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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Viscount Jowitt memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt
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this entity surface form: Liberal Party
William Beveridge memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
Lionel Robbins politicalAffiliation Liberal Party (UK)
Lord Desborough memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Lord Palmerston memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Lord Reading politicalParty Liberal Party (UK)
James Wilson memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
Dadabhai memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: Dadabhai Naoroji
Sir Edward Grey memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
David George memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: David Lloyd George
Hamar Greenwood memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
1st Baron Swaythling memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling
Henry Fawcett memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
National Government hasPart Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: National Government (United Kingdom)
Margaret Lloyd George spousePoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Samuel Montagu politicalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Thomas Hughes politicalAlignment Liberal Party (UK)
Chrystal Macmillan politicalAlignment Liberal Party (UK)
Peelite mergedInto Liberal Party (UK)
Peelite influenced Liberal Party (UK)
Peelite succeededBy Liberal Party (UK)
Midlothian campaign organisedBy Liberal Party (UK)
Philip memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Catherine Gladstone spousePoliticalAffiliation Liberal Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Liberal Party
Caernarvon Boroughs representedBy Liberal Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Liberal Party MPs
Primrose memberOf Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Life of Lord Randolph Churchill (biography) authorPoliticalAffiliation Liberal Party (UK)
subject surface form: Life of Lord Randolph Churchill
Megan Lloyd George memberOf Liberal Party (UK)