The YL branch for Bucks & Beds. Help us defend our four MPs, win key marginals in Milton Keynes and Wycombe, and elect Labour councillors across the counties!🌹
A MASSIVE congratulations from us to those elected and re-elected as Labour MPs across Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire last week! 🌹 🎉
We look forward to working with this amazing eight going forward. The hard work starts now…
Great turnout at our first Beds & Bucks Young Labour campaign day for the amazing
@LeoMontague91
in Loughton & Shenley! 🌹
Fantastic reception for a fantastic candidate. Was great to be joined by MK Central’s
@emily4MK
and a host of
@MKLabourParty
councillors too!
In October, we saw what Labour can do in our counties; let’s keep it up and build an organised Young Labour group here in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
With three close races in Milton Keynes and local elections all over, there’s never been a better time to get involved! 🌹
Congratulations,
@_CallumAnderson
! We can’t wait to do our bit to get you elected in Buckingham & Bletchley. Iain Stewart has neglected Bletchley for over a decade already - it’s time for change! 🌹
Congratulations to Callum Anderson, selected today as the Labour candidate for the new Buckingham & Bletchley constituency 🌹👏
We can’t wait to help you take the fight to the Tories in Bletchley and Tattenhoe and get this seat the hardworking Labour representative it deserves.
First Meeting? Check.
Was great to see such a good turnout yesterday! Was lovely to see so many fantastic young activists from across the region dedicated to turning our two counties red! 🌹
Here is what we got done... (🧵)
Fantastic to be out on the doors in Kempston today for
@YasinForBedford
and
@JohnTizard
- a fantastic reception for two fantastic candidates!
Was great to get new faces involved with Beds & Bucks Young Labour as well. There’s never a better time to join in! 🌹
Great to be out campaigning for the amazing
@LeoMontague91
today in the Loughton & Shenley by-election! No canoes provided, but plenty of leaflets… 🌹☔️
There’s still time to ensure your ward gets a councillor ready to fight for you - polls are open until 10pm! ⏰
Pleased to invite all our members across Bucks & Beds to our first AGM next week! Check your emails or DM us for a link.
We need an executive so we can hit the doors as soon as possible. Want to join our team? Nominate yourself here:
See you soon! 🌹
Time for a campaign day! 🌹 🚨
Can’t wait to get out on the doors in Loughton and Shenley for the fantastic
@LeoMontague91
on the 3rd February! Help us keep this ward red and add yet another amazing councillor to the
@MKLabourParty
team.
Details here:
Wycombe at 11, Milton Keynes Central at 46, Milton Keynes North at 70, Buckingham and Bletchley at 145…
All seats Labour can and must win to get Britain the government we deserve - and a well-organised youth movement will help fight for victory.
DM us - get involved! 🌹
Great to see members of our wonderful team, such as
@harrybancroft8
,
@jacobwharris
and
@HarvForLabour
, at Labour Students Win 24 launch event today! 🌹
The path to a Labour government goes right through Bucks and Beds - get involved and help us paint the counties red.
Brilliant to hear from
@bphillipsonMP
at Labour Students Win 24 today setting out Labour’s mission to break down barriers to opportunities and the role Labour Students can play in delivering it 🌹
A good night for Labour could still see Buckingham & Bletchley being one of the closest races in the country - that’s why it’s vital to get young activists out on the doors to help get Buckingham, Bletchley, Winslow and the rural villages the MP they deserve.
Get in touch! 🌹
📢🌹NEW: Labour has selected
@_CallumAnderson
to fight Buckingham and Bletchley – which could be a key seat to watch on election night as experts predict victory would mean the party is on track for an overall majority:
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Conservatives are heading for electoral oblivion on scale of 1997 defeat, poll reveals
The most authoritative opinion poll in five years forecasts that the Tories will retain just 169 seats, while Labour will sweep into power with 385 seats, giving Sir Keir Starmer
The results are in - congratulations to Loughton & Shenley’s newest Labour Councillor, Leo Montague! 🌹👏
Thank you to every resident in the ward who voted Labour, and whether you did or not, Leo will continue Labour’s strong tradition of delivering for all the ward!
Was great to see some of our members at the
@LabourStudents
FE launch today! 🌹
So great to see this party taking a real interest to further education and placing it squarely within this party's sights when we get the opportunity to govern.
