Conseils électoraux —


Male

Member of an Electoral Management Body/Election Commission

Michael James Meadowcroft

Michael Meadowcroft has led, or been a member of, forty-eight missions to thirty-five different countries, assisting in the transition to multi-party democracy, and its subsequent enhancement. These missions have ranged from supervising civic education, to training election officials, and to preparing a new constitution, via parliamentary practice, co-ordinating voter registration, local government development, enhancing civil society, assisting emergent political parties, reporting on local electoral requirements, and election monitoring. He has coordinated UN and EU Technical Electoral Assistance missions, OSCE and EU international observer missions. Missions include Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia, The Gambia, Georgia, Guinea-Conakry, Hong Kong, Iraqi Kurdistan, Lithuania, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Yemen. Michael is a former British Member of Parliament and has over forty-five years experience of Liberal party political organisation at all levels. He has been an election agent, national party officer, Local Government Officer at Party Headquarters' staff, full-time regional party secretary, City and County Councillor, and party president. Michael holds a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Bradford. He speaks French.

Thematic Areas of Expertise

Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations
Youth Participation

Contributions to the ACE Network by Michael James Meadowcroft