Lib dems

Do the Lib Dems have an intolerance problem?

2024-07-04 07:00:00 UTC

Is the Liberal Democrat party really all that liberal? Mr S isn’t quite so sure – after speaking to an ex-Lib Dem staffer who is taking legal action against the party for’‘discrimination, harassment and victimisation’. The former caseworker, who is using the pseudonym Amelia Sparrow, was dismissed after three days of working for a Lib

Politicians accused of 'deceit' for encouraging tactical voting

2024-07-04 07:00:00 UTC

Oxford Labour councillor Susanna Pressel has alleged "deceit" against the Liberal Democrats for encouraging people to vote tactically and…

Liberal_Democrats_(UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as the Lib Dems) are a political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988. The party had 11 members of Parliament (MPs) elected at the 2019 general election, and had an additional 4 elected by winning by-elections prior to the dissolution of parliament on 30 May 2024 and were the fourth largest party in the House of Commons. They have 84 members of the House of Lords, four Members of the Scottish Parliament, one member in the Welsh Senedd, and over 3,000 local council seats. The Liberal Democrat Conference formulates the party's policies.

In 1981, an electoral alliance was established between the Liberal Party, a group which descended from the 18th-century Whigs, and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party. In 1988, the parties merged as the Social and Liberal Democrats, adopting their present name just over a year later. Under the leadership of Paddy Ashdown and later Charles Kennedy, the party grew during the 1990s and 2000s, focusing its campaigns on specific seats and becoming the third-largest party in the House of Commons.