Liberal Democrat councillors have agreed to form a joint administration with the Conservatives to run City of York Council. Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Keith Aspden will become Deputy Leader of the Council, with Cllr Chris Steward as Council Leader. The new Executive will be made up of 4 Conservatives and 4 Lib Dems, with appointments […]

Cllr Carol Runciman, Cllr Chris Cullwick and Cllr Keith Orrell would like to thank all the people who supported them in the local elections last week. There were 3 candidates for each party. The result was: Keith Orrell              Liberal Democrat        2,885 Chris Cullwick        Liberal Democrat        2,859 Carol Runciman      Liberal Democrat        2,814   Labour Party    1,427 Labour […]

York Liberal Democrats have launched their local election manifesto promising to “put residents first”. You can download the full manifesto here . Group Leader Cllr Keith Aspden and Deputy Leader Cllr Ann Reid were joined by Lib Dem Peer Lord Phil Willis on a campaign visit to Woodthorpe on Friday. The visit highlights the Lib […]

A City of York Council Planning Committee has today approved the latest plans to build a Community Stadium at Huntington. Here is the submission on the plans from Huntington and New Earswick Councillors Keith Orrell, Carol Runciman and Keith Hyman: Overview: First we should make it clear that we support the concept of the Community […]

The Secretary of State has rejected a controversial planning application to build houses on Green Belt land in Strensall at Breck’s Lane. Cllr Keith Orrell, Councillor for Huntington and New Earswick, has said this has massive implications for York’s Local Plan, “I am delighted that the Secretary of State has refused planning permission for this […]

Local Lib Dems announce the candidates for Huntington and New Earswick. Cllr Keith Orrell (Huntington and New Earswick) Keith taught children with special educational needs for nearly thirty years, culminating in being Head of a Unit for autistic children. Keith has been one of the three Liberal Democrat councillors for Huntington and New Earswick since […]

A public meeting will take place on Monday (16th March) to discuss the future of Yearsley Swimming Pool. The meeting will take place at the 68 Youth & Community Centre on Monkton Road on Monday at 4:00pm. It has been arranged as part of a council scrutiny review into the future of the pool. The […]

Liberal Democrats are launching a petition against proposals by Pilcher Homes to build 100 houses on green belt land to the north of Avon Drive in Huntington. Use of the land for housing has twice before been rejected by City of York Council planning officers. One of the reasons given was that the land would […]

Liberal Democrat budget proposals would see an extra £3million invested in frontline services across York. The proposals reverse planned cuts by Labour run City of York Council to community centres, road repairs and street cleaning. They would see extra investment to increase recycling and would scrap plans by Labour to charge residents for all green […]

Liberal Democrats reported the changes to New Earswick Library when it was moved to New Earswick Primary School 7 years ago at a cost of around £1.4m. Since then, numbers have increased and now 459 children are registered as ‘active borrowers’ plus 283 adults and, of course, it is open to everyone. Now the Trust and […]