Welcome to the web site for St Austell and Newquay Liberal Democrats

Welcome to the website of the St Austell & Newquay Liberal Democrats!

It's an exciting time here in the heart of Cornwall - because the population has grown, we are set to get an extra MP at the next election.

I'm the Liberal Democrat candidate for this "new" seat of St Austell & Newquay. The boundaries stretch from Fowey, in the south east, along the south coast, past Mevagissey to East Portholland, and then up through the clay country to Newquay and along the north coast, through St Columb Major, to Mawgan Porth and Trenance.

This is my home. It's where I grew up, went to school and live and work. My family are from Nanpean in the clay country; I was raised in St Austell and went to school in Fowey - and my great-grandfather used to fish along the north coast!

Until the next general election, the area is represented by three Liberal Democrat MPs Dan Rogerson, Matthew Taylor and Colin Breed.

Please feel free to look around the website - if you have any questions then let me know.

Remember, we are here to help you - so if there is anything we can do, please get in touch.

Many thanks,

Stephen Gilbert

PS: If there is something that you think we should have on our website that we don't currently have on there, please let us know.

POST OFFICE CLOSURES 'WRONG HEADED' AFTER 'SHAM' CONSULTATION Tue 23rd Sep 2008 As the Post Office announces that they will be proceeding with closure of all of branches that were under threat in St Austell & Newquay, local MP Matthew Taylor has condemned the consultation as a 'sham' and the closures as 'totally wrong headed'.
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INCINERATOR: STEPHEN GILBERT: "COUNTY COUNCIL IS WRONG" Thu 18th Sep 2008 Stephen Gilbert, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for St Austell & Newquay, spoke out against the planned incinerator at St Dennis during last night's public consultation meeting. He said that: "Incineration is not the right option, one-site is not the right solution, and St Dennis is not the right place."
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FIFTEEN BRING TASTE OF CORNWALL TO LIB DEM CONFERENCE Wed 17th Sep 2008 Fifteen Cornwall, the award winning Watergate Bay restaurant that helps disadvantaged young people to turn their lives around, served up some of the best of Cornwall's food to Liberal Democrat delegates from across the country at the party's annual conference in Bournemouth this week.
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ECO TOWNS "CORNWALL MUST GET THE RIGHT DEAL" Tue 16th Sep 2008 Stephen Gilbert, the Lib Dem candidate for St Austell & Newquay, which includes the clay villages, told delegates at the annual Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth that he would "Guard against Imerys simply moving from being Cornwall's largest employer to Cornwall's largest property developer".
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RESIDENTS' QUIZ POST OFFICE MANAGERS ON CLOSURE Mon 1st Sep 2008 Senior managers from the Post Office Limited faced local residents in Charlestown and Tywardreath on Thursday [28 August] in two meetings arranged by local Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate Stephen Gilbert.
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LIB DEM LEADER HEARS CONCERN OVER FISHING QUOTAS Mon 25th Aug 2008 The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg MP, was in Newquay Harbour on Friday (August 22) to hear for himself the concerns of local fishermen about the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy.
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POST OFFICE BOSSES TO FACE LOCAL ANGER Fri 22nd Aug 2008 The Post Office Limited has accepted an invitation from local Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate Stephen Gilbert to send representatives to two public meetings to discuss the proposed closure of Tywardreath and Charlestown Post Office.
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