Welcome to our website, part of Hounslow Liberal Democrats ongoing campaign to keep in touch with local residents across the borough - all year round.

The Liberal Democrats significantly increased their percentage of the vote across Hounslow in the General Election 2005 and Local Election 2006. We will keep working hard to convince you that you made the right choice in casting your vote for us and ensure many thousands more turn to the Liberal Democrats in the years ahead.

Thank you for your support!

>> See how the votes stacked up in 2005 and 2006 analysis

Meet our three borough councillors:

>> Andrew Dakers, John Howliston and Drew Morgan-Watts

We have two parliamentary spokespersons in this borough:

>> Andrew Dakers in Brentford and Isleworth Constituency

>> Munira Wilson in Feltham & Heston Constituency

Cable, Dakers and actor Susan Penhaligon join forces over houseboat charges New! Mon 8th Mar 2010 Vincent Cable MP and Cllr Andrew Dakers (Lib Dem Prospective MP for Brentford & Isleworth) are working with actress Susan Penhaligon (famous for the series "Bouquet of Barbed Wire") to highlight the plight of residential boat owners on the Thames faced with massive increases in licence fees from the Port of London Authority (PLA). Susan Penhaligon, who has a boat at Kew Bridge, has launched a campaign with her fellow residential boat owners.

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Lib Dem Alternative Council Budget to help jobless, people in housing need and small business Wed 24th Feb 2010 Hounslow Liberal Democrats have launched their alternative Council budget ahead of the Council tax-setting meeting on Tuesday 2 March. Group leader Cllr Dakers says the Conservative minority administration's budget will hit Social Care services, run the Council's limited reserves down too rapidly and offer little hope for those seeking a job or easier access to improved housing. The Lib Dems also set out detailed plans for regenerating Gunnersbury Park and the local history museum. They want to resecure the Cranford Agreement through an Act of Parliament to prevent Heathrow expansion.

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Message of support for residents fighting Thames Water as Prospective Lib Dem MP launches Mogden storm tanks petition Wed 24th Feb 2010 An online petition from Hounslow Liberal Democrats has gone live that backs up Cllr Dakers and Vince Cable's call last Autumn for the six remaining storm tanks at Mogden Sewage to be covered. Cllr Dakers has also given his backing to residents action against Thames Water which is currently underway at the High Court.

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Fix Hounslow Town Centre say Lib Dems Sat 20th Feb 2010 Liberal Democrats have launched a new petition setting out local peoples' concerns at the decline of Hounslow Town Centre. In 2008 the council paid consultants £175,000 to speak to local residents, businesses and employees and draw up plans on how Hounslow town centre could be improved. Whilst Lib Dems welcomed the work of EDAW on the Town Centre vision 'A brighter future for Hounslow town centre', published last January, they are highlighting that progress has now slowed.

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Kew Bridge site plans approved as Cllr Dakers calls for more improvements Thu 18th Feb 2010 At Planning Committee on 17 February Cllr Dakers explained that his view was that if St George's Kew Bridge scheme went to appeal he was doubtful it would be turned down again by a Planning inspector, but the community would incur considerable cost. His conclusion was therefore on balance that the community was best off accepting the scheme as is now presented.

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Cllr Dakers calls on hotels to carry Brentford name with pride Wed 17th Feb 2010 Lib Dem Brentford Ward Councillor Andrew Dakers has today revealed that he is corresponding with the Chief Executives of both Travelodge and Premier Inn urging them to rebrand their local hotels as Brentford not Kew. Many local residents have expressed their disappointed to the councillor over the years at how these businesses have shunned the name of the place in which they are operating. Cllr Dakers is arguing to the hotel CEOs that as the home to Brentford FC, GSK, Brompton Bicycles - and with an extraordinary heritage - Brentford is a place the hotel chains should be proud to have invested.

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