
@LibDems
Action Weekend across Test Valley! Around 30 activists have been out over the past two days, including 5 new volunteers we’re very happy to welcome to the team! It’s time for a change. We are that change!
Across our constituency residents are being let down by a lack of adequate public transport. Nowhere is that more evident than here in
#ShiptonBellinger
. The
@LibDems
plans to simplify bus funding will ensure our communities get the public transport services they need.
Thank you so much to all of our hard working
@LibDems
volunteers! Another week of door knocking and delivering across Test Valley.
We are only as strong as our fantastic volunteers and that’s why the
@RSNLibDems
and Test Valley Lib Dem’s are going from strength to strength!
Following the Labour government’s announced changes to planning law, the Test Valley
@LibDems
& I are launching a petition to pressure both national & local government to intervene and “Get Romsey Brewery Site Building Again!”
Please sign:
Happy New Year!
It was great to be back out knocking on doors in
#Romsey
today, following the festive break!
Brilliant reception for the 🔸
@LibDems
🔸on the doorstep. Everyone wants
#GeneralElectionN0W
&
#ToriesOut
Thanks for to all
@RSNLibDems
volunteers that came out today!
This week we’ve been all over the Borough. Covering Blackwater, Mid Test, Harewood, Ampfield & Braishfield, North Baddesley and Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams! What a week!! We’re all looking forward to a New Beginning for Test Valley!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
Fantastic day in
#Swaythling
&
#Bassett
! Thank you all!
Dozens of
@RSNLibDems
volunteers were out today talking to residents, delivering leaflets and getting our stakeboards up. The positivity for the
@LibDems
has been incredible! Bring on 2nd May and the
#GeneralElectionNow
Thank you to those
@LibDems
who’ve joined us this week. Loads to do & that’s before we even mention the 4 by-elections on the horizon!!!
As the Tories implode before our eyes, we could find ourselves in a General Election before we know it!
🔸🔸🔸💪💪💪🔸🔸🔸
#GeneralElectionN0W
We’ve been out knocking on doors across Test Valley and Romsey & Southampton North again today. We’re loving the feedback on the doorstep and can’t wait until May! Welcome to new member Thomas Gregory, congrats on your first canvassing session!
@LibDems
are bringing the change!
What a great day! I’m really enjoying being your
@LibDems
candidate!
@BBCRadioSolent
in the morning, meeting with
@HantsIWWildlife
this afternoon and then knocking on doors in my own ward
#NorthBaddesley
in the sunshine for the rest of day! 🔸☀️🔸☀️🔸
Following a great evening yesterday with
@DannyVet
at the
@WinLD
annual fundraiser dinner with
@LaylaMoran
, today I popped back to help out with their Mega Action Day. What a brilliant turn out from the team! The
@LibDems
looking strong in Winchester!
What a week! What a team!
Over a dozen separate canvassing sessions across the Borough! Thousands of leaflets & letters bundled, sorted and out for delivery.
Our volunteers are spreading the message: The
@LibDems
are bringing the change we desperately need!
Thank you everyone!
Another busy weekend! From Nursling to Ampfield, across Mid Test and in Blackwater, the message is clear… People want a change and the
@LibDems
are bringing that change. Quote of the day: “It’s great to see a councillor knock on the door and not just posting on Facebook!”
In
#Longparish
today, where
@SouthernWater
have been pumping out waste water from overflowing sewers into tankers but are now planning to dump that sewage into
#RiverTest
The last time ground water was this high was 2014. SW has had 10 years to improve its capacity!
Our teams have been out this weekend, knocking on doors, listening to voters & hearing that both locally and nationally, it’s time for change.
@LibDems
and
@RSNLibDems
are out in force across Test Valley and Romsey & So’ton North. Come and join us and be the change we all need.
Please come & join us in our new
@RSNLibDems
campaign office. Thanks to everyone who has worked so hard to make this happen & for all the support that had made it possible.
Everyone is very welcome to come along, meet the team and get involved! Look forward to seeing you there!
