Jeremy John Durham Ashdown,Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon,,better known as Paddy Ashdown,was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. Internationally,he is recognised for his role as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006,following his vigorous lobbying for military action against Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
Donald Michael Ellison Foster,Baron Foster of Bath,is a British politician and life peer who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Comptroller of the Household from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrats,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath from 1992 to 2015.
Alan James Beith,Baron Beith,,,is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015.
Colin Edward Breed is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cornwall from 1997 until he stood down at the 2010 general election. He was also member of the parliamentary party's Treasury team.
Susan Elizabeth Miller,Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Margaret Lucy Sharp,Baroness Sharp of Guildford is a former member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. She sat as a Liberal Democrat.
Yeovil is a constituency created in 1918 represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has been represented since 2015 by Marcus Fysh,a Conservative.
Hardington Mandeville is a village and civil parish in Somerset,England,situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 585.
West Coker is a large village and civil parish in Somerset,England,situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district.
South Somerset District Council in Somerset,England is elected every four years. Since 2019 the council is divided into 34 wards electing 60 councillors.
Rosalind Carol "Ros" Scott,Baroness Scott of Needham Market is a British Liberal Democrat politician,non-exec director of the National Archives and a member of the House of Lords. Baroness Scott was president of the Liberal Democrats between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2010 and was succeeded by Tim Farron.
Norton-sub-Hamdon is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of the English county of Somerset,situated five miles west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 743.
East Chinnock is a village and civil parish in Somerset,England,on the A30 road 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of Yeovil,both in the South Somerset district. The parish has a population of 479.
Meral Hussein Ece,Baroness Hussein-Ece,is a British Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is the first woman of Turkish Cypriot origin to be a member of either house of Parliament after she was appointed a Liberal Democrat working peer on 28 May 2010. She was the Liberal Democrat Spokeswoman for Equalities from 2015 until 2016,under leader Tim Farron.
Yeovil was a rural district in Somerset,England,from 1894 to 1974.
Kathryn Jane Parminter,Baroness Parminter is a Liberal Democrat life peer,and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom.
Rosalind Mary Grender,Baroness Grender,known as Olly Grender,is a former Head of Communications for the Liberal Democrats and a party life peer.
Julie Elizabeth Smith,Baroness Smith of Newnham is an academic specialising in European politics and a Liberal Democrat politician. From 2003 to 2015,she was a local councillor on Cambridge City Council. Since September 2014,she has been a life peer and a member of the House of Lords.
The 2015 South Somerset District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Somerset District Council in Somerset,England. This is on the same day as the general election,and other local elections. This election saw 29 Liberal Democrats,28 Conservatives,and 3 Independents elected to the Council.
The 2017 Somerset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 55 councillors were elected from 54 electoral divisions which each returned either one or two county councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
