Chris Millington
Eleanor Acland – a neglected Liberal activist
By Paul Auchterlonie Eleanor Acland was born Eleanor Margaret Cropper in Westmoreland in 1878, into a family with political connections. Her paternal grandfather, Sir James Cropper, was Liberal MP for Kendal from 1880 to 1885, while her maternal grandfather was Lord Knutsford who had been a Conservative MP and secretary to the colonies from 1887…
New booklet from the History Group: Liberalism: the Ideas that built the Liberal Democrats
Hot on the heels of British Liberal Leaders, the Liberal Democrat History Group has produced a booklet looking at the ideas underlying the Liberal Democrats. This accessible guide includes entries on economic concepts, environmentalism, internationalism and community politics, together with contemporary and historic currents of thought, including social and economic liberalism, social democracy, Keynsianism, radicalism…
The 1955 general election
26th May this year sees the 50th anniversary on the 1955 general election – the first recorded election results programme by the BBC. Luckily it is still in the archives and on the 26th, BBC Parliament will be broadcasting the programme which was presented by Richard Dimbleby with expert summary by David Butler. Butler at…
Elections past – 2010
On the eve of the 2015 election here is Professor John Curtice’s analysis of the last election of five year’s ago and a report from the History Group meeting at the 2010 Autumn Conference.
Elections past – 2005
A look at another general election as featured in our back issues. In the Journal from the Autumn of 2005, Prefessor John Curtice looked at the Liberal Democrat performance in the election of that year.
Elections past – 1910
Continuing our look at previous general elections we look at the elections of 1910. In Journal 68 Dr Mark Pack looked back at the 1910 campaigns from the perspective of techniques used in 2010.
Elections past – 1997
With the election now well underway we take a look at some previous elections as featured in previous editions of the Journal. We kick off with the 1997 election featured in an article from September 1997.