Using the official information on which MP is attending which fringe meeting, this is how the league table looks:
17
Cable
11
Goldsworthy
Hughes
Lamb
Laws
10
Farron
9
Baker
8
Webb
7
Browne
Clegg
Davey
Featherstone
Huhne
6
Brooke
Teather
5
Foster
Gidley
Moore
Mulholland
Rogerson
Williams, S
4
Horwood
Opik
Rowen
Swinson
3
Alexander
Barrett
Harris
Thurso
Willis
Willott
2
Brake
George
Holmes
Kennedy
Pugh
1
Beith
Breed
Bruce
Burstow
Campbell
Hancock
Harvey
Hemming
Howarth
Leech
Rennie
Taylor
Williams, R
Note: I have included MPs marked as “tbc” and “invited” but excluded those who are not listed even if I know otherwise (as my extra information is only partial).
The Simon Hughes Memorial Prize for Multiple Simultaneous Fringe Booking goes to … Simon Hughes (fx: applause). Watch out for his Usain Bolt impression on Monday lunchtime as he dashes between his different slots.
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2 Comments
Usually this is a good indicator for who wants to stand as leader of the party, although many of the frontrunners are not contenders for that at the moment.
My guess is that if the next leadership election takes place next year – pure for the sake of argument – then Laws, Webb and Huhne are all in the frame, possibly Goldsworthy and Featherstone as well.
Of course the probability of a leadership election next year is low, it is just a bit a fun to look at what is happening.
I meant to write “purely”