 | Election for new Vice President underway | Nominations closed last week for the Vice President responsible for working with ethnic minority communities election and six candidates have made it onto the ballot and are competing for your vote.
Click the link below to see the hustings, or scroll down to hear from each of the candidates. | | | |
Meet the candidates |  | Rabi Martins
I want to be Vice President to tackle the BME Deficit within the Party. This is something I have been striving to achieve ever since I chaired the first Race Equality Working Group in 2001. As Vice President I will take action to empower and support BME members.
Read more here ➜ | | |
 | Amna Ahmad
As a party committed to equality, it is vital that we apply our values and make real change now. I will provide the positive vision and leadership we need to make that happen. Please support me with your first choice vote.
Read more here ➜ | | |
 | Roderick Lynch
I am standing for vice-President because Change Can’t Wait and the party needs a candidate with a track record that demonstrates they have made change happen. The party must recognise that if we don’t attract ethnic minority support we cannot win through.
Read more here ➜ | | |
 | Tahir Maher
Ethnic minority (EM) population is sizable in parts of the UK. A party that supports communities, we should serve them better. This party hasn’t developed and supported many EM’s members to maximise their potential. I have the experience to work with others to help correct this.
Read more here ➜ | | |
 | Marisha Ray
Marisha Ray will work tirelessly to create a diverse party by tackling the racism, which too many experience, in a liberal proportionate way through culture change; she has a record of success in remunerated roles; Marisha inspires.
Read more here ➜ | | |
 | Julliet Makhapila
VOTE FOR HOPE , ACTION AND TRANSFORMATION
Julliet Makhapila, Vice President for Liberal Democrats
You vote matters and is a Vote for Hope, Action and Transformation.
Read more here ➜ | | |
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Governance Consultation. How we organise our Party is fundamental to how successful we are at delivering our liberal vision of Britain. Help us get it right, take part in our Governance Consultation.
The 2019 General Election Review (the Thornhill Review) set out how we must change in order to succeed at future elections. Since its publication, in many areas we have made strides, but there is still much to do, particularly to address the criticism the review made about the role and size of the Federal Board.
The Board is therefore currently running a consultation on its own future. Based on your feedback, the Board intends to bring at least one option for reform to the 2022 Spring Federal Conference.
Please do take the time to have your voice heard, to find out more and respond to our survey here. The deadline for submissions is December 8th. Learn more and take part here ➜ Disciplinary Consultation. We currently have various statements governing how we expect our members to behave - towards each other, online, towards members of the public and in public facing roles.
We are looking to bring these together into a cohesive set of documents that talk not just about the things we shouldn’t do, but also about how we can behave positively towards each other to create a better experience for every member.
We’ve created a short survey with plenty of room for you have your say, and we’ll be holding a consultation event with Mary Regnier-Wilson, the chair of FPDC, and Candy Piercy who heads up the Disciplinary Sub Group of the Federal Board. Do join us on December 2nd at 1800. | |
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