A new Leader for the Liberal Democrats
16 Feb 2006
The new leader of the national Liberal Democrat party is currently being chosen by the party's thousands of ordinary members, on the basis of "one member - one vote" using the democratic Single Transferable Vote system by ranking the three candidates in order of preference. The deadline for ballot papers is 1st March and the name of the new Leader will be announced on 2nd March in time for the party's Spring Conference at Harrogate, starting on 3rd March.
The three contenders are (from left to right on the picture):
See the Related Links below to visit their campaign websites.
Between them, members of the local Liberal Democrat party in Epsom & Ewell are supporting all three candidates - so no preference will be expressed on this website!