Since the boundary changes came into effect the Association teamed up with the new South West Wiltshire Association, which was born out of the former Westbury Constituency and the western wards of Salisbury. Dirk ran the District Council elections for both Salisbury and West Wiltshire from the Morrison Hall (88 candidates in total). Although we lost control in Salisbury, the local Conservatives took control of West Wiltshire for the first time in 20 years. He has been heavily engaged with South West Wiltshire especially with two by-election wins in former LibDem wards in Trowbridge.
Dirk has key responsibility for the Wiltshire Council elections and, in particular, for running the campaign for Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones (aka The Black Farmer) in the key battleground seat of Chippenham.
This constituency is the fifth seat of Wiltshire, created in the boundary changes. Thrasher & Rallings, professors at the University of Plymouth, have calculated that this seat would be LibDem if the votes are the same as they were in the last general election.
Dirk will be working two days a week from the offices just outside of Chippenham whilst three days a week in Salisbury.
I would urge everyone to offer assistance for the Chippenham campaign as the LibDems are working hard to win this seat and we must not allow them to gain a foothold in our county.
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