From all of us at ALDC, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. 🎄 Please note that our office will be closed 25 December 2025 to 1 January 2026, reopening on 2 January 2026. Any enquiries received during this period will be responded to as soon as possible after 2 January.

Suffolk CC, Pakefield REFORM UK GAIN from Conservative ➡️RFM: 1,286 (49.2%, new) 🟢GRN: 508 (19.4%, +9.1) 🔵CON: 357 (13.6%, -43.3) 🔴LAB: 328 (12.5%, -13.6) 🔶LDM (Chris Thomas): 137 (5.2%, -1.5) Thanks to Chris Thomas and the team for flying the Lib Dem flag!

BY ELECTION RESULT Cornwall UA, St Columb Minor & Colan RefUK: 408, 31.7% (-4.2) Ind: 325, 25.3% (new) LD: 296, 23.0% (+14.6) Grn: 173, 13.4% (new) Con: 73, 5.7% (-11.2) Lab: 9, 0.7% (-7.8) Ind: 3, 0.2% (new) Reform HOLD Thank you to Geoff Brown for standing!

BY ELECTION RESULT Blackpool UA, Greenlands RefUK: 587, 44.4% (+38.4) Con: 299, 22.6% (-17.2) Lab: 289, 21.9% (-22.7) Grn: 79, 6% (-2.5%) LD: 45, 3.4% (new) Ind: 22, 1.7% (new) Reform GAIN from Con Big thank you to Kev Benfold for standing!

BY ELECTION RESULT South Ribble DC, Broad Oak Lib Dem: 810, 65.9% (+0.4) RefUK: 263, 21.4% (New) Con: 95, 7.7% (-9.5) Lab: 62, 5.0 (-12.2) Changes w/ 2023 Lib Dem HOLD Well done to new Cllr Clare Burton-Johnson and team!

BY ELECTION RESULT Harborough DC - Logan Ward Con: 461, 34.7% (+5.8) Grn: 358, 26.9% (+18.8) LD: 268, 20.2% (-29.6%) Ref: 195, 14.7% (new) Lab: 43, 3.2% (-9.9) SDP: 4, 0.3% (New) Changes w/ 2023 Con GAIN from Lib Dem Big thank you to Marion Lewis for standing for us!

New this week 🔶 Thank you to Hull Liberal Democrats for sharing this council motion, on votes for 16 and 17 year olds www.aldc.org/2025/12/counci...

Take advantage of our January bulk buy deals 🖨️ www.aldc.org/2025/12/a3-a4-...

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ December's contender - Vale of White Horse Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ November's entry - Spelthorne Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ October's contender is from Cardiff Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ Flying the flag for August - Croydon Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ June's entry is from Hull Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ May's contender - Devon Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ April's contender - Trafford Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ March's contender - St Ives Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ February's contender is from Dudley Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ January's contender - Liverpool Comment below with your favourite 👇

🔶Voting is now open for Leaflet of the Year 2025🗳️ Comment below with your favourite 👇

Reminder 🚨 Save PDF backups of your walks in Connect before 9pm tonight. A Connect update may clear existing walks. PDFs keep your delivery info safe and make redraws easy.

Ensure your postal voters aren't left behind in the new year 🔶 www.aldc.org/2025/12/urgent...

Your support powers our Local Election Appeal. 🔶 Help Lib Dems win today: www.aldc.org/donate/local-e...

Artworker Webinars ✒️ Join ALDC for our final webinars of the year, on using ALDC Artworker www.aldc.org/2024/11/artwor...

West Lothian - Whitburn & Blackburn RFM Gain from Lab (stage 8) 1st prefs: ➡️RFM - 1177 - 32.0% 🟡SNP - 1028 - 28.0% 🔴Lab - 627 - 17.1% ⚪Ind L - 484 - 13.2% 🔵Con - 129 - 3.5% 🔶LD - 102 - 2.8% 🟢Grn - 101 - 2.7% ⚪Ind M - 27 - 0.7% Thanks to Douglas Butler for standing

New this week 🔶 Campaign against the Labour Government's income tax threshold freeze with ALDC's new Focus Drop In Articles www.aldc.org/2025/12/campai...

🔶Thank you to Cllr Sarah Boad for reporting on by-elections overnight🔶

Penyrheol, Caerphilly CBC PC HOLD PC🟡 – 956 – 60.1% (+6.3) RFM➡️ – 422 – 26.5% (New) LAB🔴 – 114 – 7.2% (‑24.4) CON🔵 – 66 – 4.2% (‑10.4) LD🔶 (Mary Lloyd) – 32 – 2.0% (New)

Seaton - East Devon District Council Lib Dem gain from Conservative (now Independent) 🟡Lib Dem Steve Hunt 789 41.3% ➡️ Reform UK 565 29.6% 🔵 Con 400 20.9% 🔘 Ind 156 8.2% Congratulations to Steve and team - yet another win in Devon this December!

