Every Council needs a strong opposition. If one party has too large a majority, they stop listening. Different opinions don’t get heard – and residents’ concerns are ignored.
Labour have run Hull City Council with a large majority for 41 of the last 46 years.
Even lifelong Labour supporters agree that we need a strong opposition – to speak out when the Council gets things wrong.
As an opposition group since 2011, the Lib Dems have delivered some real win for residents.