English Young Liberals

English Young Liberals is the youth and student wing of the English Liberal Democrats.

English Young Liberals
ChairpersonJack Worrall
Headquarters8–10 Great George Street,
London SW1P 3AE
IdeologyLiberalism (British)
Community politics[1]
Internationalism[2]
Mother partyEnglish Liberal Democrats
International affiliationInternational Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (IFLRY)
European affiliationEuropean Liberal Youth (LYMEC)
UK affiliationYoung Liberals
WebsiteOfficial website

English Young Liberals has branches across England including various English universities, and seeks to promote the work and campaigning of Young Liberals as well as the English and Federal party. The wing works to encourage and support young candidates across England, and works with Federal YL and the main party to do this.[3] It is also a part of the Federal Young Liberals.

The English Young Liberals operates as a federation of regional parties, which each have a level of independence, though working within the overall English wing. Regional branches, lead by their Chair, are responsible for organising and supporting local branches and societies and co-ordinating activities to recruit and expand membership in their region[4]

The current Chair of English Young Liberals is Jack Worrall who was elected to take office in January 2019.

Structure

The English Young Liberals Executive is made up of a Chair and Regional Chairs. The following is the 2020 Executive, that was elected in October 2019 and will take Office on 1 January 2020.

Role Name
Chair Jack Worrall
Regional Chairs Devon & Cornwall Luke Jeffery
Tristan Clarkson
East Midlands Kian Hearnshaw
East of England Guy Dabby-Joory
London Simon Mansfield
North East Thom Chapman
North West Eleanor Kelly
South Central Damayanti Chatterjee
South East Stephanie Holmes
West Midlands Billy Thomas
Western Counties Thomas Gravatt
Yorkshire and the Humber Alex Howarth
Chris Small


English Council

The English Young Liberals also elects nine members to send to the English Liberal Democrats English Council, which is the sovereign body of the English Party, in addition to the Chair who attends in their own right. The current representatives are:

  • Jack Worrall (Attending as Chair)
  • Alex Howarth
  • Amy Elizabeth Wetherald
  • Catriona McDougall
  • Guy Benson
  • James Bliss
  • Jason Brown
  • Katharine Macy
  • Kian Hearnshaw
  • Thomas Crawford

History

List of former Chairs
Name Term in Office Notes
Young Liberals English Chair Jack Worrall 2019 - Present
Ems Simpson 2018
Erin Yarrow 2017
Liberal Youth English Chair Declan Stones 2016 Elected in by-election
Isabelle Cherry (Acting) 2016 Acting chair following resignation of Sophie Thornton, until byelection in September 2016
Sophie Thornton 2016 Resigned June 2016
Conor McKenzie 2015 From 1 January 2015 onwards, term dates followed calendar year and role was renamed to Chair.
Liberal Youth English Convenor Stuart Wheatcroft 2013 - 2014
Conor McKenzie 2012 - 2013
'Vacant' 2011 - 2012
Harry Mathews 2010 - 2011
Thomas Hemsley 2009 - 2010

Regions

Like the English Liberal Democrats, EYL is a federation of eleven regional branches. These branches have their own Chairs, who sit on the EYL Executive, are independence in their organising, events and campaigning, and in many cases have their own Executives.

North East

The Chair of the North East region is Thomas Crawford[5].. The North East has its own constitution and executive.

North East Executive
Role Name
Chair Thomas Crawford
Deputy Chair Tim Ellis
Communications Officer Charlotte Hilton
Campaigns Officer Liam Scanlon-Brown
Deputy Campaigns Officer vacant
Events Officer vacant
Finance and Fundraising Officer Archie Coomber
Jack Stoker
Womens Network Chair Aleisha Stansfield

See also

References
  1. A challenge to Community Politics, Iain Roberts, 13 June 2011, Liberal Democrat Voice
  2. How Lib Dem members describe their political identity: ‘liberal’, ‘progressive’ and ‘social liberal’ top the bill, Stephen Tall, 30 April 2011, Liberal Democrat Voice
  3. Hussain, Tara (21 June 2018). "Tara Hussain on Future Women MPs Weekend". Liberal Democrat Expand. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. Samrai, Jasneet. "The South East region: Increasing youth membership is essential for political survival". Liberal Democrat Voice. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. "Result_for_contest_North_East_Regional_Chair__English_Young_Liberals" (PDF). Liberal Democrat Elections. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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