Ealing By-election: Candidate Selected and Help Needed (South East Region Liberal Democrats)

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Ealing By-election: Candidate Selected and Help Needed

July 1, 2007 11:22 PM

Tonight, the members in Ealing have selected Nigel Bakhai to be the Lib Dem candidate in the Ealing Southall by-election to be held on 19 July. Nigel was the Lib Dem candidate in 2005, leading the Party into a clear second place, overtaking the Conservatives. The Ealing Southall by-election is expected to be a straight fight between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, and winning it would be a huge boost to the Party - see www.ealinglibdems.org.uk for more details.

EARLY HELP IS CRITICAL IF WE ARE TO WIN. This is a short campaign designed by Labour to prevent us having time to get our act together.

There are two ways you can help:

1. The best way is to go to Ealing Southall, any time, and as often as possible between now and 19th July. There is loads to do - delivery to canvassing to clerical help. Well done to our treasurer, Darren Briddock, who has already been THREE times in the last week. Any days you can get there make a REAL difference.

Contact support@libdems.org.uk or just turn up at the campaign HQ: Unit 5, Urban Hive, Grand Union Way, Bridge Road, Southall, UB2 4EX (near Southall Station - from Paddington).

Directions: The Ealing Southall HQ is on an industrial estate, on private land. For this reason, many sat nav systems are directing people to the wrong place on the other side of the private land. The HQ postcode will confuse your sat nav. Instead, please be sure to enter the address - Bridge Road - and check that the destination your system offers you tallies with the directions below, and the map on our website.

From the M25, leave at Junction 15 and take the M4 towards London, and then leave at Junction 3 signposted to Southall and Hayes. Turn left at the roundabout, taking the A312 to Hayes and Southall. At the next roundabout, continue straight ahead, still following the A312.

Stay in the left hand lane and take the first exit, signed for the A4020 - the exit sliproad will take you to a roundabout. At the roundabout turn right, onto the A4020 (although there is no sign on the turning)

Stay on this road until you see the right hand turn for the A3005, at a junction by "Century" clothing store and the Three Horseshoes pub.

Take this right hand turn and travel along the A3005, passing Southall train station on your left. At the first roundabout turn left, and then at the next roundabout (by Sunrise Radio House) follow the road to the right, past the garage.

At the next roundabout turn left into Bridge Road. Travel a hundred metres or so along Bridge Road, and look on the right for the entrance to the industrial unit. Turn right through the gates, and the HQ is Unit 5, which is straight in front of you.

2. If you cannot get to Ealing, please email now and agree to take a telephone pack (canvass telephone calling of Ealing residents from home) which really will make a difference (email support@libdems.org.uk).

Thank you in advance - a WIN in Ealing would make BIG news and see the election of the Party's 64th MP - let's make it happen!

Season Prater

Secretary, South East Lib Dems