Lembit Öpik is a former British politician. A former member of the Liberal Democrats,he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Montgomeryshire in Wales from 1997 until he lost his seat at the 2010 general election. He was the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2001 to 2007.
Alan Reid is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been a councillor in the East Dunbartonshire ward of Bearsden North since 2022.
A by-election was held for the United Kingdom Parliament seat of Leicester South on 15 July 2004. It was triggered by the death of Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Jim Marshall,who died on 27 May 2004,shortly before the local and European elections in June. The by-election was won by Parmjit Singh Gill of the Liberal Democrats,over-turning a Labour majority of 13,243 votes at the 2001 general election.
Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby is a British Labour Party politician serving as Mayor of Leicester since 2011. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South from 2005 until he resigned his seat in April 2011,in order to contest the new post of mayor. He served as Leader of Leicester City Council from 1981 to 1994 and from 1996 to 1999.
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Brent East on 18 September 2003,following the death of Labour Party MP Paul Daisley on 18 June that year. It was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather.
Leicester South is a constituency,recreated in 1974,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2024 by Shockat Adam.
Stephen Roy Williams is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West from the 2005 general election until his defeat by Labour Party candidate Thangam Debbonaire in 2015. As an MP,he served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Communities and Local Government from 2013 to 2015.
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.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats is a liberal,federalist political party in Scotland,part of UK Liberal Democrats. The party holds 4 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 6 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons.
The city of Bristol,England,is a unitary authority,represented by four MPs representing seats wholly within the city boundaries. The overall trend of both local and national representation became left of centre during the latter 20th century. The city has a tradition of local activism,with environmental issues and sustainable transport being prominent issues in the city.
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom,founded in 1988. The current leader of the party is Ed Davey. They are the third-largest party in the United Kingdom,with 72 members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons. They have 79 members of the House of Lords,four members of the Scottish Parliament,one member in the Welsh Senedd,and more than 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference,at which party policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents' rules,the Liberal Democrats grant all members attending the 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.
Hull City Council elections are held three years out of every four to elect members of Hull City Council,the unitary authority which governs the city of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire,England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018,the council has comprised 57 councillors representing 21 wards with each ward electing either 2 or 3 councillors.
The 2011 North Devon District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of North Devon District Council in Devon,England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
On 5 May 2011,a by-election was held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Leicester South. It was prompted by the resignation of Sir Peter Soulsby of the Labour Party,who stood down from Parliament to contest the election for Mayor of Leicester. Soulsby was appointed Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on 1 April 2011,and the writ for a new election was issued on 5 April. The election was won by Labour Party candidate Jon Ashworth.
Aled Rhys Roberts was a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician from Rhosllanerchrugog,Wrexham. Roberts was a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the North Wales Region from 2011 to 2016. Before his election to the assembly,he was a councillor and the leader of Wrexham County Borough Council. He served as the Welsh Language Commissioner from 2019 until his death in 2022.
A by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Manchester Gorton was scheduled to take place on 4 May 2017,following the death of the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP),Sir Gerald Kaufman. It was cancelled on 20 April following the announcement of the 2017 general election. At the general election in June,most of the candidates who were due to stand in the by-election contested the seat,and the Labour candidate,Afzal Khan,retained the seat for his party with a large majority.
Nigel Carl Porter is a Liberal Democrat politician in the City of Leicester. He served as the Leader of the Opposition on the Leicester City Council from 2019 to 2023,and has been a ward councillor for Aylestone since 2004.
The 2023 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday,4 May 2023 in England and on Thursday 18 May 2023 in Northern Ireland. These included district councils,unitary authorities,and directly elected mayors in England,and included all local councils in Northern Ireland. Notably,these elections were the first to be held under the Elections Act 2022,a new voter identification law that required voters to show photo ID when attending a polling station,and was a cause for controversy.
The 2023 Leicester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 54 members of Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections,and the election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.
Sarah Joanne Dyke is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Glastonbury and Somerton since 2024 and was previously MP for Somerton and Frome from 2023 to 2024.
