Sentences with phrase «former party president»

Former party president Jeff Calloway and St. Paul gas line operator Raymond Germain will run under their party banner.

And while detailed complaints were made to Nick Clegg's Chief of Staff Jonny Oates, former Party President Ros Scott, and former Chief Whip Paul Burstow, Nick Clegg claims to have known only «general concerns» about Lord Rennard's conduct.

He is the first to declare his bid in a race expected to be dominated by him and former party president Tim Farron, who has expressed anger that the election was fought «on the politics of fear».

The former party president used his Beveridge lecture to last year's Social Liberal Forum conference to argue that the «post 1979 consensus» had failed and that Britain needed «active, ambitious liberal government» to tackle poverty, climate change, and the housing crisis.

There is a choice between two experienced politicians; Tim Farron, former party president, and Norman Lamb, Nick Clegg's former parliamentary private secretary.

The Lib Dem leadership election is expected to be a head - to - head battle between Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and former party president, and Norman Lamb, MP for North Norfolk and a former care minister.

Charles Kennedy, a former party president, said Mr Ashdown had led with immense courage and distinction.

Eastleigh by - election Liberal Democrat candidate Mike Thornton tells the BBC's Norman Smith that despite the scandals surrounding former Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne and the former party president Lord Rennard, voters are more interested in local issues.

Speaking to TP in his constituency last month, the former party president went on to put the boot in to Labour with surprising vigour:

As well as chatting to voters and revealing his recipe for doorstep success, the former party president told us he had «no preference» between Labour and the Tories.

The leadership contest is shaping up to be a head - to - head battle between Farron, a former party president, and Lamb.

Farron, the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and former party president, said the Lib Dems» electoral fortunes had probably been decided by Christmas 2010 after the coalition government had been formed.

Farron, the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005 and a former party president, argues that this can be done by championing issues that the Tories and Labour will not touch.

The former party president was the ideologically acceptable candidate because his position outside the coalition government left him free to act as the tribune of the Liberal Democrat grassroots.

Farron, a former party president and key figurehead on the left of the Lib Dems, is the frontrunner to take the top job because of his popularity with grassroots activists.

A former party president and key figure on the left of the party, Farron is thought to be the frontrunner owing to his popularity with grassroots activists.

Neither Mr Farron, a former party president, nor Mr Lamb, a former health minister, have declared themselves as candidates.