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ALDC The Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors. Helping councillors and campaigners win your seats and keep them since 1967.

🔶 Are you joining us in Brighton for Autumn Conference?ALDC have a jam-packed weekend planned! We’re hosting 23 training...
30/08/2026

🔶 Are you joining us in Brighton for Autumn Conference?

ALDC have a jam-packed weekend planned!

We’re hosting 23 training sessions and panels, 5 fringes in association with the LGA Lib Dems, our Local Campaigner Awards, and the return of the iconic Lib Dem DISCO 🪩

Plus, come find us at Stand H27 in the exhibition hall for campaign resources, advice and ✨ merch ✨

👇 Check out the full schedule and grab your DISCO tickets

🔶 In May, the Hampshire Liberal Democrats scored a huge win in the Lymington & Boldre division, coming from a distant se...
29/08/2026

🔶 In May, the Hampshire Liberal Democrats scored a huge win in the Lymington & Boldre division, coming from a distant second place in 2021 to take the seat off the Conservatives.

Tom Cornwall gives a comprehensive overview of how this result – years in the making – was achieved.

👇 Read the full article in the comments

🔔 Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn - Newcastle CityReform UK HOLD➡️ RFM 901 - 39.0% (-4.8%)🔶 LDM 670 - 29.0% (+24.3%)🔴 L...
27/08/2026

🔔 Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn - Newcastle City

Reform UK HOLD

➡️ RFM 901 - 39.0% (-4.8%)
🔶 LDM 670 - 29.0% (+24.3%)
🔴 LAB 534 - 23.1% (-5.9%)
🟢 GRN 103 - 4.5% (-9.2%)
🔵 Con 101 - 4.4% (-4.4%)

Jumping from 5th to 2nd. An excellent result 👏 Thanks to Stephen Kelly and the team Newcastle Liberal Democrats

🔔 Southey, Sheffield City CouncilReform UK GAIN from Labour➡️ RFM 1,133 - 50.6% (+0.6%)🔴 LAB 836 - 37.3% (+12.8%)🟢 GRN 1...
27/08/2026

🔔 Southey, Sheffield City Council

Reform UK GAIN from Labour

➡️ RFM 1,133 - 50.6% (+0.6%)
🔴 LAB 836 - 37.3% (+12.8%)
🟢 GRN 146 - 6.5% (-6.4%)
🔵 CON 69 - 3.1% (-1.7%)
🔶 LDM 56 - 2.5% (-2.2%)

Thank you to Oliver George for giving people the option to vote Liberal Democrat 🙏

🔔 Trinity, Wandsworth LBCLabour HOLD🔴 LAB 1,558 - 47.5% (+8.8%)🔵 CON 1,431 - 43.6% (+9.0%)🟢 GRN 168 - 5.1% (-10.8%)🔶 LDM...
27/08/2026

🔔 Trinity, Wandsworth LBC

Labour HOLD

🔴 LAB 1,558 - 47.5% (+8.8%)
🔵 CON 1,431 - 43.6% (+9.0%)
🟢 GRN 168 - 5.1% (-10.8%)
🔶 LDM 75 - 2.3% (-3.0%)
➡️ RFM 51 - 1.6% (-2.6%)

Thank you to Dylan Henderson for standing for the Lib Dems 🙏

✅ Robust debate is part and parcel of a healthy democracy. ❌ Threats, harassment and abuse are not. It should be that si...
27/08/2026

✅ Robust debate is part and parcel of a healthy democracy.
❌ Threats, harassment and abuse are not.

It should be that simple.

But we're seeing rising hostility toward politicians that have, in the most extreme cases, resulted in the murders of three sitting or former MPs in the last ten years.

Local government representatives have not escaped this trend. In a recent survey, 64% of councillors said they had faced online abuse, and 59% faced physical or verbal abuse in person. 1 in 5 reported being threatened with violence.

ALDC's motion at Autumn Conference seeks to improve candidate safety by bringing in new measures to strengthen policing, hold social media companies to account and remove obligations for candidates to publicly publish home addresses.

👇 Read the full motion by going to the link in the comments.

🗳️ Five local council by-elections are taking place tomorrow! Good luck to all of our Liberal Democrat teams on the fina...
26/08/2026

🗳️ Five local council by-elections are taking place tomorrow! Good luck to all of our Liberal Democrat teams on the final hurdle! 🤞

🔴 Wandsworth LBC, Trinity
➡️ St Helens MBC, Billinge and Seneley Green
🔴 Sheffield CC, Southey
➡️ Newcastle CC, Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn
🔵 Dover BC, Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

🙏 Thank you to Tim Hill for being our by-election reporter this week. Tune back to our socials tomorrow night to see the results come in live!

📦 Are you ready to welcome new residents to your ward?The end of summer is the peak time for people moving house and stu...
24/08/2026

📦 Are you ready to welcome new residents to your ward?

The end of summer is the peak time for people moving house and students arriving for the new term. It’s a huge opportunity to reach voters before anyone else does!

ALDC’s New Voters Campaign Pack gives you everything you need to introduce yourself, build early rapport, and gather crucial local data – including template welcome letters and targeted surveys for new builds, high-rises, and transient urban areas.

👇 Download the New Voters Campaign Pack by following the link in the comments

🌟 How do we engage the demographics that traditional democracy leaves behind?12 years ago, Lib Dem Councillor Andy Wait ...
23/08/2026

🌟 How do we engage the demographics that traditional democracy leaves behind?

12 years ago, Lib Dem Councillor Andy Wait helped set up KeynshamNow – a youth council designed to give young people a real voice and vessel for action in shaping their local community.

Fast forward to today, and former alumni are sitting as elected members on Keynsham Town Council and Bath & North East Somerset Council.

KeynshamNow is a powerful case study in how local teams can connect young people to their local communities and democracy.

👇 Read the full story and see how you can apply these lessons locally

🤔 Are Reform UK losing momentum? Are the Conservatives bouncing back? And just how well are the Lib Dems doing?📊 In his ...
22/08/2026

🤔 Are Reform UK losing momentum? Are the Conservatives bouncing back? And just how well are the Lib Dems doing?

📊 In his latest analysis piece, ALDC’s Head of Development, Richard Cole, digs into this year’s by-election data to see what the numbers really tell us about the shifting political landscape.

👇 Read by following the link in the comments

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