The cousin of Richard Ratcliffe, husband of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, lives in the constituency. I’ve been privileged to support the campaign for her release and have actively encouraged as many people as possible to do so too. Despite being a British citizen, Nazanin – who is a charity worker  – has been held in prison […]

The Liberal Democrats want local authorities to be able to build and invest in more affordable and social housing. This includes greater access to borrowing for local authorities, strengthened powers to bring empty homes back into use and the power to direct the use of otherwise unwanted public land. https://www.libdems.org.uk/conference-spring-18-housing-motion  

The Liberal Democrats will not enter into any coalition deal with either Theresa May’s Conservatives or Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party. On Thursday 8th of June, every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to change the direction of our country and stop a hard Brexit. The reasons for this decision are simple. Under no […]

Warwickshire Liberal Democrats will seek to protect investment in the services provided through our local Children’s Centres in Kenilworth. Giving young children the best possible start in life is not only good for the children and young families, but for communities as a whole both in the short term and longer term. After the May […]

People sometimes ask me what do LibDems stand for. Here’s one example.   Last week local LibDem Councillors, led by John Whitehouse, successfully proposed a motion at the County Council that called on the Leader of the Council to write to the Secretary of State for Education and all Warwickshire MPs to express its grave […]

Kenilworth Liberal Democrats have advised local residents not to be misled by leaflets being sent to them through Royal Mail about the West Midlands mayoral elections. For the second time in just a few weeks, parts of Kenilworth have received leaflets this week called ‘Meriden Champion’ from the Conservative party about the West Midlands mayoral […]

I’ve never done this event before, so I’m not sure what I’ve let myself in for. If you’d like to sponsor me in my effort to raise some money for the great work of our local Children’s Centre, thank you so much – just visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Richard-Dickson3

Thanks to the hard work of Liberal Democrat councillor John Whitehouse, the County Council has produced plans to improve safety for young people and other pedestrians near Kenilworth school and Park Hill school. One of the local Conservative councillors has described the plans as ‘ludicrous’ which shows where their priorities lie. You can view these […]

Local Liberal Democrats have called on Jeremy Wright to come clean about the advice that he has been giving as Attorney General to the government about Brexit. Liberal Democrats welcome the decision by the Supreme Court that Mrs May’s government has to get the authority of Parliament before exercising Article 50. This preserves the important […]

Nearly three months after a High Court ruling that Parliament must vote on legislation to decide whether or not Article 50 to leave the EU can be exercised, and nine months after the Referendum, Mrs May and her government has been embarrassed by losing another legal judgement. This is a win for the primacy of Parliament. But […]