Montage of Adrian with local residents

20 Most Recent News Stories

Pyestock betrayal as Tories throw in the towel

Sat 13th Feb 2010

Prospective Lib Dem MP Adrian Collett condemned the failure of Tory-run Hart Council to challenge the decision to approve the Pyestock mega depot.

Philip Thompson, Sue Gadsby, Ros Scott and Adrian Collett near Pyestock (photography: Rob Hart)

Crime Crackdown Success

Sun 7th Feb 2010

Hampshire Police ran an extremely successful campaign last year focusing on burglary even more than ever before.

Police and Adrian Collett (photography: Rob Hart)

VoteWatch report shows Lib Dem strength in European Parliament

Mon 1st Feb 2010

An independent analysis by VoteWatch, a website set up to monitor the EU's legislative process, has revealed that liberal MEPs hold the balance of power in the European Parliament.

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South East MEP Sharon Bowles pushes European Commission to conduct 'wide public consultation' on new air travel legislation

Fri 29th Jan 2010

Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles has secured a significant victory in the fight for cost-effective air travel.

Sharon Bowles MEP

Lib Dem MEPs fight for fuel efficient cars

Wed 27th Jan 2010

Car drivers are getting more miles to the gallon out of their vehicles, with big improvements still to come.

Sharon Bowles and Catherine Bearder test electric cars

South East MEP Sharon Bowles welcomes EU's aid pledge of €137 million to Haiti

Tue 19th Jan 2010

Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles, who chairs the European Parliament's powerful Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, has welcomed the EU's pledge of €137 million in aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

EU & Haiti

Merry Christmas!!!

Thu 24th Dec 2009

I hope that you are getting some rest over the holiday period. I am spending this Christmas with my husband Andrew, our sons Remy and Damian and my father, who is now 95 - that is if we can get ourselves dug out of our various locations!

Sharon Bowles MEP

South East MEP Sharon Bowles calls for Eurostar overhaul

Mon 21st Dec 2009

Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles has today called for an overhaul of Eurostar following weekend failures of its service which left thousands of passengers trapped in the Channel Tunnel and up to 60,000 people stranded.

Sharon Bowles MEP at the Eurostar

Copenhagen Comedown

Sun 20th Dec 2009

Euro MP for the South East, Catherine Bearder, has expressed her huge disappointment at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen.

Catherine at The Wave

Local Euro MP Sharon Bowles highlights the need for more young scientists

Mon 14th Dec 2009

Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles is this week highlighting the need for more young people to take up maths, science and engineering.

Sharon Bowles MEP

South East MEP Sharon Bowles welcomes EU plans for better holiday travel protection

Fri 11th Dec 2009

Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles has welcomed the news that the EU Commission will be consulting on plans to ensure that holiday-goers benefit from better holiday travel protection.

Sharon Bowles MEP

South East MEP Sharon Bowles calls for moratorium on bankers' bonuses

Wed 9th Dec 2009

Lib Dem MEP and Chair of the European Parliament's influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Sharon Bowles, today called for a moratorium on bankers' bonuses in response to Alistair Darling's Pre-Budget Report.

Sharon Bolwes MEP

South East MEP Sharon Bowles tells British Bankers Association what time it is

Tue 8th Dec 2009

Lib Dem MEP and Chair of the European Parliament's powerful Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Sharon Bowles, today addressed the British Bankers Association at their annual reception in Brussels.

Sharon Bowles MEP meets ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet

Bearder Marches for Copenhagen

Mon 7th Dec 2009

Last Saturday Catherine Bearder MEP marched through central London with 50,000 people at The Wave. The march was to show the strength of popular will to find an international agreement on tackling climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

The Wave

Adrian's Pledge

Sat 14th Nov 2009

"Why should an MP who lives in this area need a second home, funded by taxpayers?" asks Lib Dem candidate Adrian Collett.

Adrian at the station (photography: Rob Hart)

Airfield Outrage

Sat 14th Nov 2009

Anger is growing at airfield operator TAG's refusal to compensate residents.

Geoff Marks, Adrian Collett and Crispin Allard with noisy plane (photography: Rob Hart)

Waging War on Weeds Disgrace

Sun 25th Oct 2009

Liberal Democrat councillors have taken up the cudgels on behalf of people across our area who are up in arms about the weed-infested state of our roads and pavements.

Craig Card and Adrian Collett looking at weeds in gutter (photography: Rob Hart)

Adrian Collett launches 'Take Back Power' campaign

Tue 14th Jul 2009

Local Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson Adrian Collett has launched a campaign to give power back to local people.

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ANGER at Howarth's Expenses

Mon 6th Jul 2009

Local residents have been stunned and angered by the arrogant reaction of local Conservative MP Gerald Howarth following revelations about his expenses.

Houses of Parliament

Adrian Collett defeats Conservatives by 1,400 votes to retain County Council seat.

Sat 6th Jun 2009

Adrian Collett, the Liberal Democrats' Prospective Parliamentary candidate, retained his County Council seat for Ancells Farm, Blackwater, Darby Green, Frogmore, Hawley and Yateley East with over 62% of the vote. Such a big public endorsement gives him a strong platform to challenge Tory MP Gerald Howarth whenever the General Election comes.

Adrian Collett (photography: Richard Burr)

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