Carl Cashman

Cashman was first elected as a councillor in 2016, for Prescot North in Prescot.^[11][12] He became councillor for the Church ward in 2023.^[13] The ward includes areas of Mossley Hill, Wavertree, and Childwall, notably including Liverpool Blue Coat School, Picton Clock Tower, Wavertree Lock-up, King David High School, and Penny Lane.

Since local councillors are unpaid, Cashman works as a mortgage broker.^[14]

Cashman was formerly the leader of the Knowsley Liberal Democrats. He is the current leader of the Liverpool branch of the party,^[15] a position he has held since 2023. He replaced former leader Richard Kemp after an 11-year stint as local party leader.

Cashman ran against Steve Rotheram in the 2017 Liverpool City Region mayoral election. He lost to Rotheram, receiving 19,751 votes, 6.8% of the total.^[16] Cashman stood with policies including the foundation of a representative office for Liverpool in Brussels, support for E.U. membership, protecting green space, and removing tolls for Liverpool's tunnels.^{[citation needed]}

Cashman received media attention for his appearance, and was dubbed 'Britain's sexiest politician'.^[17] He was the subject of an American right-wing Twitter discussion garnering millions of views, wrongly calling him 'Conservative Chad'.^[18] Cashman responded in an interview with The Tab, saying:

If it strengthens the liberal cause, and puts the lens on my city and its incredibly good looking population, then I'll take that. As for calling me a normie Conservative Chad, I couldn't be further from that. I'm what he would call a lefty liberal, his worst nightmare!

Cashman is popular in the LGBTQ community for his defence of gay rights.^{[according to whom?]} He was interviewed on his personal life and politics by drag queen Tiara Skye in Soho.^[19]