Tonbridge Labour Party 🌹

ℹ️ It's a busy month ahead with Annual Conference, the Deputy Leader election and our CLP AGM. Members please see the email about the officer positions which will be elected at the AGM.

We had a great time running our stall at the fourth Tonbridge Pride event. 🌈

www.tonbridgepride.com

Thanks to everyone who voted for Labour in the Kent County Council election.

🌹 We've had a great campaign listening to voters across our patch over the last few weeks.

🌞 Vote Labour tomorrow in Kent!

A group of Labour canvassers in Tonbridge

Labour activists by a blossoming tree

Six Labour members canvassing in Cage Green ward

A sign saying I'm Voting Labour outside a terraced house in south Tonbridge.

We have been meeting voters all over Tonbridge ahead of the Kent election on 1 May. Thanks to everyone supporting us and Happy Easter!

The Kent County Council election is on Thursday 1 May. Our candidates for each division are...

Bill to save British Steel plant becomes law after king’s approval Emergency legislation giving government power to instruct British Steel to keep plant open passed unopposed

Labour have taken bold action to safeguard the UK steel industry and keep the furnaces running.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Today’s rise in the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage is a huge win for working people.

Millions of workers are set to receive a boost in pay worth up to £1,400 a year. This is Labour’s #NewDeal for Working People in action.🌹

Good luck to all our candidates. If you can help with the campaign please check your inbox for an email today. 🌹

Matt Oliver for Sevenoaks Rural South division, including Edenbridge and Penshurst.

Claire Fox for Sevenoaks Rural North East division, including Hartley and New Ash Green.

Sarah Palmer for Malling Central division, including West Malling and East Malling.

Jack Tyrrell for Malling Rural East division, including Hadlow, East Peckham and Wateringbury.

Katie Garlick for Malling West division, including Hildenborough and Borough Green.

Callum Lake and Catherine Tuke for Tonbridge division.

The Kent County Council election is on Thursday 1 May. Our candidates for each division are...

Register to vote Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.

If you've moved house since last July you can register to vote here.

www.gov.uk/register-to-...

Register to vote Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.

If you've moved house since last July you can register to vote here.

www.gov.uk/register-to-...

We are standing 🌹 candidates in all our Kent County Council divisions in the May election. Thanks to our candidates for putting yourselves forward.

🍃 At our March meeting this weekend we had a great discussion hosted by Clean Growth on net zero and the green economy.

www.clean-growth.uk

💧For people who were affected by water supply issues recently, South East Water are providing compensation. Letters are going out now.

Out with @rslabour.bsky.social members supporting Labour friends in Chatham and Aylesford 🌹 #labourdoorstep #makeworkpay #nationalcampaignweekend

Good luck both and keep doing those doors!

a dolphin with a sun behind it and the year 2025 ALT: a dolphin with a sun behind it and the year 2025

Happy New Year to all. Members will receive an email soon about our next monthly meeting in Tonbridge.

🎄 Merry Christmas 🎄 from the CLP to everyone in Tonbridge. Excited for our plans for 2025!

Planning overhaul to reach 1.5 million new homes An overhaul of the planning system to accelerate housebuilding and deliver 1.5 million homes over this Parliament.

🏠 Labour's planning reforms will ensure that we plan for growth properly and give more people a decent home, in Tonbridge and across England.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

A welcoming country pub at night, brightly lit up with a Christmas tree outside.

Strong Christmas tree effort at the Chaser Inn, Shipbourne.

@tonbridgelab.bsky.social A very emotionally charged discussion of #socialcare, systemic failures, absence of policy solutions #CareDilemma Does anybody really care?

Members please check your inboxes for an update, and have a good weekend 🌹

Welcome from the upstream Medway!