Our election campaign team

Come and meet the team

We will be out and about over the coming weeks of the election campaign at different locations throughout the constituency. On Saturday 1 June we gathered for our first team photo, followed by a session at our caravan in Southwell Market.  You can come and meet us on Saturday 8 and Saturday 29 June in Newark Royal Market and Saturday 22 June in Southwell. More dates and locations will be added later.

Our candidate, David Watts, will be on the panel for the hustings to be held in Southwell on Thursday 20 June.

Meet our executive committee

We meet regularly, except August and December, alternating our venues between Newark and Southwell whenever feasible. Please get in touch if you would like to attend one of our meetings, which are normally open to local party members only. The AGM of the Local Party is held annually in November.

Peter Harris, Chair

Ollerton Division - Cllr Peter Harris

Peter Harris is one of our councillors for Newark and Sherwood including Ollerton, Boughton and Walesby. He is concerned about the Government's stopping some payments to the vulnerable and disadvantaged. 'We need help for those people in need in our area,' says Peter, "not to make them worse off". Peter is keen to support local residents by helping them to solve their problems. "The County Council is too remote from people here. The Government is making it worse by making us have one large Council to do everything - based a long way away from Ollerton!''

Tom Geraghty

Tom Geraghty, Treasurer Newark Local Party

Anne Robson

Anne Robson, Membership Secretary and Data Officer

Anita Prabhakar

Anita Prabhakar, Diversity Officer

Keith Melton

Cllr Keith Melton, District Councillor for Trent Ward, Newark & Sherwood District Council

Southwell Division - Karen Roberts

Cllr Karen Roberts, Southwell Ward, Newark & Sherwood District Council and Vice Chair, Newark Local Party Town and District Councillor Karen Roberts is the Liberal Democrats candidate for the Southwell Division at County Council Elections on 2nd May 2025. As a Councillor, Karen has demonstrated her commitment, helping to nurture a sense of community inclusion and making Southwell a better place to live. Karen has collaborated with community groups to plant trees in the District and implemented a plan to improve the environment at Squires and Cludd ponds. She led the initiatives for the new £180k Skatepark, and lighting-up Southwell Minster for the Jubilee. If elected she will make the pedestrianisation of King Street on Saturdays a priority and will champion road safety and accessibility for all.

Peter Scorer

Peter Scorer, Executive committee member

Stuart Thompstone

Stuart Thompstone, Secretary Southwell branch

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