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'''Steve Radford''' (born 1957) is a [[Liverpool]] city councillor, and leader of the post-1989 Liberal Party (the remnant that was left behind when most of the historic Liberal party agreed to join the [[Liberal Democrats]].

Radford representing Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Ward on Liverpool City Council, and is leader of the three-strong Liberal group..

Radford has been the Liberal candidate in four general elections for the constituency of Liverpool West Derby. In 1997 and 2001 he came second, behind the Labour Party but ahead of the [[Liberal Democrat]] and [[Conservative]] candidates. In 2005 and 2010 he came third behind Labour and the Liberal Democrats, but ahead of the Conservative candidate. 

In 2005, Radford was elected President of the Liberal Party after the previous leader, the former MP Michael Meadowcroft stepped down from the post. Radford himself stepped down in 2009, being replaced by Rob Wheway, but Wheway served only a single year as President and Radford was re-elected to the position in 2010.

Radford has spoken on platforms including ''Stop The War'', ''The Democracy Movement'', ''NO2ID'', and ''Stop CPOs''. He is openly gay,<ref>http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=bnp-plans-poll-push&method=full&objectid=18861596&siteid=50061-name_page.html</ref> a member of the [[Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement]],<ref>Robert Waller and Byron Criddle, '' The almanac of British politics'', Psychology Press, 1999  http://books.google.com/books?id=9mC7pEr0R6QC&pg=PA448 page=448</ref> and has also spoken on behalf of Liverpool's [[Gay Village Business Association]].

In the 2009 European Parliament Elections, Radford gained the approval of the Liberal Party to stand as a candidate for the "No to the EU – Yes to Democracy" electoral alliance in the North West England constituency.

== References ==

Partly based on a Wikipedia article.

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== External links ==
* [http://www.liberal.org.uk/ The (post-1988) Liberal Party] official site
* [http://www.liverpoolliberalparty.motime.com/ Liverpool Liberal Party] blog.
* [http://www.liberal.org.uk/2001ge/candidates/steve_radford.htm Steve Radford] biography on Liberal website.