Welcome to High Peak Liberal Democrats!

Alistair Stevens for High Peak

Alistair for High Peak.

The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.

The Constituency Party of the High Peak Liberal Democrats is managed by an Executive Committee which is elected annually. It manages the affairs of the party within the High Peak. Members join one of the two branches in the constitiuency, High Peak North & South. The North branch includes Glossop, New Mills and Hayfield. The South branch includes Buxton, Chapel and Whaley Bridge.

The Executive consists of a Constituency President, Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary and Data Officer and six ordinary members. Meetings are held regularly and move around the High Peak to make it easy for all members to come along.

We are one of the five counties which make up the East Midlands Region of the Liberal Democrats. It oversees matters like the selection of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates and is the base for our MEP, Bill Newton Dunn.

Like all constituencies of the Liberal Democrat Party we follow national policies which are voted on at conference, taking our lead from the party headquarters at Cowley Street in London.

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Let's respect Nick Clegg, a politician who put the public interest first Written by Tom Richmond and published in Yorkshire Post on Sat 17th Jul 2010 NICK Clegg polarises opinion like no other politician. The man who won plaudits for his persuasive call for a "new politics" in the first televised leaders' debate during the election is now on the receiving end of brickbats in equal measure.

Coalitions are here to stay, says Nick Clegg - Deputy PM claims Lib-Con government marks end of tribal politics and shift to more complex relationships between parties. Written by Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt and published in The Guardian on Sat 10th Jul 2010 The Liberal-Conservative coalition government is not a one-off but marks "a permanent move that breaks the duopoly of the old parties for good", Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, says in a Guardian interview today that marks his first two extraordinary months in office alongside David Cameron.

Nick Clegg's email to members ahead of budget. Tue 22nd Jun 2010 Tomorrow, the coalition government will deliver an emergency budget to bring order back to the public finances. It will be a difficult budget - but remember, as you hear it, why we have to do this.

Jobs hopes collapse as bridge plan fails Written by Emma Downes and published in Buxton Advertiser on Sat 19th Jun 2010 Plans for vital access to unlock land on industrial estate are abandoned. A TOWN'S regeneration hopes have been dealt a hammer blow after plans for a new bridge were abandoned. The proposed bridge over the River Goyt, pushed for by local councillors for over 12 years, was intended to provide a more suitable access to Whaley Bridge's Bingswood Industrial Estate.

Nick Clegg's speech on supporting families and children Fri 18th Jun 2010 Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg today announced a Government taskforce to look at ways to support families and give every child a fair start in life. Improving the life chances of children has always been central to Nick Clegg's beliefs. The new taskforce, which includes Liberal Democrat education minister Sarah Teather, will look at ways in which the Coalition Government can make a real difference to children's lives.

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