David Digby Rendel was a British politician for the Liberal Democrats. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 1993 to 2005. He won the seat in a by-election in May 1993 caused by the death of Judith Chaplin,and he held it until his defeat at the 2005 general election to Conservative candidate Richard Benyon. At the time he lost his seat he was the Liberal Democrats' spokesman on Higher and Further Education. In September 2014,Rendel was selected as Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2015 general election for the seat of Somerton and Frome in Somerset;however,he lost to the Conservative candidate,David Warburton.
The Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the United Kingdom that was founded in 1989 as a continuation of the original Liberal Party by members who opposed its merger with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form the Liberal Democrats. The party holds five local council seats. The party promotes a hybrid of both classical and social liberal tendencies.
Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg is a British media executive and former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 to 2017. An "Orange Book" liberal,he has been associated with both socially liberal and economically liberal policies. In 2018,Clegg became vice‑president of global affairs and communications at Facebook,Inc.,before being promoted in 2022 to president for global affairs.
Newbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2019 by Laura Farris,a Conservative. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and has been in continual existence since then.
The 1993 Newbury by-election was triggered by the death of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury,the Conservative Judith Chaplin. The by-election was held on 6 May 1993,and was won by David Rendel of the Liberal Democrats with a large swing of 28.4%,and well over twice as many votes as the Conservative candidate. As with the overwhelming majority of UK by-elections,turnout was lower than at the general election,falling from 83% to 71%.
Peterborough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Paul Bristow of the Conservative Party.
Joanne Kate Swinson is a British former politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from July to December 2019. She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position,as well as the shortest-serving holder of the post. Swinson was Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire from 2005 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019. In September 2020 Swinson became Director of Partners for a New Economy (P4NE).
Rachel Sabiha Johnson is a British journalist,television presenter,and author who has appeared frequently on political discussion panels,including The Pledge on Sky News and BBC One's debate programme,Question Time. In January 2018,she participated in the 21st series of Celebrity Big Brother and was evicted second. She was the lead candidate for Change UK for the South West England constituency in the 2019 European Parliament election.
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom,founded in 1988. They have been the third-largest UK political party by the number of votes cast since the 1992 general election,with the exception of the 2015 general election. They have 15 members of Parliament in the House of Commons,84 members of the House of Lords,four Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Senedd. The party has over 3000 local council seats,the third largest of the British political parties. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference,at which party policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents' conference rules,the Lib Dems grant all members attending its Conference the right to speak in debates and vote on party policy,under a one member,one vote system. The party also allows its members to vote online for its policies and in the election of a new leader. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010 and 2015;with Scottish Labour in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2007;and with Welsh Labour in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2003 and from 2016 to 2021.
Layla Michelle Moran is a British Liberal Democrat politician serving as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and International Development since 2020,and serving as the Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon since 2017.
Nelufar Hedayat is a British journalist and presenter who hosts the podcast Course Correction and is the correspondent for Doha Debates. She has worked in television across the BBC,as well as on Channel 4,Netflix,Fusion and The Guardian newspaper,covering breaking news,live events and in-depth investigations in some of the world's most dangerous places. Her work often focuses on cultural upheaval experienced by women,children,and families during a conflict,especially in her native Afghanistan.
Antoinette Geraldine Mackeson-Sandbach,known as Antoinette Sandbach,is a barrister,farm manager and politician who was elected as a North Wales region Member of the Welsh Assembly at the May 2011 election,and subsequently elected Member of Parliament for Eddisbury in Cheshire at the 2015 general election.
Heidi Suzanne Allen is a British businesswoman and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Cambridgeshire from 2015 to 2019. Initially elected as a Conservative,she resigned from the party in February 2019,joining and later serving as acting leader of Change UK. She resigned from Change UK in June of the same year,and joined the Liberal Democrats in October 2019. She announced on 29 October of that year that she would not stand for re-election at the next general election.
Elizabeth Bonner Allen,is a British documentary film maker. Examples of her work are the TV programs Waste,Parking Mad,15 Stone Babies,Inside John Lewis,and Silverville. Her work has appeared on the BBC,Channel Four,ITV,UKTV,ABC,ABC2,and elsewhere internationally.
Ruhi Hamid is a British filmmaker,born in Tanzania of Asian origin,who has made award-winning documentaries for the BBC,Channel 4,Al Jazeera International,and other UK,US and European broadcasters. Her films have covered international stories —in Africa,Asia,Europe,South America,the USA,and the Middle East —dealing with social and political issues about women religion,poverty,health,and human rights. A graduate of London's Royal College of Art,she is also a graphic designer.
A 2019 by-election took place in the Parliamentary constituency of Peterborough on 6 June 2019. It was won by Lisa Forbes of the Labour Party. Mike Greene of the Brexit Party took second place.
The 2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held following the announcement of the resignation of Vince Cable as leader on 24 May 2019,after just under two years as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom. The two candidates to succeed Cable were Ed Davey and Jo Swinson.
A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire on 1 August 2019 after Chris Davies,who had held the seat for the Conservatives since the 2015 general election,was unseated by a recall petition. The by-election was won by Jane Dodds of the Liberal Democrats.
Mobeen Azhar is a British journalist,radio and television presenter and filmmaker. He produces investigative reports and films for the BBC exploring themes related to politics,true crime,extremism,counter terrorism and sexuality. He has presented and produced international documentaries for BBC One,BBC Two and BBC Three.
