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|flag = |headquarters = Douglas, Isle of Man |website = (www.liberalvannin.org ) }} The Liberal Vannin Party (LVP) is a political party on the Isle of Man. It was founded in 2006 by Peter Karran, then an Independent Member of the House of Keys for Onchan. Karran had been, up until 2004, a member of the Manx Labour Party. The Liberal Vannin Party put forward several candidates at the 2006 general election and returned two MHKs. They repeated their electoral success in the 2011 general election, returning three MHKs. The party campaigns on a platform of greater accountability and transparency in government〔 and also strives for further devolution from the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man. ==History== The Liberal Vannin Party was founded in 2006 by Peter Karran, a former member of the Manx Labour Party. Karran was joined by Tony Wright who was already intending to contest Rushen as an Independent. It was announced that their target seats would be Douglas South, Middle and Onchan. The party stood nine candidates in the Manx general election, 2006, with two of them being elected. Peter Karran for Onchan and Bill Malarky for Douglas South. Karran received more votes in Onchan than any other candidate on the Isle of Man in the election. After being elected representing the Liberal Vannin Party, Malarky resigned from the party and sat as an Independent. The Liberal Vannin Party sent delegates to the Liberal International's 2007 Hamburg Conference where they became Observer Members pending verification at the 2008 Belfast Conference.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.liberal-international.org/editorialIndex.asp?ia_id=1497 )〕 Since the 2008 Belfast Conference, Liberal Vannin has been an official Observer Member of Liberal International.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.liberal-international.org/members.asp?ia_id=1683 )〕 The Liberal Vannin Party is also listed as a "Sister Party" of the British Liberal Democrats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/sister_parties )〕 At the Manx general election, 2011, the Liberal Vannin Party stood ten candidates, received 20.9% of the vote and returned three Members of the House of Keys. These were Peter Karran and Zac Hall in Onchan, and Kate Beecroft in Douglas South. Beecroft, standing as the official Liberal Vannin candidate, defeated Bill Malarky who had previously been a member of the party but was instead contesting the seat as an Independent. From 2011 to 2012, Karran served in the Isle of Man Government as the Minister of Education and Children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.liberalvannin.org/peter-karran-mhk/ )〕 In May 2012 Zac Hall had his membership revoked for "bringing the party into disrepute," leaving them with only two MHKs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.liberalvannin.org/about-us/ )〕 In 2014 Kate Beecroft was elected Leader of the Liberal Vannin Party, with Karran saying it "was time for a change."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.liberalvannin.org/kate-beecroft-mhk/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberal Vannin Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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