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Caron Lindsay

Zoe Franklin selected to dislodge the Guildford brick in the Blue Wall

By Caron Lindsay | Wed 25th August 2021 - 8:44 pm

Good news from Guildford:

Zoe is bright, energetic and inspiring. I remember her speaking at a Scottish Lib Dem conference fringe meeting a couple of years ago giving lots of ideas about local campaigning. She closed the gap last time and could regain the seat which was held by Liberal Democrat Sue Doughty between 2001 and 2005. Sue was the only non Conservative to hold the seat since 1906.

From the Huffington Post:

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Caron Lindsay

How you can support One Member One Vote for Party Committees

By Caron Lindsay | Tue 15th July 2014 - 9:32 pm

lib dem conf votingIn March, Sue DoughtyĀ invited membersĀ to take part in a consultation on the idea of allowing one member one vote for party committee elections and on party policy at Conference. The Internal DemocraticĀ Reform Working Group, which Sue chairs, then looked at the submissions they received and the feedback at a consultative session at York Conference. They have now drawn up some radical proposals which will give every Ā member the right to vote on policy at Conference and in Committee elections which they want to submit for debate at …

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The Voice

LDV Debate: Could One Member One Vote work for Liberal Democrat Conference?

By The Voice | Mon 31st March 2014 - 2:20 pm

Autumn 2012 conference - Some rights reserved by Liberal DemocratsSue Doughty and Gareth Epps discuss the issues.

Sue: During the consultation at conference and before conference there were many positive reasons to support this. For example, younger members who may not have a permanent address find it difficult to maintain links with a local party and so donā€™t get elected as voting reps and sadly some parties didnā€™t notify HQ of their voting reps.Ā  Although conference can be expensive the work by Federal Conference Committee with York Local Party meant that there …

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Mark Thompson

Opinion: Meeting Vince Cable (sort of)

By Mark Thompson | Thu 25th June 2009 - 5:00 pm

I attended the Guildford Lib Dems Summer Supper last night organised by Sue Doughty the former Guildford MP and PPC and her team. The guest of honour was Vince Cable who has been a frequent visitor to Guildford and supporter of Guildford Lib Dems over the years.

Despite living about 20 miles away, in Sandhurst, I have helped out with canvassing etc. numerous times in Guildford. The incumbent Tory MP only has a majority of a few hundred and it is nice to help out in a constituency where we have a very good chance of taking the seat back …

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