It was a hot but positive day canvassing yesterday, in what will be key battleground wards for the
@LibDems
at the next General Election.
Thanks to all that headed out and joined us in the heat!
Next weekend
@RSNLibDems
will be heading to Frome, so do come and join the team!
We are 1 week into campaigning & the
@RSNLibDems
team have been up down the constituency, speaking to residents and delivering our message that only the
@LibDems
can bring the change people so desperately need to Romsey & Southampton North. Thank you team for all your efforts!
It’s been a full on last few days of campaigning for the Test Valley
@LibDems
&
@Soton_LibDems
but it’s finally Polling Day tomorrow!
Thanks to all for their hard work. Tomorrow we ask our residents to send a message to the government: Change is here!
#maythe4thbewithyou
Although most voters in Romsey and Southampton North were already aware that it’s a two horse race between the
@LibDems
and the
@Conservatives
at the next General Election, it is at least good of
@UKLabour
to confirm the seat as a”Non-priority” for them.
Stakeboards going up, deliveries going out and of course, the door knocking continues!
Campaigning is ramping up and with less than 3 weeks to go, our
@LibDems
volunteers are working hard to deliver a fairer, more caring community for us all!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
For Father’s Day my daughter really wanted to help me deliver some “Daddy letters”! She said she wanted to help, “so Daddy doesn’t have to work so hard today!”❤️
#proudDad
So we had a little ‘campaigning family time’ this morning!
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there!
Thanks to everyone at
#Romsey
’s
@BeggarsFair
for a wonderful family day! After months of campaigning it’s been great to spend some quality time with these two most precious people in my life!
To celebrate putting up my 400th piece of Corex this campaign, we’ve just done this on the main road into Southampton :)
Only
@CooperGeoff
can beat the Tories here.
Labour and Greens should vote tactically in
#Romsey
and
#Southampton
North.
Pls like and share :)
@nick_clegg
Well 16m people voted to Remain in 2016. That’s 2.5m more than voted Tories in 2017... so if we have a General Election instead of a People’s Vote, all the Remainers just need to vote Lib Dem and we could actually
#exitbrexit
Fantastic day in
#Swaythling
today! Thank you to all the
@RSNLibDems
volunteers who came out today & knocked on over 1,000 doors, spoke to 432 residents & delivered hundreds of leaflets!
@LibDems
turning the ward gold for the GE and getting
@ThomasGravatt
elected in May’s Locals!
Great to have our PCC candidate
@pradbains
join us today in Romsey & So’ton North, to help out with our local election campaigns in
#Bassett
&
#Swaythling
Plenty more leaflets delivered & a great turnout for a Friday evening, with nine
@LibDems
canvassers working the doors!
Amazing what a
@RSNLibDems
petition can do! Just a shame
@carolinenokes
did absolutely nothing about this during her 14 years in government!
Sign our petition and show the government & the Tories the true meaning of people power!
There’s a huge amount of work going on in the background driving the constituency campaign. The
@RSNLibDems
team meeting tonight in our “Victory” room at 48 Middlebridge St, Romsey, named after Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship. Thanks to everyone for all you’re doing!
Thank you to all our
@LibDems
volunteers for all your hard work today!
We had 8 canvassers join me on the doors, welcomed new volunteers to support our bundling operation, & there were many deliverers heading out with our latest literature!
What a fantastic team! Thank you!
A massive thank you to all our
@RSNLibDems
volunteers who joined us in
#Romsey
today. A fantastic day speaking to hundreds of residents, both on the doorstep & at our stall in the centre of the town. Thanks to all those in
#Romsey
offering their support for me and the
@LibDems
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has come out in favour of scrapping the two-child benefit limit, consistent with Lib Dem opposition since it was first introduced.
It comes after Labour has pledged to keep the policy, which has been criticised as 'draconian'.
It’s important that those voters who prioritise climate change and environmental policies read this.
