Liberal Democrats

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British political party political party

The Liberal Democrats are a centrist to centre-left political party in the United Kingdom known for advocating civil liberties, electoral reform, and pro-European policies.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Liberal Democrats canonical	47
Liberal Democrats (UK)	34
Scottish Liberal Democrats	8
Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords	2
Welsh Liberal Democrats	2
LGA Liberal Democrat Group	1
Lib Dems	1
Lib Dems (for some Liberal Democratic Parties, especially UK)	1
Liberal Democrat Conference	1
Liberal Democrat Youth and Students	1
Liberal Democratic Party (United Kingdom)	1
Liberal Democrats (earlier in his life)	1
Liberal Democrats Federal Party	1
Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons	1
Social and Liberal Democrats	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
advocates	civil liberties ⓘ electoral reform ⓘ pro-European policies ⓘ
color	orange ⓘ yellow ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
foundedBy	Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: Liberal Party Social Democratic Party ⓘ
hasEuropeanAffiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) ⓘ surface form: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
hasInternationalAffiliation	Liberal International ⓘ
hasParliamentaryGroup	Liberal Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons Liberal Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
hasWing	Liberal Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liberal Democrat Youth and Students
ideology	liberalism ⓘ social liberalism ⓘ
isOneOf	major UK-wide political parties ⓘ
operatesIn	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
opposes	first-past-the-post electoral system ⓘ
politicalPosition	centre ⓘ centre-left ⓘ
precededBy	Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: Liberal Party Social Democratic Party ⓘ
shortName	Liberal Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lib Dems
supports	House of Lords reform ⓘ LGBT rights ⓘ NHS funding ⓘ civil liberties protections ⓘ civil marriage equality ⓘ climate change mitigation policies ⓘ constitutional reform ⓘ devolution ⓘ drug policy reform ⓘ education funding ⓘ environmentalism ⓘ foreign aid ⓘ human rights ⓘ international cooperation ⓘ multilateralism ⓘ pro-European Union stance ⓘ proportional representation ⓘ refugee rights ⓘ renewable energy expansion ⓘ
youthWing	Young Liberals ⓘ

Referenced by (103)

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Liberal Party (UK) → succeededBy → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

LDP → refersTo → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (United Kingdom)

LDP → hasAlternativeForm → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lib Dems (for some Liberal Democratic Parties, especially UK)

Local Government Association → governs → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: LGA Liberal Democrat Group

The Lord Sainsbury of Turville → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

David Steel → politicalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

Liberal Democrats → shortName → Liberal Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lib Dems

Liberal Democrats → hasWing → Liberal Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrat Youth and Students

Liberal Democrats → hasParliamentaryGroup → Liberal Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons

Liberal Democrats → hasParliamentaryGroup → Liberal Democrats self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords

Conservative Party Conference → relatedEvent → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrat Conference

Social Democratic Party → mergedInto → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)

this entity surface form: Social and Liberal Democrats

Social Democratic Party → successor → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)

Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Health and Social Care Act 2012 → politicalPartyInGovernment → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell → parliamentaryGroup → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords

Steel → memberOf → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

subject surface form: David Steel

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

2005 United Kingdom general election → thirdLargestParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

Shirley Williams → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

MSP → canBelongTo → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Liberal Democrats

Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government → juniorCoalitionPartner → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

Young Liberals → parentOrganization → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Young Liberals → affiliation → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats Federal Party

39th Parliament of the United Kingdom → thirdParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

United Kingdom politics → politicalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency) → MPParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

David Owen → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Westmorland and Lonsdale → currentMPParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Westmorland and Lonsdale → MPParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

2011 Welsh devolution referendum → supportedBy → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Welsh Liberal Democrats

1997 Welsh devolution referendum → supportedBy → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Politics of Wales → mainPoliticalParties → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Welsh Liberal Democrats

Stronger In → supportedBy → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Scottish local government elections → politicalPartiesInvolved → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Liberal Democrats

Deputy First Minister of Scotland → associatedWith → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Liberal Democrats

2010 United Kingdom general election campaign → hasParticipatingParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

2010 United Kingdom general election campaign → mainOpponent → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

2010 United Kingdom general election campaign → coalitionNegotiationPartner → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Nick Clegg → politicalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

St Albans (UK Parliament constituency) → currentMPParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

SDP → mergedInto → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)

SDP → successor → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)

SDP → succeededBy → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)

Charles Kennedy → politicalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Bill Rodgers → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Twickenham constituency → currentMPParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

subject surface form: Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

Twickenham constituency → representedByParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

subject surface form: Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats (UK)

2019 United Kingdom general election → otherMajorParty → Liberal Democrats ⓘ

Lord Bilimoria → memberOf → Liberal Democrats ⓘ