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Edward Davey MP Canhelp Howyou OR the Across Venues at Constituency.Myorofficephone Visit Mywebsite Fordetails How to contact Edward Davey MP Edward Davey MP Write to me at: Edward Davey MP, Liberal Democrats, The race here is between Liberal Democrat 21 Berrylands Road, Surbiton, KT5 8QX Edward Edward Davey & Email me at: [email protected] Davey Kingston and Visit my website at: www.edwarddavey.co.uk a Conservative Phone my office on: 020 8288 0161 or 020 8288 0296 51% Fax me on: 020 8288 1090 Con Surbiton Can’t win OR 33% Talk to me in person at one of my advice surgeries: Annual Report I hold two surgeries a week - every Monday morning from 8 am to 10 am, at 21 Berrylands Road - then on a Thursday or Friday 2009/10 evening or a Saturday morning, at venues across the General Election result constituency. Phone my office or visit my website for details. Kingston & Surbiton , 2005 Save Kingston’s A&E and Maternity he evidence of the threat to hospital services later this year. www.edwarddavey.co.uk key health services at Moreover, documents I’ve been T Printed and delivered at no cost to the taxpayer. Thanks to local volunteers who distributed and paid for it. Kingston Hospital is now widely sent and now put on our website accepted by health campaigners suggest work on this review had outside the political parties, begun in secret at least by June including the British Medical 2009, if not before. Save Kingston Hospital Association and Unison. For I believe we can stop these some reason the local closures, as Kingston is a high y local work since December Conservative and Labour parties performing hospital - ranked has been dominated by the fight have joined forces and rejected London’s best district hospital by M to save vital services at Kingston this clear evidence. the independent analysts, Dr Hospital, including the Maternity Unit While the NHS claims “it is early Foster. It would be a scandal to and Accident and Emergency. days” in their review of South waste the investment both in A&E I could hardly believe it when I was Lib Dem MPs Edward Davey & West London hospitals, their own and maternity we have won over briefed by 4 local NHS Chief Nick Clegg both have young timetable suggests a public the last 14 years. But we need to Executives and a senior clinician sons born at Kingston Hospital consultation on closure of major build a huge campaign now. about this threat before Christmas. To me it is simply unthinkable that How you Save A&E and Maternity at Kingston Hospital anyone could contemplate closing I/We the undersigned call upon the Government to abandon plans to close Accident these services, but internal NHS can help and Emergency, Maternity and other key health services at Kingston Hospital. documents leaked to Susan Kramer MP and myself confirm that of 18 Name Address Telephone Email options now being considered, 6 would see Kingston Hospital lose A&E, Maternity and inpatient paediatrics - and in 16 of the 18 options Kingston Hospital loses at 1. Sign our petition least one major service. Read more and find out how to help MP Edward Davey launches the campaign to 2. Join the “Save Please keep me informed about this campaign for Kingston Hospital this campaign on the back page or at save Kingston’s A&E and Maternity Unit, backed Kingston Hospital” I can deliver leaflets for Edward Davey MP to help him and this health campaign www.savekingstonhospital.org.uk by Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg MP Facebook Group Please return to: Edward Davey MP, Kingston & Surbiton What local people say about Edward’s work: 3. Find out more Liberal Democrats FREEPOST NAT 13839 Surbiton KT5 8BR "Without your timely “Thank you for your “Your expertise and “Without your intervention The Lib Dems and their elected representatives may use the information you provide to contact you about issues you may find of interest. assistance, I suspect I support in helping me to help have been and persistence I would and sign up for Some of these contacts may be automated. You can opt out of some or all contacts at any time by contacting us. would not have survived move from a bedsit to a invaluable during this have been obliged to seek much longer.” updates and our Printed on paper from sustainable forests, by Bishops Printers, Fitzherbert Rd, Farlington, Portsmouth. Published & promoted by R.Hayes, on behalf of Edward Davey MP (Liberal Democrat), both at 21 Berrylands Rd, Surbiton, KT5 8QX. one bedroom flat” financial recompense via Mr P.G, Chessington process.” Mrs V.T., online petition at.... www.savekingstonhospital.org.uk Mrs S.S., Surbiton Surbiton, resident the courts” Mrs N.A., New cancer patient pensioner Malden, employee Edward Davey MP - Working