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.
Sir Simon Henry Ward Hughes is a British former politician. He is now the Chancellor of London South Bank University,an external adviser to The Open University,and a strategic adviser to Talgo,a Spanish manufacturer of trains. Hughes was deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2010 to 2014,and from 2013 until 2015 was Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark from 1983 until 2015. He declined a position in the House of Lords in 2015.
Walter Menzies Campbell,Baron Campbell of Pittenweem,,often known as Ming Campbell,is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician,advocate and former athlete. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015 and was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2 March 2006 until 15 October 2007.
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.
John David Pugh is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Southport from 2001 to 2017. He stood down at the 2017 snap election. In November 2017,he was elected to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council as a councillor for Duke's Ward.
David William St John Heath is a British optometrist and Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome from 1997 to 2015. He served as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food from September 2012 to October 2013 in the Cameron–Clegg coalition government.
Matthew Owen John Taylor,Baron Taylor of Goss Moor is a British politician who has been a life peer in the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats,he previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro and St Austell in Cornwall from 1987 until he stood down at the 2010 general election. He was granted a life peerage and so became a member of the House of Lords on 16 July 2010.
Adrian Mark Sanders is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Torbay in Devon from 1997 until his defeat in the 2015 general election.
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.
Tavish Hamilton Scott is a former Scottish politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Shetland from 1999 to 2019,and Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2008 to 2011. He stepped down as Leader after the 2011 Scottish Parliament election,in which the Liberal Democrats were reduced to five seats,down from 16 in the previous parliament.
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 was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 2005 and as of 2023 continues as its MP and is the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs. Prior to entering politics,he worked in higher education.
Martin Charles Horwood is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented South West England in the European Parliament from 2019 to 2020. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Cheltenham from 2005 to 2015.
Mark James Hunter is a British Liberal Democrat politician and leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council who became Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheadle at a 2005 by-election. At the 2015 general election,Hunter lost his seat to Mary Robinson of the Conservative Party. Since 19 May 2022,Hunter has served as the leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. As leader he is also a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and is the combined authority's portfolio holder for Children and Young People.
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.
In the 2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election,Sir Menzies Campbell was elected to succeed Charles Kennedy as Leader of the Liberal Democrats,the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom.
Matthew Toby Perkins is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesterfield since 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he has served as Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs since 2023. He previously served as Shadow Minister for Apprentices and Lifelong Learning from April 2020 to September 2023 and was Shadow Minister for Small Business under Ed Miliband and Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces under Jeremy Corbyn.
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%.
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom,founded in 1988. Since the 1992 general election,with the exception of the 2015 general election,they have been the third-largest UK political party by the number of votes cast. 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 nearly 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' 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. 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.
Charles Peter Kennedy was a British politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006,and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross,Skye and Lochaber from 1983 to 2015.
