Elmbridge
Councillors Emily Ryall and Howard Hyman represent Elmbridge Ward on Gloucester City Council and were first elected in 2016.
Emily is a lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire while Howard was the Sheriff of Gloucester in 2018/19.
Joining the team in 2020 for the next local elections is local resident Anne Radley and will be replacing Councillor Ryall who is standing down for personal reasons.
Anne is an Elmbridge resident and has lived in the Swallow Park and the Elmbridge areas for nearly 20 years.
She has worked in the education sector and is
currently caring for her young daughter. Anne is an allotment gardener and also chairman of the Elmscroft Community Association.
Elmbridge Ward is represented by two county councillors. If you live in the Leazes or Nine Elms area then you are in the Longlevens Division. The rest of the ward is represented at Shire Hall by Councillor Jeremy Hilton.
You can contact Emily on emily.ryall@gloucester.gov.uk or 07931 595 058; Howard on howard.hyman@gloucester.gov.uk or 07903 021 835; and Jeremy on jeremy.hilton@gloucestershire.gov.uk or 07415 291 479.
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Article: May 25, 2020The Liberal Democrats have launched a plan to help Gloucester recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.
The six-point plan covers economic recovery, housing, supporting communities, the environment, culture and rebuilding council services.
The Liberal Democrats will be urging the city council to introduce this plan as soon as possible.
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Article: Feb 25, 2020
On Thursday, at the budget setting meeting, Liberal Democrats on Gloucester City Council will propose a suite of six budget amendments to the value of £356,000. There will be no additional cost to the taxpayer.
The six projects being proposed will help support communities in Gloucester and improve the city's cultural offer.
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Article: Jan 26, 2020Councillors are demanding that the former leader of Gloucester City Council apologise for the Marketing Gloucester debacle.The Liberal Democrats have tabled a motion to the city council calling on Councillor Paul James to apologise after the arms length organisation was bailed out to the tune of £240,000. -
Article: Jan 2, 2020Changes introduced to household recycling just two weeks before Christmas has caused disruption across Gloucester.
There have been reports of missed collections and recycling left strewn all over the place by the city council's waste contractor Amey.
If recycling has not been sorted properly following the introduction of the new rules then it is not being collected at all.
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Article: Dec 18, 2019Parliamentary candidate Dr Rebecca Trimnell almost doubled the Lib Dem vote in the General Election on December 12.Rebecca polled 4,338 votes - a 3% rise on Councillor Jeremy Hilton's result two years ago.Conservative MP Richard Graham increased his majority to over 10,000.Labour's vote in the city collapsed - dropping 5% in just two years - and the Green Party candidate lost their deposit. -
Article: Oct 29, 2019
Rebecca Trimnell's campaign to be Gloucester's next MP is off to a flying start as Britain heads for a winter general election.
On Tuesday MPs backed a bill for a general election to be held on December 12 and could be become law by the end of the week if approved by the House of Lords.
Gloucester Liberal Democrats are already fighting hard to win and want to stop Brexit as it has become a national embarrassment.
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Article: Oct 9, 2019Gloucestershire Police is to get an additional 46 police officers under plans by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to put 20,000 new officers on the streets of the UK.
In the first wave of the roll-out, the Home Office will provide £750 million to support the 43 forces to recruit up to 6,000 new officers by the end of 2020-21.
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Article: Sep 24, 2019Boris Johnson should resign as Prime Minister after the UK's highest court ruled his decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, according to Dr Rebecca Trimnell.
The Prime Minister advised The Queen to prorogue Parliament for five weeks earlier this month in order to bring forward a Queen's Speech in October outlining a raft of new policies.
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Article: Sep 12, 2019The consequences of a no-deal Brexit to the Gloucester public have been laid bare, according to the Liberal Democrats.
Government documents reveal there would be major hold-ups at channel ports, significant electricity price increases, shortages of some foods, delays to medicine imports and public disorder.
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Article: Sep 9, 2019The Liberal Democrats in Gloucester are ready and waiting for a general election - but only after a no deal Brexit is off the table.
MPs look set to vote again on Monday in Parliament on whether to have a general election before the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union on October 31.
UK opposition parties have agreed not to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson's demand for an election before the EU summit in mid-October.