Social Democratic Party (UK)
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The Social Democratic Party was a centre to centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. The party supported a mixed economy, electoral reform, European integration and a decentralised state whi
Shirley Williams, 1984
Roy Jenkins 1977b
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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The Liberal Democrats, colloquially known as the Lib Dems, is a political party in the United Kingdom. Ideologically adhering to liberalism, it was founded in 1988. The party is based at Liberal Democ
Social Democratic Party (UK)
…the Liberal Party, the SDP–Liberal Alliance, which lasted through the 1983 and 1987 general elections. In 1988, the two parties merged, forming the Social and Liberal Democrats, later renamed the Liberal Democrats, although a minority, led by Owen, left to form a continuing SDP. The origin of the party can be traced back to…
Paddy Ashdown, leader from 1988 to 1999
Charles Kennedy, leader from 1999 to 2006
Nick Clegg, leader from 2007 to 2015 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2015
Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament's Brexit co-ordinator, at the 2019 Liberal Democrats conference