We have a new MP, Tania Matthias, who managed to overturn Vince Cable's majority, she hasn't been an MP for very long but I think she is popular locally. However, VC is standing again, he has his fans, but I'm not one of them, he ran a very complacent campaign last time with a "better to vote for me rather than an unknown quantity" and certainly Lib Dems didn't appear in our neck of the woods, giving some of us impression they'd got it in the bag. Lib Dems lost a lot of seats around London, including Ed Davy's adjacent Surbiton. They did of course win back Richmond Park, that wasn't really a surprise after Brexit, but then again Richmond upon Thames' residents don't really reflect the rest of the country. Tania Matthias is a remainer so the outcome here is anyone's guess.
Good Morning Monday 11th May 2026