@LibDems
have made tackling climate change a key priority in this elections and this is being acknowledged by
@friends_earth
The Lib Dems have released their manifesto and it's encouraging 👀
It “appears to be an impressive document recognising the interconnection of the climate and nature crises with existing societal inequalities" - Mike Childs, head of policy at FoE.
More in thread 👇
Update is a little late due to Easter but the
@LibDems
have been out all week. Thanks to all for their efforts & thank you to all those we’re speaking to for the warm welcome & positive feedback. We’re working hard for a fairer, more caring community for all.
#maythe4thbewithyou
Day 1 and the team have done a great job of rallying together after yesterday’s shock announcement.
I’m so impressed by our incredible volunteers, some of who were out the door delivering leaflets, putting up posters and knocking on doors as early at 5:30pm yesterday! Thank you!
This has completely choked me up! Taking 5 mins from the campaign to catch up on messages and saw this from my little bro
@tippettcooper
I’m so proud of all my brothers. To see myself through their eyes in these words in a way I never saw myself, has really blown me away.
A huge thank you to our
@RSNLibDems
volunteers who braved subzero temperatures today, to head out knocking on doors and speaking to residents.
Favourite quote of day on the doorstep:
“Wow! You
@LibDems
must be made of tough stuff. Doubt we’d see the Tories out in this weather!”
Good Morning! It’s Polling Day!! And our
@LibDems
teams have already been out since dawn reminding voters that today is the day they can start to make a change and bring A New Beginning for Test Valley!
#Maythe4bewithyou
Sunny Saturday canvassing!
This morning in Swaythling with our great candidate
@ThomasGravatt
. Then off to Winchester to support
@DannyVet
the
@WinLD
, as they launched the campaign for their new
@LibDems
councillor candidate Anne Forder.
Wishing you all a happy Easter!
This
@TheIFS
chart shows the impact of party manifestos on each income decile. The Tories plan to take from the poorer households to give to the richer ones. Only the
@LibDems
plan to make our country and society fairer. This is what a
#FairDeal
means & why I’m a Lib Dem!
The
@RSNLibDems
headed up to Mid Beds today to support
@EmmaMidBeds
. The team is going form strength to strengthen up there and from what the team and heard on the doors today, it’s clear only
@LibDems
can stop the Tories!
After a hard day campaigning, it’s time for a beer and a moment to celebrate with our friends in the LGBTQIA+ community in
#Southampton
with
@peoplesprideuk
Sun is shining, music is buzzing, drinks are cold and company is great. Perfect way to end the day
Thank you
@EdwardJDavey
and the HQ & Regional teams for the fantastic support, training & advice, and to all
@LibDems
for the wonderful debate, discussion and fun at
@LibDemConf
.
Feeling fired up and energised and looking forward to a
#GeneralElection
as soon as possible!
As the chaos in Westminster yesterday still reverberates, the horrific reality for the those in Gaza today continues.
@LibDems
were calling for a ceasefire back in November. We must find solutions for a lasting peace, including a two state solution.
The
@LibDems
amdmt to the ceasefire motion today explains our full position. Immediate bilateral ceasefire without mention of two states and regional security risks freezing the conflict again. We want to see a lasting peace. But we will vote for anything that gets us closer.
Thank you to all our
@RSNLibDems
volunteers who were out canvassing today!
I had to leave the team to it in Wellow, to sort out Southern Water but made it back in the afternoon to knock on doors in Bassett, including the road my Grandfather lived on for more than half his life.
Great to have a bit of time to grab a drink with the
@RSNLibDems
team after all that canvassing in Abbey ward
#Romsey
. The brilliant
#TheThreeTuns
pub is just down the road from our campaign office, which makes it a handy place for a refresh, after a long day campaigning!
Congratulations Test Valley LD’s &
@Soton_LibDems
, on fielding a full slate of candidates in the local elections. It’s their hard work and great effort that has made this happen!
It bodes well for
@LibDems
in Romsey and Southampton North at the GE which both these parties cover!
