Defence by Party for all of 2011

Our performance against other parties in 2011

Cumulative votes cast in the whole of 2011

Only a few days left now to the important local elections in England; and General Elections in Scotland and Wales. Across the country, including those areas of Engand without local elections we have the important referendum on Fairer Votes, and many colleagues will be lending their support to neighbours who DO have local elections!

Good luck with your campaigning!

Useful Resources

ALDC members can download a whole host of useful templates, forms and other materials that will be of use to you in the last few days of the campaign.

See these articles for more information:

Election Campaigns Esssentials
Planning for Polling Day
The Count

Advice

ALDC is open during office hours to deal with advice on election law and campaign techniques. This on 01422 843 785, or click on the "Get Advice" link on the website.

We are open on polling day for URGENT queries, though the vast majority of staff will be out winning elections!

We are open on Friday 6 May 2011 as normal. Arrangements will be put in place to provide advice to all council groups who find themselves in a "changed circumstance", or in a No Overall Control situation. Remember always talk to other Liberal Democrats first!

Results

For the English Local Elections Cowley Street will be collecting results overnight on Thursday night and on Friday 6th May. We will be in touch separately with details of how you can get in touch with your results and any useful news.

Separate arrangements will be made in Scotland and Wales for your General Elections.

ALDC will be publishing our analysis of the results on our website from the morning of Friday 6th May and as results come in during that day.

To help make your campaigning as easy as possible, we’ve gathered together some of the essential campaign tools, paperwork and information that you’ll need as the campaign goes on. Do let us know if there is anything else that you need and we will add it in.

Campaign artwork tools

Liberal Democrat fonts: Helvetica Neue & Andrew Garratt only (zip file)
Liberal Democrat fonts: other useful fonts (zip file)

Liberal Democrat logos (zip file)
Liberal Democrat clipart
Liberal Democrat colours

Buy PagePlus 11 software

Buy PagePlus x4 software

More campaign resources also available on the Liberal Democrat Members’ Site

Campaign template artwork

ALDC has commissioned this set of FOCUS templates for use by Liberal Democrat campaigners. These are exclusively available to members of ALDC.

Artwork Pack 1 - includes all-year round Focus artwork in various sizes, letterhead templates and calling card

Artwork Pack 2 - includes election 'flying start' leaflet, direct mail and direct mail inserts for fights against both Conservatives and Labour, new voter letters, postal vote recruitment mailings, canvass leaflets, report back leaflet and window poster templates

Artwork Pack 3 - additional Focus templates to be used during the election campaign, area squeeze leaflets and direct mail, eve of poll leaflets, example of a blue-ink letter and a post-election thank you Focus.

Artwork Pack 4 - get out the vote materials including flying start leaflet and polling day knock-up leaflets

Essential paperwork

Nomination papers (MS Word) - ward specific nomination papers will be available from your council
Delegated Nominating Officer (DNO) form (PDF)

Election expense forms and instructions - principal council elections (PDF)
Candidate's declaration (PDF)
Election agent's declaration (PDF)

N.B. The election expense forms for elections to principal councils have changed from previous years and are now consistent with those used at the 2010 General Election.  Unfortunately however they have decided to not produce them as an Excel file.

Election expense forms and instructions - parish and town council elections (PDF)

Postal vote application form (PDF)
Postal vote application form (PagePlus)

Forms for Scottish Parliamentary Elections
Forms for Welsh Assembly Elections

Official guidance

Postal vote code of conduct (PDF)
Draft guidance to police on interaction with political parties during campaigns (zip file)

2011 Local Election Timetable

Liberal Democrat Guidance

ALDC 2011 Council Candidate’s Handbook (PDF)

Guidance on election imprints
Election expense limits

It is now just 30 days and counting to the vital set of elections on 5 May 2011. 

In Scotland and Wales voters are electing their Parliament and Assembly respectively, all over the UK we'll be deciding whether to change to a fairer system of electing our MPs. 

In England, half of all all Liberal Democrat councillors are up for election in district, unitary and metropolitan councils across most of England. It's the first big national electoral test that the party will have faced as a party of Government at a UK level. Here's a list of all the seats up in 2011.

It is up to all of us, on the ground, to make 5th May 2011 a success.

We want to HELP YOU WIN!

Candidate Support Programme - From now until the close of election expenses next June, ALDC will be supporting Lib Dem candidates in the local elections. Candidates we already know about will receive our free "Candidates' Handbook" packed full of useful tips, rules and ideas (copies arrive this weekend).

But we can't help if we don't know who the candidates are! Please help us to help you by letting us know who your target candidates are. We're only collecting details for "target" and "moving forward" candidates, so as not to spread the net too thinly with paper candidates.

Let us know online here. If it's easier just email them in - as long as we know the name, address, ward and email - to david.ball@aldc.org

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