Editing Paddy Ashdown (section)

=== Other positions ===
Ashdown was a member of the Governing Council of [[Interpeace]], an international peacebuilding organisation,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Interpeace |url=http://www.interpeace.org/index.php/about-us/governing-council |title=Governing Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401160743/http://www.interpeace.org/index.php/about-us/governing-council |archive-date=1 April 2015 |access-date= 7 February 2012}}</ref> and also served as President of [[Chatham House]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/patron-presidents-council-and-directors |title=Patrons, Presidents, Council and Directors|publisher=Chatham House|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911081154/http://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/patron-presidents-council-and-directors |archive-date=11 September 2012 |access-date= 29 September 2012}}</ref> He later chaired the Liberal Democrats' 2015 general election team.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Paddy Ashdown to chair Lib Dem 2015 election team |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19733918 |work=BBC News |date=26 September 2012 |access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, Ashdown founded [[More United]] alongside several other public figures in the [[aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]].<ref name=businessinsider /> More United is a liberal and progressive cross-party political movement.<ref name=businessinsider>{{cite news |last=Shead |first=Sam |title=Paddy Ashdown has launched a tech-driven political startup called More United that will crowdfund MPs across all parties |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/paddy-ashdown-has-launched-a-tech-driven-political-startup-called-more-united-2016-7 |access-date=23 December 2018 |work=Business Insider |date=24 July 2016}}</ref>