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Council group leader dies at Lib Dem conference

BBC Robin Bradburn in light blue jacket with a red and blue checked shirt standing in the exterior corridor of a housing block. He is wearing glasses.BBC
Robin Bradburn died while attending the Liberal Democrat party conference

The leader of the Liberal Democrats opposition group on Milton Keynes City Council has died while attending his party’s annual conference.

Robin Bradburn, 68, had also served as deputy leader of the council, when the Lib Dem’s and Labour formed a Progressive Alliance.

The party conference in Brighton held a minute's silence for him on Sunday afternoon.

His wife Marie Bradburn is the current mayor of the city, and their daughter Kerrie Bradburn is also a Lib Dem councillor.

MARC WEBBER/BBC Smiling Kerrie Bradburn wearing a blue and pink spotted dress and a yellow Lib Dem party rosette. She is holding a sign saying Liberal Democrats with her father. He also has a yellow rosette and a yellow tie with winged birds on in black and is smiling. MARC WEBBER/BBC
Robin Bradburn with his daughter Kerrie who is also a councillor for Milton Keynes

Mr Bradburn was first elected as a councillor in 2010, becoming party group leader in 2021, and was re-elected to the authority in 2023, alongside his daughter.

The Lib Dems said a full tribute to the councillor could be expected on Monday.

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