The winner is….

Stephen Tall is the first Liberal Democrat blogger of the year: http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/stephen-tall-wins.html

Well done Stephen! As the room was packed with both bloggers, the press (and Iain Dale!), I’m pretty sure we will repeat this in future – though possibly with air conditioning. (Personally, I think it is a sign of our green credentials that we passed up on air conditioning of course).