Regional Conference
Saturday 15 November 2025
Essex Business School, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ
Join MPs, council leaders, councillors and other members for celebration, discussion, debate, training, election preparation and networking.
Registration for the 2025 conference will open later this year. Until then you can find out about our 2024 conference below.
Conference agenda
The 2024 conference took place on Saturday 2 November at St Paul's Church in St Albans. The agenda contained a wide range of speakers, discussion, presentations, training sessions and opportunities to participate.
| 0930 | Doors open | |
| 1000 | Welcome to Conference | Victor Scrivens (Chair, Conference Committee) and Cllr Paul de Koort (Leader, St Albans Council) |
| Regional Party reports | Lucy Nethsingha (Regional Chair) and John Shreeve (Regional Treasurer) | |
| 1030 | Parliamentary reports | Marie Goldman MP (Shadow Leader of the House of Commons), Charlotte Cane MP and Baroness (Julie) Smith (House of Lords) |
| 1110 | Securing the environmental vote | Pippa Heylings MP (Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson) and Cllr Lorna Dupré |
| 1135 | BREAK | |
| 1200 | From 2024 to 2025 Celebrating success and winning again next year | Steff Aquarone MP, Victoria Collins MP, Ian Sollom MP and Stephen Lambert (East of England Campaigns Manager) |
| 1300 | LUNCH (served in the large hall) | |
| 1415 | Diversity in the Liberal Democrats | Nicole Turner (Diversity and Inclusion Manager) |
| 1415 | What does a Liberal Democrat county look like? | Cllr Stephen Robinson chairs a discussion of messages and manifestos for May 2025 |
| 1445 | What's the point of the Young Liberals: Who are we, what have we done? | Tom Jordan (Chair, East of England Young Liberals) |
| 1530 | Daisy Cooper MP | Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats |
| 1600 | CONFERENCE CLOSES | |
Training sessions
- Beating the Conservatives now Labour are in Government
- Tackling Greens and Independents next May
- Taking the fight to Labour now they are in Government
- Fundraising to win
- Councillors and time management
- Grow the team
- Tech tools overview
Lunchtime fringe
- Fighting Labour, what can we do to win in Labour areas (Liberal Reform)
- Friends of Hong Kong
- The Joy of Neighbourhood Planning
- Getting members involved in a politically-live local party
Ask an expert
One-to-one time to discuss matters with party experts including:
- Richard Cole (ALDC) – Councils, council groups and campaigning
- Nicole Turner (HQ) – Diverse candidates, members and communities
- Mary Regnier-Wilson (HQ) – Tech tools: Connect, Lighthouse, websites, email
- Regional officers and staff
Stalls and displays
Find out more about organisations associated with the Liberal Democrats
- Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors and Campaigners (ALDC)
- Election Workshop
- Green Liberal Democrats
- Liberal Democrat Friends of Hong Kong
- Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine
- Liberal Democrat Image
- Liberal Reform
- Liberal Software
- Social Liberal Forum
