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Lib Dem Presidential Contest: Result

By Helen Duffett | Published 13th November 2010 - 12:19 pm

Video also available on YouTube here.

I’m at Cowley Street, at the election count for the next President of the Liberal Democrats.

The count has just been completed and the result is as follows:

Tim Farron: 14,593 votes
Susan Kramer: 12,950 votes

Tim Farron will take up office on 1st January 2011, succeeding Ros Scott.

A total of 65,861 ballot papers were issued and the turnout was 41.9%. 64 ballots were spoiled.

Total ballots returned 27,607.

The outgoing President, Ros Scott, has just emailed party members with this message:

I’m writing to let

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LDV survey: The qualities members want from the Lib Dem party president (and whose campaign reached most members)

By Stephen Tall | Published 13th November 2010 - 11:15 am

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of the contest for the party presidency, the Comprehensive Spending Review, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Almost 600 party members have responded, and we’re currently publishing the full results.

As today is the day the result of the contest to become party president is declared, here’s a Wordle illustrating what party members feel are the most important qualities whoever is successful should bring to the role (click on the image to enlarge)…

Also posted in LDV Members poll, Online politics | Tagged susan kramer, tim farron | 6 Comments

Lib Dem Presidential contest: result due early this afternoon

By The Voice | Published 13th November 2010 - 10:00 am

The results of the election for president of the Lib Dems will be announced today, soon after 12pm, and Lib Dem Voice’s Helen Duffett will be reporting back live from the count. A reminder, as if you needed one, of the two candidates standing for the post:

Tim Farron

Susan Kramer

If you’re interested in looking back at the coverage of the race that’s appeared here on LDV, then click here.

The results for the party committee elections and Peers panel are also expected early this afternoon, so watch this space.

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EXCLUSIVE: Tim Farron set to win contest for party presidency

By Stephen Tall | Published 11th November 2010 - 10:15 pm

First, we asked what party members thought of the campaigns of the two presidential candidates, Tim Farron and Susan Kramer:

Regardless of how you intend to vote, which of the two candidates do you think has run the best campaign to become party president?

50% – Tim Farron

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Also posted in LDV Members poll | Tagged susan kramer, tim farron | 20 Comments

Last chance to vote in Party Committee Elections 2010 (online voting closes noon today)

By Helen Duffett | Published 10th November 2010 - 6:53 am

Online voting in this year’s Liberal Democrat Committee elections closes at NOON today, so if you’re a Federal Conference Rep who hasn’t yet returned your vote, there’s still time to get online and do so.

To vote by internet, go to:

www.votebyinternet.com/partycommittee2010 and follow the online instructions.

You’ll need to enter your security code, which is printed on your ballot paper.

The counts for the Party Committee and Presidential elections will take place this Saturday, 13th November.

To get the results keep an eye on this site – I’ll be at Cowley Street, to bring you the results as soon as they are announced.

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Lib Dem party president election: time to make your mind up…

By Stephen Tall | Published 6th November 2010 - 7:45 am

Stll deciding which way to vote in the contest for Lib Dem party president? As Mark Pack reminds us here, the deadline for returning your completed ballot paper is this coming Wednesday, 10th November.

To help those party members, who (like me) are finding it very hard to decide, here are links to all the posts published on Lib Dem Voice (starting with the most recent) in which the stalls of the two candidates, Tim Farron and Susan Kramer, are explored…

Kramer versus Farron: what sort of President does the party want?

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Kramer versus Farron: what sort of President does the party want?

By Mark Pack | Published 2nd November 2010 - 7:27 am

Party members are unusually lucky with the current contest for President of the Liberal Democrats. It is rare for there to be two credible, high-profile candidates standing at the same time but this time there is a real choice between two such people.

Some differences between Susan Kramer and Tim Farron were obvious from the start of the campaign and are swaying some voters, depending on their views on matters such as how important (or not) it is for one of the party’s most prominent posts to be held by a woman, whether an MP has enough time to do the job, whether a current MP from outside London or an ex-MP from London is more outside the Westminster bubble and so on.

However, two further differences between the candidates have come out clearly during the campaign.

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Susan Kramer answers 10 questions about her campaign for Party President

By Mark Pack | Published 2nd November 2010 - 7:26 am

Susan Kramer and Tim Farron were both asked the same ten questions about their bid to be LibDem President and given the option to reply in whatever format and at whatever length they wished. Susan’s answers are below and you can find Tim’s answers here. My own commentary on the answers and race more generally is here.