For You WINNING FOR LOCAL PEOPLE WINNING FOR CHILDREN ampaigning on local Winning £8.2 million for extra Cthings that make a & STUDENTS primary school places in difference to our Kingston was last year’s community remained a highlight. This new priority last year. investment should prevent a I learnt in late July that return to the bad old days South West Trains wanted when Kingston’s primary to brick up the south exit schools had the largest class to New Malden station. sizes in the country under the Conservatives. Surbiton’s St.Andrew’s and St.Mark’s We saved New Malden’s south exit Whilst we stopped them, Hinchley Wood School pupils from I supported the campaign pupils enjoy the photo opportunity from being bricked up, but where are the campaigning on this Chessington and Hook will now have a I attended my 14th consecutive to win the £30 million for a SWT’s inspectors to justify the gates? continues, as their school bus - safer, quicker and greener. Kingston University Freshers’ new secondary school in compromise gates are only down side of that victory is that the Fayre. You can probably tell! north Kingston led by Susan ugly and need to be open Motions, speeches upfront investment Kingston Council Kramer MP and local Liberal must make for the £30 million prevented longer. Kingston University is playing and questions Democrat councillors. The the freezing of council tax I argued for. Helping local families in In the last 9 months, Edward signed an even bigger role in sustaining Chessington and Hook over 200 Commons motions, our local economy – for example, Opening the council’s new win their campaign for a backing, for example: I worked with staff and students centre for disabled children new school bus for local providing special support for local and their families in Greater legal protections for garden professionals and executives who pupils attending Hinchley land from development Chessington was a special Wood was a highlight. had lost their job in the recession, thrill. It’s a “one stop shop” Air pollution at Tolworth’s roundabout The Centenary of Girlguiding UK in partnership with Kingston’s got me involved in a wider campaign My work to improve local Support for Holocaust Memorial Day idea – so that families can air quality in Tolworth Chamber of Commerce. I’m get the education, health to improve London’s air quality Better dementia care in hospitals backing a new campaign by the contributed to the start of and other help they need, Edward spoke more often and students to improve the sports legal action to force both all on one site. Parents of asked more questions than the facilities of the university. local disabled children Government and London’s average MP, on subjects like: Mayor to take this have campaigned for this Threats to Kingston Hospital The new Moor Lane Centre in Chessington environmental and public should improve services for disabled for over a decade. Changing NATO’s Afghanistan strategy health issue seriously. children and their families The future of local radio Shall we bid NOT A GOOD The UK’s use of European Arrest for the Winter A STRONG Warrants, to fight serious crime BACKING Olympics ? SKIER…. As I’d never skied VOICE IN KINGSTON’S before, attaching two I visited Ashkelon and Gaza to see A night shift with local police - in PARLIAMENT the town and across the Borough ice blocks to my feet for the effect of the conflict and spoke POLICE Surbiton’s Ski Sunday out for more humanitarian aid As the Liberal Democrats’ Local people value the extra police now on Kingston’s streets. was not a wise decision. In Parliament...... Shadow Foreign Secretary, I I’m convinced high visibility, community policing has been key The cash for Shooting led successful efforts to force to cutting crime locally, with Kingston now London’s safest Star Children’s Hospice Since being re-elected in 2005, I Gordon Brown to appear borough. Yet we cannot be complacent – as London’s was compensation, for have voted in 66% of divisions, a before the Iraq War Inquiry Conservative Mayor’s budget has slashed the police budget, one of the slowest times better record than more than and spoke regularly on with a reduction of 455 in police officers across the capital. recorded! 60% of Conservative MPs. Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Last year, I voted FOR an early I worked hard with Salary and I was in the bottom 50% of MPs Salary (with £66,207 Travel £2,299 General Election, for Parliament to Transport Ministers on the for expenses again - as I do not London weighting) set the Iraq Inquiry’s terms and for re-zoning of Kingston and Expenses claim for a second home and Office Costs £25,179 Communications a referendum on electoral reform.
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