Ed Davey waves to audience as he leaves the stage after delivering a speech at conference

Regional Conference

Saturday 2 November 2024

St Paul's Church, Blandford Road, St Albans AL1 4JP

Join MPs (now seven of them in the East of England!), council leaders, councillors and other members for celebration, discussion, debate, training, election preparation and networking.

Doors open at 9.30am. The agenda will include (subject to final changes):

Morning (from 10am)

  • Welcome
  • Officer reports
  • Parliamentary reports
  • Policy discussion
  • 2024 review and 2025 forward look
  • Training sessions

Afternoon (from 2pm)

  • Guest speaker
  • Policy presentation and discussion
  • Young Liberals session
  • Daisy Cooper MP
  • Training sessions

Tea, coffee and a light lunch are included in your registration.

Conference closes at 4pm

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
  • Diversity training
  • Grow the team
  • Tech tools overview

Download the full training programme (PDF)

Lunchtime fringe

  • Fighting Labour, what can we do to win in Labour areas (Liberal Reform)
  • Friends of Hong Kong

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)
  • Liberal Democrat Friends of Hong Kong
  • Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine
  • Liberal Reform
  • Social Liberal Forum

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