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Liberal Alliance
AbbreviationLiberals
LeaderLayla Moran
Deputy LeaderJamie Stone
PresidentMark Pack
Lords LeaderBaron Newby
Chief ExecutiveMike Dixon
Founded7 May 2022;
2 years ago
 (2022-05-07)
Merger ofLiberal Democrats
Alliance Party
HeadquartersLiberal Alliance Headquarters
Top Floor
1 Vincent Square
London.
SW1P 2PN [1]
Youth wingYoung Liberals
Women's wingLiberal Alliance Women
Overseas wingLiberals Abroad
LGBT wingLGBT+ Liberals
Membership (2022)Decrease 98,247[2]
Ideology
Political positionCentre to centre-left
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
International affiliationLiberal International
Colours  Yellow[3]
Anthem"The Land"
ConferenceLiberal Alliance Federal Conference
Governing bodyFederal Board
Devolved or semi-autonomous branchesEnglish Liberal Alliance
Scottish Liberal Alliance
Welsh Liberal Alliance
Northern Ireland Liberal Alliance
London Liberal Alliance
House of Commons[4][nb 1]
14 / 650
House of Lords[5]
78 / 804
London Assembly[6]
2 / 25
Scottish Parliament[7]
4 / 129
Senedd[8]
1 / 60
NI Assembly
17 / 90
Local government[9]
2,750 / 19,943
Directly elected mayors
2 / 25
Police and crime commissioners
0 / 39

The Liberal Democrats (commonly referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal[10] political party in the United Kingdom. The party has 13 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 84 members of the House of Lords, four Members of the Scottish Parliament, one member in the Welsh Senedd and two members in the London Assembly. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010–2015, 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.


2029 United Kingdom general election

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All 650 seats in the House of Commons
326[n 1] seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered47,568,611
Turnout67.3% (Decrease 1.5 pp)[12]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Layla Moran Zarah Sultana David Attenborough and Carla Denyer
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Green
Leader since 24 July 2025 12 September 2027 22 July 2028
Last election 296 seats, 45.4% 227 seats, 41.9% 8 seats, 7.8%
Seats before 280 208 8
Seats won 345 179* 7
Seat change Increase 49 Decrease 48 Decrease 1
Popular vote 12,710,845 9,152,034 3,340,835
Percentage 47.2% 34.0% 12.4%
Swing Increase 1.8 pp Decrease 7.9 pp Increase 4.6 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Naomi Long
Nicola Sturgeon election infobox 3.jpg
Leader Naomi Long[a] Colum Eastwood Nicola Sturgeon
Party Alliance SDLP SNP
Leader since 26 October 2016 14 November 2015 14 November 2014
Leader's seat Stood in Belfast East (lost) Foyle Did not stand[n 2]
Last election 0 seats, 7.9% 0 seats, 11.7% 35 seats, 3.0%
Seats won 1 2 48[n 3]
Seat change Increase1 Increase2 Increase 13
Popular vote 134,115 118,737 1,242,380
Percentage 16.8% 14.9% 3.9%
Swing Increase8.8% Increase3.1% Increase 0.8 pp


  1. ^ Norman, Paul (21 June 2021). "Liberal Democrats Relocate Westminster HQ". CoStar.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "The Liberal Democrats Annual Report". Electoral Commission.
  3. ^ "Style guide". Liberal Democrats.
  4. ^ "State of the parties - MPS and Lords - UK Parliament".
  5. ^ "Lords by party, type of peerage and gender". Parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Assembly Members". London City Hall.
  7. ^ "Current party balance". Scottish Parliament Website.
  8. ^ "Your Members of the Senedd".
  9. ^ "Local Council Political Compositions". Open Council Data UK. 8 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  10. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "United Kingdom". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  11. ^ "StackPath". Institute for Government. 20 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  1. ^ Given that Sinn Féin MPs do not take their seats and the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is, in practice, slightly lower.[11] Sinn Féin won 7 seats, meaning a practical majority requires 322 MPs.
  2. ^ Nicola Sturgeon sits as an MSP in the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Southside. Ian Blackford, MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, is the SNP leader at Westminster.
  3. ^ Includes Neale Hanvey, who was suspended from the party at the time of his election and thus took his seat as an independent.


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