Liberal Democrats (UK) | Wikipedia audio article
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Liberal Democrats (UK)


00:01:10 1 History
00:01:19 1.1 Founding
00:03:54 1.2 Ashdown (1988–1999)
00:05:40 1.3 Kennedy (1999–2006)
00:09:02 1.4 Campbell (2006–2007)
00:11:00 1.5 Clegg (2007–2015)
00:12:57 1.5.1 In coalition government with the Conservatives (2010–2015)
00:19:19 1.6 Farron (2015–2017)
00:21:44 1.7 Cable (2017–present)
00:22:12 2 Ideology
00:22:51 2.1 Internal factions
00:25:11 3 Policies
00:25:30 3.1 Schools in England
00:27:06 3.2 Health in England
00:27:57 3.3 Justice
00:29:27 3.4 Foreign policy
00:30:28 3.5 European integration
00:31:55 3.6 Electoral reform
00:32:30 3.7 Environment
00:33:10 4 Electoral results
00:33:19 4.1 General elections
00:35:05 4.2 Local elections
00:36:52 4.3 European elections
00:38:16 4.4 Scottish Parliament elections
00:39:25 4.5 Welsh Assembly elections
00:40:26 5 Structure
00:43:43 5.1 Membership figures
00:44:16 6 Federal Conference
00:44:26 7 Leadership
00:44:35 7.1 Leaders
00:45:14 7.2 Deputy Leaders
00:45:51 7.3 Party Presidents
00:46:51 7.4 Leaders in the House of Lords
00:47:00 7.5 Leaders in the European Parliament
00:47:46 7.6 Chairs of the English Liberal Democrats
00:48:25 7.7 Leaders of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
00:49:04 7.8 Leaders of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
00:49:48 8 Current elected MPs
00:49:58 9 See also



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The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as the Lib Dems) is a liberal British political party formed in 1988 from a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.
At the 2010 general election, the Lib Dems led by Nick Clegg won 57 seats, making them the third-largest party in the House of Commons behind the Conservatives with 306 and Labour with 258. With no party having an overall majority, the party formed a coalition government with the Conservatives, with Clegg becoming Deputy Prime Minister and others taking up ministerial positions.At the 2015 general election, the Liberal Democrats were reduced to eight MPs and became the fourth largest party in the House of Commons, behind the SNP leading to Nick Clegg's resignation. At the 2017 general election, the party returned twelve MPs, becoming the third-largest UK-wide party in terms of votes cast. Sir Vince Cable succeeded Tim Farron as party leader.The party is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and Liberal International.