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[UPDATE: Vince Cable has published reply to this letter on his Facebook page and it can be read here: https://www.facebook.com/VinceCableForTwickenham/posts/1504936662905087]

On the 4th January this year you wrote an opinion piece for the New Statesman under the title “Why it’s time to end EU free movement”.

In it you made remarks which included “I have serious doubts that EU free movement is tenable or even desirable” and “There is no great argument of liberal principle for free EU movement”.

You also stated that “the government must prioritise single market access and shared regulation. Yet that may not be possible to reconcile with restrictions on movement. The second-best option is customs union status”.

At present you are the only individual who has announced their candidacy to be the next leader of the Liberal Democrats. As such we would like to ask you the following questions:

1. Do you agree with the statement in the Preamble to the Liberal Democrat constitution that “Our responsibility for justice and liberty cannot be confined by national boundaries; we are committed to […] promote the free movement of ideas, people, goods and services”?

2. Do you want the UK to only have single market “access” in the event of Brexit – as the Conservatives and Labour are advocating – or do you want full British membership of the single market?

3. Do you still think that customs union status with the EU would be an acceptable trade-off for the UK in exchange for greater restrictions on immigration than EU membership currently allows?

4. If you are elected party leader, will you respect and champion our existing party policy to protect freedom of movement with the EU as a positive in its own right in addition to it being an essential requirement for UK membership of the European single market?

5. Do you agree that our national interest is best served by full UK membership of the EU and will you commit to ensuring that that belief remains integral to Liberal Democrat party policy?

We hope you will give swift and comprehensive answers to these questions and we are inviting our fellow party members to join us in signing the letter to emphasise the strength of feeling that these questions need and deserve to be answered.

Yours sincerely,

George Potter, Guildford Liberal Democrats, Radical Association Executive Member

Alisdair Calder McGregor, Calderdale Liberal Democrats, FPC Member, Secretary of Yorkshire & Humber Region, Policy Officer of Calderdale Local Party, Parliamentary Candidate for Leeds West

Cllr Zoe O’Connell, Cambridge Liberal Democrats, Vice-Chair of Federal Conference Committee, Cambridge City Council Deputy Group Leader, Parliamentary Candidate for Maldon

Jennie Rigg, Calderdale Liberal Democrats, Acting Chair LGBT+LDs, FCC member

James Baillie, South West Norfolk Liberal Democrats, Radical Association Chair

April Preston, Manchester Withington Liberal Democrats, Radical Association Director, Hon. Vice-President Young Liberals, Local Branch Secretary

Richard Gadsden, Manchester Gorton, Central and Blackley Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate 2017, 2015, 2010

Alicia Butteriss, Harborough Liberal Democrats

Andrew Hickey, Manchester Gorton, Central, Blackley Liberal Democrats

Sarah Brown, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Evan Mortimer, Harrogate and Knaresborough Liberal Democrats

Andrew Hinton, Wandsworth Liberal Democrats, Local Party Data Officer

Sarah Brown, Manchester Central, Gorton and Blackley Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Stockton North, Local Party Membership Development Officer

Ryan Mercer, Wandsworth Borough Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Putney

Richard Flowers, Cheadle Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Macclesfield, Treasurer of LGBT+ Lib Dems

Adam Bernard, Harrow Liberal Democrats, Treasurer of Liberal Democrat Immigrants, Parliamentary Candidate for Harrow East

Ross Pepper, Lincoln, Sleaford & North Hykeham Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Sleaford & North Hykeham

Paul Gray, Havant Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Havant

Cllr Jon Ball, Ealing Liberal Democrats, Lib Dem Whip, London Borough of Ealing; Parliamentary Candidate for Ealing Central & Acton

David Grace, Cambridge Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Clacton

Cllr James Wright, Norwich South Liberal Democrats, Norwich City Council Group Leader, Parliamentary Candidate for Norwich South

Cen Phillips, Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats, Local party chair, Parliamentary candidate for Aberavon

Helen Belcher, Chippenham Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Chippenham

Cllr Chris Carubia, Wirral South Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate and Local Party Chair

Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer, South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member, Parliamentary Candidate for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Leon Duveen, Bassetlaw & Sherwood Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair, Parliamentary Candidate for Bassetlaw

Geoffrey Seeff, Redbridge Liberal Democrats , Parliamentary Candidate for Harlow, Local Party Treasurer

Emily Tester, Bermondsey and Old Southwark Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown

Jonathan Fryer, Tower Hamlets Borough Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Dagenham and Rainham, London Liberal Democrats Brexit Spokesperson

Peter Reisdorf, Wirral West Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Wirral West

Paul Childs, Liverpool Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Wallasey

Greg Stone, Newcastle City Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for North Tyneside, Deputy Chair of NE Liberal Democrats

Lorraine Johnson, Derby City Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for South Derbyshire

Caroline Voaden, South Hams Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for South West Devon, Local Party Communications Officer

Matthew Hemsley, Cardiff and The Vale Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Cardiff North

Zoe Franklin, Guildford Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Guildford

Thomas Gravatt, Southampton Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Southampton Test

Tom Sebire, Liverpool Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Liverpool Riverside

Cllr Meri O’Connell, Greater Reading Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Reading West, Councillor

Cllr Allan Knox, Ribble Valley Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate, Council Group Leader

Jeanie Falconer, Herefordshire Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for North Herefordshire

Jon Hannah, Leeds East and North East Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate and Local Party Chair

James Flanagan, Canterbury and Coastal Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Canterbury

Carl Quilliam, Merton Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Wimbledon

Alex Cunliffe, Hillingdon Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Hillingdon

Alex Feakes, Lewisham Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Lewisham

Mark Argent, Cambridge Liberal Democrats , Parliamentary Candidate for Hertford and Stortford

Richard Robinson, East Hampshire Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for East Hampshire

Joel Peter Kemp, Bexhill & Battle Liberal Democrats, Parliamentary Candidate for Bexhill & Battle

Natasha Chapman, Lincoln, Sleaford and North Hykeham Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

Lisa-Maria Bornemann, Harrow Liberal Democrats, Chair of Liberal Democrat Immigrants

Bethany Frost, South Ribble and West Lancs Liberal Democrats, President of Lancaster University Liberal Democrats

Jake Short, Sutton Borough Liberal Democrats, President of Royal Holloway Liberal Democrats

Charis Croft, Harrow Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

Ross Stalker, Paisley & Renfrewshire Liberal Democrats, Local Party Convenor

Cllr Sara Bedford, Watford Liberal Democrats, Leader of Three Rivers District Council

Anthony (Tony) Vickers, Newbury and West Berkshire Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair, Vice Chair of ALTER

Cllr Will Purvis, Portsmouth Liberal Democrats, Portsmouth City Council Liberal Democrat Group Chair

Holly Matthies, Manchester Gorton, Central and Blackley Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member, LGBT+Lib Dems Executive Member, Secretary of Liberal Democrat Immigrants

Hermione Peace, Merton Borough Liberal Democrats, NPO for English Young Liberals

Joe Toovey, West Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats, Radical Association Executive Member

Mark Smith, Greenwich Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member

Sarah Ismail, Harrow Borough Liberal Democrats, Local Party Secretary

Connor Clarke, Plymouth Liberal Democrats, Local Party Student & Youth Officer

Penny Goodman, Leeds North West Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Committee Member

Dipa Vaya,Watford Liberal Democrats, Diversity Officer

Cllr Nick Barlow, Colchester Liberal Democrats

Jack Fleming, Coventry Liberal Democrats

Mike Pitt, South East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

Judith Knott, Eastern Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats

Alex Wilcock, Cheadle Liberal Democrats

Sylvia Knight, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Catherine Pitt, SE Cambs Liberal Democrats

Anke Tymens, York Liberal Democrats

Eve Friday, Withington Liberal Democrats

Andrew Seaman, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Luke Graham, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Liberal Democrats

