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Labour (before 1981) Social Democrats (1981–88) Liberal Democrats (1988–2021) 58 1.7 1980–2015 Menzies Campbell: Liberal Democrats 47 1.6 1987–2017 Harriet Harman: Labour 45 1.3 1981–2015 Charles Kennedy: Liberal Democrats 44 1.4 1983–2015 Clare Short: Labour 38 1.2 1980–2011 Nigel Farage: Conservatives (until 1992) UKIP (1993–2018)
The Limehouse Declaration was a statement issued on 25 January 1981 by four senior British Labour politicians, all MPs or former MPs and Cabinet Ministers: Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams. [1] It became known as the Limehouse Declaration as it was made near David Owen's London home in Limehouse. [1]
In UK politics, the Gang of Four was a breakaway group of four Labour politicians who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981, [1] including two sitting Labour MPs and a former deputy leader of the party.
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In 1981, Owen was one of the "Gang of Four" who left the Labour Party to found the Social Democratic Party. He was the only member of the Gang of Four who did not join the Liberal Democrats, which was founded when the SDP merged with the Liberal Party. Owen led the Social Democratic Party from 1983 to 1987, and the continuing SDP from 1988 to 1990.
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Eight years later, with the White House hanging in the balance and Trump’s poll numbers holding strong, many Democrats have now done a full 180 and want more Trump in the media, not less.
The SDP–Liberal Alliance was a centrist [4] [5] [6] and social liberal [1] [2] political and electoral alliance in the United Kingdom.. Formed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Party, the SDP–Liberal Alliance was established in 1981, contesting the 1982 United Kingdom local elections, 1983 United Kingdom local elections, 1983 general election, 1984 United Kingdom local ...