Surplus up, membership up: Lib Dem figures for 2013
Three interesting and promising figures from committee reports to the forthcoming Liberal Democrat spring conference:
- Overall Lib Dem party membership rose by 950 in the 2013 calendar year, ending the year on 43,451 (see the historic trend in Lib Dem membership here).
- The federal party budget was for a £2,000 surplus in 2013. It has come out at £480,000.
- 38% of Westminster Parliamentary candidates selected in strategic (i.e. target) seats, excluding held seats, are female, compared to 27% of approved candidates overall being female. (Plus the situation in held seats where MPs are retiring is rather promising.)
wallaceme grantshapps Slightly optimistic there, Mark?
tmshUK grantshapps Team 2015 is doing good stuff – the aim is clearly to reverse the decline of recent years
wallaceme grantshapps Understood, and a decent aim. But early days yet, surely? Would anticipate the decrease to continue for a while
wallaceme grantshapps Plus Team 2015 doesn’t require membership, I believe?
tmshUK grantshapps it doesn’t require payment – as I’ve long argued, you shouldn’t have to pay to join our party…
wallaceme grantshapps Good idea. Does it bring all benefits though, e.g. candidate selection, electing a leader?
How does membership figure and trendcompare with earlier years and other parties?