Note: this is the full set of answers provided by Susan. The eagle-eyed will notice that one answer is missing. I’ve …

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Tim Farron answers 10 questions about his campaign for Party President

By Mark Pack | Published 2nd November 2010 - 7:26 am

Susan Kramer and Tim Farron were both asked the same ten questions about their bid to be LibDem President and given the option to reply in whatever format and at whatever length they wished. Tim’s answers are below and you can find Susan’s answers here. My own commentary on the answers and race more generally is here.

1. Many parts of the Bones Commission were deferred until after the 2010 general election. Now that it has happened, what would your plans be for implementing, modifying or mothballing those outstanding parts?

The Bones report was insightful and a lot of thought …

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Farron and Kramer: party should retain long-term aim of abolishing tuition fees

By Mark Pack | Published 1st November 2010 - 8:55 am

Both of the candidates to be the next Liberal Democrat President have expressed their support for the party retaining a long-term aim of abolishing tuition fees.

Tomorrow Liberal Democrat Voice will publish in full the answers from Susan Kramer and Tim Farron to a set of questions Lib Dem Voice has posed them. Their answers paint two different views on what the role should be of the Party President and how they would approach it. But on several issues they both agree, including on tuition fees:

Do you believe the party should have a long-term commitment to the abolition of tuition fees?

Kramer: …

Also posted in News | Tagged higher education, susan kramer, tim farron, tuition fees, universities | 4 Comments

Liblink: Liberal Vision grills Kramer and Farron

By Iain Roberts | Published 26th October 2010 - 5:34 pm

Liberal Vision have published interviews conducted with each of the candidates for the Liberal Democrat presidency: Susan Kramer and Tim Farron.

Read the Farron interview here and the Kramer interview here.

As a taster:

Liberal Vision: In one sentence why should people who read our blog back your campaign?

Susan Kramer: Overwhelmingly it’s to be the voice for the grass roots of the party, creating that two-way connection between the grass roots and the leadership, and keeping us unified. We shouldn’t let other pull us apart

Tim Farron: Because they want the Liberal Democrats to win, and because

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Liblink: Liberator interviews the presidential hopefuls

By NewsHound | Published 26th October 2010 - 11:15 am

Liberator magazine has asked the two Lib Dem presidential contenders those tough questions – read their responses here.

A taster to whet your appetite:

Q5: How will you ensure that you gain regular and meaningful access to the party leader?

Farron: He won’t be able to get rid of me. Being an MP gives me direct access to the media to get our message across and it also gives me close access to Nick. I’ll be a critical friend to the coalition and a candid friend to Nick. As President, I would carry a mandate from the members to ensure that the

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LDVideo: Susan Kramer and Tim Farron’s online Presidential hustings

By Helen Duffett | Published 22nd October 2010 - 3:41 pm

Tim Farron and Susan Kramer took part in an online hustings this week, taking questions from a live and online audience. Play the video below to watch the two candidates explain why they want to be Party President and discuss what they would do in the role.

Video also available on YouTube here.

Susan and Tim also answered questions on retaining a distinct Liberal Democrat indentity, on youth and diversity matters, as well as current issues facing the party.

You can watch the rest of the clips …

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Farron and Kramer: their email pitches for President

By Mark Pack | Published 18th October 2010 - 6:05 pm

Party members have been receiving emails today from Tim Farron and Susan Kramer setting out their pitches for party president. Of course, the emails can only go to party members for whom the party has an accurate email address. So I’ve reproduced the emails below – and if you’ve missed out but would like to get future party emails, get in touch with Membership Services on

If reading these messages moves you to want to ask the candidates a question, don’t forget the online hustings coming up.

Susan Kramer

Dear Mark,

We in the Liberal Democrats are facing a time of …

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Online presidential hustings this week: send in your questions

By Helen Duffett | Published 18th October 2010 - 2:49 pm

This Wednesday the two candidates for Liberal Democrat President will take part in the official Federal online hustings at party headquarters in Cowley Street, London.

Susan Kramer and Tim Farron will answer questions which have been submitted online, and a video of the event will be posted afterwards on YouTube for all party members to refer to.

I’ll be chairing the hustings, so please submit your questions via email to or in the comments thread below by 5pm Wednesday.

If you’d like to attend in person, a limited number of places are available. It’s on Wednesday 20 October at 7pm. …

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