Liberal Party (UK)

E1820

The Liberal Party (UK) was a major British political party that dominated late 19th- and early 20th-century politics, championing free trade, civil liberties, and social reform before being eclipsed by the Labour Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
advocated civil liberties
free trade
social reform
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1988
dominantPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
electoralAlliance SDP–Liberal Alliance
electoralAlliancePeriod 1981–1988
formedFrom Peelite Conservatives
Radicals
Whigs
linked to: Whig Party
historicalStatus eclipsed by the Labour Party in the 20th century
one of the two major British parties in the 19th century
ideology classical liberalism
liberalism
social liberalism
inception 1859
inceptionPlace United Kingdom
keyPrimeMinister David Lloyd George
H. H. Asquith
William Ewart Gladstone
mergedInto Liberal Democrats
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
notableLeader Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Sinclair
David Lloyd George
David Steel
Earl Russell (John Russell)
H. H. Asquith
Herbert Samuel
Jeremy Thorpe
Jo Grimond
William Ewart Gladstone
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
opposedPolicy protectionism
tariff reform
parliamentaryChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
partyColour gold
yellow
partySymbol Liberty bird (later used by Liberal Democrats)
position centre to centre-left
precededBy Whig Party
succeededBy Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats
supportedPolicy Irish Home Rule
National Insurance Act 1911
Old Age Pensions Act 1908
extension of the franchise
welfare state reforms

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Winston Churchill politicalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Winston Churchill memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
subject linked to: Winston
Conservative Party (UK) historicalRival Liberal Party (UK)
Churchill government coalitionPartner Liberal Party
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
John Maynard Keynes memberOf British Liberal Party
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK) mergedInto Liberal Democrats
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
David Steel politicalParty Liberal Party (UK)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
Herbert Henry Asquith memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Leonard Darwin politicalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Jeremy Thorpe memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats foundedBy Liberal Party
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats precededBy Liberal Party
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
Cavendish family politicalInfluence Liberal Party (UK)
National Government coalition participatingParty Liberal Party (UK, pre‑1988)
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
Liberal National Party originatesFrom Liberal Party (UK)
Liberal National Party influencedBy Liberal Party (UK)
Whig Party mergedInto Liberal Party (UK)
Whig Party evolvedInto Liberal Party (UK)
Reginald McKenna memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
subject linked to: Earl Russell (John Russell)
Dadabhai Naoroji politicalParty Liberal Party (UK)
SDP–Liberal Alliance formedFrom Liberal Party (UK)
SDP–Liberal Alliance hasMemberParty Liberal Party (UK)
David Lloyd George memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
David Lloyd George parliamentaryGroup Liberal Party (UK)
Herbert Samuel memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
Edwin Samuel Montagu memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
Archibald Sinclair memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
William Ewart Gladstone politicalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Jo Grimond memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Jo Grimond employer Liberal Party (UK)
Jo Grimond parliamentaryGroup Liberal Party (UK)
New Liberalism associatedWith Liberal Party (UK)
Labour Representation Committee electoralAllianceWith Liberal Party
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
Eric Drummond memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981) formedElectoralAllianceWith Liberal Party (UK)
subject linked to: Social Democratic Party
Cavendish family politicalAffiliation Liberal Party (UK)
subject linked to: Cavendish
Sir George Cornewall Lewis memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
English Whigs influenced British Liberal Party
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
English Whigs mergedInto Liberal Party (UK)
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne parliamentaryGroup Liberal Party (UK)
subject linked to: 1st Earl of Selborne
February 1974 United Kingdom general election thirdMajorParty Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
February 1974 United Kingdom general election party3 Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
February 1974 United Kingdom general election attemptedCoalitionNegotiationsWith Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)