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Leading the Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats Nationally Cllr Fiyaz Mughal who was recently elected in May 2002 to be the City Councillor for the Holywell Ward based in the heart of Oxford, was also elected overwhelmingly to be the Chair of a constituted branch of the Liberal Democrats, known as the Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats (EMLD). Cllr Fiyaz Mughal represents a mainly student based ward and recently was on the march organised by the Stop the War Coalition on the 15th of February 2003. Fiyaz will lead the EMLD which has over 300 members. He has been actively involved with the EMLD for 2 years and has helped to promote and advocate for diversity issues within the Party. He has been instrumental in developing the EMLD by building up its membership base, fundraising and promoting it through ethnic minority press outlets. Quizzed on where he wanted to lead EMLD Fiyaz stated that “the Liberal Democrats are the only Party who have taken a pragmatic and informed approach to issues like asylum seekers and the war on Iraq. They support and promote the diversity agenda whilst pushing back stereotypes that are consolidated by the Tories and Labour. We are driving forward the notion of understanding and respect for diverse communities.”

Ex-OULD member to fight Westbury seat at next general election

Duncan Hames, a former OULD member is a Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the next general election. Duncan was a distinguished member if the Union and studied PPE at New College just a few years ago. He is standing in the Westbury seat, which only needs a 6% swing to fall his way.  More details about Duncan can be seen at:  http://www.libdems.org.uk/index.cfm/page.whois/section.people/wid.361/wgroup.ppc

OULD Success in OUSU elections

The Oxford University Liberal Democrats achieved pleasing success in the recent OUSU elections, with five delegates and three executive members being elected on the popular ‘Lib Dems for Students’ slate.  More detail on this, and other OUSU activities, is on the dedicated OUSU page…