Davey and Moran on electoral reform: Lib Dem leadership contest
Both Ed Davey and Layla Moran have written for the Electoral Reform Society on the importance of electoral reform. … Read the full post »
Layla Moran
Layla Moran was elected as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon at the 2017 general election, taking the seat off the Conservatives.
She had also contested the seat in 2015, after having previously stood in Battersea and for the London Assembly.
A former maths and physics teacher, she was the first Liberal Democrat from an ethnic minority background to be elected at a general election. (Her mother is Palestinian.)
She has been the party’s education spokesperson and was briefly arrested by the police in 2013, as she explained in a public statement in 2019.
She ran for party leader in 2020.
You can find contact details for Layla Moran here.
Lib Dem leadership ballot papers: key information for party members
Ballot papers have been sent to all Lib Dem party members. Here are details on how to get a replacement if yours didn’t arrive. … Read the full post »
Ed Davey vs Layla Moran: the LBC debate with Iain Dale
Earlier today, Iain Dale hosted a head-to-head debate for LBC radio between Ed Davey and Layla Moran, safely socially distanced but in the same studio. … Read the full post »
An excellent quick-fire Q+A with Ed Davey and Layla Moran
This moring’s Politico London Playbook email contains a very useful quick-fire Q&A with the candidates to be the next leader of the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Three tips for the Liberal Democrat leadership election hustings
With the despatch of ballot papers in the Liberal Democrat leadership election nearing, here are my three top tips for… … Read the full post »
Learning something new about Layla Moran and Ed Davey: the Matt Forde interviews
Back in May, I was tagged in a request about the Liberal Democrat leadership contest… … Read the full post »
Ed Davey versus Layla Moran: The Times Radio debate
Listen to Matt Chorley’s show on Times Radio as Ed Davey and Layla Moran go head-to-head to debate the Liberal Democrat party leadership. … Read the full post »
Watch Ed Davey and Layla Moran put through their paces by recruitment experts
Continuing the pattern of trying out different hustings formats this time around, the Liberal Democrat leadership election has featured a ‘job interview’ format. … Read the full post »
Catch up on the jobs and economy hustings with Ed Davey and Layla Moran
Last night saw the first of the specially themed Liberal Democrat party leadership hustings with Layla Moran and Ed Davey. Last night saw the first of the specially themed Liberal Democrat party leadership hustings with Layla Moran and Ed Davey. … Read the full post »
Good questions and bad answers: how to choose the next Lib Dem leader (LDN #139)
What are the best questions to ask at a party leadership hustings? And what answers should get the alarm bells ringing? Read Liberal Democrat Newswire #139 to find out. … Read the full post »