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# Lib Dem candidate says General Election results show people are “desperate for a new direction”
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lib-dem-candidate-says-general-election-results-show-people-are-desperate-for-a-new-direction/
- Published: 2024-07-05T11:13:45.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-05T12:08:08.000Z
- Description: The Liberal Democrat candidate in Lichfield says the General Election result shows people are “desperate for a new direction”.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: GE2024, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:53, News

THE Liberal Democrat candidate in Lichfield says the General Election result shows people are “desperate for a new direction”.

The vote saw the Conservatives suffer heavy losses, including locally where Sir Michael Fabricant was ousted as Labour’s Dave Robertson overturned a 23,000 majority.

The Lib Dems finished fourth behind Reform UK – but their candidate Paul Ray said his party was now a “real voice again in British politics”:

> “What a night in Lichfield – the people have spoken and Michael Fabricant is no longer our MP.  
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> “I congratulate Dave Robertson on his success and I wish him the very best as our new MP.  
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> “And it was a great night nationally for the Lib Dems. We are now a real voice again in British politics. A voice for change and a fair deal for all.  
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> “In Lichfield we also had a good night. My vote was squeezed, but was respectable – and we did our bit to bring change to Lichfield by getting Conservative voters to come across to vote Lib Dem.  
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> “The country and our community here in Lichfield, Burntwood and the villages have spoken and said that they are desperate for a new direction.  
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> “Now the new government must deliver that change.”  
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> Paul Ray