Liberal Democrat Newswire #78: watch Tim Farron live on Sunday
Liberal Democrat Newswire #78 came out earlier this evening, with latest news about the Liberal Democrat conference in York. … Read the full post »
All-women shortlists
Read about the debates over all-women shortlists (AWS) in the Liberal Democrats and the evidence regarding the impact of introducing all-women shortlists.
What Lib Dem MPs are saying to the party conference in York
Here’s the leaflet being handed out at Lib Dem conference, quoting seven of the party’s MPs. … Read the full post »
Jo Swinson – why I now back all-women shortlists
Over on Lib Dem Voice, Jo Swinson – who was one of the leading opponents of all-women shortlists the last time the Lib Dems debated the issue at conference – has written a powerful piece about why she now supports them. … Read the full post »
Scottish Lib Dems vote through major candidate diversity package, including all-women shortlists
Earlier today at the Scottish Liberal Democrats conference the full package of measures proposed by Willie Rennie and colleagues to improve the diversity of the party’s Parliamentarians, including all-women shortlists, was voted through. … Read the full post »
What the law does, and doesn’t, allow the Lib Dems to do for candidate selection
The Lib Dem conference in York will debate how to improve the diversity of the party’s MPs. Here are the details of what the law does, and doesn’t, allow. … Read the full post »
The biggest failure of Paddy Ashdown’s political career was…
Back at the Autumn 2011 Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham, former party leader Paddy Ashdown talked about the biggest failure of his political career. … Read the full post »
What do the academics say? The impact of all-women shortlists on the quality of candidates
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today the impact of all-women shortlist on the quality of candidates and MPs. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #76: a new strategy for the Lib Dems
Liberal Democrat Newswire #76 came out last week, including the latest evidence on what really works in political campaigning. … Read the full post »
What do 84% of Liberal Democrat MPs have in common?
There have been 111 Liberal Democrat MPs in total since the party was founded in the late 1980s. 93 have something in common. … Read the full post »
Details of Lib Dem all-women shortlists plans released, and they’re not just about women
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has drawn up a motion that will be taken to the party’s spring conference in York next month designed to broaden its representation in Parliament. … Read the full post »