Our team

President: Olly Glover MP

Olly was elected as a Liberal Democrat MP in 2024. As well as being a proactive local MP with a commitment to meaningful local representation, he now sits on the Transport Select Committee and has recently become the Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson. Olly is a member of the APPG for Fair Elections and has always been a strong advocate of electoral reform to encourage participation in democracy. Of the many benefits of proportional representation, Olly has spoken about fairer voting systems as a way to counter the far-right, by ensuring that people feel listened to and that their vote really counts.

Chair: Keith Sharp

Keith, having served as LDER Chair at various points in previous years, was re-elected in 2025. He joined the LDER executive in 2014 and has previously been its Secretary and Vice Chair. He has served a total of twenty years, in different stints, on the Council of the Electoral Reform Society; and is a member of the Make Votes Matter Alliance as well as MVMs north London branch. His belief in the need for an equal, proportionate voting system predates his joining the party (SDP in 1981, Liberal Democrats since 1988). He has been a party parliamentary candidate and a local councillor (both in Islington, north London). Keith lives in London. His professional career has been in commercial communications, branding and public affairs. He has also been Chair of Trustees for a local community centre charity; and was for three years on the management board of the Industry and Parliament Trust.

Secretary: Sarah Lewis

Sarah Lewis was elected Secretary of LDER in the 2025 AGM, having previously served as Chair. She is also chair of the Lambeth Liberal Democrats and is the Parliamentary Spokesperson for Vauxhall, having stood as the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency in the 2019 General Election. Professionally, Sarah works in strategy, communications and campaigns, focused on multi-sector action towards a healthier, greener, more equitable world.

Membership Secretary: Helen Parker

Helen is a member of South Edinburgh Liberal Democrats, and joined the LDER exec in 2013. She began campaigning for electoral reform after first voting in the 1983 general election, in one of the safest seats in the country. She has since voted in more closely contested constituencies, but is still impatiently waiting for her vote to count in a Westminster election.She joined the party in 1997, and co-convened Edinburgh's cross-party Yes! to fairer votes campaign for the 2011 AV referendum. Professionally, Helen works as a lecturer in Japanese Studies, specialising in traditional theatre. In 2018 she worked with the Fusae Ichikawa Centre for Women and Governance to coordinate a "UK vote 100" study tour for a group of Japanese women politicians.

Treasurer: Kay Kirkham

Kay lives in West Yorkshire and is a member of the Shipley & Keighley Local Party. She came to party as an original member of the SDP and has been, variously, a primary school teacher, county, district and parish councillor, a PPC , an agent at all levels, a constituency manager for two MPs, secretary of ALDC, a local party and regional exec. member and a political assistant to two Lib Dem council groups. She is also the treasurer of HSLD following eight years as secretary. She has long been a supporter of electoral reform, particularly at local level.

Crispin Allard

Crispin co-founded LDER in 2012 and was Chair from 2012 to 2014 and 2016 to 2018. He was previously on the Electoral Reform Society Council for 21 years, including 10 years as Treasurer. With a PhD in Statistics, he has a particular interest in the detailed working of different systems and their political consequences. Since joining the party in 2005, Crispin has held numerous roles, including borough councillor (4 years) and local party chair (total of 12 years), and is currently Candidates Chair for the Western Counties Region. Professionally, he works as a management consultant, advising senior decision makers in Government and seeking to improve value for money in major projects.

Hina Bokhari, London Assembly Member

Hina Bokhari is a Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member having been elected to the body in 2021 and also serves as a councillor in Merton. On the London Assembly Hina sits on the Economy Committee in addition to the Environment Committee and the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning (FREP) Committee.

Prior to becoming politically active, Hina worked as a teacher for 20 years in some of the most deprived parts of London and also helped found two youth-focused charities. Hina is passionate about introducing proportional representation across the UK. Having been elected to the London Assembly by its proportional top-up list, Hina firmly believes a fair voting system is a key step in increasing diversity in politics and encourages more politicians from varied cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. 

Hazel Fell-Rayner

Hazel Fell-Rayner joined the LDER Executive in 2020 and is Acting Chair of Make Votes Matter Lewes. A psychologist by background, Hazel is interested in how electoral reform can transform politics and empower citizens and communities to the benefit of their well-being. Hazel is a strong advocate for creative, inclusive and compassionate forms of campaigning.

Stephen Gosling

Stephen retired from running Europe's largest general aviation parts wholesaler in 2020 and Chaired the Liberal Democrat Business Network from April 2022 to September 2024. He has assisted Best For Britain's UK Trade and Business Council, is on the board of Make Votes Matter and is elected Vice Chair of Unlock Democracy.

Lord Mark Pack

Lord Mark Pack, former President of the Liberal Democrats and a Life Peer since February 2025, has long been involved in political strategy and reform. He co-authored The 20% Strategy, a seminal pamphlet advocating for building a core vote for the Liberal Democrats, which implicitly supports broader electoral reform. His academic work includes research on political party finances and nineteenth-century elections, reflecting a deep engagement with democratic systems. Pack contributes regularly to discussions on polling and voting trends through his newsletter The Week in Polls and podcast Never Mind The Bar Charts.

Kathrine Santos

Kathrine has campaigned for electoral reform since 2018 with Make Votes Matter and joined the LDER exec team in July 2020. She is keen on increasing the number of Lib Dem members taking part in campaign events for PR for the House of Commons.