1910-1929
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The yellow glass ceiling: the mystery of the disappearing Liberal women MPs
Only six women ever sat as Liberal MPs, and most only for very short periods. This article examines why.
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‘He would not stoop, he did not conquer’
Review of Robert Rhodes James, Rosebery (Phoenix, 1995).
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The Liberals and Ireland 1912-1916
Liberal ministers had to deal with more than the Great War during the period 1914-18. Examination of the Liberal record on the Irish Question during this critical period.
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The first woman Liberal MP
The life and political career of the first woman Liberal MP, Margaret Wintringham (1879-1955).
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Every vote for Llewelyn Williams is a vote against Lloyd George
Examination of the February 1921 by-election in Cardiganshire, where Asquithian and Lloyd George Liberals engaged in bitter internecine warfare.
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From left to right? The career of John Morley
Biography of John Morley (1838-1923), the leading Victorian and Edwardian Liberal who could be seen as both of the left and the right.
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The fall of the Lloyd George Coalition
Report of the joint Liberal Democrat History Group/Conservative History Group meeting of July 2003, with Margaret Macmillan, Andrew Thorpe, John Barnes and Stuart Ball.
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Left, right: December 1916 – The forward march of Liberals halted
Was the disastrous Liberal split of 1916 a matter of personalities or ideologies?
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The 1924 general election
In contrast to the contest of 1923, the General Election of 29 October 1924 was an unmitigated disaster for the Liberals and the Party's parliamentary strength was reduced to just 40 MPs. A number of leading Liberal figures failed to emerge victorious from the contest, including the Party's leader, Herbert Henry Asquith, who lost the…