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Wade, Donald

(1904 - 1988)

Baron Wade of Huddersfield

Liberal MP for Huddersfield West 1950-64

President of the Liberal Party 1967-68

Liberal Chief Whip 1956-62, Deputy Leader 1962-64

Wainwright, Richard

(1918 - 2003)

Liberal MP for Colne Valley 1966-70, February 1974-87

Chairman of the Liberal Party 1970-72

Walker, Tina

Secretary of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust

Wallace, Jim

(1954 - )

Baron Wallace of Tankerness

Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland 1983-2001, Liberal Democrat MSP for Orkney 1999-2007

Liberal/Liberal Democrat Chief Whip 1987-92, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats 1992-2005, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords 2013-16

Deputy First Minister of Scotland 1999-2005, Minister for Justice 1999-2003, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning 2003-05, Advocate General for Scotland 2010-15

Wallas, Graham

(1858 - 1932)

English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist, and a leader of the Fabian Society

Wallis, Diana

(1954 - )

Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber 1999-2012

Watkin, Sir Edward

(1819 - 1901)

Liberal MP for Great Yarmouth 1857-58, Stockport 1864-68, Hythe 1874-95

Watson, Graham (MEP)

Head of David Steels private office from June 1983 to September 1987

Webb, Sir Steve

(1965 - )

Liberal Democrat MP for Northavon 1997-2010, Thornbury and Yate 2010-15

Minister of State for Pensions 2010-15

Wedgwood, Josiah Clement

(1872 - 1943)

1st Baron Wedgwood

Liberal MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1906-19, Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1919-42

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1924

White, Sir George

(1840 - 1912)

Liberal MP for North West Norfolk 1900-12

Whitehead, James

(1834 - 1917)

Liberal MP for Leicester 1892-94

Wilkes, John

(1725 - 1797)

MP for Aylesbury 1757-64, Middlesex 1768-69, 1774-90

Williams, Shirley

(1930 - 2021)

Baroness Williams of Crosby

Labour MP for Hitchin 1964-74, Hertford & Stevenage 1974-79, SDP MP for Crosby 1981-83

President of the SDP 1982-87, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords 2001-04

Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection 1974-76, Secretary of State for Education and Science 1976-79

Williams, Aneurin

(1859 - 1924)

Liberal MP for Plymouth January-December 1910, North West Durham 1914-18, Consett 1918-22

Williams, Roger

(1948 - )

Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon and Radnor 2001-15

Willott, Jenny

(1974 - )

Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central 2005-15

Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 2010, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer & Postal Affairs 2013-14

Wintringham, Margaret

(1879 - 1955)

Liberal MP for Louth 1921-24

President of the Women's Liberal Federation 1925-27

Wodehouse, John

(1826 - 1902)

1st Earl of Kimberley

Liberal Leader of the House of Lords 1891-94, 1897-1902

Lord Privy Seal 1868-70, Colonial Secretary 1870-74, 1880-82, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1882, Secretary of State for India 1882-85, 1886, 1892-94, Foreign Secretary 1894-95

Wood, James

(1867 - 1936)

Liberal MP for East Down 1902-06

Woods, Sam

(1846 - 1915)

Liberal-Labour MP for Ince 1892-95, Walthamstow 1897-1900

Wrigglesworth, Ian

(1939 - )

Baron Wrigglesworth of Norton-on-Tees

Labour/SDP MP for Thornaby 1974-83, SDP MP for Stockton South 1983-87

President of the Liberal Democrats 1988-90

Alun Wyburn-Powell is an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Historical Studies at the University of Leicester and a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Journalism at City University. He has written a number of books including: Clement Davies: Liberal Leader (2003) and Defectors and the Liberal Party 1910-2010 (2012)