Over the last week or so, Lib Dem Voice has invited the members of our private forum (open to all Lib Dem members) inviting them to take part in a survey, conducted via Liberty Research, asking a number of questions about the party and the current state of British politics. Many thanks to the almost 200 of you who completed it; we’ve been publishing the results on LDV over the last few days. You can catch up on the results of our exclusive LDV members’ surveys by clicking here.
Today, in the final part, we turn our attention to the performance of the Liberal Democrat shadow cabinet, and a handful of other senior Lib Dems. Reproduced below, in alphabetical order, are the full results of our survey, which shows how effective each MP is felt by members to be, together with a net satisfaction rating (those who think they’re very/fairly effective minus those think they’re very/fairly ineffective).
The list is a long one, so here’s the skinny:
First of all, who’s at the top of the charts…
Top 5:
Vince Cable: +97%
Chris Huhne: +62%
Norman Baker: +60%
Lynne Featherstone: +55%
Julia Goldsworthy +46%
Then we have the ones who, erm, aren’t at the top of the charts…
Bottom 5:
= Don Foster: -11%
= Roger Williams: -11%
Stephen Williams: -11%
Nick Harvey: -17%
Michael Moore: -23%
And then let’s look at those with highest levels of ‘Don’t know / No opinion’…
5 most anonymous:
= Willie Rennie: 43%
= John Thurso: 43%
Paul Burstow: 52%
Jenny Willott: 53%
Alistair Carmichael: 65%
Roger Williams: 68%
Finally, for the second time, we asked about other leading Lib Dem figures outside the shadow cabinet – here’s how you rated them:
Andrew Duff, Leader of the UK Lib Dem MEPs: -11% (-6% in November)
Kirsty Williams AM, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats: +42% (-25% for Mike German in November)
Mike Tuffrey, Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the London Assembly: -17% (-21% )
Ros Scott, Party President-elect of the Liberal Democrats: +50% (+52%)
Tavish Scott MSP, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats: +15% (+16%)
Full results follow: