Liberal Party (UK)

E1820

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Liberal Party	7
Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)	5
British Liberal Party	2
Liberal Democrats	1
Liberal Party (UK, pre‑1988)	1
Liberal Party (later members)	1

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 (82)

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

English Whigs → mergedInto → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Liberal Party (UK) → mergedInto → Liberal Party (UK) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Democrats

Peelite Conservatives → mergedInto → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Whig Party → mergedInto → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) → officeCreatedFor → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Liberal National Party → originatesFrom → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

David Lloyd George → parliamentaryGroup → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Jo Grimond → parliamentaryGroup → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → parliamentaryGroup → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

1st Earl of Selborne → parliamentaryGroup → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne

Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) → partOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

National Government coalition → participatingParty → 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)

Cavendish → politicalAffiliation → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

subject surface form: Cavendish family

Coke family → politicalAffiliation → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party (later members)

Raymond Asquith → politicalAlignment → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Cavendish family → politicalInfluence → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

House of Cavendish → politicalInfluence → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Dadabhai Naoroji → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

David Steel → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Leonard Darwin → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Liberal Government (1905–1915) → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

William Ewart Gladstone → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Winston Churchill → politicalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Liberal Democrats → precededBy → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party

Statue of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Parliament Square → subjectPoliticalAffiliation → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Peelite Conservatives → succeededBy → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

People's Budget of 1909 → supportedBy → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party

February 1974 United Kingdom general election → thirdMajorParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)

October 1974 United Kingdom general election → thirdParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)

United Kingdom general election, 1970 → thirdParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)

United Kingdom general election, 1979 → thirdParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party