The Federal Board is the governing body of the Liberal Democrats. It is chaired by the party president, currently Mark Pack, and includes members of the party-at-large elected every three years in an all-member ballot, as well as representatives from the state parties, MPs, peers, MEPs, and councillors.[1] Until 2017 it was known as the Federal Executive. From November 2022, it will be re-constituted, with a Federal Council added to provide scrutiny.
Current membership
Councillor representatives
State Party representatives
- English Party: Lisa-Maria Bornemann
- Scottish Party: Fiona Campbell Trevor
- Welsh Party: Bill Powell
SAO Representative
Directly Elected:
- Alice Thomas
- April Preston
- Candy Piercy
- Caron Lindsay
- Elaine Bagshaw
- Gerald Vernon-Jackson
- James Gurling
- Jo Hayes
- Joyce Onstad
- Kishan Devani
- Luke Cawley-Harrison
- Neil Fawcett
- Rosin Miller
- Ruby Chow
- Simon McGrath
Non-voting Members
- Chief Executive: Mike Dixon
- Staff Representative: Will Dyer
- LGA Representative: Terry Stacey
- Honorary Treasurer: Tilly McAuliffe
- Chief Whip: Wendy Chamberlain MP
- Company Secretary: Jack Coulson
Steering Committee
Following the Thornhill Review, in the summer of 2020 the Board agreed to pilot the operation of a new Steering Group.[2] It has 14 members, these are:
- Mark Pack (President)
- Ed Davey (Leader)
- Alison Rouse (English Party Chair)
- Sheila Richie (Scottish Party Convener)
- Paula Yates (Welsh Party Chair)
- Chris White (Councillor Representative)
- Barbara Gibson (FPDC Chair)
- Elaine Bagshaw (Directly Elected Representative)
- Geoff Payne (FCC Chair)
- Jeremy Hargreaves (FPC Vice-Chair)
- Lisa Smart (FCEC Chair)
- Tony Harris (Treasurer)
- Eleanor Kelly (Young Liberals Chair)
- Isabelle Parasram (Vice-President)