Mark Oaten is a British politician who was a senior member of the Liberal Democrats. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester from 1997 to 2010.
Emma Harriet Nicholson,Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne is a British politician,who has been a life peer since 1997. She was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon in 1987,before switching to the Liberal Democrats in 1995. She was also the Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for South East England from 1999 to 2009. In 2016,she announced she was re-joining the Conservative Party "with tremendous pleasure". In 2017,Baroness Nicholson was appointed as Prime Minister's Trade Envoy for Kazakhstan.
Helene Valerie Hayman,Baroness Hayman,is a British politician who was Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As a member of the Labour Party she was a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979,and became a life peer in 1996.
Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger,Baroness Neuberger,was the second woman to be ordained as a Rabbi in the UK,and is a British member of the House of Lords. She previously took the Liberal Democrat whip,but resigned from the party and became a crossbencher in 2011 upon becoming the full-time senior rabbi of the West London Synagogue,from which she retired in 2020. She became the chair of University College London Hospitals (UCLH) in 2019.
Elizabeth Deirdre Doocey,Baroness Doocey,is a British Liberal Democrat politician and businesswoman. A former chair of the London Assembly,she was created a life peer in 2010 and is now the inaugural chair of the House of Lords Finance Committee.
Edward Timothy Razzall,Lord Razzall,is a British Liberal Democrat politician and parliamentarian.
Jane Bonham Carter,Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury is a British Liberal Democrat politician,and member of the House of Lords.
Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel (LDFI) is an associated organisation whose stated objective is to 'maximise support for the State of Israel within the British Liberal Democrat Party',and to 'promote policies which lead to peace and security for Israel within a Middle East peace settlement'.
Claire Regina Fox,Baroness Fox of Buckley,is a British writer,journalist,lecturer and politician who sits in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated life peer. She is the director and founder of the think tank Institute of Ideas.
Rosalind Carol "Ros" Scott,Baroness Scott of Needham Market is a British Liberal Democrat politician,non-exec 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.
Veronica Linklater,Baroness Linklater of Butterstone was a British Liberal Democrat politician and member of the House of Lords. Her career indicates her interests in children's welfare,education and special needs,and prison reform.
The 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in two supplements to The London Gazette of 1 August 1997 and marked the May 1997 resignation of the Prime Minister,John Major.
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 2014 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2014 European Parliament election,held on Thursday 22 May 2014,coinciding with the 2014 local elections in England and Northern Ireland. In total,73 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation. England,Scotland and Wales use a closed-list party list system of PR,while Northern Ireland used the single transferable vote (STV).
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.
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 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.
