Nominations close in the 2022 Internal Elections
Nominations have now closed for the positions up for election by members in the 2022 round of internal elections.
The following candidates have been nominated and will appear on the ballot:
President (3 candidates, 1 position)
- Lucy Nethsingha
- Mark Pack
- Liz Webster
Vice-President (1 candidate, 1 position)
- Amna Ahmad
Member of Federal Board (15 candidates, 3 positions)
- Ade Adeyemo
- Helen Belcher
- Lisa-Maria Bornemann
- Alison Eden
- Neil Fawcett
- Caroline Macdonald
- Andrew MacGregor
- Katharine Macy
- Lucy Nethsingha
- Joyce Onstad
- Candy Piercy
- April Preston
- Callum Robertson
- John Shreeve
Member of Federal Council (59 candidates, 21 positions)*
- Rachel Barker
- David John Barnsdale
- Sam Bennett
- Heather Binning
- Lisa-Maria Bornemann
- Tim Brett
- Andrew Brown
- Sarah Cheung Johnson
- Olly Craven
- Clare Delderfield
- Alison Eden
- Martin Eggleston
- Rebecca Forrest
- Ian Franks
- Richard Gadsden
- Anton Georgiou
- Stewart Golton
- Fraser Graham
- James Gurling
- Charley Hasted
- Kian Hearnshaw
- Zoe Hollowood
- Chloe Hutchinson
- Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett
- Alison Jenner
- Mark Johnston
- Daniel Jones
- Rebecca Jones
- Theodore Jupp
- Alexandrine Kantor
- Alasdair Keay
- Toby Keynes
- Russell Kirk
- Sarah Lewis
- Gareth Lewis Shelton
- Gordon Lishman
- Claire Loneragan
- Caroline Macdonald
- Archie McCann
- Simon McGrath
- Chris Nelson
- Lucy Nethsingha
- Chris Northwood
- Ross Pepper
- Hannah Perkin
- Candy Piercy
- Sally Povolotsky
- Callum Robertson
- Stephen Robinson
- Edward Sainsbury
- Nigel Scott
- Terry Stacy
- Aleisha Stansfield
- Joseph Toovey
- Mark Valladares
- Aidan Van De Weyer
- Richard Avinesh Wagenländer
- Alex Warren
- Christine Whelan
- Gary Wilson
Member of Federal Council (Scotland) (3 candidates, 3 positions)
- Stephen Harte
- Caroline (Cass) Macdonald
- Paul McGarry
Member of Federal Policy Committee (35 candidates, 15 positions)*
- Julie Adnams Hatch
- Philip Alexander
- James Baillie
- David John Barnsdale
- James Bliss
- Duncan Brack
- Belinda Brooks-Gordon
- Sally Burnell
- Christine Cheng
- Richard Cole
- Tara Copeland
- Helen Cross
- Jamie Dalzell
- William De Peyer
- Richard Gadsden
- Alyssa Gilbert
- Jeremy Hargreaves
- Rob Harrison
- Martin Horwood
- Elizabeth Jewkes
- Mark Johnston
- Oliver Jones-Lyons
- Susan Juned
- Mohsin Khan
- Michael Kilpatrick
- Frances Kneller
- Kevin Langford
- Janey Little
- Steve Mason
- Keith Melton
- Lucy Nethsingha
- Tom Parkin
- Ben Rich
- Luke Richards
- Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey
- John Shreeve
Member of Federal Conference Committee (33 candidates for 12 positions)*
- Christopher Adams
- Julie Adnams Hatch
- Vinous Ali
- Jon Ball
- Samuel Barratt
- Olly Craven
- Nicholas Da Costa
- Fraser Graham
- John Grout
- Charley Hasted
- Andrew Houseley
- Cara Jenkinson
- Alison Jenner
- Mark Johnston
- Eleanor Kelly
- Toby Keynes
- Russell Kirk
- Hannah Kitching
- Margaret Lishman
- Rachel-Lee Mackenzie
- Sean Macleod
- Chris Maines
- Paul McGarry
- Simon McGrath
- Keith Melton
- Shaffaq Mohammed
- Lucas North
- Jennie Rigg
- Bex Scott
- Rachelle Shepherd-Dubey
- Darryl Smalley
- Joseph Toovey
- Alex Wagner
- Vita Zaporozcenko
Member of Federal International Relations Committee (12 candidates, 6 positions)
- Hannah Bettsworth
- David Chalmers
- George Cunningham
- Peter Douglas Banks
- Audrey Eager
- Doreen Huddart
- Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett
- Mark Johnston
- Alisdair McGregor
- Larry Ngan
- Joyce Onstad
- Iain Smith
Member of ALDE Delegation (19 candidates, 10 positions)**
- Ulysse Abbate
- Jacqueline Bell
- Phillip Bennion
- Hannah Bettsworth
- David Chalmers
- George Cunningham
- Peter Douglas Banks
- Merlene Emerson
- Doreen Huddart
- Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett
- Mark Johnston
- Gordon Lishman
- Alisdair McGregor
- Richard Morris
- Peter Price
- Eleanor Rylance
- Iain Smith
- Mark Valladares
- Richard Avinesh Wagenländer
- Vita Zaporozcenko
Ballots will be dispatched on Tuesday 25th October, starting from 1 pm. In advance of that, the Returning Officer will also make available candidates' answers to the questions posed to them, as well as attendance statistics for candidates who are standing for re-election.
*These roles elect more than 10 members, so the diversity rules set out in article 2.6 of the constitution. For all other committee roles, article 2.5 applies. Those articles are reproduced below and can also be found here.
2.5 Whenever this Constitution provides for the election by party members to a Federal Committee, not less than 40% or, if 40% is not a whole number, the whole number nearest to but not exceeding 40% of those elected shall self-identify as men or non-binary people, and self-identify as women or non-binary people respectively.
2.6 Whenever this Constitution provides for the election by party members of ten or more persons to any Federal Committee or other Federal body:
A. not less than 10% or, if 10% is not a whole number, the whole number nearest to but not exceeding 10% shall be from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds;
B. (not less than 10% or, if 10% is not a whole number, the whole number nearest to but not exceeding 10% shall be disabled people; and
C. not less than 10% or, if 10% is not a whole number, the whole number nearest to but not exceeding 10% shall be people from under-represented sexual orientations and gender identities, including trans and non-binary identities.
** For Elections to the ALDE Delegation Articles 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 of the Federal Constitution do not apply, per article 55 of the Election Rules. Instead one place is reserved for a member from each state party and one person under 26. The article is reproduced below and can also be found here.
55. Following the resolution of the federal conference, the regulations set out in paragraphs 2–25 and 45–53 shall apply to elections for the Liberal Democrat members of the Council of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) with the following exceptions:
The requirements for the elections of the minimum proportions of candidates with protected characteristics in Articles 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 of the constitution are replaced by the requirement that those elected shall include a minimum of one person from each state party and one person under the age of 26 at the time of the election.