“In Milton Keynes North, twelve out of twelve practises aren’t accepting any new adult patients”…
I thought I was sick to my back teeth of this government. Seemingly, I’m lucky to still have them…
If you live in Mablethorpe in the Health Sec's constituency, you'd have to drive an hour (21 miles) before you'd find a dentist taking any new adult NHS patients.
That's why I voted for
@UKLabour
's plan: 700,000 more appointments a year, & a reform plan to rebuild NHS dentistry.
In these photos from Bedford and Milton Keynes, the water is clear as mud - but the message is crystal clear.
Counties like ours are in dire need of effective flood defences; lives and livelihoods are at risk.
Only Labour is up the job.
Rishi Suank is asleep at the wheel leaving communities devastated by flooding.
Labour will set up a Flood Resilience Taskforce to get spades in the ground and build the flood defences our towns and villages desperately need
Congratulations, Laura!
Aylesbury has never had a Labour MP. We can’t wait to work with you to change that, and you’re the perfect candidate for the job! 🌹
I'm delighted to have been selected as Labour's candidate in Aylesbury. Labour is the change that Aylesbury needs and we're determined to make it happen.
@aylesburylabour
Getting young members out is always important, but it’s especially important on polling day! 🌹 🚨
Join us to help get
@LeoMontague91
elected in the Loughton & Shenley by-election on the 22nd and bolster the incredible
@MKLabourParty
team!
Details here:
Good job Johnny didn’t host Keegan at Denbigh School down the road, which is one of nearly one hundred and fifty schools across the country to be riddled with unsafe concrete.
Absolutely delighted to host the Education Secretary
@GillianKeegan
in Milton Keynes with
@Ben_Everitt
, including visiting
@oakgroveschmk
today.
We have dramatically increased the number of Good and Outstanding schools in our City and we will continue to invest in the next
Good luck in Hitchin, Alistair! I’m sure us and
@YoungLabHerts
will be on the doors to ensure we keep you in Parliament fighting for rural communities! 🌹
This is shaping up to be a phenomenal event full of inspirational speakers, including the fantastic candidate for Milton Keynes Central, Emily Darlington.
Excitingly, it’ll also be expertly chaired by our very own amazing Vice Chair
@madskateob
! 🌹
💥IWD Zoom Roundtable💥
Join 4 Young Labour groups and a panel of amazing Labour women to celebrate and discuss.
We’re excited to be joined by
@ClaireWard4EM
,
@helenadollimore
,
@emily4MK
and
@ShamaTatler
This event is open to all Young Labour members 🙌🌹
For anybody not convinced an organised youth wing of our local constituency parties will make no difference, our campaign day last weekend had double the amount of doorknockers than Ben has mustered up…
There’s never been a better time to get involved! 🌹
We weren’t alive when Labour last won a majority on Milton Keynes Council in 1999.
That changes in May if we win just two more councillors; but that means hard work. That’s why we can’t wait to get young members onto the doors to do our bit - perfect time to get involved! 🌹
We’ve got local elections in Milton Keynes this May, and a General Election at some point this year!
Help Labour win and make it easier for yourself to vote by registering to vote by post ✉️👉
Congratulations, Carissma! 🌹
Just three Labour Prime Ministers have ever won a general election with a majority, and two of them turned the old Buckingham constituency red to do so. This year, Mid Buckinghamshire is in play - and this changed Labour Party can win here.
Mid Bucks Labour is delighted to announce that our candidate for the General Election is Carissma Griffiths. Carissma said "I'm a passionate advocate for change and I'm just thrilled to have been selected to fight for
#Labour
in Mid Bucks."
#GeneralElectionNow
@SELabour
It is thanks to this Labour Party taking rural issues seriously that we can win across Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
We can’t wait to see John as Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner - he’ll fight for both urban and rural communities across the county.
I agree,
@HarvForLabour
Farmers, residents and visitors in rural areas are too often affected by crime. It is an increasing problem is our rural communities across Bedfordshire.
It requires effective focussed policing and partnerships with
@NFUtweets
, parish councils and others.
Follow us to keep in touch as we build a campaigning force across our two counties.
We hope to see as many young activists as possible in our inaugural meeting later this month!
We meant what we said… this race is vital! 🌹
Not only can Buckingham & Bletchley finally get an MP working for them in the amazing
@_CallumAnderson
, but this constituency could be the difference between a decade of national renewal or five more years of Tory chaos.
