Thomas Anthony Brake is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington in London from 1997 to 2019.
Ronald Cyril Fearn,Baron Fearn,was a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was born and died in Southport.
Susan Veronica Kramer,Baroness Kramer PC is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park from 2005 to 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats,she was their Treasury Spokesperson from 2015 to 2017 and 2017 to 2019.
Timothy William George Collins,CBE is a British politician,once a prominent member of the Conservative Party. Collins was active in the 1990s and was later the Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale in north-west England from 1997 until his defeat at the 2005 general election by Tim Farron,later leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Southport is a constituency in Merseyside which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Patrick Hurley of the Labour Party.
Gregory Thomas Mulholland is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was the MP for Leeds North West.
Timothy James Farron is a British politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2017. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005 and is the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs. Before entering politics,he worked in higher education.
Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper is a British health official and former politician. Cooper was a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat member of the Liverpool City Council from 1973 until 1999,when she joined the Labour Party. After leaving the council the following year,she was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Lancashire from 2005 until her resignation in 2022,when she was named chair of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. In 2018,she was the victim of attempted murder by Jack Renshaw.
The Beveridge Group is a centre-left group within the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. It was set up in 2001 by MPs Alistair Carmichael,Paul Holmes,John Barrett and John Pugh to promote debate within the party regarding public service provision.
Sefton Council,or Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council,is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside,England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority since 2014.
Matthew Gordon-Banks is a British former Conservative Party politician who was elected in 1992 as the Member of Parliament for Southport,but lost his seat in 1997. Gordon-Banks left the Conservative Party in 2004 to join the Liberal Democrats. In 2016,he was suspended from his membership of the Liberal Democrats.
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.
Luciana Clare Berger is a former British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree from 2010 to 2019. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,she was a founding member of The Independent Group,later Change UK,before joining the Liberal Democrats. Berger rejoined Labour in 2023.
Stephen Anthony Christopher Lloyd is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was twice Member of Parliament (MP) for the seat of Eastbourne.
The 2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held on 16 July 2015 following the resignation of Nick Clegg as leader on 8 May 2015,after almost eight years as leader of the Liberal Democrats,following the party's poor performance at the 2015 general election.
The Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson is the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats on matters relating to the work of the Home Secretary and Home Office. The office holder is a member of the Liberal Democrat frontbench team. The post exists when the Liberal Democrats are in opposition,but not when they in government,for example during the Cameron–Clegg coalition.
The 2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Sefton is divided into 22 wards,each electing 3 councillors,totalling up to 66 seats. Note,only 22 seats were up for election.
Damien Moore is a British Conservative Party politician,who was Member of Parliament for Southport from 2017 to 2024. He served as Assistant Government Whip from September to October 2022.
The 2017 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held following the resignation of Tim Farron as leader on 14 June 2017,after just under two years as leader of the Liberal Democrats. At the close of applications on 20 July 2017,Vince Cable was the only nominated candidate and was therefore declared the new leader of the party.
The 2018 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
