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Title: Cheltenham Parliamentary Seat To Be Tight Marginal After Boundary Changes Post by: Lee on April 01, 2008, 07:54:34 MP Martin Horwood has welcomed measures which will change the county's constituency boundaries - even though they are expected to slash his majority to just 300. Cheltenham's Liberal Democrat MP won his seat at the 2005 election with a majority of 2,300 but plans to move Leckhampton, Up Hatherley and Warden Hill from the Conservative-held constituency of Tewkesbury to Cheltenham are predicted to slash that figure by 2,000 (link below.)
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231774&contentPK=20275452&folderPk=108867&pNodeId=231888 Title: Re: Cheltenham Parliamentary Seat To Be Tight Marginal After Boundary Changes Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 10, 2015, 00:24:51 From the Gloucestershire Echo (http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Alex-Chalk-planning-100-days-Cheltenham-s-new/story-26464903-detail/story.html):
Quote This is what Alex Chalk is planning to do in his first 100 days as Cheltenham's new Conservative MP (http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276334/Article/images/26464903/10023005-large.jpg) Mr Chalk ousted the Liberal Democrat Martin Horwood Alex Chalk is Cheltenham's new Conservative MP and he has already set out what he wants to achieve in his first 100 days in office. As set out in his 2015 General Election literature he is planning to: (snip) 3. Meet the Transport Secretary to push for early progress on the A417 Loop project. 4. Call a "pothole summit" at Gloucestershire County Council to drive progress on local road repairs. 5. Map out a plan with Network Rail and First Great Western for station and connectivity improvements in Cheltenham. ... This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |