Liberal Party (UK)

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defunct political party political party

The Liberal Party (UK) was a major British political party that dominated late 19th- and early 20th-century politics, championing free trade, civil liberties, and social reform before being eclipsed by the Labour Party.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Liberal Party (UK) canonical 236
Liberal Party 14
Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988) 6

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
advocated civil liberties ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1988 ⓘ
dominantPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
electoralAlliance SDP–Liberal Alliance ⓘ
electoralAlliancePeriod 1981–1988 ⓘ
formedFrom Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Peelite Conservatives

Radicals ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: Whigs
historicalStatus eclipsed by the Labour Party in the 20th century ⓘ
one of the two major British parties in the 19th century ⓘ
ideology classical liberalism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
social liberalism ⓘ
inception 1859 ⓘ
inceptionPlace United Kingdom ⓘ
keyPrimeMinister David Lloyd George ⓘ
Herbert Henry Asquith ⓘ
surface form: H. H. Asquith

William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
mergedInto Liberal Party (UK) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Liberal Democrats
notableLeader Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery ⓘ
Archibald Sinclair ⓘ
David Lloyd George ⓘ
David Steel ⓘ
Earl Russell (John Russell) ⓘ
Herbert Henry Asquith ⓘ
surface form: H. H. Asquith

Herbert Samuel ⓘ
Jeremy Thorpe ⓘ
Jo Grimond ⓘ
William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
opposedPolicy protectionism ⓘ
tariff reform ⓘ
parliamentaryChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
partyColour gold ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
partySymbol Liberty bird (later used by Liberal Democrats) ⓘ
position centre to centre-left ⓘ
precededBy Whig Party ⓘ
succeededBy Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Democrats ⓘ
supportedPolicy Irish Home Rule ⓘ
National Insurance Act 1911 ⓘ
Old Age Pensions Act 1908 ⓘ
extension of the franchise ⓘ
welfare state reforms ⓘ

Referenced by (267)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winston Churchill → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Winston → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
subject surface form: Winston Churchill
Conservative Party (UK) → historicalRival → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Churchill government → coalitionPartner → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party
John Maynard Keynes → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK) → mergedInto → Liberal Party (UK) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats
David Steel → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → parliamentaryGroup → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Herbert Henry Asquith → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Leonard Darwin → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Jeremy Thorpe → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Democrats → foundedBy → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party
Liberal Democrats → precededBy → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party
Cavendish family → politicalInfluence → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
National Government coalition → participatingParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre‑1988)
Liberal National Party → originatesFrom → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal National Party → influencedBy → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
1945 United Kingdom general election → mainLeader3Party → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Whig Party → mergedInto → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Whig Party → evolvedInto → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Reginald McKenna → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Earl Russell (John Russell) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Dadabhai Naoroji → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
SDP–Liberal Alliance → formedFrom → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
SDP–Liberal Alliance → hasMemberParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
David Lloyd George → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
David Lloyd George → parliamentaryGroup → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Herbert Samuel → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Edwin Samuel Montagu → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Archibald Sinclair → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
William Ewart Gladstone → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Jo Grimond → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Jo Grimond → employer → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Jo Grimond → parliamentaryGroup → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Government (1905–1915) → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
New Liberalism → associatedWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Labour Representation Committee → electoralAllianceWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party
Eric Drummond → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Social Democratic Party → formedElectoralAllianceWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)
Cavendish → politicalAffiliation → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
subject surface form: Cavendish family
Sir George Cornewall Lewis → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party
English Whigs → influenced → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Liberal Party
English Whigs → mergedInto → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
1st Earl of Selborne → parliamentaryGroup → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
February 1974 United Kingdom general election → thirdMajorParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
February 1974 United Kingdom general election → party3 → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
February 1974 United Kingdom general election → attemptedCoalitionNegotiationsWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)