National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)

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The National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) was a centrist British political party that split from the Liberal Party and aligned closely with the Conservatives as part of the National Government during the interwar period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
activeInPeriod interwar period
alignedWith Conservative Party (UK) in electoral pacts
alliedWith Conservative Party (UK)
alsoKnownAs Liberal National Party
Liberal Nationals
color orange
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1968
electoralLabelUsed Conservative and National Liberal
National Liberal and Conservative
linked to: Conservative
enteredElectoralAllianceWith Conservative Party (UK)
founded 1931
hadNotableMember Ernest Brown
Geoffrey Lloyd
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Sir John Simon
Sir Walter Runciman
linked to: Walter Runciman
hadParliamentaryRepresentationIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
heldCabinetPost Chancellor of the Exchequer (United Kingdom)
Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)
Home Secretary (United Kingdom)
linked to: Home Secretary

Minister of Transport (United Kingdom)
President of the Board of Trade (United Kingdom)
ideology centrism
mergedInto Conservative Party (UK)
originatedFromEvent Liberal Party split over participation in National Government
participatedIn National Government (United Kingdom)
politicalPosition centre
positionOnEconomicPolicy support for free-market economics
support for protectionism in 1930s
support for tariff reform
reasonForDecline increasing integration with Conservative Party
reasonForDissolution formal merger with Conservative Party in 1968
regionOfActivity England
Scotland
Wales
splitFrom Liberal Party (UK)
supported National Government (1931–1940) (UK)
postwar National Government (United Kingdom)
wartime coalition government (United Kingdom)
supportedPrimeMinister Harold Macmillan
Neville Chamberlain
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill

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Sir John Simon memberOfPoliticalParty National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
Leslie Hore-Belisha memberOfPoliticalParty National Liberal Party (UK)
linked to: National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
Gwilym Lloyd George memberOfPoliticalParty National Liberal Party (UK)
linked to: National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian memberOfPoliticalParty National Liberal Party (UK)
subject linked to: Lord Lothian
linked to: National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
John Allsebrook Simon memberOf National Liberal Party (UK)
linked to: National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
1st Viscount Simon memberOf National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)