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Liberal Democrat Voice

Political blog

Field	Value
name	Liberal Democrat Voice
logo	File:Liberal Democrat Voice Logo.jpg
caption	Liberal Democrat Voice Official Logo
url	http://www.libdemvoice.org/
type	Blog
language	English
founded	8 September 2006
registration	Optional for forums
founder	Rob Fenwick
editor	Caron Lindsay
launch_date	8 September 2006
current_status	Active

Liberal Democrat Voice (also known as "Lib Dem Voice") is a political blog. The site claims to be read by over 50,000 individual visitors per month specialising in British Liberal politics.

Robin Fenwick created the site on Friday 8 September 2006. Since July 2007, it has been run by a collective of Liberal Democrat members, activists and bloggers.

The site aims to present views from a range of people and perspectives on the Liberal Democrats. The editorial line is neutral on matters of debate within the party and party selections and elections.

The site conducts regular surveys of Liberal Democrat members, which serve as a respectable bellwether of party opinion: mainstream UK press such as The Independent cite these, most notably over the issue of Vince Cable being the preferred candidate to succeed Nick Clegg as party leader. For example, in a 2011 survey, Vince Cable was also voted Lib Dem minister of the year.

The site is rated as the top Liberal Democrat blog by Total Politics for 2011 and has been consistently rated by Wikio as the 5th most influential political blog in the UK.

Features

Contributors to Liberal Democrat Voice include Senior Liberal Democrats such as Charles Kennedy, John Pugh, Danny Alexander, Tim Farron, Sal Brinton, Caroline Pidgeon, Ed Davey, Brian Paddick, Jenny Willott and Mark Pack as well as new and long serving members of the party.

The site also features regular polls of Lib Dem members showing where they agree and where they disagree with party policy.

As well as being a blog which is open to any contributor the site also contains a Liberal Democrat party members-only forum which members use as a place for debate and discussion.

Editor

Lib Dem Voice's current editor is Lib Dem commentator Caron Lindsay. She is supported by a team of day editors (Mark Valladares, Alan Muhammed, and Mary Reid), contributing editors (Joe Otten, Alex Foster, Sara Bedford and Nick Thornsby), and a technical editor, Ryan Cullen.

Former editors include Stephen Tall, Lib Dem Party President Mark Pack and founder Rob Fenwick.

References

[http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-liberal-democrat-voice-team Lib Dem Voice website statistics]
Fenwick, Rob. (8 September 2006). "Presidential polling". Liberal Democrat Voice.
(2013-04-27). "The best 2p anyone ever spent in the Liberal Democrats".
[http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-liberal-democrat-voice-team The Liberal Democrat Voice Team]
(2012-04-12). "Lib-Dem activists vent their anger by quitting the party".
[http://www.libdemvoice.org/category/ldv-members-poll Lib Dem Voice Members Polls]
[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/vince-cable-emerges-as-lib-dems-favourite-ndash-and-candidate-to-succeed-nick-clegg-2366781.html Vince Cable emerges as the Lib Dems favourite candidate to succeed Nick Clegg]
[http://www.libdemvoice.org/exclusive-party-members-vote-vince-cable-lib-dem-minister-of-the-year-26347.html Exclusive: Party members vote Vince Cable Lib Dem minister of the year]
[http://www.totalpolitics.com/blog/258407/top-100-lib-dem-blogs-2011.thtml Total Politics Top 100 Lib Dem Blogs 2011]
(2011-02-16). "Top Blogs - Politics - May 2011". Wikio.
(2006-09-20). "Lib Dem conference at-a-glance".
(2014-06-01). "Ashdown calls for Lib Dem unity after 'plot of deep malice'".
"Claim Tories tried to steal LibDem tax plan".
Farron, Tim. "List of articles by Tim Farron". Liberal Democrat Voice.
Brinton, Sal. "Sal Brinton article archive". Liberal Democrat Voice.
Pidgeon, Caroline. "Author Archives: Caroline Pidgeon". Liberal Democrat Voice.
Davey, Edward. "Author Archives: Ed Davey". Liberal Democrat Voice.
Paddick, Brian. "Author Archives: Brian Paddick". Liberal Democrat Voice.
Willott, Jenny. "Author Archives: Jenny Willott". Liberal Democrat Voice.
(2009-09-09). "We count on election night {{!}} Jonathan Isaby".
"BBC One - The Politics Show East, The Politics Show East".
"Members Forum".
Editor, Lindsay McIntoshScottish Political. "Lib Dems bridge gender gap". [[The Times]].
(2015-09-18). "Lib Dem conference: What to expect". BBC News.
"Why the Lib Dems are being branded 'Yellow Tories'".
"The Liberal Democrat Voice team".
"Reviewing Clegg and Lib Dem year". BBC News.

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