Our Campaigns
Find out about the big issues we’re campaigning on locally and nationally
Oppose 750 extra houses for Hilton, Etwall and Hatton
Enough is enough, these 3 villages have expanded many times over the last 25 years without much in the way of new services. Doctors, Schools, Buses, Roads and Leisure facilities are all over stretched and they need putting right before even more housing is added to expand these villages to just about connect into a large town that still only has village services.
South Derbyshire District Council are conducting a formal consultation in October and November 2026, our view is that this plan is neither justified or proportionate (and those are tests it needs to pass). It is not justifiable as SDDC already has its 5 year housing supply and the 2,167 additional houses in this plan are "contingency". It is not proportionate as 750 extra houses for 3 villages compared to 800 extra for the whole of the Swadlincote urban area is not in any way fair, given that area has multiple bus services, multiple doctors, multiple shopping facilities and a developed infrastructure.
If you agree with us sign our petition.
Large solar is coming
Liberal Democrats say that solar energy is good - in the right places. Solar panels provide low cost, low carbon energy.
What do you think?.
Lower the speed limit near schools and in residential areas to 20mph
Dropping the default speed limit near schools and on our residential roads from 30mph to 20mph would make our streets safer, friendlier and cleaner.
Limit the use of Glyphosate
Glyphosate is being used to control weeds by the Council. Glyphosate has been linked to harm to the nervous system in people and animals and a trigger causing cancer. Glyphosate can kill beneficial insects and soil organisms with amphibians being particularly vulnerable. Do you want the Council to stop using Glyphosate on children's play areas, dog walking areas, wildlife corridors, and near water courses?
Fix the potholes
There is a plague of potholes across Derbyshire. They damage vehicles. The government says it has provided money to the council to fix the potholes - but there are still thousands of them. They are costing us in damage to our vehicles, reflected in the two million pounds compensation paid out by Derbyshire County Council already this year.
Grahame Andrew said "Repairing potholes promptly reduces the claims against the Council, repairing them properly saves long term revenue"
More GPs needed in South Derbyshire
Despite land at several locations being set aside in planning agreements for new doctors surgeries, these have not yet been built. Sign our petition to call on Derbyshire, Derby and Burton's integrated care systems (ICS) to build and open new GP (doctors) surgeries and to find GPs to staff them.
More dentists needed in South Derbyshire
In some parts of South Derbyshire patients per dentist has risen to 3,000
We call on the Government to increase the number of NHS dental appointments available. In particular, we call on the Government to increase training places for new dentists, reform NHS dental contracts and make it easier to recruit experienced dentists to fill dental vacancies. We call on the health board to provide NHS dental opportunities for all parts of Derby.
Stop dumping sewage in our rivers
Sewage dumping levels are at their highest level for years
Water firms are failing to disclose how much untreated sewage is being discharged into rivers, lakes and coastlines. Where it is monitored, water companies pumped sewage into our rivers and seas more than 1 million times over the past three years.
Environmental Information Requests by the Liberal Democrats revealed that water firms could be guilty of a scandalous cover up.
