Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrats 	Liberal Democrats 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Leader 	Saracen's Fez 	 	 	
Deputy leaders 	shadowdweller, SnowMiku 	 	 	
Founded 	May 2005 	 	 	
Also known as 	Liberal Party (March 2013 – July 2018)	 	 	
Ideology 	LiberalismCentrism 	 	 	
Political position	Centre 	 	 	
Colours 	Amber Orange 	 	 	
House of Commons 	 	 	 	
Website 	Website 	Website 	Website 	Website
Liberal Democrats 	Liberal Democrats 	Liberal Democrats	Liberal Democrats	Liberal Democrats
 	 	 	 	
Elections 	Elections 	Elections 	Elections 	Elections
"Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty." - Hubert H. Humphrey
The Liberal Democrats (formerly the Liberal Party) is a socially liberal party in the House of Commons, currently lead by Saracen's Fez. The party has existed since the foundation of the MHoC in 2005.
The Liberal Democrats are located in the centre ground of TSR politics, and have usually been the sole party of the centre, standing for social liberalism and a social market economy. The formation of the Citizen's Party has nonetheless solidified the Liberal Democrats as a primarily centre-left and left-liberal force, with the Citizens standing for right-liberalism.
== History ==
In the early years of the MHoC, the Liberal Democrats were frequently the largest party in the House, and they were the first party in government following the formation of the MHoC  in May 2005. The party received the most votes and seats in the second, seventh, tenth and eleventh general elections, and were the largest government party in the fifth, seventh and tenth Parliaments. In the twenty-ninth Parliament, the Lib Dems repeated the feat of being the largest party and leading the government, largely on the back of a strong Liberal Democrat real-life performance around the 2019 European elections.
In March 2013, the Liberal Democrats renamed themselves as the Liberal Party, reversing this decision in July 2018. The party continues to serve as an active voice in the House of Commons.
== Electoral Performance ==
The Party began leading two minority Governments, but have only between leading members of a Government twice after that.
This table shows how the Liberal Party has performed in General Elections since the first one in May 2005:
Election 	Votes	Vote %	% Change	Rank 	Seats	Seat Change	Outcome of Election
May 2005 	votes
hidden	32.66%	N/A 	1st 	 	N/A 	Liberal Democrat Minority
November 2005 	votes
hidden	24.98%	7.68% 	1st *	 	4 	Liberal Democrat Minority
May 2006 	44 	14.43%	10.55% 	3rd 	 	6 	Conservative-Monster Raving Loony Coalition
November 2006 	49 	20.68%	6.25% 	2nd 	 	3 	Monster Raving Loony Minority
May 2007 	votes
hidden	15.11%	5.57% 	3rd 	 	3 	Monster Raving Loony Minority
December 2007 	votes
hidden	17.24%	2.13% 	4th 	 	1 	Labour-Monster Raving Loony Coalition
June 2008 	votes
hidden	24.18%	6.94% 	1st 	 	4 	Liberal Democrat-Labour Coalition
November 2008 	67 	16.14%	8.14% 	3rd 	 	4 	Conservative Minority
May 2009 	votes
hidden	18.18%	2.04% 	2nd 	 	1 	No Government
November 2009 	votes
hidden	21.44%	3.26% 	1st 	 	2 	Liberal Democrat-Conservative-Centre Coalition
May 2010 	104 	22.41%	0.97% 	1st 	 	1 	Conservative-Libertarian-UKIP Coalition
October 2010 	votes
hidden	14.7% 	7.71% 	3rd 	 	6 	Conservative-Libertarian Coalition
April 2011 	99 	9.2% 	5.5% 	5th 	 	3 	Labour-Liberal Democrat-Centre-UKIP Coalition
October 2011 	54 	11.30%	2.1% 	5th 	 	2 	Labour-Liberal Democrat Coalition
March 2012 	67 	9.38% 	1.92% 	5th 	 	1 	Conservative-UKIP-Faland Coalition
September 2012	38 	6.1% 	3.28% 	8th 	 	2 	Labour-Socialist-Addzter Coalition
April 2013 	53 	8.72% 	2.62% 	6th 	 	2 	Conservative-UKIP-Libertarian Coalition
September 2013	58 	12.42%	3.7% 	4th 	 	2 	Conservative-Liberal-UKIP Coalition
March 2014 	61 	7.92% 	4.5% 	1st 	 	3 	Labour-Socialist-Green Coalition
September 2014	57 	9.12% 	1.2% 	6th 	 	1 	Green-Labour-Liberal Coalition
May 2015 	33 	9.02% 	0.1% 	5th 	 	No Change 	Labour-Liberal Coalition
Green-UKIP-Liberal Coalition
October 2015 	40 	16.74%	7.72% 	3rd 	 	4 	Labour-Liberal Coalition
April 2016 	28 	15.14%	1.6% 	3rd 	 	1 	Conservative-Liberal-National Liberal Coalition
November 2016 	26 	17.33%	2.19% 	3rd 	 	1 	Labour-Socialist Coalition
June 2017 	30 	14.49%	2.84% 	4th 	 	1 	Labour-Liberal-Socialist Coalition
December 2017 	19 	15.97%	1.48% 	4th 	 	1 	Conservative-Liberal-UKIP Coalition
Liberal-Libertarian Coalition
June 2018 	20 	11.90%	4.08% 	4th 	 	2 	Conservative Minority
December 2018 	27 	18.37%	6.47% 	3rd 	 	3 	Conservative Minority
July 2019 	43 	26.87%	8.5% 	1st 	 	5 	Liberal Democrat-Labour Coalition
December 2019 	20 	17.7% 	9.17% 	3rd 	 	6 	Labour-Liberal Democrat Coalition
April 2020 	25 	16.78%	0.92% 	3rd 	 	No Change 	Conservative-Citizen's Coalition
November 2020 	28 	28.57%	11.79% 	2nd 	 	6 	Liberal Democrat-Labour Coalition
== Leaders ==
There have been 26 Liberal Democrat leaders to date, with 2 + 2 = 5 being the first one and Saracen's Fez being the current one. NDGAARONDI, Eru Iluvatar, Afcwimbledon2 and PetrosAC are the only leaders to have served more than one term. PetrosAC is the only leader to have served on three occasions.
