Former Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden, Nigel Gardner, said: “This goes beyond party politics. It is about saving our wonderful local high street before it is too late. “I applaud the courageous members of the town council – even though many of them are political opponents – for getting this research commissioned. They have put Harpenden before party, and we owe them huge gratitude.
Former Conservative candidate for Harpenden and Berkhamstead in the General Election, Nigel Gardner, was outspoken against the expansion during his campaign. He said: “This battle is not over. It is absolutely right to appeal the judgement. “The Supreme Court has made crystal clear that big infrastructure projects must have proper environmental assessments. This has simply not happened in this case. The developers have used Mickey Mouse analysis, often without real numbers. “If we let this go, and stop fighting, future generations will not understand our shortsightedness. Appeals are expensive. My plea is – open your wallets, donate to the wonderful people at LADACAN.”
Parliamentary candidate for the Harpenden seat, Nigel Gardner, said he believed common sense local conservatism was the middle way: “‘Neither chaotic Keir Starmer – not knowing which tax he will put up each week. Nor knee jerk populism – that offers no solutions in our wonderful corner of Hertfordshire. “For me, the Conservative way is to allow people to get on with their lives with minimum interference. Low and simple taxes, sound money, efficient and accountable public services. And above all – courtesy and respect for others and their points of view.”
Nigel Gardner said: “I have known this piece of countryside for over 50 years. If the council think it is grey, they must be colour-blind. Before the bypass was built it was completely open. But it still provides gorgeous views across rolling countryside. There is nothing grey about it at all. It is a treasure to behold on both a cold winter morning and a balmy summer evening."
Sadly everything we feared about the damage to our greenbelt, to our high streets, to our children’s education and to our economy has come to pass.
"I think Women's refuges should be for Women and Women only, I think Women's prisons should be for Women only, and I think Women's sport should be for Women only."
Nigel Gardner responded: “It is absolutely right that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has been asked to investigate these serious allegations. Victoria Collins spent much of last year’s General Election campaign accusing me of nefarious lobbying activities – rather than explaining what she would do to help the people of Harpenden.“
“We went to show our support for local democratic politicians in Turkey at this extremely difficult moment for them," said Nigel Gardner. "However much we argue and disagree locally about parking or whatever in St Albans and Harpenden, we are free to voice our views without fear. It was humbling to hear from Fethiye’s Mayor Alim Karaca about the daily anxiety he and his family face about arrest without a fair trial.”
"The consequences of the Government’s decision will be felt on our doorsteps and in our playgrounds and back gardens for decades to come. I grew up under a Luton flightpath, with my parents complaining about the noise. In those days there was a fraction of the air traffic. I simply dread to think of all the extra noise, pollution, and added traffic on the Lower Luton Road and our other local thoroughfares."
Conservative candidate for Harpenden, Nigel Gardner, put the parking charges at the heart of his campaign: “Hats off to our Harpenden Town Councillors. It’s a sad day when Harpenden has to launch legal proceedings against St Albans council and their officials. But there was simply no other way to defend our High Street traders and local community."
Nigel Gardner, Harpenden's Conservative candidate in the General Election, has called on St Albans Council to come clean over the growing scandal at Batchwood's 9th hole: "The Council is in a financial hole but still found £100k for a golf hole, which has turned into a PR hole, which is getting deeper because they lack the wisdom to know that when in a hole, stop digging." He added, "This from the same people who are driving Harpenden’s hard-working high street traders towards rack and ruin."
2024 Tory Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden, Nigel Gardner, whose campaign was fought on opposing the charges, added: "I am furious. For the past year, Harpenden residents, Harpenden businesses and Harpenden lovers across the political spectrum have made it abundantly clear that they don't want these parking charges."
Gardner, who was the European Commission's spokesman on relations with the US during the Clinton administration, as well as Conservative Party candidate for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, told local media: "Politics for me is about creating hope not fear. Donald Trump's re-election is clearly creating new hope for millions of Americans - like the car workers who now see a future for their industry. But he is also creating fear amongst some of the weakest people in America - like the children of illegal immigrants who may lose their right to American citizenship."
