1929-1956
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Holding the balance
The record of the Liberal Party in hung parliaments in 1924, 1929-31 and 1977-78.
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Battle of ideas or absence of leadership?
Analysis of the ideological struggle in the Liberal Party in the 1940s and 1950s.
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At the heart of the party
Biography of Raymond Jones (1883-1948), constituency organiser, election agent and parliamentary candidate.
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The Liberal Party and general elections
Report of Liberal Democrat History Group meeting of February 2003, with David Butler and Neil Stockley.
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Keeper of the Liberal flame
The life of Ivor Davies (1915-1986), who would have been the Liberal candidate at the Oxford by-election in 1938.
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Liberalism and Unionist Northern Ireland
1921 – 1971: despite all the obstacles, Liberalism survived in Northern Ireland after partitition.
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Liberal unity frustrated
Why the Liberal Party failed to patch up effectively its first major post-war split, between the supporters of Asquith and those of Lloyd George.
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The final quest for Liberal reunion 1943-46
History of the attempts to reunite the Liberal Nationals with the official Liberal Party in the 1940s.
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Impacts of reunification?
The electoral impact of a potential Liberal-National Liberal reunion in the 1940s.