Cameron Clark, Gainsborough Liberal Democrats

Jake Broad, Broxtowe Liberal Democrats

Thomas Yasin, Harrow Liberal Democrats

Andrew McGuinness, Manchester Withington Liberal Democrats

Philip Dixon, Newport and Severnside Liberal Democrats

Charlotte Gore, Calderdale Liberal Democrats

Jennifer Liddle, East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

Debi Linton, Beaconsfield Liberal Democrats

Andreas Beck, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

David Matthewman, Leyton and Chingford Liberal Democrats

Tony Kennick, Sheffield Liberal Democrats

George Luxton

Jack Clark

Paul Smith

Emily Wright, Manchester Withington Liberal Democrats

Claire Pitt, Selly Oak, Birmingham Liberal Democrats

James Brough, Calderdale Liberal Democrats

William Barter, Manchester Gorton, Central, Blackley Liberal Democrats

Dr Michael Taylor, Calderdale Liberal Democrats

Ruth Coleman-Taylor, Calderdale Liberal Democrats

Jock Coats, Oxford East Liberal Democrats

Pauleen Bang

Sue Craig, Bath Liberal Democrats

Christine Moon, Truro and Falmouth Liberal Democrats

David Rogers, Torridge & West Devon Liberal Democrats

Timothy Cirenza, Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrats

Barbara Taylor, Sevenoaks District Liberal Democrats

Jana Fielding, Dulwich & West Norwood Liberal Democrats

Roger Hayes, Kingston Borough Liberal Democrats

Joshua Herron, Yeovil Liberal Democrats

Peter Scott Brooks, Bromley Borough Liberal Democrats

Dan Bassford, Broxtowe Liberal Democrats, Local Party Acting Membership Officer

Peter Williams, Portsmouth Liberal Democrats

Gary Bridge, Darlington & Sedgefield Liberal Democrats

Austin Rathe, Bromley Liberal Democrats

David Blake, Chiltern Liberal Democrats, Local Party Data Officer

Owen Dunn, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

J G Smid, Corby Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

Duncan Buchanan, Hounslow Liberal Democrats

Thomas Adams, Maidstone Liberal Democrats, Local Party Data Officer

Alice Chapman-Hatchett, Tonbridge and Malling Liberal Democrats

Chris Randall, Hull and Hessle Liberal Democrats

Christopher Lyddon, Central Bedfordshire Liberal Democrats

Jonathan Midgley, South East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

Stephen Davies, West Dorset Liberal Democrats

Michael Huber, Canterbury Liberal Democrats

John Mitchell, Bedford Liberal Democrats

Annegret Scott, Hertford & Stortford Liberal Democrats

Sam Boardman, North Shropshire Liberal Democrats, Secretary of University of Birmingham Liberal Democrats

Matthew Vernon, South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

David Brice, Stroud Liberal Democrats

Cllr Ian Manning, Cambridge Liberal Democrats, Cambridgeshire County Councillor, Lead Member for Communities & Partnerships

Jo Holbourn, Swindon Liberal Democrats, Local Party Social Officer

Jamie Dalzell, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Kat Dadswell, Liverpool Liberal Democrats

Birgitta Hoffmann, Tatton Liberal Democrats, Local Party Secretary

Mike Gatiss , Weaver Vale and Eddisbury Liberal Democrats

Richard Keatinge, Gwynedd and Anglesey Liberal Democrats

Alexander Clifton-Melhuish, Southampton Liberal Democrats

Nigel Scott, Haringey Liberal Democrats

John Doran, Woking Liberal Democrats, Local Party Campaigns Co-ordinator

Andrew Conway Morris, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

David Lister, Newbury Liberal Democrats

Cllr Marjorie Bark, South Suffolk Liberal Democrats, Local Party Secretary and Parish Councillor

Richard Worrall, Plymouth Liberal Democrats

James Moore, Greater Reading Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

Stephen Richmond, Coventry Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

Paul Hindley, Blackpool and Cleveleys Liberal Democrats, Social Liberal Forum Council Member

Mick Benson, Taunton Deane Liberal Democrats

Christopher Garratt, Luxembourg Branch Liberal Democrats, Branch Chair

Pam Lusby Taylor, Newbury and West Berkshire Liberal Democrats, Executive Member

Janet Fife, Scarborough & Whitby Liberal Democrats

John Lubbock, Lambeth Liberal Democrats

Linda Critton, Crawley Liberal Democrats

David Preedy, Mole Valley Liberal Democrats, Local Party Data Officer

Christian Ilbury, Twickenham Liberal Democrats

John Simmons, Aberconwy Liberal Democrats

Maria Pretzler, Swansea & Gower Liberal Democrats, Member of National Policy Committee of Welsh Liberal Democrats

