List of UK Liberal Party general election manifestos

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Manifesto

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s since the 1900 general election.

From 1900 to 1918, the Liberal Party general election manifesto was usually published as a form of a short personal address by the leader of the party. From 1922, the Party usually published a more formal document.

From the 1900 general election to the 1979 general election, the party went to the polls as the Liberal Party. In 1983 and 1987, the party went to the polls under the banner SDP-Liberal Alliance, as a result of the pact between the Liberals and the Social Democratic Party (formed 1981). Since 1992, it has gone to the polls as the Liberal Democrats, due to the merger of the Liberals and the SDP in 1988.

Election	Liberal leader	Election winner	Manifesto title	Link to text
2010	Nick Clegg Nick Clegg Nicholas William Peter "Nick" Clegg is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is currently the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council and Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform in the coalition government of which David Cameron is the Prime Minister...	Hung Hung parliament In a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control... Conservative-Liberal Coalition	Change that Works for You	http://network.libdems.org.uk/manifesto2010/libdem_manifesto_2010.pdf
2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005 The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....	Charles Kennedy Charles Kennedy Charles Peter Kennedy is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who led the Liberal Democrats from 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006 and is currently a Member of Parliament for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency....	Labour	The Real Alternative	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/LD_uk_manifesto.pdf
2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001 The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. It was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 6 seats...	Charles Kennedy Charles Kennedy Charles Peter Kennedy is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who led the Liberal Democrats from 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006 and is currently a Member of Parliament for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency....	Labour	Freedom, Justice, Honesty	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/2001/2001-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/e01/man/libdem/Fed2001.htm
1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...	Paddy Ashdown Paddy Ashdown Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC , usually known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and diplomat....	Labour	Make the Difference	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1997/1997-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/e97/man/ld97man.htm
1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...	Paddy Ashdown Paddy Ashdown Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC , usually known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician and diplomat....	Conservative	Changing Britain for good	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1992/1992-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/libdem92.htm
1987 United Kingdom general election, 1987 The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987, to elect 650 members to the British House of Commons. The election was the third consecutive election victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, who became the first Prime Minister since the 2nd...	David Steel David Steel David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its merger with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats... and David Owen David Owen David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen CH PC FRCP is a British politician.Owen served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post; he co-authored the failed Vance-Owen and Owen-Stoltenberg peace plans offered during the Bosnian War...	Conservative	Britain United - The Time Has Come	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1987/1987-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib87.htm
1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...	David Steel David Steel David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its merger with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats... and Roy Jenkins Roy Jenkins Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in...	Conservative	Working Together for Britain	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1983/1983-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/all83.htm
1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979 The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 43 seats...	David Steel David Steel David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its merger with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats...	Conservative	The Real Fight is for Britain	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1979/1979-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib79.htm
October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 The United Kingdom general election of October 1974 took place on 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. It was the second general election of that year and resulted in the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson, winning by a tiny majority of 3 seats.The election of...	Jeremy Thorpe Jeremy Thorpe John Jeremy Thorpe is a British former politician who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976 and was the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979. His political career was damaged when an acquaintance, Norman Scott, claimed to have had a love affair with Thorpe at a time...	Labour	Why Britain Needs Liberal Government	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1974/oct/october-1974-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib74oct.htm
February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...	Jeremy Thorpe Jeremy Thorpe John Jeremy Thorpe is a British former politician who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976 and was the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979. His political career was damaged when an acquaintance, Norman Scott, claimed to have had a love affair with Thorpe at a time...	Hung Hung parliament In a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control... (Labour)	Change the face of Britain	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1974/feb/february-1974-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib74feb.htm
1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their...	Jeremy Thorpe Jeremy Thorpe John Jeremy Thorpe is a British former politician who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976 and was the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979. His political career was damaged when an acquaintance, Norman Scott, claimed to have had a love affair with Thorpe at a time...	Conservative	What a Life!	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1970/1970-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib70.htm
1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs...	Jo Grimond	Labour	For All the People: the Liberal Plan of 1966	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1966/1966-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib66.htm
1964 United Kingdom general election, 1964 The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after the preceding election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had retaken power...	Jo Grimond	Labour	Think for Yourself	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1964/1964-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib64.htm
1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959 This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan...	Jo Grimond	Conservative	People Count	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1959/1959-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib59.htm
1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955 The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under new leader and prime minister Sir Anthony Eden against Labour Party, now in their 20th year...	Clement Davies Clement Davies Clement Edward Davies KC, MP was a Welsh politician and leader of the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956.-Life:...	Conservative	Crisis Unresolved	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1955/1955-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib55.htm
1951 United Kingdom general election, 1951 The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held eighteen months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats...	Clement Davies Clement Davies Clement Edward Davies KC, MP was a Welsh politician and leader of the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956.-Life:...	Conservative	The Nation's Task	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1951/1951-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib51.htm
1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	Clement Davies Clement Davies Clement Edward Davies KC, MP was a Welsh politician and leader of the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956.-Life:...	Labour	No Easy Way: Britain's Problems and the Liberal Answers	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1950/1950-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib50.htm
1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	Archibald Sinclair	Labour	20 Point Manifesto of the Liberal Party	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1945/1945-liberal-manifesto.shtml, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib45.htm
1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935 The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...	Herbert Samuel	National Government	1935 Liberal Party General Election Manifesto	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1935/1935-liberal-manifesto.shtml
1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...	Herbert Samuel	National Government	Liberal address to the Nation	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1931/1931-liberal-manifesto.shtml
1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987-External links:***...	David Lloyd George David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...	Hung Hung parliament In a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control... (Labour)	David Lloyd George's election address	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1929/1929-liberal-manifesto.shtml
1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...	Herbert Asquith	Conservative	The Liberal Manifesto	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1924/1924-liberal-manifesto.shtml
1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987-External links:***...	Herbert Asquith	Hung Hung parliament In a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control... (Labour)	A call to the nation	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1923/1923-liberal-manifesto.shtml
1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...	Herbert Asquith	Conservative	Manifesto to the Nation	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1922/1922-liberal-manifesto.shtml
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Herbert Asquith	Conservative-Liberal Coalition	Herbert Asquith's election address	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1918/1918-liberal-manifesto.shtml
December 1910	Herbert Asquith	Hung Hung parliament In a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control... (Liberal, with Irish Nationalist Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at... support)	Herbert Asquith's election address	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1910/dec/december-1910-liberal-manifesto.shtml
January 1910	Herbert Asquith	Hung Hung parliament In a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control... (Liberal, with Irish Nationalist Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at... support)	Herbert Asquith's election address	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1910/jan/january-1910-liberal-manifesto.shtml
1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Henry Campbell-Bannerman Henry Campbell-Bannerman Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also served as Secretary of State for War twice, in the Cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery...	Liberal	Henry Campbell-Bannerman's election address	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1906/1906-liberal-manifesto.shtml [dead]
1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Henry Campbell-Bannerman Henry Campbell-Bannerman Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also served as Secretary of State for War twice, in the Cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery...	Conservative	Manifesto of the National Liberal Federation	http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1900/1900-liberal-manifesto.shtml

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