Editing Sandra Gidley (section)

==Lord Rennard==
Gidley was her Party's Front Bench Spokesperson on Women's issues, and Chair of the Lib Dems 'Gender Balance Taskforce'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genderbalance.org.uk/en/page/history |title=History (Campaign For Gender Balance) |publisher=Genderbalance.org.uk |accessdate=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213606/http://genderbalance.org.uk/en/page/history |archivedate=4 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> at the time it emerged the Party's Chief Executive, [[Lord Rennard]], was accused of a series of sexual assaults against women.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01qw93x/The_World_Tonight_25_02_2013/ |title=BBC iPlayer – The World Tonight: 25/02/2013 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=25 February 2013 |accessdate=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301201711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01qw93x/The_World_Tonight_25_02_2013/ |archive-date=1 March 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> She appeared on the BBC and admitted that the Lib Dems had 'screwed up'.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> However, several days later she claimed she had informed party leader [[Nick Clegg]] of the concerns over Rennard's conduct. Neither Nick Clegg or Sandra Gidley knew of any specific details as stated by Nick Clegg's spokesman "Sandra Gidley once raised general concerns with Nick Clegg about Lord Rennard's conduct. She did not know of or raise specific allegations.".<ref>{{cite news |author=Andrew Woodcock |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mp-sandra-gidley-told-nick-clegg-of-rennard-concerns-after-he-became-leader-8512374.html |title=MP Sandra Gidley 'told Nick Clegg of Rennard concerns' after he became leader – UK Politics – UK |work=The Independent |date=27 February 2013 |accessdate=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221039/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mp-sandra-gidley-told-nick-clegg-of-rennard-concerns-after-he-became-leader-8512374.html |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>