Local Party Changes
Guidance on changing boundaries
Important information for local parties who are reorganising by merging / de-merging / moving
Moving or merging a local party is a major undertaking behind the scenes. It requires synchronised programming across four complex systems: Salesforce (donations & compliance); Lighthouse; Connect (canvassing committees); and Fleet (website petitions). If these are not aligned correctly, local parties cannot legally accept funds, email their members, or run data-driven ground campaigns.
The Compliance and Tech Teams at HQ work with State and Regional Parties to help ensure this process runs smoothly, so that all local parties have systems that work for them.
Whilst decisions are made at the AGMs in October and November, conversations need to start much sooner, with any changes agreed by your Region in England, or State Party in Scotland and Wales.
If you’re likely to be making changes locally, please contact your Regional or State Party as soon as possible. We must know by 1st August what areas are likely to be changing. We also require final decisions to be made and notified by 30th November. This is so the work on aligning systems and notifying the Electoral Commission of party officers can take place in December, ready for changes to come into effect on 1st January.
Please email support@libdems.org.uk if you have any questions.