IMPORTANT NOTICE:

All ballot papers for the leadership election must be posted to the returning officer by 1st. March

If you are still undecided on who should lead our party, check out the campaign material of the 3 candidates:

Simon Hughes http://www.simonhughesforleader.com/
Sir Menzies Campbell http://www.campbellcampaign.org/
Chris Huhne http://www.chris2win.org/

This election is of vital importance for the future of our party - make sure you have your say on who will be the Liberal Democract prime minister in 5 years!

In the first real test of our party since the recent controversies, the Liberal Democrats have achieved an astonishing result in the Dunfermline & West Fife by-election. Labour were defending a majority of 11,000 but Willie Rennie managed to overturn this to bring the number of Liberal Democrat MPs at Westminster to 63.

Willie Rennie (Liberal Democrats) 12,391
Catherine Stihler (Labour) 10,591
Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party) 7,261
Carrie Ruxton (Conservative) 2,702
John McAllion (Scottish Socialist Party) 537
James Hargreaves (Scottish Christian Party) 411
Thomas Minogue (Abolish Forth Bridge Tolls Party) 374
Ian Borland (UK Independence Party) 208
Dick Rogers (The Common Good) 103

This outstanding victory is proof that, despite recent controversy, the British public recognise the Liberal Democrats as the only REAL ALTERNATIVE to the increasingly irritating Blair government. We will continue to win more votes, we will continue to take more seats, and we will achieve our aims at all levels of government.