Candidates, Campaign Managers and Election Officers for the Surrey County Council elections 2025 are warmly invited to this event. 

Taking place at Woking's new Hilton Hotel, boasting a skybar with incredible views of Surrey. 

Agenda is as follows

Arrive 1.00 for 1.30 start

1.30 - SCC2025 Opening remarks - Paul Follows (Leader of Lib Dem Group at SCC)

1.40 - Strategy and Target Seats

2.00 - SCC2025 Key Themes and Message Grid

2.30 - Q&A on Strategy, Key Themes and Message Grid

3.00 - Coffee and networking Break

3.30 - SCC2025 Campaign Operations led by ALDC and Lib Dem HQ - Leaflets, Canvassing, Social Media, PR, Kick Off Event Jan 2025

4.30 - Q&A with Will Forster MP (previous Leader of Lib Dem Group at SCC)

5.00 - Closing remarks  Paul Follows (Current Leader of Lib Dem Group at SSC)

We would also love you to stay on for our annual dinner at the same venue. We will be joined by guest speaker, Vince Cable. This will be a fabulous evening and a great opportunity to network with fellow prospective County Council colleagues before you all get elected! 

Here's a link to book! 

https://events.libdems.org.uk/events/67158/woking-lib-dem-annual-dinner

You are invited to attend our event of the year at the brand new Hilton Hotel in Woking! 

Your ticket includes a welcome drink and canapes on arrival, followed by a 2 course sit-down meal. 

We are pleased to announce that Vince Cable will be attending and speaking at the event.

Non-members are also welcome to attend this dinner. 

We hope to see you there! 

All Woking Lib Dem members are welcome to attend the AGM. 

This is an important milestone in our yearly calendar, as we elect our representatives for the executive and hear from our chair, council leader and now, our MP too!

This year please eat before you come but save some space for dessert as we are planning a pudding-themed fundraiser - bring a donation of delicious dessert or money to buy one! Take away desserts will be on offer, if there are any left. 

Need to discuss a Compliance or Data Protection matter in depth? 

Email the Compliance Team via compliance@libdems.org.uk with an outline of your query - we’ll pair you with one of our specialists for a 15-minute online / phone appointment.

Thank you for registering for the Welsh Liberal Democrats Autumn Conference 2024.

Registration is open to members of the Liberal Democrats.

Party members who are under 18, full-time students or on benefits are eligible for a discounted concession rate. Please scroll for the appropriate category of registration for you.

Please note that registrations are non-refundable. We do however allow member registrations to be transferred to another member. Please email conference@libdems.wales to request a transfer.

Members of the general public and those representing organisations can register here.

The Conference Dinner will be taking place on the evening of Saturday 16th November. Tickets for the dinner are available at the very bottom.

If you are representing the press or media, or are a member of party, Senedd or Westminster staff please contact conference@libdems.wales for registration details.

To welcome everyone to the contituency and to say a big thank you for helping elect David Chadwick the Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe local party are hosting a tapas evening ahead of the Welsh Autumn Conference.

It will be a chance for everyone who met during the campaign to see each other again and to find out what David has been up to since the election.

Everyone attending the Conference is welcome to join in.

If you feel you can contribute to the cost of a leaflet it will mean that more people hear the Lib Dem message in Glasgow. Please use the options to choose how many leaflets you would like to buy

Meet Targeted Email - the party's bulk email tool, in Connect. Learn how to send your first targeted email and all the tips and tricks you need to run great email marketing campaigns.

Be a part of the action and help shape the future of Grove Green by joining us for a power hour of canvassing and campaigning. Meeting on the corner of Norlington Road and Hainault Road. Contact is Arran Angus on 07805 331865.

The annual AGM of the local party will take place on Thursday 21st November at 7pm.

The venue will be the same as in the previous two years - the Sutton Salvation Army Church & Community Centre, Benhill Avenue, Sutton, SM1 4DD. 

All members are invited and there will be reports from the local Party Officers, as well as elections, if necessary, for the various posts on the Management Committee.

Reports can be found here.

Liberal Democrat members and supporters are invited to an information event on the trans experience. Speakers will:

• give an account of their lived experience of being trans
• cover issues of trans people in sport
• and share about being the parent of a trans child.

There will be opportunity for questions and discussion and light refreshments will be served.

On-street parking is available in front of the venue, and a pay-and-display car park is nearby. For further details, contact Martyn Cooper, Diversity Champion (Southampton Liberal Democrats)

A collection will be taken at the event for those who would like to contribute to costs, or you can add an optional donation when you book your ticket.

N.B. We are trying to ensure a safe environment for speakers and delegates alike, please do not redistribute this advert without prior consent.

Bury Liberal Democrats AGM 2024

Join us for our annual general meeting and an insider briefing from HQ Campaigns Department expert Michael Anderson on how the party won 72 MPs at the last general election.

Come and join us for our AGM! Sarah Green MP will be there to speak to us

Members are invited to the Test Valley Lib Dems Annual General Meeting.  Including election of our Executive members for 2025.

We also have a guest speaker, the newly elected MP for Winchester, Danny Chambers.

Refreshments will be available along with a raffle.

Many a good campaign has started from residents' concerns on the doorsteps. In this session our campaigning experts will show you how to build a campaign from the smallest of starts.

