Tunbridge Wells Liberal Democrats

Thank you to everyone who supported us and voted.

It is very much appreciated.

The count will be on Friday morning with the results scheduled to be available soon afterwards.

Thank you again.

Tunbridge Wells Liberal Democrats

The latest GDP figures come during a very tough economic situation. It's taking longer than anyone hoped to recover from the biggest financial crisis of our lifetime - even after the recent fall in unemployment.

Our action on the deficit has kept interest rates at record lows and has kept the markets at bay while our neighbours have been picked off one by one. Because we have stuck to our plan, the UK - the country which had the biggest budget deficit in any advanced economy, bigger than Greece, Portugal, Spain - will, by the end of this Parliament, have a deficit lower than the G7 average.

With global demand for energy forecast to increase by more than 40 per cent in the next two decades, we urgently need a more diverse, cleaner mix of energy sources that will give us energy security without causing irreparable damage to the planet.

Britain has gone from virtually no capacity for renewables, to seeing them provide almost 10 per cent of our total electricity needs last year. And we've added more capacity for renewables in the last two years than at any time in the last decade.

There are fewer patients than ever waiting a long time for treatment in the NHS. The number of people waiting over a year for treatment has reduced by two thirds since we came into office and the average time patients have to wait for treatment is at the same level as two years ago. The number of patients waiting longer than 18 weeks to start their treatment has been cut by 100,000 in the last year.

Liberal Democrat councillors across the country are working to protect the services that people value most.

While everyone maybe talking about value for money, it is the Liberal Democrats who have the record. Our priorities are clear. In difficult times we must make sure we do all we can to help ordinary working people. That is why, unlike Labour or the Conservatives, every Liberal Democrat council in England has frozen council tax. That is why Liberal Democrat councils are more likely to earmark funds for the lowest paid than any other. And that is why this month Liberal Democrats in Government are delivering tax cuts for 25m working people.