South West Herts All Members Meeting -19 February at 8 pm

16 Feb 2024

The next All Members Meeting (AMM) for the South West Hertfordshire Constituency Labour Party will take place on Monday 19 February at 8 pm on Zoom.  All members should have received an invitation. If you have not, please use the Contact Form.

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100 years of Labour Government Video

23 Jan 2024

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Today is exactly 100 years from the first ever Labour government

A Century of Progress: 1924 – 2024 

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All Members Meeting – Harpenden and Berkhamsted CLP January 9th 2024

An All Members Meeting was held on 9th January – with over 40 members joining using Zoom.  For the first time, Zoom was used for anonymous voting successfully. The meeting was quorate. Kevin Bonavia, the parliamentary candidate for Stevenage presented to the meeting and provided valuable insights into his campaign.…

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Private Polling suggests Labour can win Harpenden and Berkhamsted by 4,000 votes

11 Jan 2024

“Private polling seen by the St Albans Times shows Labour would win the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted … … telephone and online polling carried out between October 17 and November 29 asked 968 adults who they would vote for if there was a General Election the next day.…

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All Members Meeting for Harpenden and Berkhamsted CLP

09 Jan 2024

This is a reminder of tonight’s Harpenden and Berkhamsted CLP meeting tonight at 7.30pm.  All members should have received an invite to the Zoom meeting.  If not, you can contact using the contact form on the website.

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Berkhamsted and Tring Labour Party – Response to Dacorum Strategy for Growth

11 Dec 2023

This document provided the Berkhamsted and Tring Labour Party response to the revised Dacorum Strategy for Growth https://letstalk.dacorum.gov.uk/hub-page/localplan2023 prepared in November and December 2023.

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Politics in the Pub

26 Nov 2023

Monday 27th November, 7pm, Politics in the Pub @ The George in Berkhamsted to discuss…

Fossil Fuel Buyout

05 Sep 2023

Fossil Fuel Buyout This CLP Notes: The technology for a transition to a zero carbon society now exists.  Renewables are proven to be the cheapest way of generating electricity and there are proven paths to replace all fossil fuel uses with electricity, or by products made from it. Low energy…

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Have your say on train ticket office closure plans

25 Jul 2023

London NorthWestern Railway has asked for feedback on the Conservative instigated plans to close railway ticket offices.  If you would like to respond, this must be done before 26th July. https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/23672658.say-train-ticket-office-closure-plans/   Proposed changes to ticket offices We want to let you know that London Northwestern Railway is proposing to…

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CLP All Members Meeting – 6th June 2023

01 Jun 2023

The next Constituency Labour Party (CLP) All Members Meeting for South West Herts is taking place at 8pm on the 6th June 2023 over Zoom. We will be deciding who our Conference Delegates will be this year.  We will also be voting on our nominations for National Officers and National…

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Berkhamsted Town Council Results

06 May 2023

Labour had two members elected to Berkhamsted Town Council in May 2023 : Rebecca Mackenzie, the Branch Chair, in Berkhamsted West and Mike Bromberg in Berkhamsted East. Congratulations to Rebecca and Mike and thanks to all the other candidates who weren’t elected and indeed everyone who put in so much…

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Dacorum Council Election Results May 2023

06 May 2023

The composition of Dacorum Council is now: Liberal Democrats – 28 seats Conservatives – 18 seats Labour – 3 seats Independent – 2 seats So, Labour’s best result for many years – we had no seats last time around – and perhaps the start of something bigger in the future.…

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Only Labour can beat the Tories in South West Herts

05 May 2023

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Berkhamsted and Tring Fundraiser April 2023

22 Apr 2023

Over 90 members attended a very enjoyable fundraiser social (featuring live music from local band “The Classics”).  

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Hear about Keir Starmer from his friend and former colleague Patrick

28 Mar 2023

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MPs should do better – Letter to Watford Observer 24th March 2023

You have published my letters in this newspaper on several occasions and often they have been concerned with how many of us in Watford and Hemel Hempstead are struggling to make ends meet. This is hardly surprising given that food inflation is currently 17 per cent; big increases in energy…

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A fuss about not much – Letter to Watford Observer 17th March 2023

For the last ten days the press has had a field day with the BBC-Gary Lineker story. I think it’s more a “handbags at dawn” disagreement myself and not particularly important in the greater scheme of things. If only the press devoted as much attention and as many headlines to…

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Labour Party Fund Raiser

10 Mar 2023

Berkhamsted and Tring Branch of the Labour Party are organising a Fund Raising Event at the Berkhamsted Civic Centre on the 15th April from 7.30 to 10.30.  The event is for members and supporters throughout South West Herts and other Constituency Labour Parties. It will be a great opportunity to…

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What are MPs’ Views – Letter to Watford Observer 3rd March 2023

Some good news for once because this week the Government announced that it spent £24 the billion less than it budgeted for. Brilliant I thought, the money can be used to freeze the £2,500 energy price cap which is due to rise to £3,000 next month. This would be a…

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Politics In the Pub Review – February 2023

23 Feb 2023

Berkhamsted and Tring District’s first Politics in the Pub social event took place on Tuesday…