Red Hall and Lingfield - Darlington Borough Council Reform UK gain from Labour ➡️ Reform UK 341 37.7% 🟡 Liberal Democrat Simon Thorley 157 17.3% 🔵Con 157 17.3% 🔴 Lab 152 16.8% 🟢 Green 89 9.8% 🔘 Ind 9 1% Thanks to Simon and the team for a second place finish!

Armitage with Handsacre - Lichfield District Council Conservative hold 🔵 Con 630 46.7% ➡️ Reform UK - 431 31.9% 🔴 Lab 127 9.4% 🟡Lib Dem Morag Maclean 99 7.3% 🟢 Green 63 4.7% Thanks to Morag for standing!

New this week 🔶 An analysis of the Bromsgrove South by-election, gaining from Reform www.aldc.org/2025/12/taking...

Be prepared from now until polling day with ALDC's new templates 🔶 www.aldc.org/2025/12/countd...

Due to team away days, our advice phone is currently unavailable. Please contact [email protected] and we will get in touch as soon as possible.

🔶Don't forget your marked registers🗳️ Acquiring marked registers and inputting them into Connect means that we are able to better target those people who vote more consistently in elections. ALDC can help you with this: www.aldc.org/aldcs-marked-r...

East Devon DC - Exmouth Halsdon LIB DEM HOLD 🔶LD 551 - 35.9% (-3.9) ➡️RFM 438 - 28.5% (new) 🔵Con 393 - 25.6% (-4.1) 🟢Grn 153 - 10.0% (new) Turnout: 25% Congratulations to Cllr Fran McElhone and the team!

BY ELECTION RESULT Watford DC, Tudor ward LD: 821 - 52.6% (+4.3) RefUK: 433 - 27.2% (+17.8) Con: 148 - 9.3% (-10.5) Lab: 111 - 7% (-16.4) Grn: 77 - 4.8% (new) Lib Dem HOLD. Huge congratulations to new Cllr Callum Robertson!

BY ELECTION RESULT Broxtowe DC, Stapleford South East Broxtowe Alliance: 388 - 34.6% (new) RefUK: 245 - 21.9% (new) LD: 149 - 13.3% (-8.2) Lab: 128 - 11.4% (-14.7) Con: 108 - 9.6% (-9.5) Ind: 102 - 9.2% (new) BroxAl GAIN from Lab Thanks to Simon Roche for giving it a good go!

BY ELECTION RESULT Middlesborough UA, Nunthorpe RefUK: 563 - 35.8% (new) LD: 550 - 34.99% (+3.96) Con: 328 - 20.87% (-9.07) Grn: 79 - 5.03% (new) Lab: 53 - 3.31% (-5.23) Reform GAIN from Lib Dem Commiserations to Adrian Walker and team - keep it up!

BY ELECTION RESULT: Torridge DC, Winkleigh LD: 325 - 42.3% (+8.7) RefUK: 252 - 32.8% (new) Con: 191 - 24.9% (-23.7) Lib Dem GAIN from Conservative Huge well done to new Cllr Stephen Middleton and team!

🔶Your Christmas Bin Collection Email💻 Many councils change their bin collection days over the Christmas period. This is really useful information that you can communicate to residents in your ward through an email and through social media. www.aldc.org/2025/12/your-c...

🔶MAKE A LIST OF YOUR EXISTING POSTAL VOTERS BEFORE CHRISTMAS‼️ Postal votes are changing, and you need to act now to make sure your Lib Dem voters don’t lose their postal vote before the next election.   www.aldc.org/2025/12/urgent...

🔶LAST CHANCE TO ORDER CHRISTMAS CARDS🎅 www.aldc.org/2025/12/christ...

✍️New council motion🔶 The Lib Dems have led the campaign for better access to GPs. www.aldc.org/2025/12/counci...

This week's Leaflet of the Week is a by-election-winning squeeze leaflet from Vale of White Horse. www.aldc.org/2025/12/leafle...

Derbyshire CC - Long Eaton North RFM HOLD ➡️Rfm: 745 (28.1%, – 7.7) 🔵Con: 722 (27.2%, +4.2) 🔴Lab: 579 (21.8%, -2.7) 🟢Grn: 314 (11.8%, +4.5) 🔶LDM: 154 (5.8%, -3.6) ⚪DCP: 141 (5.3%, new) Thanks to Samuel Briggs and the team for flying the Lib Dem flag!

🏆November Leaflet of the Month🥇 Pick your favourite leaflet. There are 4 entries to choose from: Wandsworth Liverpool Spelthorne Pendle Voting is now open 🗳️ Please vote by commenting below 👇

Work hard. Play hard. Thank you to everyone who has joined us for Kickstart this weekend. Over 200 Liberal Democrat campaigners from across the country have honed their skills and are ready to win! Thanks so much to our excellent volunteers. We couldn't do it without you!

Teams from Camden, Newcastle, and Young Liberals have had fun at Kickstart this weekend! 🔶

Teams from Havant, Medway, Wales, and across the country have been levelling up at Kickstart this weekend! 🔶

What a great Kickstart weekend we have had! 🔶 Teams from Manchester, Sheffield, Norfolk, Stevenage, and others have been hard at work, planning to win!