Rodney Berman
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Rodney Berman, a Liberal Democrat Councillor for the Plasnewydd
Plasnewydd
Plasnewydd is an electoral ward of Cardiff, Wales. It falls within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff Central. It is bounded by the wards of Cyncoed to the north; Penylan to the northeast; Adamsdown to the southwest; and Cathays to the west. It mainly covers the district of Roath.-External...

 ward, is leader of Cardiff Council
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 .

A Glaswegian by birth, Rodney studied at the University of Glasgow
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 where he helped run Glasgow University Liberal Democrats before moving to Wales to study towards a PhD
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.

He has stood for election to Parliament
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 as Welsh Liberal Democrat candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth in 2001 and Rhondda
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 in 1997. His agent for the Rhondda seat was Professor Russell Deacon. Rodney was the last Liberal Democrat to secure their electoral deposit there until the general election of 2010.

Rodney is an openly
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 gay
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 man, who in August 2006 entered into a Civil Partnership with his partner, former ITV News
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 journalist Nick Speed.

In 2006, Berman was the first winner of the Local Politician of the Year award, judges saying he "has had the difficult task of leading a minority administration, publicly taking on the powerful chairman of his local football club, whilst endeavouring to resolve major policy issues such as the decline in school enrolments in the city".

The local elections of 2008
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saw the Liberal Democrats under Berman's leadership increase their representation, winning new seats in the east (Trowbridge), west (Llandaff) and south of the city (Butetown). Under Rodney's leadership the Liberal Democrats gained their largest representation in Cardiff for over a century.

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