Steve Mather - Liberal Democrat

Gonna keep this pinned to remind me that we can do good things when we put our minds and hearts to it. Thanks to @PershoreDan for the idea.

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 27% (-1) CON: 20% (-1) LAB: 19% (-1) LDM: 14% (+2) GRN: 12% (-1) SNP: 3% (+1) Via @Moreincommon_, 20-22 Mar. Changes w/ 13-16 Mar.

🔶🚨LEGISLATIVE WIN🚨🔶 Today, @LibDems Baroness @ClaireT_UKLords has secured a win on enshrining Sibling Contact Rights for children in care. A huge win, championed for decades by charities @FamilyRightsGp & @BecomeCharity + Lib Dem Commons Education spox @munirawilson

@terry_tibb75528 @DavidMcGregorBN With 72 mps and around 3200 councillors. Far more than Reform UK.

@DavidMcGregorBN Such a cliched load of nonsense. You and your party are an irrelevant joke.

I'm all for politics being a bit more fun, but with hatred and populism on the rise it would be appreciate for the 72 Lib Dem MPs to do a bit more than this nonsense. Imagine Paddy Ashdown seeing this!

@DavidMcGregorBN It’s not everyone’s tastes. But Ed was the leader who guided us to our greatest election results since the formation of the Lib Dems, all while doing fun stunts.

The excuses they come out with. Sadly it hasn’t sunk in just how much many voters dislike Reform UK. There’s a reason they topped a poll of the most disliked parties, ahead of Labour.

The Government has agreed to incorporate Max Wilkinson’s Sunshine Bill into their Future Homes Standard. It means all new homes built from 2028 will come with solar panels. This will reduce bills for owners of newbuild homes, reduce pressure on the energy grid and help fight climate change. It’s a Lib Dem win-win-win.

GB News has turned into the Reform channel. After a New World investigation found hundreds of breaches of the rules on accuracy and impartiality, Ofcom has failed to do its job and act. We've seen what Fox News has done to politics in the US. We can't let it happen here.

@BenGrahamUK Typical false narrative, expecting democracy to never change once you get a result you like. Opinions change. Deal with it.

Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016. Democracy means respecting that choice, even if Sadiq Khan doesn't like it. Calls to reverse the referendum ignore the will of the people.

Abingdon Abbey Northcourt (Vale of White Horse) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 43.7% (+3.3) 🌍 GRN: 32.5% (-2.1) ➡️ RFM: 13.8% (New) 🌳 CON: 6.8% (-7.3) 🌹 LAB: 3.2% (-7.7) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Green. Changes w/ 2023.

Abingdon Abbey Northcourt (Vale of White Horse) By-election: 🔶 Lib Dem GAIN from Green Votes: 🔶Lib Dem: 647 (43.7%) 🟢Green: 480 (32.5%) ➡️Reform: 204 (13.8%) 🌳Conservative: 101 (6.8%) 🌹Labour: 47 (3.2%) Turnout: 1482 (31.6%)

Abbey ward (Abingdon-on-Thames Parish Council) By-election: 🔶 Lib Dem GAIN from Green Votes: 🔶Lib Dem: 253 (40.2%) 🟢Green: 233 (37.0%) ➡️Reform: 72 (11.4%) 🌳Conservative: 46 (7.3%) 🌹Labour: 25 (4.0%) Turnout: 631 (27.8%)

@SamW4Reform @ElectionMapsUK Like people did in Worcestershire? 🤔🤣

@ElectionMapsUK Vote Reform, Get Reform!

Sleaford Westholme (North Kesteven) Council By-Election Result: ➡️ RFM: 45.1% (New) 🏘️ LI: 16.1% (-13.4) 🌳 CON: 15.0% (New) 🌍 GRN: 10.2% (New) 🙋 Ind: 9.1% (-20.2) 🙋 Ind: 2.2% (New) 🔶 LDM: 2.2% (New) No LAB (-23.2) or Ind (-18.0) as previous. Reform GAIN from Lincolnshire Independents. Changes w/ 2023.

🗳️ Tonight's by-election round-up: 🔶 Lib Dem HOLD The Beeches (Cotswold) 🟢 Green GAIN Aigburth (Liverpool) from Lib Dems 🔶 Lib Dem GAIN Abingdon Abbey Northcourt (Vale of White Horse) from Green 🔶 Lib Dem GAIN Abbey ward (Abingdon-on-Thames Parish) from Green ➡️ Reform GAIN Sleaford Westholme (North Kesteven) from Independent 🔶 Lib Dem HOLD Penrith South (Westmoreland and Furness)

Penrith South (Westmoreland and Furness) By-election: 🔶 Lib Dem HOLD Votes: 🔶Lib Dem: 749 (43.2%) ➡️Reform: 588 (33.9%) 🟢Green: 225 (13.0%) 🌳Conservative: 173 (10.0%) Turnout: 1738 (23.51%)

@FckLeighAnne @BritainVotesNow Can I ask you something here? A genuine question, do you actually expect Reform UK to help people? Because over the years I’ve been watching Nigel’s rise I don’t recall any genuine policy pledge from his parties that would help people out.

Aigburth (Liverpool Council) By-election: 🟢 Green GAIN from Lib Dems Votes: 🟢Green: 782 (45.0%) 🔶Lib Dem: 637 (36.7%) 🌹Labour: 177 (10.2%) ➡️Reform: 121 (7.0%) 🙋Independent: 12 (0.7%) 🌳Conservative: 8 (0.5%) Turnout: 1737 (42.7%)

@StevieJenkin Oh if you think that’s bad wait till Reform UK strip you of your human rights, like the right to life for example.

This is Torston Bell. He is my MP. He voted to take away my rights to a jury trial. Make sure that he is never again voted in as MP for Swansea West. Vote Reform and toss this man out!

Mick North's five year old daughter Sophie was murdered 30 years ago along with 15 other children and their teacher at Dunblane's primary school. He has called on Nigel Farage to renounce his description of the UK's handgun ban as 'ludicrous', but Farage refuses. @edwardjdavey #PMQs

The Beeches (Cotswold Council) By-election: 🔶 Lib Dem HOLD Votes: 🔶Lib Dem: 390 (52.7%) ➡️Reform: 168 (22.7%) 🌳Conservative: 122 (16.5%) 🟢Green: 53 (7.2%) 🌹Labour: 7 (0.9%) Turnout: 742 (33.8%)

The Beeches (Cotswold) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 52.7% (-3.0) ➡️ RFM: 22.7% (New) 🌳 CON: 16.5% (-17.9) 🌍 GRN: 7.2% (-3.0) 🌹 LAB: 0.9% (New) Liberal Democrat HOLD. Changes w/ 2024.

@LlyrPowell Christ almighty. People really would have to be desperate. I mean seriously, what the *bleep* do you folks actually plan to do to help people rather than attack them? You don’t even seem capable of running councils properly.

The only way to end Labour and Plaid’s stranglehold on Wales is to vote Reform on the 7th of May. Wales needs Reform. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