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Liberal Democrats (UK): British political party
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988. They have been the third-largest UK political party by the number of votes cast since the 1992 general election, with the exception of the 2015 general election. They have 15 members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 84 members of the House of Lords, four Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Senedd. The party has nearly 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference, at which party policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents' conference rules, the Lib Dems grant all members attending its Conference the right to speak in debates and vote on party policy, under a one member, one vote system. The party also allows its members to vote online for its policies and in the election of a new leader. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010 and 2015; with Scottish Labour in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2007; and with Welsh Labour in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2003 and from 2016 to 2021.

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Ed Davey calls for freeze of fares on campaign in Shropshire [Video]

Ed Davey calls for freeze of fares on campaign in Shropshire

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey and his candidate Helen Morgan campaign in the North Shropshire constituency after Owen Paterson resignation prompted a by-election. The Lib Dem leader calls Mrs Morgan a..

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Ed Davey insists MPs need more cyber security support [Video]

Ed Davey insists MPs need more cyber security support

Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey says that more support should be available for MPs to “make sure that security threats that we are seeing are dealt with properly.” It comes after..

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Lib Dems call for a national emergency over sewage [Video]

Lib Dems call for a national emergency over sewage

Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey calls for a “national environmental emergency” to be declared after raw sewage spills into England's waterways hit a record high in 2023. Report by..

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Lib Dems launch local election campaign with giant egg timer [Video]

Lib Dems launch local election campaign with giant egg timer

Sir Ed Davey launches the Liberal Democrat’s local election campaign in Hertfordshire, by flipping a giant egg timer to reveal the message "Time's running out Rishi!" Speaking to activists..

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Sir Ed Davey: Election date is the only thing PM controls [Video]

Sir Ed Davey: Election date is the only thing PM controls

Sir Ed Davey tells the Liberal Democrats spring conference that the prime minister "sounds like he's already given up" and that setting the general election date is "pretty much the only thing left..

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Ed Davey arrives for final day of Lib Dems spring conference [Video]

Ed Davey arrives for final day of Lib Dems spring conference

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey arrives for the final day of his party's spring conference in York. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at..

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Ed Davey kicks off Lib Dem conference with removal van stunt [Video]

Ed Davey kicks off Lib Dem conference with removal van stunt

As the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference gets underway in York, their leader Sir Ed Davey hopes to get a step closer to sending the Conservatives packing. In a political stunt, he loads boxes onto the..

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Lib Dem leader to target Tory 'soap opera' with plan to 'fix' economy and NHS

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Lib Dem women's group claims it has been banned from promoting event over trans views

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Coogan and Vorderman lend support to Lib Dems as conference starts

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Political parties secure £24m in donations over three months - with Clegg adding to Lib Dem coffers

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Labour and Lib Dems hit campaign trail hours after Dorries' resignation

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Lib Dems win Somerton and Frome by-election

The Conservatives have lost the Somerton and Frome by-election to the Liberal Democrats.
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Lib Dems ask committee to consider 'withdrawal' of Boris Johnson's honours list

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'Deniable' talks between Labour and Lib Dems will be taking place

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'No end in sight' for sewage dumps as figures show year-on-year increase

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