Liberal Party (UK)

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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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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

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October 1974 United Kingdom general election thirdParty Liberal Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
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subject surface form: David Steel
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Peelite Conservatives helpedForm Liberal Party (UK)
Peelite Conservatives succeededBy Liberal Party (UK)
Peelite Conservatives mergedInto Liberal Party (UK)
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this entity surface form: Liberal Party
Ernest Brown memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
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Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) partOf Liberal Party (UK)
Raymond Asquith politicalAlignment Liberal Party (UK)
Raymond Asquith memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Coke family politicalAffiliation Liberal Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (later members)
Sir Joseph Paxton memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
United Kingdom general election, 1979 thirdParty Liberal Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Liberal Party
United Kingdom general election, 1970 thirdParty Liberal Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
R v Thorpe and Others (1979) hasContext Liberal Party (UK)
Baron Walter Rothschild memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
Sir John Simon memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Thorpe memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: Jeremy Thorpe
Violet Bonham Carter memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
House of Cavendish politicalInfluence Liberal Party (UK)
Sir Hamar Greenwood memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
George Newnes memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
First MacDonald government supportFrom Liberal Party (UK)
National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom includedParty Liberal Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Liberal Party
Second MacDonald government coalitionPartner Liberal Party (UK)
Lewis Vernon Harcourt memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
John memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
John memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: John Jeremy Thorpe
John parliamentaryGroup Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: John Jeremy Thorpe
John memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: John Russell, Viscount Amberley
Stanleys of Alderley hasPoliticalActivity Liberal Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK) members
Leslie Hore-Belisha memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)