A poll of party members on the Liberal Democrat Voice website has delivered an overwhelming endorsement of Kirsty Williams’ first few months as Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader.
A survey, conducted via Liberty Research on the site’s private member’s forum, asked a number of questions about the party and the current state of British politics. Almost 200 members completed it.
One of the questions related to the performance of the Liberal Democrat shadow cabinet, and a handful of other senior Liberal Democrats. Each person was assessed on their effectiveness expressed as a net satisfaction rating (those who think they’re very/fairly effective minus those think they’re very/fairly ineffective).
In terms of the non-MPs, Kirsty Williams emerged as very highly thought of, probably boosted by her performance at the Harrogate Federal Conference at the beginning of March. These are the ratings of leading Liberal Democrat figures outside the shadow cabinet:
Andrew Duff, Leader of the UK Lib Dem MEPs: -11% (-6% in November)
Kirsty Williams AM, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats: +42% (-25% for Mike German in November)
Mike Tuffrey, Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the London Assembly: -17% (-21% )
Ros Scott, Party President-elect of the Liberal Democrats: +50% (+52%)
Tavish Scott MSP, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats: +15% (+16%)
A highly creditable performance reflecting the impact she has made since being elected leader.
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