Liberal Democrat leaders who also served as Prime Minister are marked with an asterisk.
Leader	Leader 	Took office 	Left office
 	2 + 2 = 5* 	May 2005 	January 2006
 	Daragh* 	January 2006 	March 2006
 	NDGAARONDI* 	March 2006 	May 2006
 	RobbieC 	May 2006 	October 2006
 	Teehar 	October 2006 	April 2007
 	NDGAARONDI 	April 2007 	December 2007
 	Eru Iluvatar* 	December 2007 	July 2008
 	Budgie* 	July 2008 	October 2008
 	veggie4life* 	November 2008 	January 2009
 	DayneD89 	January 2009 	June 2009
 	Eru Iluvatar 	June 2009 	December 2009
 	Thunder and Jazz*	December 2009 	February 2010
 	Afcwimbledon2* 	February 2010 	May 2010
 	Matthew_Lowson* 	May 2010 	August 2010
 	Student2806 	September 2010	September 2011
 	Wilzman 	September 2011	January 2012
 	Morgsie 	February 2012 	June 2012
 	Thunder_Chunky 	June 2012 	October 2012
 	Birchington 	October 2012 	June 2014
 	MacDaddi 	June 2014 	March 2015
 	Airmed 	April 2015 	August 2015
 	Jarred 	August 2015 	December 2015
 	PetrosAC* 	December 2015 	April 2017
 	Elizabeth II 	April 2017 	August 2017
 	Afcwimbledon2 	August 2017 	March 2018
 	PetrosAC* 	March 2018 	September 2018
 	Eppeb 	September 2018	December 2018
 	PetrosAC* 	December 2018 	March 2019
 	04MR17* 	March 2019 	October 2019
 	TheRadishPrince* 	October 2019 	February 2020
 	Saracen's Fez* 	March 2020 	Incumbent
== Deputy leaders ==
The position of deputy leader was created in January 2010. There have been 20 Liberal Democrat deputy leaders to date, with Lefty Leo being the first one and SnowMiku and shadowdweller being the current ones.
Deputy Leaders who also served as leader at some point are marked with an asterisk.
Deputy Leader	Deputy Leader 	Took office 	Left office
 	Lefty Leo 	January 2010 	March 2010
 	Thunder_Chunky* 	March 2010 	May 2011
 	elli_emc 	May 2011 	November 2011
 	Morgsie 	November 2011 	February 2012
 	Birchington* 	February 2012 	October 2012
 	jsb123 	October 2012 	April 2013
 	Diety 	April 2013 	September 2013
 	Mazzini 	September 2013	December 2013
 	Will95206 	December 2013 	July 2014
 	Green_Pink 	August 2014 	August 2015
 	PetrosAC* 	September 2015	December 2015
 	Airmed* 	January 2016 	July 2016
 	thehistorybore 	July 2016 	November 2016
 	Elizabeth II* 	November 2016 	April 2017
 	Airmed* 	April 2017 	October 2017
 	Conceited (acting)	June 2017 	August 2017
 	PetrosAC* 	October 2017 	March 2018
 	LifeIsFine 	March 2018 	June 2018
 	04MR17* 	July 2018 	April 2019
 	TheRadishPrince* 	April 2019 	October 2019
 	Saracen's Fez* 	November 2019 	March 2020
 	shadowdweller &
SnowMiku	March 2020 	Incumbent
== Chairs ==
In February 2014, the position of chair was introduced. There have been 12 Liberal Democrat chairs, with MacDaddi being the first one and Jarred being the last one. In May 2019, the position of chair was suspended, though there remains an option to bring it back in the future.
Chairs who also served as leader at some point are marked with an asterisk.
Chair	Chair 	Took office 	Left office
 	MacDaddi* 	February 2014	June 2014
 	Birchington* 	June 2014 	December 2014
 	Birkenhead 	December 2014	April 2015
 	PetrosAC* 	April 2015 	September 2015
 	itsdancross 	October 2015 	November 2015
 	JoeL1994 	November 2015	March 2016
 	thehistorybore 	March 2016 	July 2016
 	Elizabeth II* 	August 2016 	November 2016
 	Conceited 	November 2016	December 2017
 	Afcwimbledon2* (acting)	June 2017 	August 2017
 	Tommy1boy 	December 2017	March 2018
 	Jarred* 	March 2018 	May 2019
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