The Barnet Liberal Democrats are tonight celebrating their biggest result in Barnet, winning 28% of the vote.

Across London the Liberal Democrats topped the poll for the first time ever in a national election. Reflecting on their record-breaking haul of 3 seats Clareine Enderby, Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Finchley and Golders Green said, "our message was clear. Brexit is wreaking havoc in the UK. It is impacting on our ability to run an effective NHS, trade with confidence around the world and solve the Climate Emergency. The people of Barnet have roundly rejected the humiliation brought on this country by the Conservatives and the duplicity of Corbyn. The only way forward to resolve this crisis is to hold a People's Vote and stop this Brexit chaos."

The Liberal Democrats have won the Euro election in Barnet.

Liberal Democrats 27,423
The Brexit Party 17,089
Labour 15,980
Conservative 13,868
Green 9,761
Change UK 7,491

This is a great night for the Lib Dems in Barnet - and thank you to everyone who helped with the campaign. Our campaign against Brexit continues with increased vigour.

The Conservatives have failed Barnet. You can make Barnet a better place by voting for more Liberal Democrat Councillors this Thursday.

Our 8 priorities for Barnet are:

1. More Police
2. Protect our Greenbelt & stop overdevelpment
3. Support more secondary school places
4. Use builder's levies to fund more GP places
5. Reverse the disasterous Tory Library cuts
6. Adopt new streets to save residents money
7. Fix potholes properly and guarantee weekly bin collections
8. Review expensive OneBarnet contracts that are wasting millions.

The Liberal Democrats today received the backing of former Conservative Mill Hill Councillor Sury Khatri who was deselected by his own party in the run up to this year's Council Elections in Barnet.

Sury Khatri, who represented Mill Hill as a Conservative Councillor from 2010 until he resigned the whip in response to his deselection this year, said, "it has been an honour to serve as community champion for the residents of Mill Hill for 8 years. In that time I have tried my best to take up their issues and deliver real positive changes, such as the Diving Club, the future of the Library and with the many planning applications we have received. I fear though that my zealous advocacy for the residents of Mill Hill may have cost me the selection. As Cllr Dan Thomas [chair of Hendon Conservatives] lays the ground for his right wing and hard Brexit based leadership coup, he only wants 'yes' men in the Conservative group, and thus I have been discarded. Astonishing that after 8 years of serving the community, without a blemish on my record and more than a decade serving the party I have been silenced."

1 Continue our record of listening to you, and responding promptly to your concerns;

2 Ensure the Council deals promptly with broken roads and pavements, litter & potholes;

3 Guarantee weekly bin collections;

4 Oppose further cuts to our police, and promote community, outreach and youth projects, which tackle the root causes of crime;