Mark Pack

I am an author and have been serving as the President of the Liberal Democrats since January 2020. My published works include titles like "Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls," "101 Ways To Win An Election," and "Bad News: What the Headlines Don’t Tell Us." Additionally, I host the podcast "Never Mind The Bar Charts." From 2000 to 2009, I worked with the Liberal Democrats, where I held the role of Head of Innovations and managed the party’s digital and data efforts during the 2001 and 2005 general elections. In 2015, I collaborated with David Howarth to produce an important pamphlet outlining the party’s strategy: "The 20% Strategy: Building a Core Vote for the Liberal Democrats." I also played a key role in founding and later co-editing Liberal Democrat Voice, and I currently serve as the editor of Liberal Democrat Newswire, a monthly newsletter dedicated to providing updates about the Liberal Democrats.

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Lib Dems win big in Mel Stride's constituency

1 day ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

A bumper 10 principal authority council by-elections this week and let’s kick off with a Liberal Democrat hold with a big swing from previously second-place Labour:Note also the absence of a Conservative candidate at all even thought this is in Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride’s constituency. Congratulations to new councillor Tim Stanford and the team.
Lib Dems do best at beating Reform (LDN#198)

3 days ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

Liberal Democrat Newswire #198 came out earlier in the week and you can now also read it in full below. But if you’d like to get future editions emailed direct to you as soon as they are published, just sign up now: Welcome to Lib Dem Newswire #198 and I should start with condolences and sympathies to the family and the many friends of David Boyle, the writer, policy thinker and former editor of Liberal Democrat News, who died just a couple of days ago.
Reform council leader Rob Howard stands down after 6 weeks

3 days ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

The Warwickshire County Council website has the news of the departure after six weeks of Cllr Rob Howard as council leader:Much to his regret, the Leader of Warwickshire County Council, Cllr Rob Howard, has today (25 June) resigned from his role. Cllr Howard said “This has been a very difficult decision to take. The role of Leader is an extremely demanding role and regretfully my health challenges now prevent me from carrying out the role to the level and standard that I would wish.
Support for electoral reform hits record high

3 days ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

New data is out from the annual British Social Attitudes survey:Support for electoral reform has reached a new high– A record 60% are in favour of changing the electoral system ‘to allow smaller parties to get a fairer share of MPs’, rather than keeping the current system (36%). – This change is backed by a majority of supporters of all parties and by those with low levels of trust and confidence in government.
Lib Dems win ward not contested five previous times

1 week ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

Eight principal authority council by-elections this week, of which two were in the City of London. Of the other six, all had a Liberal Democrat candidate, one up on the last time these seats were up. Also up is the number of Liberal Democrat councillors:Many congratulations to new councillor Greg Neall and the team, especially as the five previous contests in this ward had not seen a Lib Dem candidate.
Reform drop council by-election candidate Irene Davidson

1 week ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

A busy day in bad news for Reform UK as after the election expenses story in Devon, now we have Reform dropping their support for Irene Davidson, the party’s candidate in a Sefton council by-election. The local Reform branch has tweeted:We have withdrawn support for our candidate in the Blundellsands by-election, scheduled for June 19. Our party swiftly expelled the candidate after unacceptable comments online surfaced. We say there is no place for any form of discrimination in Reform UK & Sefton.
Cllr Neil Stevens (Reform) reported over election expense claims

1 week ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

DevonLive reports:A Reform UK member has been reported to police for potentially breaching election campaign spending limits.
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidates, next general election

1 week ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

Below is the list of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidates (formerly Prospective Parliamentary Candidates, aka PPCs) for the next Westminster general election. If you’d like to help them, a great way to start is by joining the party or by pledging to vote Liberal Democrat. Name* First Last CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Δ You can jump to the constituency you want:A-D / E-H / I-L / M-P / Q-T / U-ZNone so far.
Katie Mansfield selected for Hampstead and Highgate

1 week ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

Camden Liberal Democrats report:The Camden Liberal Democrats have announced Katie Mansfield as their official candidate for the Hampstead and Highgate parliamentary seat. Katie brings a strong record as a campaigner and community organiser within London. Currently a councillor in Richmond-upon-Thames, she has served as Vice Chair of Transport and Lead Member for the redevelopment of Richmond Town Centre.
Has Reform UK shed another councillor in County Durham?

2 weeks ago | markpack.org.uk | Mark Pack

Here is a curio. Michael Ramage was elected in May as a councillor in County Durham as one of the Reform UK candidates. But as others have spotted, on the official council website, he is listed as:Party: Reform UKPolitical grouping: Not aligned to any political groupIn other words, he is not a member of the official Reform group on the council although his two ward colleagues both are. Hopefully the next few days will shed more light on all this.