Amanda Wintcher, Gateshead Liberal Democrats

Alison Wheeler, Camden Liberal Democrats, Former Chair of DELGA

Sophie Thomson, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Cllr Adrian England, West Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats, Dacorum Borough Councillor

Robert Jones, Haringey Liberal Democrats

Catherine Nakielny, Carmarthenshire Liberal Democrats

Frank Little, Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democrats, Local Party Secretary

Alfie Finan, Guildford Liberal Democrats

Robert Wormington, Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrats

Christopher Early, Waverley Liberal Democrats

Iain Donaldson, Manchester Gorton, Central and Blackley Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

Ian Lumsden, Guildford Liberal Democrats, Local Party Data Control Officer

Simon Jones, Flintshire Liberal Democrats

Gillian Bates, Ashbourne

Sarah Cheung Johnson, South Cambs, Diversity Officer

Kevan Owen, Tatton Liberal Democrats

Angela Henry, Woking Liberal Democrats

Jonathan Henry, Woking Liberal Democrats

Keith Selmes, Plymouth Liberal Democrats

Timothy J. Oliver, Hull & Hessle Liberal Democrats, Hon. Vice-President of Young Liberals

Kevin Swindlehurst, Hertford & Stortford Liberal Democrats

John Fletcher, Stockton N & S Liberal Democrats, Local Party Treasurer

Richard Kettlewell, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Will Wilshere, Watford Liberal Democrats, Former Treasurer Hull University Liberal Democrats

Jennie Coggles, Bassetlaw & Sherwood Liberal Democrats

Alex Wasyliw, South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member

Suzanne Fletcher, Stockton Liberal Democrats, Local Party Membership Officer

Sally Ashe, Tameside Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

David Green, Shrewsbury Liberal Democrats

Carol Overrill, Rotherham & Barnsley Liberal Democrats

Tom Gale-Batten, Guildford Liberal Democrats

Penelope Graham-Jones, North Norfolk Liberal Democrats

Dave Page, Manchester Gorton, Central & Blackley Liberal Democrats, Local PartyVice-Chair

Greg Chadwick, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Chloe Hutchinson, Swansea and Gower Liberal Democrats, IR Cymru Policy Officer

Harry Samuels, Oxford West and Abingdon Liberal Democrats, Ex-President, Oxford University Liberal Democrats

Fiona Whelan, South Cambs Liberal Democrats

Murray Hawthorne, Leeds North West, Leeds Young Liberals Non-Portfolio Officer

Andrew Wright, Weston Super Mare Liberal Democrats

Finn Conway, Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats, OULD Treasurer

Howard Farmer, Truro and Falmouth Liberal Democrats

John Turner, SE Cambs Liberal Democrats

Michael Smith, Sunderland Liberal Democrats

Matt Downey, Manchester Gorton Liberal Democrats

Jilly Julian, Cheadle Liberal Democrats

Pippa Hitchcock, Oxford East Liberal Democrats

Jen Leavesley, Sutton Coldfield and Erdington Liberal Democrats

Thomas Taylor, Bexhill and Battle Liberal Democrats

Reece Colley, Solihull Liberal Democrats

Emily Simpson, Mid Dorset North Poole Liberal Democrats , Former NPO and Welfare Officer of Young Liberals, Communications Officer for UBLD

Ed Thornley, Leeds NW Liberal Democrats , Leeds Young Liberals Campaigns Officer

Guillemette Kerr, Newham Liberal Democrats

Johanna Maitland, Macclesfield Liberal Democrats, Local Party Membership Officer

Pauline Nash, Calderdale Liberal Democrats

Steven Raison, North East Derbyshire & Bolsover Liberal Democrats, Local Party Treasurer

Cllr Brian Milnes, South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member, Parish Councillor

Vivienne Bush, Bury St Edmunds and West Suffolk Liberal Democrats

Howard Cohen, Hertsmere Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member

