Avril Davies was the only one of our candidates standing in the county elections in the Buckingham constituency to win election - in her case reelection after 12 years on the council.

We had two near misses in Stone and Waddesdon, where David Vick polled just 30 votes fewer than UKIP; and in Winslow, where Llew Monger finished 112 behind the Conservative.

The electors of Buckinghamshire, at the County Council elections on 2^nd May, have an opportunity to stop the plans of Bucks County Council for a large incinerator at Greatmoor, near Calvert, said BestW (anti-incinerator campaign group) spokesperson David Evershed.

"This Thursday electors should vote for candidates from one of the parties which is against these incinerator proposals. At last week's 'Question Time' on BBC Three Counties Radio, the Conservative leader was the only political party representative to support the incinerator."

The Lib Dems are fighting the election on their record of hard work on local issues and holding the Bucks Tory cabinet to account on the big ones.

We have a short manifesto at http://buckinghamlibdems.org.uk/en/document/manifesto-2013 from which I choose three priorities.

• Give children the best start in life,
• Make it easier to live healthy lifestyles for longer life and better health for all,
• Support jobs and the economy by investing in our roads.

Winslow

This year Llew Monger celebrates forty years as a member of the Party during which time he has contested elections at every level from Parish to Parliament. Llew is currently Chairman of Winslow Town Council and represents Winslow on Aylesbury Vale District Council where he is Shadow Cabinet Member for Strategic Development. At the District Council elections in 2011 Llew topped the poll to win one of the two Winslow seats from the Conservatives. In addition to his Town Council work Llew is also a governor of Winslow Combined School and has been active in successful campaigns to save the local Youth Club and the Community Library. The development of East West Rail will bring a new station to Winslow and Llew is working closely with the EWR Consortium to ensure that the benefits to the community will be maximised and the adverse impact minimised.

Here are the Lib Dems candidates for the County Council Elections - 2 May 2013

Bernwood: Bette Melling

Buckingham East: Richard Gordon Lloyd

Buckingham West: Lucy Monger

Great Brickhill: Julian Newman

Grendon Underwood: Ian Metherell

Ivinghoe: Avril Davies

Stone & Waddesdon: David Vick

Wing Alan: Sherwell

Here are the Lib Dems candidates for the County Council Elections - 2 May 2013

Bernwood: Bette Melling

Buckingham East: Richard Gordon Lloyd

Buckingham West: Lucy Monger

Great Brickhill: Julian Newman

Grendon Underwood: Ian Metherell

Ivinghoe: Avril Davies

Stone & Waddesdon: David Vick

Wing Alan: Sherwell

Just thinking back over the campaigns I've been involved in as County Councillor. Almost every time I've had to campaign against the County Council, not outside interests.

Take the speed limit review. It had been in place in the south of the County, but not in the north. It took a full scale residents campaign to reinstate it here. The same with taking enforcement action against excessive lorrymovements at Cheddington Airfield.

One of the worst instances was in responding to the proposed new flightpaths at Luton. The County response originally featured only the detrimental effects over 'the Chilterns', ie Wendover. Only after much lobbying did they recognise and the adverse effects here and do something about it BUT THEY STILL IGNORE THE FACT THAT IVINGHOE DIVISION INCLUDES THE CHILTERNS AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY.

It took nearly a year to get the County to agree not to recommend that the High Speed Rail route (HS2) came along the west coast main line. They had no idea that the argument against putting it through the Chilterns also applies here.

The Tory policies always benefit the south of the County at our expense. There are up to 5 times as many road repair schemes going forward in the south of the County, and where Tory councillors stand up for their residents in the north, such as opposing the incinerator, they have not been reselected to stand for election.

David Vick, Lib Dem district councillor for Waddesdon, posted this about East West Rail, for which local Lib Dems have long campaigned, on his website:

The East West Rail upgrade is now included in Network Rails plans for the next five years and first trains are expected to run in December 2017.

For more click http://davidvick.mycouncillor.org.uk/2013/03/25/east-west-rail-a-rail-project-with-benefits-for-all-of-us/