‘Wake up and smell the coffee’: Ed Davey elected Lib Dem leader

Former coalition minister says his party must start listening as he defeats Layla Moran

Ed Davey urged the Liberal Democrats to “wake up and smell the coffee”, as he was declared his party’s fourth leader in five years after a string of poor general election performances.

Davey, who has been acting leader since last December, was a cabinet minister in the 2010-2015 coalition government. He beat his rival, Layla Moran, by 42,756 votes to 24,564.

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