I realise I could get myself into trouble here, as a Scot, offering advice to a fellow State party, but please be assured that it is meant in a sisterly way. You may think of it as annoying-little-sisterly but I have an annoying little sister I adore and couldn’t be without.
Anyway, tomorrow the English Council Executive has its first meeting the English Party elections. At this meeting its office bearers and committee representatives for 2015 will be chosen. For more details of what is on the agenda, Anders Hanson, outgoing Regional Chair of Yorkshire and the Humber and a directly elected member for 2015 has provided a very good summary here.
The big problem with ECE is with gender balance. Next year’s 23-3 male/female split is, believe it or not an improvement on this year’s. Anders has this analysis of the situation: