Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey on the party's election success in London ahead of the party's conference.
The Liberal Democrats are heading into their party conference in a celebratory mood.In London, the party doubled its representation from three to six MPs.
The Lib Dems cover south-west London while the Tories hold seats in the outer boroughs in an otherwise Labour-dominated city He said the three new MPs - representing Carshalton and Wallington, Wimbledon, and Sutton and Cheam - would be "local champions for their constituencies". “Together I think people will now hear across the capital the Liberal Democrat priorities on health, on care, on getting our streets safer with the challenge of getting more police on the street.”At the general election Ed Davey won Kingston and Surbiton with a majority of more than 17,000
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