We are SO pleased to announce the Dunstable East election results. Councillor Sally Kimondo won the by-election with 372 votes. We’d like to thank every resident who voted for her and every volunteer that campaigned to secure her seat. Sally is looking forward to getting started
Cracking day in
#Bedford
- it was great to be out with the brilliant councillor and our candidate for Bedford & Kempston
@pinder_chauhan
- she’ll be an excellent & hardworking MP for the people of Bedford
Also loved spending time with the fantastic
@BedfordTories
, including
Join us for an all-women canvassing session! 🚨 🌹
For International Women’s Day, we’ll be in Milton Keynes Central with Emily Darlington. Perfect for experienced canvassers as well as those giving it a go for the first time!
Details here:
For the first time, we’re putting the Bedfordshire into a BBYL campaign day! 🌹 🚨
Join us this Saturday alongside
@YasinForBedford
to ensure Bedford’s voice is sitting loud and proud on the government benches after the next election… 🤞
Details here:
In 2024, MK will vote in local elections that could give our party sole control of our council for the first time this century, and in a general election where this city will decide the next Prime Minister.
In this sea of change, don’t lose your voice.
Register to vote.
📣 CALLING ALL YOUNG PEOPLE 📣 Your voice - and your vote - matters.
In May’s local elections and the next General Election, you have a chance to vote on issues that matter to you- like education, knife crime, climate change and mental health. (1/2)
Turning Aylesbury red for the first time ever will be tough - but it’s possible, and we want to do our bit to make it happen.
Get involved if you want to see Aylesbury get the MP they deserve! 🌹
NEW: We analysed the
@YouGov
MRP poll to narrow down the most likely marginal seats next time round.
TLDR: forget the red wall, it's suburban and semi-rural areas which are set for the fiercest contests. Horsham! Banbury! Aldershot!
w/
@LuciaCMackenzie
Deeply alarming to see such foul bigotry from one of Buckinghamshire’s premier Conservative voices.
This ought to be roundly condemned by
@gregsmith_uk
and other Tories across the county.
Simon Clarke was in the year below me at university, and his crew were the first Tories I'd then met.
And all I'm saying is it had quite the lasting impact on my politics!
His best friend was
@CllrCarlJackson
, who sent me these messages after we graduated.
Super cool people!
Reminder we have our online AMM on Friday! We’ve been thrilled by turnout so far; on our campaign day, we had more young members out campaigning than the Tories did in total.
Goes to show an organised youth branch can make a real difference on polling day. Do get involved! 🌹
Iain Stewart likes Milton Keynes so much that he's standing in Buckingham and Bletchley in the next election...
Does he love the city or does he love his job?
Bedfordshire Police are not just a rural force - something Westminster could do with learning! - but it is vital that rural crime is brought under control.
John will do that in Bedfordshire, and the equally amazing
@TimLabour
will do that in Bucks.
Jim Thakoordin was a dedicated activist and trade unionist in Luton and beyond. As a councillor at every level across Bedfordshire and Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Milton Keynes in 1983, his impact has been huge.
Rest in peace - our thoughts are with his family.
They've made themselves clear; the Tories are against Labour's plans for home ownership for the next generation in Milton Keynes.
With this lot, it's grow up and get lost for young people in this city.
Here's Chris flip-flopping like Starmer.
They both say whatever people want to hear to try and get elected.
They cannot be trusted to stand up for residents.
We are clear, we are against Labour's plans for the mass expansion of Milton Keynes.
For largely rural branches, there are real logistical challenges in organising campaigns. A travel fund will help us access every corner of this region and turn Bedfordshire red.
That's why we were proud to nominate Daisy Blakemore to be Eastern Young Labour's next Chair.
I’m Daisy, and I’m standing to be your next Eastern YL Rep and Chair of
@EastYoungLabour
! 🌹
My priorities include setting up a regional Eastern group, organising campaign days across our region and fighting for policies important to young members.
@Organise24
Behold, the lesser-spotted Police and Crime Commissioner... a very rare sight in Milton Keynes!
Time to put someone on the beat full-time to tackle the difficulties Buckinghamshire faces - it's why we're so keen to help the fantastic
@TimLabour
turn Thames Valley red! 🌹
Great to host Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner
@matthew_barber
today. We need to keep MK safe and I’m pleased we are doubling neighbourhood police officers in TV, with Thames Valley Police passing the 5,000 mark, to help with this.
@HarvForLabour
Proud to be passionate about rural constituencies! Some of the greatest agricultural legislation was by Labour ministers - there’s no rule we can’t win rurally and we can prove it in locals and the general election this year.