Steve Radford

Steve Radford
President of the Liberal Party
Assumed office
2010
Preceded by Rob Wheway
In office
2005–2009
Preceded by Michael Meadowcroft
Liverpool City Councillor for Tuebrook and Stoneycroft
Assumed office
1 May 1984
Personal details
Born Liverpool
Nationality British
Political party Liberal Party
Residence Liverpool
Occupation Politician
Website http://www.liberal.org.uk

Steve Richard Radford (born 1957) is a British politician, and is leader of the Liberal Party.[1] He has served as a councillor for 30 years for the Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Ward.[1]

Radford has spoken on platforms including NO2EU,[2] Stop the War Coalition,[1] The Democracy Movement, NO2ID,[1] and Stop CPOs. He is Liverpool's first openly gay councillor[3] and is also a member of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement,[4] and has also spoken on behalf of Liverpool's Gay Business Association.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Peck, Matthew Wace (20 December 2010). "UK: Steve Radford becomes new Liberal Party President". Digital Journal. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  2. Manson, Peter (27 May 2009). "No2EU fails the test". Weekly Worker (771). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. Waddington, Marc (15 May 2014). "Liverpool Liberal councillor Steve Radford: There's no sex slave in my cellar". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. Waller, Robert; Byron Criddle (1999). The almanac of British politics. Psychology Press. p. 448.
  5. Grew, Tony (15 January 2009). "Liverpool gay village plan goes ahead after seven years of lobbying". PinkNews. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

External links

Party political offices
Preceded by
Michael Meadowcroft
President of the Liberal Party
2005 2009
Succeeded by
Rob Wheway
Preceded by
Rob Wheway
President of the Liberal Party
2010
Succeeded by
Incumbent
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.