Ross Campbell, Portsmouth Liberal Democrats

Mark Inskip, North East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

Althea Wilkinson, Tatton Liberal Democrats

Lee Dalchow, Sutton Liberal Democrats

Rachael Owen, Wigan Liberal Democrats

Kaleem Aksar, West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats, Local Branch Chair

Jude Parker, Croydon Liberal Democrats

Kim Boon, Rotherham & Barnsley Liberal Democrats

David Murray, City of Wolverhampton Liberal Democrats, Local Party Vice-Chair

Penny Thomas, Bexhill and Battle Liberal Democrats

Morgan-Ross Inwood, Newcastle Under Lyme Liberal Democrats, Local Party Vice-Chair

Stephen O’Shea, Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member

John Pindar, Bolton West Liberal Democrats

Susan Mayhew, Havant Liberal Democrats

Stef Lorenz, City of Salford Liberal Democrats

Cllr Dr Tumi Hawkins, South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats, South Cambridgeshire District Councillor

Matthew Kilburn

Sam Al-Hamdani, Macclesfield Liberal Democrats, Local Party Media Officer

Fergus Turtle, Guildford Liberal Democrats

Emma Bates, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

David Bartlett, Hackney Liberal Democrats

Derek Howard, Brussels & Europe Liberal Democrats

Colin Raban, Sheffield, Liberal Democrats

Edward Emmott, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Tom Holden, Guildford Liberal Democrats

Martina von Bonin, Twickenham Liberal Democrats

Michael Wright, Rushcliffe Liberal Democrats

Oli Coulson, Penrith & The Border Liberal Democrats

Angela Thompson, Harrogate and Knaresborough Liberal Democrats

John Bridger South, Northamptonshire Liberal Democrats

Norman Day, Hemel Hempstead Liberal Democrats

Ian Ridley, Harborough Liberal Democrats

Ignacio Rodriguez, Wandsworth Liberal Democrats

Rose Gerlach, Havant Liberal Democrats

Carolyn Garratt, Luxembourg Liberal Democrats, Local Branch Secretary

Cllr Max Wilkinson, Cheltenham Liberal Democrats, Cheltenham Borough Councillor

David Hollingsworth, Leeds Central/Morley Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

Helen Quenet, Welwyn Hatfield Liberal Democrats, Local Party Vice-Chair/Agent

Roman Znajek, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Alex Juras, Southwark Liberal Democrats

Gemma Bowker, Montgomeryshire Liberal Democrats

Andy Hyde, Eddisbury & Weaver Vale Liberal Democrats

Keith Melton, Newark Liberal Democrats, Former Chair Green Lib Dems

Fernando North, Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrats

Gareth Wilson, Tatton Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

Kay Carson, Eddisbury & Weavervale Liberal Democrats

Cllr Martin Walker, Northern Durham Liberal Democrats, Parish Councillor and Local Party Vice-Chair

Richard Dawson, Eddisbury and Weaver Vale Liberal Democrats Local Party Data Officer

Gemma Roulston, Reigate Liberal Democrats, Co-Chair of Lib Dem Disability Association

Benjamin Todd, Broxtowe Liberal Democrats

Cllr Fiona White, Guildford Liberal Democrats, Surrey County Councillor

John Calvert, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Iris Hunter

Paul Zukowskyj, Welwyn Hatfield Liberal, Democrats Local Party Chair

Brian Cheung

Rebecca White, Guildford Liberal Democrats

Hannah Land , Broxtowe Liberal Democrats

Adam O’Malley, Hillingdon Liberal Democrats

Alison Healey, Mansfield and Ashfield Liberal Democrats, Local Party Membership Development Officer

Sarah Darvell, Bromley Borough Liberal Democrats

Keith Edkins, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Alexander Howarth, Oxford West and Abingdon Liberal Democrats, University of York Liberal Democrats

Clare Delderfield, South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chair

Clive Warhurst, Macclesfield Liberal Democrats

Daniel Sadie, Welwyn Garden City Liberal Democrats

Peter Sandford, South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

David Bellchamber, Elmbridge Liberal Democrats

Dan Schmeising, Cardiff Liberal Democrats

Charles Hamilton, Saffron Walden Liberal Democrats

Brian Jupp, Rushmoor Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chairman

