page_title: Liberal Democrat Federal Conference
section_title: List of all Liberal Democrat Federal Conferences (1988 to present)
hierarchical_section_title: Liberal Democrat Federal Conference / List of all Liberal Democrat Federal Conferences (1988 to present)
caption_attribution_description: Head &amp; shoulders image of Menzies Campbell MP photographed during visit to Brent in September 2006.
context_page_description: The Liberal Democrat Federal Conference is an internal body of the Liberal Democrats, the third largest political party in the UK by the number of votes. The Federal Conference is the highest representative body of the Liberal Democrats, one of the few British political parties to use its annual gathering for voting and policy resolution. The event also features speeches from prominent party members and guests and an exhibition. There are also several fringe events, run by internal political groups such as Liberal Reform, Social Liberal Forum and Young Liberals, and a well-established late-evening entertainment revue known as the Glee Club.
  The Federal Conference takes place twice per year, first as the Spring Conference, usually held in March, and then the Autumn Conference, usually in September. The first Federal Conference was held in Blackpool, in the North West of England, from 25 to 29 September 1988, with the most recent being the 64th Conference, held in Bournemouth, in Southern England, from 14 to 17 September 2019. The 2020 Spring Conference, due to have been held in York from the 13th to 15th March, has been cancelled due to fears about the Coronavirus epidemic.
caption: The third Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Menzies Campbell. He led the party from March 2006 to December 2007.
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