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# City Council hopeful says a vote for Lib Dem is a vote for a fairer society
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/city-council-hopeful-says-a-vote-for-lib-dem-is-a-vote-for-an-equal-society/
- Published: 2015-05-04T09:30:44.000Z
- Updated: 2015-05-04T08:35:38.000Z
- Author: Lewis Deakin
- Tags: Local Elections 2015, News

Backing the Liberal Democrats is a vote for a more equal society, the Lichfield City Council candidate for Chadsmead has said.

Miles Trent is an investigator at the Criminal Cases Review Commission – a public body that investigates alleged miscarriages of justice.

He believes that the coalition government has allowed a ‘liberal’ agenda to flourish across Britain.

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Miles Trent

The Liberal Democrat candidate used city and district Councillor Marion Bland as an example of what he claims his party can achieve locally – and added that voters would back the party because they do not want the ‘excesses’ of the two mainstream options.

The father of two said: “I’ve been a Liberal Democrat since 2010\. My professional background is liberal. I was a human rights lawyer who dealt with asylum seeker cases, and now I’m involved with a public body, which is funded by the Ministry of Justice to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice.

“I’m a Liberal Democrat because I believe the party represents everyone and doesn’t agree with this mean spirited politics that says everything is ok as long as the rich are getting richer.

“I’m standing because I want to represent the people of Chadsmead as part of the great team we have here already in this ward.

“Cllr Bland is a very experienced politician. She talks to voters not just at election time – she produces the focus newsletters that go out all throughout the year to inform residents of developments in Chadsmead.

“We’ve made some difficult decisions in coalition, I completely accept that, but people need to remember that without us policies like raising the personal tax allowance to £10,600 would never have happened.

“We went into government to introduce our agenda, which is the whole point of politics. Some people believe we should have formed a government with Labour, but together we wouldn’t have had a majority of seats in the House of Commons.”

*Full list of candidates standing in the Chadsmead ward for Lichfield City Council:*

- *Marion Bland – Lib Dem*
- *Muriel Boyle – Conservatives*
- *David Dundas – Conservatives*
- *Zander Greatorex – Conservatives*
- *Sonya Johnson – Labour*
- *Anne Pitman – Lib Dem*
- *Paul Ray – Lib Dem*
- *Phil Sutcliffe – Labour*
- *Mark Taylor – Labour*
- *Miles Trent – Lib Dem*
- *Lesley Warfield – Conservative*
- *Caroline Wood – Labour*