Lisa Smart MP
Lisa Smart MP is Lib Dem Cabinet Office Spokesperson. She will give a report and Q&A on our work in the House of Commons.
Conference
Regional Conference is normally held twice yearly, but this year we have them in February, July and October.
25 October 2025: Autumn Conference will be held online - use the button below to book.
Autumn 2025
Our autumn conference will be held on Saturday 25 October 2025.
The deadline for policy motions was 12 noon on Thursday 25 September 2025.
One motion was successful which is on Asylum and Accommodation, for details click on the link below.
Speakers
Lord Mike Storey
Mike was Leader of Liverpool City Council 1998-2005 and is our Education spokesperson in the House of Lords. He will give a report and Q&A on our work in the House of Lords.
Baroness Joan Walmsley
Liverpool Uni graduate Baroness Walmsley stood for Parliament for the Liberal Democrats in 1992 and 1997 and in the European elections of 1999. She entered the House of Lords in 2000. She will give the annual Viv Bingham Lecture.
Annual General Meeting
Our AGM at 5pm is the space to reflect on our work in the North West over the past year and to step up to help build the Lib Dems across our region in the year ahead. It will follow the Regional Conference on October 25th.
The minutes of last year's AGM and the provisional agenda for this year's Annual General Meeting are here.
They include proposed changes to the regional party constitution.
The AGM also welcomes nominations for our regional executive for 2026. Nomination information can be found here.
Looking Ahead: Summer 2026
Diary Date: Our summer conference will be held in east Manchester on Saturday 11 July 2026.
Dates beyond that have yet to be set - suggestions of great, suitable venues very welcome.
Suggest a future venue
Conference has some basic requirements for a venue - main hall for speakers and debates, side training rooms and exhibition / reception area.
If you have a venue idea for a future conference in the North West get in touch and the team will look into it. We hold conference in June/July and October/November if that affects the availability of a particular venue.
