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Lorely becomes first female Parliamentary Party Chair!

10.34.14am BST (GMT +0100) Fri 26th Oct 2007

Lorely Burt, MP for Solihull

Lorely becomes first ever female Parliamentary Party Chair!

WLD would like to congratulate Lorely Burt MP for becoming the first ever Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party.

Lorely beat both Andrew George MP and John Thurso MP to the post. Commenting on her achievement she said,

"I am absolutely thrilled to have been elected after a close contest.

"The party has a job to do: to bring Liberal Democrat policies to the forefront of British politics. In a small way I hope to be able to contribute to that."

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