Journal of Liberal History

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Journal of Liberal History

For the discussion and research of Liberal, Liberal Democrat and SDP history

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On This Day

05 July 1945

Most constituencies begin voting in the historic 1945 general election

The election saw the Labour Party lead by Clement Attlee sweep to power in a landslide and Winston Churchill and the Conservatives defeated, just two months after VE Day. The Liberal Party fielded 307 candidates and, despite an increase in its vote, only returned 12 MPs, losing many of their leading figures including party leader Sir Archibald Sinclair, who lost Caithness & Sutherland by 64 votes, Sir William Beveridge and Chief Whip Sir Percy Harris. The party did manage to record several gains including Frank Byers who won Dorset North from the Conservatives and Rhys Hopkin Morris who gained Carmarthen from Labour.

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We publish the Journal of Liberal History and a range of books

The Liberal Democrat History Group promotes the discussion and research of topics relating to the histories of the British Liberal Democrats and its predecessor parties, the Liberal Party and the SDP, and of liberalism more broadly.

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We aim to appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of British Liberalism, whether academics, party activists or spare-time students of political history.

Things we do:

Publish the quarterly Journal of Liberal History, containing articles, book reviews, biographies, and meeting reports

Publish books, including Peace, Reform and Liberation: A History of Liberal Politics in Britain 1679-2011, Dictionary of Liberal Thought, and Great Liberal Speeches

Make resources available to students of Liberal history, including news of research in progress and guides to archive sources (see Research resources)

Provide a concise history of the Liberal Democrats and its predecessor parties, along with a more extensive set of historical articles and biographies – the Liberal History Online project, available through themes and time periods.

Publish shorter booklets as concise reference sources, including Liberal History (a concise history of the Liberal Democrats and its predecessor parties), Liberal Leaders 1828-1899, Liberal Leaders of the Twentieth Century and Mothers of Liberty: Women who built British Liberalism

Organise discussion meetings, both in London and as fringe meetings at Liberal Democrat conferences

“There are hazards in everything one does, but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.”

Shirley Williams

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