Re-elect Cllr Tina Liddington for The Hermitage and Knaphill South

Tina with Kingston MP and Lib Dem Chief of Campaigns, Ed Davey, during his visit to Woking on 12 April 2007

Cllr Tina Liddington

Cllr Tina Liddington has been your local Lib Dem Councillor for The Hermitage and Knaphill South since 2002. She has served on various Council committees with specific focuses on Planning, Environment, Licensing and the Youth Council. She also cares passionately about youth, health and social care issues. She works full-time for the NHS as a Care Home Manager for young people in Ottershaw. She also served as a Governor at the Hermitage School for 4 years.

Tina said: "I enjoy being your local councillor and I have seen some real positive changes in the area such as improvements in policing and better street cleaning. However, much more still needs to be done.

I loved participating in Local Democracy Week in October where I met a continued stream of people, asking me questions about the importance of local government and voting. I particularly enjoyed the speed debating with young people at Fullbrook and Woking High School where Year 8 teenagers had the chance to debate with us Councillors. This initiative was started by the school pupils themselves and this is extremely important in educating young people about local democracy."

Tina is fighting to save the A & E Departments at both the Royal Surrey and St Peter's Hospitals. Both cover very large areas of Surrey and a very real crisis would be created if one or both departments should close. People would have to travel very far to get to their nearest hospital. Tina says:

"An A & E Department is the lifeblood of any hospital. If that closed, then the whole hospital tends to close as well. Please sign the Surrey Petition to keep both A & E Departments open."

Tina is also campaigning to:

• Continue Lib Dem commitments to keep crime down in Knaphill by working positively with the police.

• Represent residents' concerns about problematic highways issues such as parking and speeding.

Please contact Tina if you have any local concerns. She is very concerned that crime and speeding are kept low and that the Council provides quality services for her residents.

Tina is very concerned about speeding traffic along Hermitage Road. She wants a safe pedestrian crossing and traffic calming measures to combat this problem.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CRIME SURVEY RETURNS

Tina has received hundreds of replies and they are helping her to identify what crime issues people are most concerned about. The following trends have emerged:

21% of respondents reported being victims of crime.

Crimes reported mainly included theft from cars and garages, vandalism and speeding.

Although any percentage of residents reporting to be victims of crime is unacceptable, it is encouraging to see that 79% of people have had no experience of crime over the last few years.

The survey also revealed that 41% of residents have a fear of crime mainly from young people hanging about. Also 84% of residents are unaware of a Neighbourhood Watch operating in Hermitage and Knaphill South.