Chris Ward, Westminster Borough Liberal Democrats

Vera Roberts, Eddisbury and Weaver Vale Liberal Democrats

Colin Webber, West Berkshire Liberal Democrats

Gareth Sefton, Sheffield Liberal Democrats

Rosemary Warner, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Christine Brett, Leeds East North East Liberal Democrats

William Vine, Winchester & Chandlers Ford Liberal Democrats

Klaartje Dresselaers, Wimbledon Liberal Democrats

Anne Corris, Hazel Grove Liberal Democrats

Jared Jeyaretnam, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Christine Narramore, Guildford Liberal Democrats

Richard Blackman, Southampton Liberal Democrats

Ahmad Arafa, Macclesfield Liberal Democrats, Committee Member

Christopher Griffin, Northampton Liberal Democrats

Adam Hutchins, Southend Liberal Democrats, Communications Officer

Paul Sloan, Kingston Borough Liberal Democrats

Anna Clark, Skipton & Ripon Liberal Democrats

Robert Rice, Vauxhall Liberal Democrats

John Salisbury, Leeds North West Liberal Democrats, Former Treasurer of Leeds Young Liberals

Alex Ariyadasa-Sáez, Derbyshire Dales Liberal Democrats

Julian Webb, Exeter Liberal Democrats

Kerry Munro, Withington Liberal Democrats

Phil Aisthorpe, Rotherham & Barnsley Liberal Democrats

Caron Lindsay, West Lothian Liberal Democrats

David Frearson, Buckingham Constituency Liberal Democrats, Member of the Exec

Giacinto Palmieri, Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrats

James Grice, Southampton Liberal Democrats

James Haskings, Newham, Barking and Dagenham Liberal Democrats

Charlene Price, Coventry Liberal Democrats

Kelly Charter, Basingstoke Liberal Democrats

Donna Lalek, Flintshire Liberal Democrats

Abigail Healey, Mansfield and Ashfield Liberal Democrats, Youth and Student Officer

Cllr Lorna Dupre, North East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats, Group Leader East Cambridgeshire District Council, Deputy Group Leader Cambridgeshire County Council

Somhairle Maccormick

Catherine Saunders, Cheadle Liberal Democrats

Jon Massey, Bristol Liberal Democrats

John Lander, Warwick Liberal Democrats

Carol White, Southend West Liberal Democrats

Mark Lunn, South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

Simon Shields, Wandsworth Liberal Democrats

Frank Hollis

Erik Pattenden, Newbury and West Berkshire Liberal Democrats

Joanne Shaw, Mansfield and Ashfield Liberal Democrats

Joanna Hughes, Wycombe Liberal Democrats

Louise Oliver, West Suffolk Liberal Democrats

Steph Jones-Giles, North Cornwall Liberal Democrats

Laura Hussey, Welwyn Hatfield Liberal Democrats

Lee Griffin, South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats

Paul Barber, St. Ives Cornwall Liberal Democrats

Andrew Spruce, West Midlands Liberal Democrats

Simon Ferrigno, Derby Liberal Democrats

Martin Bennett, Luxembourg Liberal Democrats

John Kearney, South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

Colin Rosenstiel, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Cllr Sue Austen, South East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

David Crowther, Warrington Liberal Democrats, Executive Member

Paul Dean, Salford Liberal Democrats

Thomas Sturgess, North East Derbyshire & Bolsover Liberal Democrats

Darren Reynolds, Manchester Gorton Liberal Democrats

Callum Hawthorne, Dunfermline Liberal Democrats

Tom Lee, SE Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats

John Castle, Medway Liberal Democrats, Local Party Chairman

Julia Stubbs, Waverley Liberal Democrats

Corrado Canonici

Helen De Cruz, South Central Liberal Democrats

Louise Morales, Woking Liberal Democrats, Local Party Data Officer

James Borg, Newcastle-under-Lyme Liberal Democrats, Local Party Membership Development Officer

