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Youth wing of the Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Scottish Young Liberals

Chairperson	Leo Dempster
Honorary President	Christine Jardine MP
Founded	2008 (refounded)
Headquarters	4 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland EH12 5DR
Ideology	Liberalism (British) Social liberalism Federalism
Mother party	Liberal Democrats (Scottish)
National affiliation	Young Liberals
International affiliation	International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth
European affiliation	European Liberal Youth
Website	www.scottishyoungliberals.uk

Scottish Young Liberals (formerly referred to as Liberal Youth Scotland or LYS) is the youth wing and student wing of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Reformed from the Scottish Young Liberal Democrats in 2008 and Liberal Youth Scotland in 2017, the organisation has taken a prominent role in party conferences. Its membership is open to any member of the Liberal Democrats living, working or studying in Scotland and is either under 30 years of age or in full or part-time education above that age.

SYL has branches across Scotland including various Universities, and seeks to promote the work and campaigning of the party and SYL. It is also a part of the UK Federal Young Liberals. The current Chair is Leo Dempster.

Activity

In Spring 2008, the Liberal Democrat Youth and Students was relaunched as Liberal Youth. As such the Scottish Liberal Democrats' youth wing was renamed to Liberal Youth Scotland.

In late 2009, Liberal Youth Scotland and their federal counterparts campaigned against the Student Loans Company, the organisation who are responsible for allocating funding to students from England and Wales. The SLC failed to pay thousands of students, leaving University hardship funds depleted, and many students having no money to fund their studies. Liberal Youth Scotland held a protest outside the organisation's HQ in Glasgow, and succeeded in the campaign for resignations from some of the senior figures

In 2017 Liberal Youth Scotland changed its name to Scottish Young Liberals.

At the 2019 Scottish Liberal Democrats Federal Conference in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scottish Young Liberals proposed their Trans Rights are Human Rights motion. The motion covered the Gender Recognition Act and ensuring that transphobic organisations are not given platforms in the media. This was passed by the conference.

References

Glenn, Stephen (14 March 2009). "Stephen's Linlithgow Journal". Linlithgow-libdems.blogspot.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
"Callum Leslie's Blog". Cleslie92.wordpress.com. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
"Scottish Young Liberal constitution". Scottish Young Liberals official site. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
"Nick Clegg launches Liberal Youth" (Press release). Liberal Democrat Voice. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
"Liberal Youth Scotland website December 4th 2009 - "Penny for the Students?"". Liberalyouthscotland.org.uk. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
@ScottishYL (23 February 2019). "Passed! Our Trans Rights are Human Rights has been overwhelmingly carried by @scotlibdems. We will always stand up for the rights of transgender people wherever we can #sldconf" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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v t e Political youth organisations in the United Kingdom
Young Conservatives (Conservative Future Scotland) Young Labour, Young Fabians Young Liberals (English Young Liberals, Scottish Young Liberals, Welsh Young Liberals) Alliance Youth Kernow X BNP Youth Ógra Fianna Fáil Ógra Shinn Féin Plaid Ifanc Revolution Scottish Young Greens SDLP Youth Socialist Workers' Student Society Young Unionists Young Communist League Young Greens of England and Wales Scottish Socialist Youth

Political youth organisations in the United Kingdom

v t e Scottish Liberal Democrats
Leaders	Malcolm Bruce (1988–1992) Jim Wallace (1992–2005) Nicol Stephen (2005–2008) Tavish Scott (2008–2011) Willie Rennie (2011–2021) Alex Cole-Hamilton (2021–)
Deputy Leaders	Michael Moore (2002–2010) Jo Swinson (2010–2012) Alistair Carmichael (2012–2021) Wendy Chamberlain (2021–)
Presidents	Russell Johnston (1988–1994) Malcolm Bruce (2000–2015) Eileen McCartin (2016–2018) Willie Wilson (2018–)
MSPs	Alex Cole-Hamilton Liam McArthur Willie Rennie Beatrice Wishart
MPs	Alistair Carmichael Wendy Chamberlain Christine Jardine Angus MacDonald Susan Murray Jamie Stone
Organisation	Association of Scottish Liberal Democrat Councillors and Campaigners Scottish Young Liberals
In Government	First Second
Leadership elections	1992 2005 2008 2011 2021

Liberal Democrats

Leadership

Leaders	Steel (Liberal) (1988) Maclennan (SDP) (1988) Ashdown (1988–1999) Kennedy (1999–2006) Campbell (2006–2007) Clegg (2007–2015) Farron (2015–2017) Cable (2017–2019) Swinson (2019) Davey (from 2020)
Deputy leaders	Johnston (1988–1992) Beith (1992–2003) Campbell (2003–2006) Cable (2006–2010) Hughes (2010–2014) Bruce (2014–2015) Swinson (2017–2019) Davey (2019–2020) Cooper (from 2020)
Leaders in the Lords	Seear (Liberal) (1988) Diamond (SDP) (1988) Jenkins (1988–1997) Rodgers (1997–2001) Williams (2001–2004) McNally (2004–2013) Wallace (2013–2016) Newby (from 2016)
Presidents	Wrigglesworth (1989–1990) Kennedy (1991–1994) Maclennan (1995–1998) Maddock (1999–2000) Dholakia (2001–2004) Hughes (2005–2008) Scott (2009–2010) Farron (2011–2014) Brinton (2015–2019) Pack (from 2020)

Leadership elections

Leadership	1988 (Ashdown) 1999 (Kennedy) 2006 (Campbell) 2007 (Clegg) 2015 (Farron) 2017 (Cable) 2019 (Swinson) 2020 (Davey) 2024 (Davey)
Deputy leadership	2003 (Campbell) 2006 (Cable) 2010 (Hughes) 2014 (Bruce) 2017 (Swinson) 2019 (Davey)

Frontbench team
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson

Structure

MPs and Frontbench	Current members of Parliament Frontbench team Chief whip
Frontbench in opposition	Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown (1997–1999) Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy (1999–2006) Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell (2006–2007) First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2007) Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg (2007–2010) Frontbench Team of Tim Farron (2015–2017) Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2017–2019) Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson (2019) Frontbench Team of Ed Davey (2020-present)
State parties	English Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats
Regional parties	London Liberal Democrats Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats
Conference	Liberal Democrat Conference
Committees	Federal Board
SAOs	LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Young Liberals (English Young Liberals, Scottish Young Liberals, Welsh Young Liberals/Rhyddfrydwr Ifanc Cymru)

Related organisations
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Beveridge Group Christian Forum Friends of Israel Friends of Turkey History Group Liberal Reform Social Liberal Forum

History and related topics

Breakaway parties
Liberal Party (UK, 1989)

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