“It’s a sad day – and not just for Harpenden’s hard working high street traders and our local economy," said Nigel Gardner. “Everyone – from our young mums to our pensioners – will find their daily lives harder as a result of the council’s actions. St Albans council have simply not listened, and have little understanding of what makes Harpenden tick.”
The former Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden has questioned why a council officer who doesn’t live locally should have the final say on controversial plans for on-street parking charges in the town.
When I lost in Harpenden and Berkhamsted (and Tring) on 4 July, I garnered 16,574 votes. Now, new research suggests over 2,800 of those who voted for me earlier this month will not vote Tory at the next general election. Not because of any policy or scandal – but because they will be dead.
As we enter the final stages of the General Election campaign, Harpenden and Berkhamsted Conservative candidate Nigel Gardner has received two new endorsements.
Unusually for a Friday afternoon, there is a big buzz of people gathered in The Oddfellows Arms in Harpenden’s Leyton Green, while outside a large security detail of men in suits and earpieces wait near their black Jeeps and monitor the situation.
Recorded for the 2024 General Election as part of a series of interviews with local candidates
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden took time out from the dramas of Westminster to enjoy a kickabout in the sun with Parliamentary candidate Nigel Gardner.
Home Secretary James Cleverly visited Harpenden as the Conservatives hit the campaign trail in two key Hertfordshire seats.
Ahead of a heavily-publicised visit to Chesham, the Prime Minister took time out of his busy schedule to give his backing to Harpenden and Berkhamsted Conservative Parliamentary candidate Nigel Gardner.
The Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted have dismissed suggestions that Labour could win the seat in the next General Election.
The former businessman, BBC journalist and European Commission spokesman has just been selected as the Conservative Party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted. In an exclusive first interview, we find out more about the man who could become Harpenden’s next MP.
The clock is ticking on whether a controversial housing development on the outskirts of Tring goes to a fresh appeal. Gardner said, “This should never have got this far. Whilst this battle has been won thanks to our local residents who fought so hard to stop Redrow’s plan, our gorgeous countryside and public services are still at risk".
While the country waits for Rishi Sunak to stop laughing and finally set a date for this year’s General Election, pollsters are having a field day predicting the results
Last Friday saw Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden, MP for Durham, visit the town to show his support for Tory prospective Parliamentary candidate Nigel Gardner, and talk exclusively to the St Albans Times about key local issues.
The Conservative candidate for Berkhamsted has hit out at the Labour Party's plans to introduce VAT on private school fees.
There's something quintessentially English about sipping Earl Grey and nibbling on finger sandwiches in the environs of a village tearoom, and the same could also be said about Nigel Gardner. The Conservative Party's Parliamentary candidate for the newly created constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted has an intrinsic quirkiness and flamboyance about him ...
Nigel Gardner, who could become the new MP of Harpenden and Berkhamsted, has spoken of his connection to the area, along with his varied career. Berkhamsted will no longer fall under the South West Hertfordshire constituency following changes from the Boundary Commission for England.
Nigel Gardner, Conservative prospective Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, believes the proposals go too far. He said: "We must be careful not to allow the belief to gain ground that the council is fighting an ideological war on the motorist. That will end up damaging our local economy."
Nigel Gardner has been selected as the Conservative candidate for the new seat of Harpenden and Berkhamsted. According to Electoral Calculus, it contains 47.2 per cent of Bim Afolami’s current Hitchin and Harpenden constituency, 35.8 per cent of Gagan Mohindra’s Hertfordshire South West seat, and 8.8 per cent of Hemel Hempstead, held by Mike Penning.
A Parliamentary candidate for the new Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency, which includes Tring, is vehemently opposed to a proposed new development in the town. “I’d like to see cross-party action to save the green belt and stop Marshcroft”, said Nigel Gardner