Liberal Democrat candidate for Harpenden and Berkhamsted Victoria Collins has been elected as the new constituency's first MP. The results were: Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrats) 27,282 Paul De Hoest (Green Party) 1,951 Nigel Gardner (Conservative Party) 16,574 Zara Layne (Labour) 4,061 Mark Patten (Social Democratic Party) 223 Saba Poursaeedi (Reform UK) 4,245 The election turnout was 75.49%. ...
Five weeks after he cooked up a storm at a Harpenden school, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey wrapped up the party’s campaigning in the constituency with a second visit to the town. Hundreds of party campaigners greeted the arrival of his battle bus - which had already called in at seats...
Unusually for a Friday afternoon, there is a big buzz of people gathered in The Oddfellows Arms in Harpenden’s Leyton Green, while outside a large security detail of men in suits and earpieces wait near their black Jeeps and monitor the situation. It was upstairs at the pub that Conservative prospective...
Harpenden's Katherine Warington School welcomed actor Jonny Weldon as keynote speaker for their second annual Arts Awards Evening. Jonny, who played Ian in hit series One Day, delivered an inspiring and entertaining speech that resonated with students, parents, and arts enthusiasts alike. He said: “Having loved the arts from a young age...
Harpenden Photographic Society has announced the winner of its biggest annual accolade. The society, now in its 88th year, holds five internal competitions throughout the season, where HPS members enter colour prints, monochrome prints or digital projected images (DPI). The top scoring images in each competition, as determined by an external judge,...
Pounding the streets, knocking on doors and engaging with the voting public is an essential part of most candidates’ election campaign… From the moment Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the date of the General Election, political parties of all persuasion have been actively targeting constituents in a bid to sway their...
As the battle for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted enters its final days, political campaigning has escalated into personal attacks on candidates in a bid to secure victory. Nobody thought the seat was going to become a warzone, but in the weeks since the General Election was announced things...
A man has been arrested this morning on suspicion of criminal damage, harassment and an offence relating to the Representation of the People Act (1983). The offences relate to stickers fly-posted on lampposts around the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency alleging Conservative candidate Nigel Gardner was a lobbyist for Putin's Russia. Under Section...
A wry look at the first major hustings of the General Election campaign - taking place at Katherine Warington school in Harpenden last Monday and organised by the Harpenden Society...
Following ongoing controversy over Labour’s plans to add VAT to school fees, the party’s candidate for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted has entered the fray. Asked for her views on Kier Starmer’s plans, which opponents claim will result in increased class sizes in public schools as a result, Zara...
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