Adam Cain, Stroud Liberal Democrats

Mark Waller, Cambridge Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member

Shelagh Taylor, Somerton & Frome Liberal Democrats

Giselle Jones, Mole Valley Liberal Democrats

Alderman David Becket, Newcastle under Lyme Liberal Democrats

Herbert Crack, Medway & Gillingham Liberal Democrats

Andrew Fawcett, Yeovil Liberal Democrats

David Hounslow, Buckingham Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member

Gareth Williams, Macclesfield Liberal Democrats, Local Party Election Agent

Verity Allan, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Paul Pettinger, Westminster Borough Liberal Democrats

Steve Bavin, Kent Estuary and South Westmorland Liberal Democrats, Local Branch Secretary

Tim Ward, Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Oliver Richards, Birmingham Liberal Democrats

Gianni Sarra, Enfield Liberal Democrats

Richard Garnish, Kingston Liberal Democrats

Imogen Wall, Islington Liberal Democrats

Richard Williams

Stephen Yolland, Former Liberal Party Council Membe, Former Parliamentary Candidate for Fareham

Colin Walklin, Canterbury & Coastal Liberal Democrats

Stephen Hesketh, Southport Liberal Democrats, Local Party Membership Development

Pierre Delarue, Islington Liberal Democrats

Cheryl Schmidt, Babergh Liberal Democrats

Stephen Henstridge, Wokingham Liberal Democrats

Tim Lennon, Twickenham and Richmond Liberal Democrats

Allan Heron, Paisley and Renfrewshire Liberal Democrats, Scottish Party Executive

Hannah Bettsworth, Aberdeen Donside Liberal Democrats, Young Liberals International Officer (Job-share), Scottish Young Liberals VP Communications

Nicolette Smith, Buckingham Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member

Russel McPhate, Dunfermline Liberal Democrats

Martin Sobczyk

Oliver Brown, Greenwich Liberal Democrats

Kath Pollard, Islington Liberal Democrats

Russell JF Kirk, Westminster Liberal Democrats

Dinah Bisdee, Guildford Liberal Democrats, Local Party Membership Officer

Daisy Benson, Yeovil Liberal Democrats, Director of Member & Supporter Mobilisation for Snap Election Western Counties Region

Iain Coleman, Bermondsey and Old Southwark Liberal Democrats

Edward Sainsbury, Billericay, Basildon & Thurrock Liberal Democrats

Fran Smith, Taunton Deane Liberal Democrats Councillor

Stew Elliott, Greater Reading Liberal Democrats

Joe Taylor, Hammersmith and Fulham Liberal Democrats, Former Sheffield City Councillor, Former Constituency Organiser for Sheffield Central

Adam Bates, Yeovil Liberal Democrats

Frank Bowles, East Dunbartonshire Liberal Democrats

Adam Bennett, Bishops Stortford & Sawbridgeworth Liberal Democrats, Local Party Vice Chairman

Holly Melton, Somerton and Frome Liberal Democrats, Local Party Press Officer

Charlie Rome, Greenwich Liberal Democrats

Matthew Minikin, Skipton and Ripon Liberal Democrats

Neil McGovern, Cambridge Liberal Democrats, Local Party Officer

Victoria Scott, Ealing Liberal Democrats, Co-chair of Ealing Young Liberals

Chris Norris, Edgbaston Liberal Democrats

Gaynor Dietz, Kemptown Liberal Democrats

Neil Maybin, Richmond Park Liberal Democrats

Paul Hutchinson, Torbay Liberal Democrats

Linda Jack, Bedford Liberal Democrats

Al Emery, Brighton and Hove Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member

Jarrett Wilson, Battersea Liberal Democrats

Jane Horsman, Barnet Liberal Democrats

Seth Thevoz, Camden Liberal Democrats

Tim Weaver, Worcester Liberal Democrats

Jon Burree, Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire Liberal Democrats, Local Party President

Anthony Somers, Eastbourne & Willingdon Liberal Democrats

Kathryn Davies, Islington Liberal Democrats

Helen Poole, West Berkshire Liberal Democrats, Local Party Executive Member

Benjamin Whitlock, Yeovil Liberal Democrats

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