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Sadly it wasn't the result that we hoped for on the day. National analysis suggests that many people voted against the idea of a Labour government, and the first past the post system again left us with a dreadful choice.
It's time we had electoral reform to get a wider variety of views in parliament, and to get everyone represented in proportion to the votes.
But for now, I'd like to thank my family, and the team of volunteers who have worked so hard over the last few weeks and months across the whole constituency - I have been blown away by the enthusiasm and energy that everyone has put into the campaign.
In the last three years the country has been split thanks to a series of weak conservative prime ministers pandering to their own party's internal battles rather than putting the country first. We will see what come of this in the next few months, and I don't expect to see sunlight uplands anytime soon.
Of course, the elephant in the room is the no deal Brexit scenario we face at the end of 2020.
Sadly, I suspect that it won't be long before we are at the ballot boxes again.
But at the next election the story will be different.
The fact that we had this election anyhow, only two years since the last time, shows that our system is broken. It is high time that we changed from the antiquated first past the post system, to proportional representation. This would allow us to move away from the extremes we see today and get politics back into the great British tradition of sensible compromise.
Thank you all.
Martin.
Martin trained as an engineer and has a background in the hi-tech industry. He has served in local government for over 5 years - including a recent term as the Mayor of Dawlish.
Long an active member of the community, as a town and district councillor Martin has proved himself an outspoken champion of local and environmental causes and a worthy advocate in the fight for social justice.
Martin now wants to take this fight to Westminster: "I feel honoured to have been chosen as the local parliamentary candidate for the Teignbridge Newton Abbot constituency and look forward immensely to the challenges that lie ahead. I care deeply about the area in which I live and want to do more to help our town, village and coastal communities.
"Making headlines for all the wrong reasons, our Tory MP has long been considered out of step. With an election on December 12th, many are telling me she is also out of time. I will continue to knock on doors across the constituency to learn more about what you want from your representative at Westminster - and how I can serve you and our communities better in the future."
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Article: Jan 20, 2020
Today kickstarts an important week in Parliament, with votes taking place on key amendments to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, tabled by Liberal Democrats.
In our fight to hold this Conservative Government to account on its Brexit agenda, we are fighting to protect EU citizens' rights as well as those of unaccompanied child refugees.
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Article: Jan 19, 2020
The Liberal Democrats have today led tributes following the death of Lord Robert Maclennan.
Lord Robert Maclennan of Rogart, known as Bob Maclennan, was the last leader of the Social Democrat Party before it merged with the Liberal Party. He then became joint interim leader of the new party.
Bob Maclennan was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001. Upon stepping down as MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Bob Maclennan was elevated to the House of Lords.
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Article: Jan 18, 2020
At a meeting of the Federal Board today, the new board made decisions on three key events, the timeline for our upcoming leadership election, the timeline for upcoming elections to party posts and committees and finally the appointment of a Chair of the Election Review and a timetable for that.
Jump to: Leadership Election | Internal Elections | Election review
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Article: Jan 15, 2020
Do you think we care well enough for the more vulnerable in our society?
Have we figured out how best to care for people who've experienced bereavement, people who get ill in old age, those with mental ill-health or adults with learning disabilities?
My own personal experience tells me we haven't. Whether in my own life or for many constituents in my advice surgeries over 20 years, all too often the care and support systems either don't work well enough or aren't even there at all.
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Article: Jan 14, 2020
DATE CHANGE: CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE February 8th and 9th 2020
Couldn't get to national conference in Brighton?
Want to hear some energising speakers or update your skills?
Want to meet other Lib Dems from across the two regions in friendly surroundings?
Devon and Cornwall Liberal Democrats are excited to announce their conference in Tiverton on 8th/9th February 2020.
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Article: Jan 13, 2020
The Liberal Democrats have now annouced the roles of their MPs in their new Commons Team.
We look forward to the team taking positive parliamentary action on the issues we all care about, such as the climate crisis, social injustice and Britain's economic performance.
The team's portfolios can be found below:
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Article: Jan 13, 2020
Some of you may have started receiving emails and calls to action from our new Local Party Organiser, Lucy Mannion. Lucy took on the role at the start of the year. She has been getting to grips with organising the office and meeting members.
Lucy says, "It has been a busy first couple of weeks. I look forward to meeting all the members over the coming months and I am really keen to set up some more social events and to keep the campaigning energy from the General Election going."
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Article: Jan 13, 2020
I want to thank you for all your hard work over the last six weeks. Everyone did everything they could in this campaign but the result has been deeply disappointing.
Despite Liberal Democrats gaining 1.2m votes and our share of the vote increasing in every region of the UK, we are now one seat down compared to 2017. Under a proportional system, we would now have 84 MPs.
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Article: Jan 13, 2020
The latest EU Settlement Scheme Statistics, published by the Home Office, show more than 140,000 EU citizens applied to live and work in the UK after Brexit in November.
These figures show 361,900 people are still waiting for a decision, with 2,592,800 applications received but only 2,230,900 concluded.
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Article: Jan 13, 2020
This news is yet more evidence that Boris Johnson's government looks set to crash our economy thanks to his disastrous Brexit plans.
Whether its putting people's livelihoods on the line in our factory sector, or increasing prices with the pound weakening in 2020, it is clear that Boris Johnson's promise to unleash Britain's potential is nothing more than empty rhetoric.
We haven't even left yet.
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