This amendment would have abolished the power of the Liberal Democrats ' MPs to choose a Deputy Leader and instead reconstituted the position of Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats as a directly elected post .
This amendment was debated on 22 September .
This amendment , which was debated on 22 September , would have abolished the power of the Liberal Democrats ' MPs to choose a Deputy Leader and instead reconstituted the position of Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats as a directly elected post .