The by-election of 2003 was caused by the death of the member of Parliament for Brent East, Paul Daisley of the Labour Party. The by-election to fill his seat was held on September 13, and was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather. The turnout by electors at this election was 36.42% More information on the 2003 Brent East by-election from wikipedia.
10 Good Reasons to vote Liberal Democrat from http://www.libdems.org.uk/. Read about Sarah launching the Lib Dem poster campaign. WE OPPOSE: Putting targets first WE PROPOSE: Putting patients first WE OPPOSE: Tuition fees & top up fees WE PROPOSE: Scrapping student fees WE OPPOSE: Compulsory I.D. Cards WE PROPOSE: Spending the money on 10,000 more police WE OPPOSE: Selling your home to pay for care WE PROPOSE: Free personal care for the elderly...
Sarah is being blighted by postage problems. It seems that whenever she writes to a member of the government they take months to respond or the letter is delayed. Here’s an example. Letter sent - 14 Oct 2004 Parliamentary question asked to chase up - 4 March 2005 Reply sent - 22 February 2005 Another. Two on the 22nd of Feb, here and here. Another from the 21st Feb. Extremely late replies, letters not received at each end - poor filing perhaps?...
Sarah will be at Downing Street today to deliver a 1,000 name petition on behalf of Hindu’s opposing further restrictions by the Home Office on religious workers seeking leave to stay in the UK. For the Home Office, the measures they wish to take (outlined here by The Scotsman) are part of building community cohesion. “Multi-cultural communities are often multi- faith communities and this should be fully recognised in policies aimed at promoting diversity....
Some of you may remember that I wrote to Sarah asking her if she will be supporting the motion to impeach Tony Blair. She wasn’t minded to. She wrote to me last week after going through some papers and finding my email. Papers? Email? I know, I didn’t quite get it either. I digress. She wrote to me last week to bring an Early Day Motion she had recently signed to my attention....