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Tributes to former English Party Chair Peter Ellis

By Caron Lindsay | Thu 15th March 2018 - 7:55 pm

Party members will be sad to hear of the sudden death of former English Party Chair Peter Ellis. Peter died in his sleep on Tuesday night, after being in Party HQ that day.

He chaired the English Party from 2012-2015.

I worked with him on the Federal Board and the party’s Federal Finance Committee. We might have disagreed robustly about some things, but we always had a good laugh in the pub afterwards.

Tributes have been appearing on social media:

Gutted to learn of the death of Liberal Democrat stalwart Peter Ellis.

A key member of the party for many years and held the post of Chairman of the English party until recently, his support & guidance for me as a young councillor will be sorely missed. RIP Peter. @LibDems pic.twitter.com/Z0Al9dwmuD

— Joe Harris (@joeharrispark) March 14, 2018

Sad to hear of this news earlier today. I worked with Peter Ellis through the English Lib Dems for a number of years. Personable and generous and fond of cutting through bullshit to try and make the #LibDems a success https://t.co/ijS3QcE5Wz

— Anders Hanson (@AndersHanson) March 14, 2018

I am really saddened to hear about the death of Peter Ellis. A stalwart English party chair for the @libdems he will be greatly missed.

— Richard Kilpatrick (@RKilpatrickMCR) March 14, 2018

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English Party warms to Lib Dem candidates in Police & Crime Commissioner elections

By Mark Pack | Wed 20th June 2012 - 8:25 am

The original moves in the party to pass up (mostly) on fighting Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections generated heated debate and many local parties have made use of their say in the process to push for the party to fight the election in their area. As a result, a steady trickle of adverts have been appearing as selection processes start for many of the Commissioner posts.

In his report to the forthcoming English Council, English Party chair Peter Ellis has confirmed the party’s official warming to the idea of fighting the elections: