Local Liberal history
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More mirage than vision
Review of Garry Tregidga, The Liberal Party in South-West Britain since 1918: Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth (University of Exeter Press, 2000).
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Re-establishing the faith
The revival of Liberalism in Dumfriesshire, 1931-63.
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Liberal Party fortunes in the Isle of Wight 1900-1910
The political and electoral history of a Liberal-Conservative marginal seat.
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John Sutton Nettlefold, Liberalism and the early town planning movement
The contribution of the chair of Birmingham’s Housing Committee, 1901-11, to the debates on slum housing and town planning.
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Discovering Kincardineshire’s Liberal history
An article in our ‘Liberal Heritage’ series, in which well-known Liberal Democrats explore the Liberal history of their native town.
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Discovering Berwick’s Liberal history
An article in our ‘Liberal Heritage’ series, in which well-known Liberal Democrats explore the Liberal history of their native town.
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Local history: Epsom & Ewell Social Democrats
David Gourley on joining the SDP in 1981 and working with the Liberals through the Alliance and merger.
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Report: Liberalism in the west
Report of LDHG meeting of March 2000 on Liberalism in western England, with Michael Steed and Malcolm Brown.
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Hastings in 1900
The ‘khaki election’ of 1900 saw the Liberals performing poorly. This article examines one seat they gained from the Conservatives.