From the GetReading website comes news that Patrick Murray, the party’s Parliamentary candidate in Reading West – and occasional contributor to Lib Dem Voice – has decided not to contest the seat at the forthcoming general election: Mr Murray, 27, has announced his decision not to stand at the General Election. He said the decision of

Andrew Lewin, one of the youngest Lib Dem PPC's in the May General Election (Hertford and Stortford) , who today defected to the Labour Party, said:

Imagine what it’s like to be a Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate – tasked with leading and motivating a group of diverse volunteers against all the odds, and organising foot-slogging campaigns on a shoe-string budget that will get you and the party noticed. Lib Dem Voice contacted a dozen PPCs to find out what they really

My old political stomping ground of Lewisham East is getting interesting. Both the incumbent Labour MP, Bridget Prentice, and the Lib Dem PPC are standing down. This will make Jonathan Clamp the longest serving candidate when the election comes.I quite like Bridget, she has always been civil to me and was I enjoyed standing against her in the 2005 General Election, although she does have a

Mike Smithson at Political Betting is suggesting that the Conservatives will find it hard to win a “reasonable size” majority at the next general election - due to the number of Lib Dem MPs in the target seats. The reasoning behind this comes from the experience of the 1979 general election and the very small

At Birmingham and so missing out on how the Lib Dem conference is being reported? Not at Birmingham and so missing out on seeing Lib Dem MPs and government ministers up close and personal? We hope these videos will help re-connect you… It was Lib Dem energy secretary Chris Huhne’s day in the limelight yesterday,

At Birmingham and so missing out on how the Lib Dem conference is being reported? Not at Birmingham and so missing out on seeing Lib Dem MPs and government ministers up close and personal? We hope these videos will help re-connect you… Hugh Grant presses phone hacking issue at Lib Dem conference (Available on the

Readers of Lib Dem Voice will well recall the story of Ian Oakely, the Conservative candidate for Watford and Hillingdon councillor*, who appeared in court and pleaded guilty in August to five charges of criminal damage and two of harrasment - LDV covered it here, and Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Watford Sal Brinton wrote

At Birmingham and so missing out on how the Lib Dem conference is being reported? Not at Birmingham and so missing out on seeing Lib Dem MPs and government ministers up close and personal? We hope these videos will help re-connect you… Clegg welcomes Jaguar jobs boost; Cable warns of economic equivalent of war (Available

Jude Robinson is challenging Lib Dem MP Julia Goldsworthy to let the voters in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle know her views on a Lib Dem/Tory pact for government. It has been widely reported in the press this week that Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has indicated that if the 2010 General Election resulted in no single party winning an outright Commons majority, Lib Dem MPs would swing their votes behind ...