Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beginning as an alliance of Whigs, free trade–supporting Peelites, and reformist Radicals in the 1850s, by the end of the 19th century, it had formed four governments under William Gladstone. Despite being divided over the issue of Irish Home Rule, the party returned to government in 1905 and won a landslide victory in the 1906 general election. Under prime ministers Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905–1908) and H. H. Asquith (1908–1916), the Liberal Party passed reforms that created a basic welfare state. Although Asquith was the party leader, its dominant figure was David Lloyd George.
| Founded | 9 June 1859
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| Headquarters | Offices at the National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London
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| National affiliation | SDP–Liberal Alliance (1981–1988)
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| European affiliation | Federation of European Liberal Democrats
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| International affiliation | Liberal International
(1947–1988) |
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| Anthem | "The Land"
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