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Before the election of the first federal leader of the party (the Liberal Democrats having a federal structure in their internal party organisation), the leaders of the two parties which merged to form the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), served as joint interim leaders: David Steel and Bob Maclennan ...
The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988. They are based at Liberal Democrat Headquarters, in Westminster, and the current leader of the party is Ed Davey.
[127] [128] Alongside Clegg and many of the Liberal Democrats who served in the governing Conservative-Lib Dem coalition of 2010–2015, Davey is associated with the party's right-wing Orange Booker branch. The record of the coalition, which caused a decline in popularity of the Liberal Democrats after 2015, has been defended by Davey.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats: 59 1997–2015 2017–present Kingston and Surbiton: 10,489 England: London: Daisy Cooper: Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats: 43 2019–present St Albans: 6,293 England: East of England Health & Social Care spokesperson Christine Jardine: Cabinet Office spokesperson 64 2017–present Edinburgh West: 3,769 ...
This is a list of the British Liberal Party, SDP–Liberal Alliance, and Liberal Democrats general election manifestos since the 1900 general election. From 1900 to 1918, the Liberal general election manifesto was usually published as a form of a short personal address by the leader of the Party. From 1922, the party usually published a more ...
The Lib Dem leader will tell his annual conference that Boris Johnson can only be removed if they take seats from the Tories. Lib Dems hold key to next general election, says Davey Skip to main ...
Ed Davey was appointed as Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats following the resignation of Jo Swinson. Davey announced his first frontbench team as Acting Leader in January 2020. [1] Davey was elected permanent Leader on 27 August 2020 and assembled a new
The 2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held following the announcement of the resignation of Vince Cable as leader on 24 May 2019, after just under two years as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom. The two candidates to succeed Cable were Ed Davey and Jo Swinson.