Liberal Party Councillor Steve Radford is nominated for election to deputy chairmanship of the Independent Group of the Local Government Association


	LGA 2008 election for Deputy Chairman of the Independent Group

Having stood on a controversial and radical election platform, Liberal Party President Steve Radford secured some 21 votes to Cllr Warriner of Ryedale's 57 votes in the election for LGA Independent Group Deputy Chairman

Cllr Radford responded that the vast majority and other minority party councillors never registered to be counted as members of an Independent Group which treats them as alien. The Independent Group counts a membership of 2000 councillors on principal authorities to justify their role in the LGA.

However fewer than 100 used the anachronistic system of registering to vote for an election of officers before they even have a clue who is to be nominated.

Cllr Radford said of the election, “The Independent Group must be a laughing stock in terms of democratic legitimacy, in that its only contested post could not muster an electoral turnout of 3.9%”