Sandra Julia Gidley MRPharmS is a British pharmacist and politician who served as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Romsey in Hampshire from 2000 to 2010,when she lost her seat to Conservative candidate Caroline Nokes.
Jennifer Louise Tonge,Baroness Tonge is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park in London from 1997 to 2005. In June 2005 she was made a life peer as Baroness Tonge,of Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames,which entitled her to a seat in 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.
Anthony Robert Greaves,Baron Greaves was a British politician and life peer. He was a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Elizabeth Jean Barker,Baroness Barker is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Christopher John Rennard,Baron Rennard,is a British life peer in the House of Lords,appointed to the Liberal Democrats' benches in 1999. He was Director of Campaigns &Elections for the Liberal Democrats from 1989 to 2003,and Chief Executive of the party from 2003 to 2009.
Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson,Baroness Randerson is a Welsh Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is a former junior minister in the Wales Office serving in the Cameron–Clegg coalition. Prior to her peerage she was an Assembly Member for Cardiff Central from 1999 to 2011 when she served in the Welsh Labour-Lib Dem administration of the 2000–2003 Welsh Assembly Government.
Matthew Alan Oakeshott,Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay,is a British investment manager and member of the House of Lords,formerly sitting in Parliament as a Liberal Democrat.
Rosalind Carol "Ros" Scott,Baroness Scott of Needham Market is a British Liberal Democrat politician,non-executive 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.
The 2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held following the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell as leader on 15 October 2007,after 19 months as leader of the Liberal Democrats,the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom. Vincent Cable,the deputy leader of the parliamentary party,was acting leader until the conclusion of the leadership election. The result was announced on 18 December 2007 with Nick Clegg winning by a narrow margin of 1.2%.
Dorothy Thornhill,Baroness Thornhill,was the first directly elected mayor of Watford,Hertfordshire,England. She was the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor,and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. She served as Mayor of Watford from May 2002 until May 2018. She was nominated for a life peerage in August 2015.
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.
The list that follows is the Liberal Democrats Frontbench Team/Shadow Cabinet led by Menzies Campbell from 2006 to 2007.
Benjamin Russell Mackintosh Stoneham,Baron Stoneham of Droxford is a British peer,journalist,and Liberal Democrat politician. He is currently the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords,having been elected to that position in October 2016.
Judith Anne Jolly,Baroness Jolly is a Liberal Democrat life peer. She was raised to the peerage in 2010 and was introduced to the House of Lords in January 2011. Her maiden speech was made within a week on health issues and she immediately became involved in briefings on the Health and Social Care Bill.
Alison Mary Suttie,Baroness Suttie is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was appointed a life peer in the House of Lords in September 2013. A party whip,she is a member of the Liberal Democrat foreign affairs team. She is also a trustee on the board of IPPR.
Kathryn Mary Pinnock,Baroness Pinnock is a British Liberal Democrat politician,life peer,and former school teacher. Since 1987,she has been a member of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council. She was leader of the council's Lib Dem group from 1991 to 2014,and leader of the council from 2000 to 2006. She was created a life peer in 2014 and now sits in the House of Lords.
Christopher Francis Fox,Baron Fox,is a British Liberal Democrat politician.
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 2017 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election was announced on 14 June 2017,and Jo Swinson was elected unopposed on 20 June.
