Ros Scott wins Lib Dem presidential race
It’s not only Americans who are celebrating the selection of a new president, The UK Liberal Democrat party has elected its new party president. Baroness Scott has been widely supported by the party’s grass roots.
The BBC reports ::
The Liberal Democrats have elected Baroness Ros Scott as the new party president, replacing Simon Hughes.
Baroness Scott secured 20,736 votes, beating former frontbencher Lembit Opik, who got 6,247 votes, and Chandila Fernando who received 1,799.
The baroness will take up the post on 1 January and said she intended to ensure the party remained “a genuine grass roots movement”.
Just under half (47.8%) of all party members voted in the postal ballot.
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