Description

Liberal History News
Jim Wallace, 1954–2026

Flattered to Deceive?
The performance of the Liberal Democrats in the May 2026 local and devolved elections; by John Curtice

Boundaries, Science and the redrawing of England’s Electoral Map in 1832
Martin Spychal describes the 1832 Boundary Act and the work of the 1831–32 Boundary Commission

The ‘Last of the Whig Statesmen’
The Marquess of Crewe; by Ewan Lawry

A Liberal Agent in the 1960s
Beth Butler’s experiences as a Liberal election agent at elections and by-elections

Reviews
Bennett, The 1922 General Election Reconsidered, reviewed by Vernon Bogdanor; Alderton, Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, reviewed by J. Graham Jones; Yates, Sir Edward Grey’s Liberal Critics, 1905 1914, reviewed by David Dutton; Williams, When Courage Calls: Josephine Butler and the radical pursuit of justice for women, reviewed by Malcolm Baines