CITY COUNCIL BY-ELECTION 20 SEPTEMBER

“Caring and campaigning for our villages” HUGH LUMBY Your local Conservative candidate for Upper Meon Valley ward

A STRONG VOICE FOR UPPER MEON VALLEY Hugh is passionate about the and appropriate. Hugh has been a The Conservative council in Upper Meon Valley and has lived local councillor before and so has an Winchester is doing a great job in for many years with understanding of how councils work in keeping Council Tax down and his wife, two teenage children, two which will be invaluable. spending money prudently. Hugh dogs and a flock of Down strongly believes that a local As he moves away from a full time sheep. representative must always listen job, he is excited about having and learn and do the very best for He is a solicitor, having worked time to hear about people’s issues the local community. He is very for the same law firm for about and finding ways to address them. much looking forward to meeting 28 years. He specialises in Living in the ward, he is aware of residents in the area and hearing property, which give him excellent many of these, for example the about issues that concern them. expertise in helping address local noise pollution issues, good quality housing issues and ensuring that broadband and mobile services and development in the area is sensitive housing. WHY IS THERE A BY-ELECTION? One of the councillors in this ward, Amber Thacker, has moved out of the area. THE RIGHT PRIORITIES Working with the police and other stakeholders to combat speeding and 1 noise pollution in our villages, including from motorbike noise and Boomtown. Continuing the campaign for good quality and reliable broadband and mobile 2 phone signals thought the ward.

Strongly addressing the issues of littering and fly tipping which blight our 3 verges and woodlands Ensuring greater availability of affordable housing and low cost rented homes 4 for local people whilst resisting the expansion of Eastleigh into our area. Hugh Lumby with George Hollingbery M.P. Striving to maintain the nature and character of our rural communities and 5 natural landscape of which we are all so proud. LOCAL ISSUES, LOCAL ACTION, LOCAL CONSERVATIVES Promoted by Anne Pearson on behalf of Hugh Lumby, both of Conservative Office, Manor Farm, Itchen Stoke, ALRESFORD, SO24 0QT. Printed by Solent Design Studio, Claylands Road, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1BH. Vote Conservative

Hugh writes– LEFT: PROTECTING THE COUNTRYSIDE Upper Meon Valley is a place of outstanding natural beauty and a wonderful place to live. I passionately believe in cherishing this and protecting it for future generations. The Liberal Democrats are expanding Eastleigh to the edge of the ward through undeveloped countryside. We must resist this and not allow them to take control of the Winchester council and expand further. ABOVE: BROADBAND Hugh Lumby with Cllr. Laurence Ruffell PUSH I have been delighted at the progress RIGHT: SENSITIVE being made to roll out high speed DEVELOPMENT broadband in the area. Fibre has been The availability of new and affordable installed in much of Meonstoke and is housing is vital to ensure that young families currently being installed in . can live in the area. The Conservative council We need to make sure that the new has some great ideas to help this, including committing to providing an additional 600 fibre works properly and that the roll council houses across the district by 2021. out continues so that everyone has We have for example seen new social good access to reliable broadband and housing in Meonstoke. But we must ensure mobile services. that all new development is carried out in a sensitive fashion which protects our villages and the open countryside around them. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CONSERVATIVE TEAM LEFT: FIGHTING NOISE POLLUTION City Council candidate There is a growing problem of speeding Hugh Lumby cars through our villages and motorbikes Manor House, High Street, Meonstoke, SO32 3NH howling along our main roads. We need 01489 877444 to ensure the Police address the issue [email protected] and that if necessary the law is changed City Councillor Laurence Ruffell to deal with exhaust noise. As an electric Northwood House, Owslebury, car driver, I have taken the first step, but WINCHESTER, SO21 1LX there is so much more to do. 01962 777236 [email protected] RIGHT: NEW GLASS RECYCLING George Hollingbery M.P. I’m passionate about protecting the House of Commons, London, SW1A environment. Increasing recycling is a great way 0AA. to do this. We already have good provision of 01962 734 076 recycling bins in our villages but I’m delighted [email protected] that the council will next year be starting georgehollingbery.com separate collection of glass direct from homes. Bottles from recycled glass need much less Local Conservative office energy to make than new ones so this will be Conservative Office, Manor Farm, Itchen good for the environment and cut back on Stoke, ALRESFORD, SO24 0QT littering. 01962 679920 [email protected] The ward includes , , Cheriton, , , Exton, Hinton meonvalleyconservatives.com Ampner, , Meonstoke, Owslebury, , Upham, & . “Caring and campaigning for our community”