Sentences with phrase «liberal democrat member»

Ms Williams became the only Liberal Democrat member of Mr Jones's Labour cabinet after May's assembly election.

Jeremy Browne was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane from 2005 to 2015.

The former Liberal Democrat member will continue to stand as an independent on the city and county council.

He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam from the general election of Thursday 1 May 1997 until the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April 2005.

Being a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords does not preclude you from donating money to Labour Party parliamentary candidates.

Sir Steven John Webb (born 18 July 1965) is a British pensions commentator who was previously Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Northavon, 1997 — 2010 and for Thornbury and Yate, 2010 — 2015.

Following the publication of the Public Accounts Committee's report on the subsidised air service between Cardiff and Anglesey, Aled Roberts, Welsh Liberal Democrat member of the Public Accounts committee and Assembly Member for North Wales, said:

Baroness Miller, a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, has been campaigning against the law since it was first announced.

Stephen Lloyd is the former Liberal Democrat member of parliament for Eastbourne and the founder chair (2012 - 15) of the all - party parliamentary group on religious education.

Carlile was created a life peer in 1999, as Baron Carlile of Berriew, of Berriew in the County of Powys, having previously been a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire from 1983 to 1997; he had stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal for East Flintshire in February and October 1974.

And I am not happy at all, to put it mildly, that a local party, and I don't care who's in it, or where they are, if you are confronted with those kind of allegations about a Liberal Democrat member, you tell somebody else so that action can be taken.

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His was a liberal - minded approach — Nick Clegg joked that he counted Clarke as the sixth Liberal Democrat member of the cabinet — and it collided with a Cameron regime at Downing Street that was «blisteringly rightwing on law and order».

Ask any Liberal Democrat member, activist, parliamentarian or party worker this question, and you're likely to get a very resounding response that party conference does indeed matter.

Most Liberal Democrat members are decidedly to the left of Clegg and the «Orange Book» free market liberals in the party, so the shift in rhetoric could be an effort to placate the party as it contemplates its declining poll ratings.

But I have seen similar views expressed by Liberal Democrat members who align themselves with Mr Clegg's agenda.

Almost one month ago, Liberal Democrat members voted overwhelmingly at party Conference against Part II of the Justice and Security Bill.

«I think this is a reasonable, a sensible way forward - the Welsh government, and now the Welsh Assembly including Labour and Liberal Democrat members of the Welsh Assembly, agree with that.

It is understood senior Liberal Democrat members of the Coalition demanded the concessions to avoid the possibility of protests next April, which could have fuelled a damaging political row just before the May local elections.

Four Liberal Democrat members have made complaints at various stages about the behaviour of Lord Rennard.

Jane Dodds has been elected by Welsh Liberal Democrat Members as the party's new Leader, beating Ceredigion candidate Liz Evans in a keenly - fought contest.

I think a minority government is most likely - with co-operation on issues like civil liberties, the environment and localism — but touring TV studios both John Major and William Hague said that David Cameron would accept Liberal Democrat members of the Cabinet.

But their sense of betrayal pales in comparison to how many Liberal Democrat members feel about how our party has behaved in government.

Welsh Liberal Democrat members have chosen the party's lead candidates for the North Wales Assembly regional list election.

Mr Cleg's comments will be seen as a rehearsal for a closed meeting of Liberal Democrat members tomorrow, in which they will vote on whether or not to accept the deal.

Liberal Democrat members and MPs are now looking ahead to the party's autumn conference next month, in which Nick Clegg will defend his decision to join a coalition with the Conservatives.

Liberal Democrat members have overwhelmingly endorsed the party's plan to offer the British people a referendum on the final Brexit deal negotiated by the Government.

All North East Liberal Democrat members are very welcome to join us to discuss how we can create an SLF Branch in the North East which will champion the social liberal values we hold dear.

Liberal Democrat members of Parliament also elect a Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons, often colloquially referred to as the Deputy Leader.

Nothing delights Liberal Democrat members more than the sight of Lord Ashdown striding purposely through the melee of their party conference.

On Saturday, at the party's Autumn Conference, Welsh Liberal Democrat members voted to support a solution to develop the A48 Southern Distributor Road to move local traffic off the M4 and reduce congestion, and ruled out supporting a  # 1 billion relief road south of Newport.

On a left right scale 65 % of Liberal Democrat members identify themselves as being left - of - centre, with an average score on a scale of -100 (very left wing) to +100 (very right wing) of -32.

William Powell AM has been chosen by Welsh Liberal Democrat members to lead the party's Mid and West Wales regional list for the Assembly elections.

Former languages teacher Janet Ellard has been unanimously selected by local Welsh Liberal Democrat members as their candidate in the upcoming Ogmore Parliamentary by - election.

Eluned Parrott AM has been chosen by Welsh Liberal Democrat members to lead the party's South Wales Central regional list for the Assembly elections.

«I've been fortunate to receive the support of friends, family and fellow Welsh Liberal Democrat members across the country in the last week.

Welsh Liberal Democrat members are proud to have been part of this campaign and to see such hard work pay off.

So, are Liberal Democrat members of the Coalition failing to uphold their new emphasis on sticking to the Coalition Agreement?

In four years» time, then, if not earlier, Liberal Democrat members of the Downing Street policy unit will have little motivation to work on new Government policies - since they can't be implemented within the remaining twelve months.

Not exact matches

The current body is made up of 12 Labour members, nine Conservative, two Green party, and two Liberal Democrats.

They might then next want to turn their research to federal Liberal and New Democrat Members of Parliament — because the evidence of their political death wish is now well documented.

The Liberal government, under pressure from the Wet» suwet» en Nation, New Democrats and the general public, passed a regulation on Tuesday, however Donaldson said a regulation can be reversed by a signature from a Liberal cabinet member at any time.

It is personified by Dr Evan Harris, the Liberal Democrat MP who lost his Oxford seat at the last election substantially because local church members drew voters» attention to Dr Harris» ulterior motives on a variety of issues from abortion to euthanasia.

With a week to go to voting, we have been sent the response from the Liberal Democrats after Baby Milk Action member, Melissa Wadams, contacted them.

Three of the most senior members of the Liberal Democrats have demanded that Rupert Murdoch end his BSkyB bid.

Liberal Democrat Adrian Sanders, a member of the Commons» culture, media and sport committee whose members were allegedly followed around for three days, said MPs should be «proud» for their refusal to be cowed.

A policy modelled on the Portuguese example was adopted by the Liberal Democrats in their policy paper following debates with party members.

Would - be health secretaries, Labour's Andy Burnham, Conservative Andrew Lansley and Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb answered questions from nurses, doctors, NHS workers, health experts, and members of the public.

Of the 789 members, 229 are Conservative, 212 are Labour, 100 are Liberal Democrat and 16 are from other parties.

Former Liberal Democrat leader and member of the Commons foreign affairs committee Sir Menzies Campbell called for Israel's ambassador to be summoned to the Foreign Office to answer any allegations.