I see Diana Wallis has just stepped down as Lib Dem MEP for Yorkshire. In a "time to move on" way, before anyone thinks this is a defection or what have you.
This follows fairly close on from Liz Lynne's move in West Midlands recently, halfway through the parliamentary term giving her successor a fair amount of time to build a profile in the region. As in Liz's case I suspect this means we get the number 2 from the Yorkshire 2009 list and so gain a male MEP in Diana's place?
In 2009 we saw 6 of 11 Lib Dem MEPs were women. That's now down to 4 of 12.
Can I get a lolcat of "becoming less 'male and pale': u r doin it wrong"?
(Seriously: that's zipping for you!)
How much of the "elected in 1999" team does that mean we still have in place?
