Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats are a Centre-left to Left-wing Political Party in the United Kingdom. They are led by Ed Davey and deputy led by Daisy Cooper. They were founded on 3 March 1988 due to a merger of The Liberal Party and The Social Democratic Party. As of 2026 the have 60,000 members. Former leader Nick Clegg entered on a coalition with the Conservative Party in 2010 as in the 2010 General Election The Conservatives only had 306 seats not enough for a majority but with the Liberal Democrats (who won 57 seats) meaning David Cameron became Prime Minister with Nick Clegg as Deputy. Although after the Cameron-Clegg coalition the party was seriously hurt afterwards in the 2015 General Election only winning 8 seats a decrease of 49 seats at the last election. As of 2026 they have 72 seats in parliament with Ed Davey's party doing much better than in the 2019 General Election under Jo Swinson (who lost her seat in the election).

Leaders: Paddy Ashdown 1988-1999 Charles Kennedy 1999-2006 Menzies Campbell 2006-2007 Nick Clegg 2007-2015 Tim Farron 2015-2017 Vince Cable 2017-2019 Jo Swinson 2019 Sal Brinton 2019-2020 (acting) Ed Davey 2020-

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