Leader of the Liberal Party (UK)

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party leader role political party leadership position

The Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) was the head of the historic British political party that championed free trade, civil liberties, and social reform before its decline in the 20th century.

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Surface form Occurrences
Leader of the Liberal Democrats 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf party leader role ⓘ
political party leadership position ⓘ
appliesToPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy civil liberties ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
canBeHeldBy Member of Parliament (UK) ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endedWith merger of the Liberal Party (UK) into the Liberal Democrats ⓘ
field politics ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance headed one of the two major British parties in the 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
influenced Liberal Party (UK) election strategy ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) legislative agenda ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
notableFor advocacy of constitutional reform ⓘ
leadership during the era of British free trade dominance ⓘ
support for expansion of the franchise ⓘ
support for welfare reforms in the early 20th century ⓘ
officeCreatedFor Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
officeHolder Archibald Sinclair ⓘ
Clement Davies ⓘ
David Lloyd George ⓘ
David Steel ⓘ
Herbert Henry Asquith ⓘ
surface form: H. H. Asquith

Herbert Samuel ⓘ
Jeremy Thorpe ⓘ
Jo Grimond ⓘ
Paddy Ashdown ⓘ
William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
partOf Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
politicalAlignment classical liberalism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
social liberalism ⓘ
positionHeldIn Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor overall political direction of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
parliamentary leadership of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
public representation of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
selectionMethod chosen by Liberal Party (UK) parliamentarians ⓘ
status historical position ⓘ
successorPosition Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leader of the Liberal Democrats
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
typeOfRole national party leader ⓘ
parliamentary party leader ⓘ
typicalSeat House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn United Kingdom party system ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Archibald Sinclair → positionHeld → Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Herbert Henry Asquith → positionHeld → Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Herbert Samuel → positionHeld → Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Jeremy Thorpe → positionHeld → Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Thorpe → positionHeld → Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
subject surface form: Jeremy Thorpe
Jo Grimond → positionHeld → Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Earl Russell (John Russell) → positionHeld → Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) → successorPosition → Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leader of the Liberal Democrats