When I stood down from BathNES Council, I stopped updating this website. However, after four years, I feel it deserves a proper ending.

Sadly David Martin and Claire Jackson were not elected in 2015; Bath voted for a Conservative MP and councillors. On a bad night for the Liberal Democrats across the country, I was especially saddened to see Bathwick lose David. My friend and colleague was easily the most capable and active councillor for Bathwick in recent years.

In 2017 Bath overwhelmingly returned a Liberal Democrat MP, as the Conservative government started to pursue an increasingly extreme Brexit policy.

For the council elections in 2019, I was happy to return to Bath to support my old colleagues, and to canvass for Manda Rigby and Dr Kumar in Bathwick. I am delighted that both were elected, as the Liberal Democrats took majority control of BathNES Council for the first time.

Congratulations Cllrs Rigby and Kumar, and best wishes to you and to Bathwick.

I have since moved to Bristol, and become a chartered town planner, specialising in nationally significant infrastructure. I am still politically active, and intend to stand again for council and for parliament in the coming years.

~Nicholas