I’ve launched my Crowdfunder page to fundraise for my campaign to become the next MP for
#RomseyandSouthamptonNorth
Elections are expensive. We have a real chance of winning here but we need your help. If you’d like to donate, please click on my page.
Our constituency is proud of its military ties and all of our brave and dedicated Armed Forces personnel both past and present. It’s time to properly invest in our defence and look after our forces properly.
The absence of clarity, is absolutely no excuse for peddling untruths spread by the likes of Andrew Tate and fake news sites.
@Nigel_Farage
has spread lies and misinformation his whole political career. It’s time he and others like him were finally held accountable.
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says he was misled by Andrew Tate and 'other folk with big followings' into incorrectly suggesting that the man charged with the Southport killings 'was known to security services'
A massive thank you to all our hard working stakeboard teams across the region, who our working tirelessly to increase our visibility and paint the constituencies gold! 💛💛💛
Just put up my 150th stake site of this campaign, a real beauty on the A272.
Part of the 1000 garden posters up across Winchester:
@DannyVet
Eastleigh:
@LizJarvisUK
and
Romsey and Southampton North:
@CooperGeoff
Upgraded my parents this AM to celebrate!
Pls like and share!
Great to have the chance to help
@DannyVet
and
@WinLD
with their Action Day this weekend. The team are doing incredible work ahead of the General Election (whenever it may be). They’ve also got locals in May, so plenty of opportunity to add more
@LibDems
gold to Winchester!
The
@RSNLibDems
out in Bassett & Swaythling today! Listening to voters concerns & hearing directly from them what matters.
2 things many are saying; they’re tired of this Tory government and their Labour council. Many are looking to the
@LibDems
for the desperately needed change
Some of our
@RSNLibDems
found out
@RishiSunak
was visiting today. They decided they wanted to say goodbye and wish him well in whatever new venture he finds himself doing on Friday morning!!!
Great morning canvassing in Bassett, thanks to
@blackricheuro
! It stayed dry and there was plenty of support on the doorstep for the
@LibDems
! Result! 😊
Today is Armed Forces Day. A moment to honour and give thanks to the brave men and women who wear the King’s uniform and remember all those who have served through the ages.
What wonderful weather we are having today, perfect for a trip to
#Chilbolton
fete. The cake stall is an absolute must to visit! Lovely to see so many familiar faces too.
TVBC’s Conservative administration “marking their own homework” by making one of their own Chair of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee. As the party that won the popular vote (46% to the Tory’s 43%) the
@LibDems
will ensure we hold them to account.
Thanks to the staff and pupils at
@KESSouthampton
for the opportunity to come in and discuss politics and the issues that matter to the students today. Great to have the chance to give a talk to the students, which they followed up with a brilliantly informed & insightful Q&A.
Good luck to Richard Budden and the
@salisburylibdem
with their by-election tonight. It’s was great for some of us from
@RSNLibDems
to go up and join them today. We’re keeping our fingers crossed for another
@LibDems
victory tonight! 🔸🔸🔸
Great day in
#Winchester
at the
@LibDems
conference.
Lots of speakers, debates, new and old friends. Candidates from across the region show what a good fighting team we have and that we are working hard for our communities.
@EdwardJDavey
@WinLD
The best choice for Swaythling on 2nd May is
@LibDems
candidate
@ThomasGravatt
.
I know Thomas well and I know he has the commitment, dedication and hard work ethic the people of
#Southampton
need from their councillor, to deliver the best for the city. 🔸🔸🔸
I'm standing to be the Liberal Democrat councillor for Swaythling, Mansbridge and North Portswood in the Southampton City Council elections on Thursday 2nd May.
Another incredible week across the Borough. From Andover to Romsey, across our rural villages and to the boarders of Southampton, our
@LibDems
teams are driving our vision of a fairer, more caring community for all.
#maythe4thbewithyou
Thanks to Revd Thomas Wharton & everyone
@romseyabbey
& Churches Together for organising this evenings hustings event. It was great to answer residents’ questions of the day with the other RSN candidates.
Thanks also to a few of the team who came along for support!