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Mike Ross

We can win in Hull and East Yorkshire. But only with your help 

By Mike Ross | Wed 2nd April 2025 - 11:55 am

Lib Dems in sunshine with Mike Ross, Mark Pack and Shaffaq Mohammed

If you were at our recent Spring conference, you will hopefully have heard all about my campaign to become the first Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire. 

Last weekend, we were joined by Party President Mark Pack in Hessle, East Yorkshire, to formally launch our campaign for the mayoralty. 

It was an honour to be joined by Lord Pack and by so many activists, both from across the region and further afield, such as Lord Shaffaq Mohammed and a team from Sheffield. We’ve also had a visit from Ed Davey and many front-bench MPs. 

It’s clear the momentum is with us here, and it’s clear that local people want to send the Labour Government a message on 1st May. 

But we must not be complacent. The region is vast, comprising the city of Hull with the mostly rural East Riding, which spans almost 2,500 square kilometres, with hundreds of thousands of people registered to speak to. We must deliver to and speak with as many people as possible, as many times as possible, between now and 1st May. 

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Mike Ross

Can you help us win in Hull and East Yorkshire?

By Mike Ross | Thu 30th January 2025 - 12:05 pm

The Liberal Democrats are on the up. We are back as the third-largest party in Britain with a record number of MPs. We have gained councillors at every set of local elections since 2018. We have won, quite literally, from Land’s End to John o’ Groats, winning the trust, support and votes of people right across the country – but we have never won a metro mayoralty.

Metro mayors have a wide range of responsibilities, from improving the local economy, to infrastructure and strategic transport. It is vital we have liberal voices at this level of government. So far, every metro mayor elected has either been for either the Conservative or Labour Party.

This year, I need your help to change that.

This May sees the very first Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral election, which will create a metro mayor responsible for all of Hull and East Yorkshire. With your help, we can make sure that mayor is a Liberal Democrat mayor.

The Conservatives are in disarray. They have no councillors in Hull and took a battering at the last election to the East Riding council.

Across Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, the Liberal Democrats have the highest number of councillors and the highest combined vote share using the most recent local election results. We run Hull City Council and are the largest opposition group on East Riding Council. We stand as the only credible challengers to Labour in the region, with the Conservatives in disarray and the Greens lacking any local power base.

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Could YOU be a Conference steward?

By Mike Ross | Thu 9th December 2010 - 2:17 pm

Some Lib Dem Conference stewards at work

Conference is one of the highlights of the year for many Lib Dems, providing an opportunity to gather with fellow members, debate policy, attend training and of course network at the bar!

Have you ever considered, though, volunteering to help with making sure Conference all goes to plan? There is a small, but dedicated, team of Conference stewards, without whom Conference could not operate. They are always looking for new members, and this is an appeal to …

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