In charge: Lynne Hodgson is the new Lib Dem leader
Hertsmere's five Liberal Democrat councillors have this week selected their new group leader.
Councillor Lynne Hodgson, who represents the Bushey Park ward, takes over from previous chief Robert Gamble.
He lost his seat at the Hertsmere Borough Council elections on May 1.
The party is the main opposition group in the council chamber.
Ms Hodgson said: "Robert really did not deserve it - he worked so hard. The national trend was against us, but it has been worse than this before. We have been as low as three councillors before.
"I do not think the electorate understands the need for a decent opposition. If you give one group too much power it can lead to a degree of arrogance.
advertisement
"It's hard to get anything done with so few councillors, but if you have right and reason on your side you can get somewhere."
Ms Hodgson, who was first elected in 1996, also chairs the council's Housing and Environment Scrutiny Committee.
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
Print
Email this
Comment
