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Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats, colloquially known as the Lib Dems, is one of the List of political parties in the United Kingdom, major political parties in the United Kingdom. Ideologically adhering to liberalism, it was founded in 1988. The party is based at Liberal Democrat Headquarters (UK), Liberal Democrat Headquarters, in the Westminster area of Central London, and the leader is Ed Davey. It is the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom, party in the United Kingdom, with 72 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. It has members of the House of Lords, 5 in the Scottish Parliament, 1 in the Welsh Senedd, and more than 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice yearly Liberal Democrat Conference, at which policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents, the Lib Dems Liberal Democrat Conference#All-member Conference voting system, grant all members attending Conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Board (Liberal Democrats)
The Federal Board is the governing body of the Liberal Democrats. It is chaired by the party president, currently Mark Pack, and includes members of the party-at-large elected every three years in an all-member ballot, as well as representatives from the state parties, MPs, peers, MEPs, and councillors. Until 2017 it was known as the Federal Executive. From November 2022, it was re-constituted, with a Federal Council added to provide scrutiny to a smaller sized board. History In November 2015, the election of Lord Rennard by members of the House of Lords as the Peer Representative to the committee caused a "backlash" from party members, due to public accusations of sexual harassment that had been made against the peer. The complaints triggered a petition calling for a special conference to debate the issue, and resulted in Rennard stepping down from the body shortly afterwards. In November 2016, reforms were passed that resulted in the Federal Executive being replaced by the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
