Manifesto Working Group

The Federal Policy Committee has appointed a working group to develop the party’s manifesto for the next general election. Its members are:

Tom Morrison MP (Chair)

Tom is the MP for Cheadle having won the seat on his second attempt – turning a Conservative majority of 4,500 in 2017 into a Lib Dem majority of over 12,000 in 2024. He served on Stockport Borough Council for six years, and was our Deputy Chief Whip for two years before stepping down this month to chair the working group.

Ed Davey MP

Ed is the MP for Kingston and Surbiton, Leader of the party, and chair of FPC. He was Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for three years, and has previously served in many roles for the party – including as spokesperson for the Treasury, Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs.

Dr Mohsin Khan

Mohsin is a vice-chair of FPC, an NHS doctor in forensic psychiatry, and a councillor in Richmond upon Thames. He is a former chair of the Lib Dem Campaign for Race Equality, and recently chaired the party’s Mental Health policy working group. He also has previous experience in the Department of Health, the House of Commons and a major health think tank.

Helen Morgan MP

Helen is a vice-chair of FPC and a chartered accountant. She is the party’s Health and Social Care spokesperson, having previously been our Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson. Helen overturned a 23,000 Conservative majority to win her North Shropshire seat in a 2021 by-election, and then increased her majority to 15,000 in 2024.

Cllr Lucy Nethsingha

Lucy is a vice-chair of FPC and has been the Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council since 2021. She also sits on the Federal Board as the elected representative of councillors, and FCC as the representative of FPC. She is a former MEP, having been elected to represent the East of England in 2019, and stood as a PPC twice – in 2015 and 2017. Lucy’s professional background is in teaching, and she has a Master’s degree in Education and Psychology from Cambridge University.

Cllr Laura Gordon

Laura is a directly-elected member of FPC and the Cabinet Member for Environment and Economy on Oxfordshire County Council. She was our PPC in Sheffield Hallam in 2019, losing out by just 700 votes. Laura works for a large charity in the international development sector having previously worked all over the world responding to humanitarian crises.

David Green MSP

David was elected as MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross in May, and is the Scottish Party’s spokesperson for Public Service Reform, Europe, External Affairs and Culture. He was an adviser to Charles Kennedy and Liam McArthur, and later the party’s Head of Media, before going on to lead public engagement for the international development charity Christian Aid.

Ben Maguire MP

Ben is the MP for North Cornwall, having turned a Conservative majority of 15,000 into a Lib Dem majority of 10,000. He is a solicitor and the party’s Shadow Attorney General, and also sits on Parliament’s cross-party Home Affairs Select Committee.

Eluned Parrott

Eluned was a member of the National Assembly for Wales for five years, during which time she served as the party’s Shadow Minister for Economy, Science and Transport. Since then, she has been a Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales, Head of Wales at the Institute of Physics, and chair of the Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services. Eluned is now Chief Executive of Goleuo Consulting and interim Chief Executive of the mental health charity Conwy Mind.

Cllr Cheney Payne

Cheney has served on Cambridge City Council for eight years and is now our PPC in Cambridge, seeking to win the seat from Labour at the general election. She is a teacher and Assistant Principal at one of Cambridgeshire's most deprived secondary schools.

Baroness (Kath) Pinnock

Kath is the party’s Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson in the House of Lords, and was the chair of our most successful general election campaign ever in 2024. She also serves on Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire, having previously been Leader of the council for six years, and is a former President and chair of ALDC.

Joshua Reynolds MP

Joshua is the MP for Maidenhead, having won the seat previously held by Theresa May on his second attempt, overturning a majority of 19,000. He is the party’s Investment and Trade spokesperson and a member of Parliament’s cross-party Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Select Committee. Joshua is a member of FPC, an Honorary Vice-President of the English Young Liberals, and has also been a councillor in Maidenhead for more than six years.

Munira Wilson MP

Munira has been the MP for Twickenham since 2019, and is the party’s spokesperson for Education, Children and Families, having previously served as our spokesperson for Health and Social Care. Before being elected to Parliament, Munira worked for health and children’s charities, the NHS and global science companies – as well as being a local councillor. She was also a member of the manifesto working group for the 2024 general election.