Labour members and supporters in Chesterfield allegedly delivered leaflets to help the Liberal Democrats ahead of the EU elections last week.

Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins has described the claims as 'a storm in a teacup'.

The news comes after Labour said supporting another party was 'incompatable' with membership after it emerged Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell voted for the Liberal Democrats in the elections. Labour has since expelled Mr Campbell, a decision which is now being reviewed by the party.

We've started the process of electing our new leader. Have your say - join the Lib Dems today.

As you know, Vince has now formally announced his resignation, and, as your President, I am triggering the process for the election of his successor as Leader of the Liberal Democrats.

I'd like to take a moment to thank Vince for all he's done since he was elected leader in 2017. He's been a steadying influence when it was most needed - and that's led to us gaining new MEPs (exact number to be announce tomorrow evening!) and almost 800 councillors. Thank you, Vince.

Michael Mullaney, the Liberal Democrats No 2 candidate in the East Midlands Region, is campaigning in Chesterfield on Wednesday 22nd May.

This follows on from the visit by Bill Newton Dunn (No 1 on the LD list and a former East Midlands MEP for 15 years) last week, when he met with people on Chesterfield Market Place.

Bill Newton Dunn is the lead candidate for the Liberal Democrats in the East Midlands Region.

Bill was MEP for fifteen years from 1999 to 2014 and has campaigned and spoken in Chesterfield many times over the years.

He says " I am convinced that Brexit would be a profound mistake. We are campaigning throughout the East Midlands to prevent it."

BREAKING NEWS !!!!

Saturday 11th May sees the Derbyshire launch of the Lib Dem regional campaign at The Weston Centre, Tamworth Street, Duffield, DE56 4ER.

The event starts at 4.30pm and is expected to last about an hour from 4:30. Tea/coffee available.

The top three candidates on the list: Bill Newton Dunn, Michael Mullaney and Lucy Care will be there. This is your chance to hear what they have to say, ask questions and meet other Lib Dems. Do come if you can.

In 2015 Chesterfield Lib Dems returned only 9 Cllrs, our lowest number since the 1980's. On Thursday we elected 17, missed one more by one vote (after 3 recounts) and another by 53 votes.

The historian in me points at past precedent. In 1995 we elected 10 Cllrs, in 1999 it was 19 and in 2003 it was 37. There was also the minor side issue of electing the MP in 2001. So, we are now looking forward to the 2023 Council elections with considerable anticipation -and have already started the planning!

In the EU, as in the UK, Liberal Democrats are committed to spending taxpayers' money as efficiently as possible. It is important to manage all European funds in a more effective manner to ensure the EU budget delivers on the issues that matter to citizens and that provides added value. Before posing the question of "how much?", Liberal Democrats first want to answer the questions of "what for?" and "how?".

Chesterfield Liberal Democrats have won 17 seats, an increase of 8 on 2015. We missed another by just 1 vote and a further one by under 60 votes.

Our campaign manager Paul Holmes commented " Gains like this put Labour under notice that local voters are deeply unhappy with how they run the Council. Labour's Council Leader said at the Count that they had heard the voters message on the doorstep about Jeremy Corbyn and about Brexit. They seem however, to have missed all the other messages about the Town Centre, Labour's waste of taxpayers money and their neglect of environmental concerns."