The 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform (LDER) will be held on November 21 via Zoom, starting at 7:30pm.

This year’s General Election gave us the most distorted result in history. The Labour Party has formed a Government with 63% of parliamentary seats on only 34% of the popular vote. More than half of the votes cast in this election didn’t count at all and turnout was the second lowest in the post-war era. 

At the same time, we also have the most pro-PR Parliament in history, including 72 Liberal Democrat MPs.

Join us for our AGM to find out what we have been doing this year; and discuss the prospect for reform in this Parliament. 

Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join the meeting.

The relevant papers will all be available on our website by 14th November: https://www.lder.org/agm-2024 

All are welcome at our meeting, but only paid-up members of LDER will be eligible to vote.

You can join or rejoin LDER here: https://www.lder.org/join-us 

We look forward to sharing our work with you and to the next phase of the campaign.

We are delighted that, after AGM formalities, we will also host a panel discussion focused on the prospect of electoral reform in this parliament, featuring:

• Laura Parker from Labour for a New Democracy. Laura is at the forefront of the Labour campaign for electoral reform and was instrumental in achieving Labour’s landmark 2022 conference vote in favour of PR.
• Mark Kieran from Fair Vote UK. Fair Vote UK exists to hold power to account in the areas of democratic reform, campaigning transparency and digital regulation. They are acting as secretariat for the newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections.
• Sarah Lewis from the Executive Committee of Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform.

After a discussion, the panel will take your questions. 

Our Executive Committee

In accordance with our constitution, all executive positions are up for re-election. If you wish to stand for the executive or want to find out more about the roles, please email us at info@lder.org.

Join our campaign

If you want to help us campaign, we would love to hear from you. There are many ways to be involved. Write to info@lder.org and we can discuss opportunities with you. 

THE AGENDA

The agenda is here. In summary:

• The meeting will receive reports from the Chair, the Treasurer, our three constituencies of Battersea, Putney and Tooting, and our candidate for the 2024 London Assembly election.  
• The financial information for Agenda item 3 – the Treasurer’s report – will be posted a few days before the AGM takes place.
• We will hold a consultation on voting procedure for contested places on the Executive
• The returning officer will supervise the elections, subject to the need for a ballot of all our members if a position or positions on the 2025 Executive is contested.
• To close, Lib Dem MP Olly Glover will address the meeting, with an opportunity for questions

All Members are cordially invited and encouraged to come. This is your opportunity to learn what is going on in the local party, to hear about a national Lib Dem perspective, to ask questions and to hold the Executive to account.

THE ELECTION OF THE 2025 EXECUTIVE

The Executive encourages nominations for membership of the new Executive in 2025. We would like the Executive to be as representative as possible of the local community we serve. For more information about standing for the Executive contact the Returning Officer Matthew Bryant at 49 Goodman Crescent, SW2 4NR or email matthew.bryant05@btinternet.com.  Nomination forms can be obtained from Matthew or by downloading a copy. Nominations will close at the AGM, shortly before the election procedure under agenda item 7. 

Applications from women and from minorities who might be underrepresented are particularly welcome. If more than one applicant applies for a particular position, the applicants will be given an opportunity for all but one to withdraw, before the contest proceeds to a vote of all the membership. You can read the rules for the conduct of any competitive elections, also available as a Word documenthere.

Let’s be honest, annual general meetings aren’t usually very exciting, but this one will be different! The business of the night will be stream-lined, with relevant information and figures being circulated beforehand. This will allow time for everybody to have a chat and, if they wish, a fish and chip supper. Please BYO liquid accompaniment.

Highlight of the night will be hearing from Helen about her first weeks in the Chamber of Horrors – sorry the House of Commons! We’ll also take the opportunity to hear experiences of this autumn’s Brighton Lib Dem conference, and to gain insights from former MP for Carshalton Tom Brake, now our President.

Attendance at the AGM, tea and coffee will of course be free of charge, but if you’d like the fish or chicken and chips, (freshly cooked by the chip shop across the road) please buy a £20 TICKET HERE. There will also be a small dessert.

If you’re NOT ordering supper, but WILL BE attending the AGM, please indicate your attendance by ORDERING A FREE TICKET

Come and join us for a post-AGM social event

Join us for our first Open House Friday in the new Sutton Liberal Democrats office in Sutton and Cheam!

- Drop in and pick up a delivery round whenever you are free from 9:30am-5pm

- Join our Council Leaders and Sam Cumber for Sutton North canvassing from 2pm (meeting point TBC)

- Phone-banking and clerical volunteers also needed! Drop in any time 9:30am-5pm!

Join us for our AGM and annual dinner on the 22nd November at Taunton Rugby Club. 

The AGM will be at 5pm, followed by the annual dinner at 7pm. 

There will be a delicious buffet from the carvery followed by a selection of desserts, tea and coffee.  Guest speaker Lord Robin Teverson will be joined by Gideon Amos MP before we hold our very popular auction, champagne draw and raffle. 

Join the Reading Lib Dems and a few party VIPs for our annual general meeting and the election of our local party officers for 2025.  Tea and coffee (and perhaps cake and wine) will be provided.

Calling notice to follow.  All members welcome, but only Reading members will be entitled to vote in the elections.