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2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election

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to support carers, and said that the Liberal Democrats should be "the party of social care". Davey ruled out a formal electoral agreement with the Labour Party, but said that he would prioritise defeating the Conservatives, and ruled out working with the Conservatives following the next election. He
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In January, Hobhouse said that she was considering running in the election. In the previous month, she had expressed concern about how she'd be treated as a party leader given that she was an immigrant. She announced that she would run as a candidate on 5 February, in an article for the website
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said in January that she was planning to be a candidate, but withdrew in April. Cooper said that she was considering running in the election in January, but decided against running in May after the party decided to hold the election in 2020. Cooper went on to endorse Davey, which was seen as a
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Nominations opened on 24 June. Both of the remaining candidates attained the nominations needed to progress to the membership ballot. The table below lists the number of nominations for each candidate. The total number of MPs represents the eleven Liberal Democrat MPs minus the two leadership
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in which she argued that the party should campaign from the centre-left and consider the possibility of the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union. In May, she called for the party to "abandon equidistance", where "equidistance" refers to the idea that the Lib Dems should campaign from a
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was its leader. She said she would require a commitment to electoral reform before agreeing to join a coalition with Labour, and that she wanted activists from both parties to work together to take seats from the Conservatives. She had previously criticised the party's approach to the
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Moran announced that she would stand as a candidate on 8 March, saying that the party needed a "positive vision", with more emphasis on the policy areas of education, the environment and political culture. She said in an interview with
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immediately if she were elected leader. On 23 June, she withdrew from the contest and announced that she was backing Moran to be leader, saying that the latter was "the only candidate who can break with our party's damaging legacy from
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In his victory speech, Davey said that the Liberal Democrats must "wake up and smell the coffee" and "start listening" to ordinary people and those who "don't believe we share their values." He also stressed his experience in the
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On 20 May 2020, the party announced that the Federal Board had reversed their decision to delay the election until 2021. Voting would take place between 30 July and 26 August so that a new leader would be in place for the party's
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On 24 June, the first day of nominations, both Davey and Moran received sufficient nominations to progress to the ballot. When nominations closed in July, Davey had more nominations both from members and from MPs than Moran.
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branch. The record of the coalition, which caused a decline in popularity of the Lib Dems after 2015, has been defended by Davey. Conversely, Moran is considered to represent a break from the coalition years.
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method. Candidates must be an MP, and must be nominated by at least one other Liberal Democrat MP. Proposed candidates must also have 200 supporters across 20 or more local parties, including the
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proposed a plan to reduce carbon emissions from domestic flights to zero by 2030 through investment in research and technology. In a hustings event with Welsh members, he said that the
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In June, acting leader Davey launched his bid to become leader saying that his "experience as a carer can help rebuild Britain after coronavirus". He proposed the establishment of a
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Ed Davey was announced as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats on 27 August. This was the largest margin of victory in a contested race since the
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meant that voters did not trust the party. In an online virtual hustings event with Welsh members, she said it was a top priority to make sure that
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for each party not to stand candidates in some constituencies in favour of other parties had been bad for activists' morale. She proposed a
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initially declared their intention to stand but later withdrew. By 9 July, the date nominations officially closed, the only candidates were
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were considering standing as candidates. In December 2019 and January 2020, Davey was the betting favourite to win, followed by Moran.
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In March 2020, the election was postponed to May 2021, after the local elections which had been postponed to that month due to the
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that the Liberal Democrats should be "more radical than Labour" and ruled out a coalition with the Conservative Party as long as
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system to label products made by companies with higher ethical standards. She also supported the introduction of a
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Between the final two candidates, Moran is considered to be the more left-wing. Alongside former leader
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The party won eleven seats in the 2019 general election, one fewer than the number they won in
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The 117,924 ballots issued for the contest was the largest number in the party's history.
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Leadership candidates were endorsed by various notable politicians. Former party leader
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setback for Moran, who like Cooper was seen as being on the left-wing of the party.
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it was delayed by six weeks, having been at first postponed until May 2021.
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was subsequently chosen by the Parliamentary Party as their deputy leader.
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The following MPs declared their intention to stand but later withdrew.
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A timetable was set at a meeting of the party's governing body, the
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by 149 votes. She had first won the seat when it was re-created in
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was a priority and he expected success for the Liberal Democrats.
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Walker, Peter; Murphy, Simon; Brooks, Libby (13 December 2019).
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of 2010–2015, Davey is associated with the party's right-wing
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position to defeat the Conservatives at the next election."
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replacing Brinton at the start of 2020 when her term ended.
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hence took over from Swinson as joint acting leaders, with
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The party announced the election's timetable on 20 May.
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local elections which were due to be held on 7 May 2020
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The following MPs declared their intention to stand:
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and many of the Lib Dems who served in the governing
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system, but they are effectively conducted under the
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Index

2021 Liberal Democrats leadership election
2020 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election
2019


Ed Davey
Layla Moran
Ed Davey
Mark Pack
Ed Davey
Jo Swinson
leader
Liberal Democrats
2019 general election
COVID-19 pandemic
Wera Hobhouse
Christine Jardine
Ed Davey
Layla Moran
Jo Swinson
leadership election in July 2019
Vince Cable
Ed Davey
East Dunbartonshire constituency
Amy Callaghan
Scottish National Party
2019 general election
2005
John Nicolson
2015

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