Congratulations Ed and Russell! AKA The Lib Dem Wedding of the Year

By The Voice | Sun 6th July 2014 - 11:55 am

Congratulations from all at Lib Dem Voice to Ed Fordham and Russell Eagling, who were married yesterday, Saturday 5th July. Their happy day made the local paper:

Campaigner Ed Fordham, a beaten candidate in Hampstead and Kilburn at the 2010 General Election, married his partner of 17 years, the former Fortune Green councillor Russell Eagling. The ceremony took place at the Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel in Hampstead.

The pair got engaged in Parliament Square after Ed Fordham went down on one knee in front of a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered to celebrate the granting of marriage rights to LGBT people in England and Wales.

Among the gathering were a host of Liberal Democrat politicians, relatives and Father Andrew Cain, of St James in West Hampstead, who married his same sex partner of 14-years two weeks ago.

Mr Fordham, 43, who lives with Mr Eagling, 36, in Quex Road, Kilburn, had his own Twitter hashtag for the event: #Ed&Russell and #Married5thJuly

And here are the happy couple, courtesy of the Lib Dems’ leader in the London Assembly, @CarolinePidgeon:

Fabulous wedding. True love. #Ed&Russell #Married5thJuly @edfordham @russelleagling pic.twitter.com/ZdIIo5q4VR

— Caroline Pidgeon (@CarolinePidgeon) July 5, 2014

Confetti photo by Juan Antonio Capo

8 Comments

David 6th Jul '14 - 7:51pm

2 people get married – and er .. the news is?
Caron Lindsay 7th Jul '14 - 7:54am

Well, when they are well known and loved figures in the Liberal Democrats, it is news and unsurprising that a Lib Dem focused site should carry it.

And why shouldn’t we report on happy, personal stuff?
Jennie 7th Jul '14 - 9:39am

Well if it’s going to be on LDV I shall have to consider my outfit for Daddies Richard and Alex’s wedding…
Caron Lindsay 7th Jul '14 - 9:57am

It will be on LDV, Jennie. You can be sure of that…
Richard Flowers 7th Jul '14 - 10:35am

Oh corks!

We will never live up to the standards that Ed & Russell have set. Simply beautiful. And their wedding was lovely too 🙂
Caracatus 7th Jul '14 - 3:41pm

Congratulations – it was a real shame Ed didn’t make it to be MP (yet) it the old story of Lib Dems candidates being a better quality than most of the Labour/Conservative MPs.
Liberal Neil 7th Jul '14 - 5:31pm

Don’t worry Richard – it’s not a competition – just enjoy doing it your way 🙂
Paul Walter 7th Jul '14 - 5:57pm

Many congratulations to Ed & Russell! They have certainly done the whole thing in great style!