The Liberal Party is a United Kingdom political party that was founded in 1989 by members of the original Liberal Party opposed to its merger with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form the Liberal Democrats. The party has never held a UK, Scottish, Senedd or European parliamentary seat, though it has had representation on local councils.
Parliamentary elections contested By-elections 1987–1992 Date Constituency Candidate Votes % 23 February 1989 Richmond (Yorks) Nicholas Watkins 70 0.1 24 May 1990 Bootle Kevin White 474 1.3 27 September 1990 Knowsley, S Ian Smith 628 3.0 18 October 1990 Eastbourne Theresia Williamson 526 1.1 8 November 1990 Bootle Kevin White 291 1.0 9 November 1990 Bradford, N Noel Nowosielski 187 0.5 7 March 1991 Ribble Valley Simon Taylor 133 0.3
1992 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Aldershot D Robinson 1,038 1.6 UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Arundel D Renson 1,103 1.8 Ashton-under-Lyne C Hall 907 2.1 Bath M Barker 172 0.3 Beckenham G Williams 643 1.4UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Bedfordshire, Mid P Cottier 1,582 2.3 Bootle M Hall 1,174 2.3UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Cambridgeshire, N E C Ash 998 1.6UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Chichester J Weights 643 1.0UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Chingford D Green 602 1.4 Chislehurst I Richmond 849 2.0 Corby J Wood 784 1.4UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Cornwall, N P Andrews 678 1.1 Cornwall, S E M Cook 644 1.1 Coventry, S W R Wheway 989 2.0 Crosby John Marks 1,052 1.6 Denton & Reddish M Powell 1,296 2.5 Devizes S Coles 962 1.3UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Eastbourne Theresia Williamson 296 0.5UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Edinburgh, Central R Wilson 235 0.6 Edinburgh, W A Fleming 272 0.6 Exeter A Micklem 1,119 1.8 Falmouth & Camborne Paul Holmes 730 1.3UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Fife, N E D Senior 85 0.2 Grantham J Hiley 1,500 2.3UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Harrow, E P Burrows 1,142 2.0 Harrow, W Gabriel Aitman 845 1.6 Heywood & Middleton Phil Burke 757 1.8UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Honiton Geoffrey Halliwell 1,005 1.6 Horsham J Elliott 1,281 1.9 Huntingdon P Wiggin 1,045 1.4 Kingston upon Thames A Amer 771 2.0UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Knowsley, N K Lappin 1,180 3.3 Leeds, N W N Nowosielski 427 0.8Leeds, W Michael Meadowcroft 3,980 8.3 Leyton L de Pinna 561 1.5UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Lincoln S Wiggin 603 1.0 Liverpool, Broadgreen Steve Radford 1,211 2.9 Liverpool, Garston A Conrad 894 2.2 Liverpool, Walton T Newall 963 2.0 Liverpool, West Derby D Curtis 1,021 2.6 Makerfield S Cairns 1,309 2.4 Manchester, Gorton T Henderson 767 2.0UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Medway M Austin 1,480 3.0 Northavon P Marx 380 0.5 Nottingham E C Roylance 598 1.3 Oxford, W & Abingdon R Jenkin 194 0.4UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Peterborough E Murat 1,557 2.4 Ravensbourne Peter White 318 0.7 Rochford L Farmer 1,362 2.1UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net St Ives Graham Stephens 577 1.0 Shoreham W Weights 459 0.8UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Slough J Clark 1,426 2.5 Somerton & Frome J Pollock 388 0.7 Southend, E Brian Lynch 673 1.6 Southend, W Alan Farmer 495 1.0 Stalybridge & Hyde R Powell 1,199 2.4 Sunderland, N W Lundgren 841 1.7UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Tiverton David Morrish 2,225 3.8UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Tooting C Martin 1,340 2.6 Truro C Tankard 208 0.3 Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale John Hein 177 0.6 Twickenham A Miners 85 0.2 Walthamstow V Wilkinson 241 0.7 Westbury P Macdonald 1,440 2.0UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Wigan K White 1,116 2.0 Wiltshire, N George Hawkins 622 0.9 Wolverhampton, N E Kenneth Bullman 1,087 2.2UK General Election results April 1992 at politicsresources.net Wolverhampton, S E Catherine Twelvetrees 850 2. Wolverhampton, S W Colin Hallmark 1,237 2.4 Woodspring Nick Brown 836 1.3 Worthing N Goble 679 1.1
By-elections 1992–1997 Date Constituency Candidate Votes % 15 December 1994 Dudley, W Mike Hyde 548 1.3 11 April 1996 South East Staffordshire Steven Mountford 332 0.8 21 October 1997 Beckenham Phil Rimmer 330 1.0
1997 general election Source: UK General Election Results 1997 at politicsresources.net UK General Election Results 1997 in Excel zip format Constituency Candidate Votes % Beckenham Phil Rimmer 720 1.3 Bethnal Green & Bow Terry Milson 2,963 6.6 Birmingham, Perry Barr Alasdair Baxter 718 1.6 Bromley & Chislehurst Gabriel Aitman 285 0.5 Camberwell & Peckham Gerry Williams 443 1.6 Cornwall, N Rif Winfield 186 0.3 Cornwall, S E Bill Weights 268 0.5 Coventry, N E Nick Brown 1,181 2.5 Coventry, N W Rob Wheway 687 1.3 Coventry S Roger Jenking 725 1.5 Crosby John Marks 233 0.5 Devon, E Geoffrey Halliwell 1,363 2.6 Devon, W & Torridge Michael Pithouse 50 0.9 Dulwich & W Norwood Alex Goldie 587 1.3 Eastbourne Theresia Williamson 741 1.4 Edinburgh, W Paul Coombes 263 0.6 Eltham Henry Middleton 584 1.3 Exeter David Morrish 2,062 3.3 Falmouth & Camborne Paul Holmes 527 1.0 Halton David Proffitt 600 1.4 Hastings & Rye Jane Amstad 1,046 2.1 Heywood & Middleton Phil Burke 750 1.5 Leeds, W Noel Nowosielski 625 1.6 Lewisham, E Peter White 277 0.7 Lewisham, W Liz Oram 167 0.4 Liverpool, Garston Gary Copeland 666 1.5 Liverpool, Riverside David Green 594 1.6 Liverpool, Walton Hazel Williams 352 0.9 Liverpool Wavertree Keith McCullough 391 0.9 Liverpool, West Derby Steve Radford 4,037 9.6 Maidenhead David Munkley 896 1.8 Newcastle-under-Lyme Steven Mountford 1,399 2.9 Orpington Robin Almond 494 0.8 Portsmouth, S John Thompson 184 0.4 Rayleigh Alan Farmer 829 1.6 Rochford & Southend, E Brian Lynch 1,007 2.2 Romford Terry Hurlstone 1,100 2.6 Slough Anne Bradshaw 1,835 3.8 South Ribble Nigel Ashton 1,127 2.0 Southport Susan Ashton 386 0.8 Southwark, N & Bermondsey Jim Munday 157 0.4 St. Ives Graham Stephens 425 0.8 Stoke-on-Trent, Central Fran Oborski 359 0.9 Stoke-on-Trent, S Alison Micklem 580 1.3 Stone Ann Winfield 545 1.0 Tamworth Catherine Twelvetrees 177 0.4 Tiverton Jenny Roach 635 1.1 Torbay Bruce Cowling 1161 2.2 Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale John Hein 387 1.0 Westbury George Hawkins 1,956 3.5 Windsor Paul Bradshaw 388 0.8 Wolverhampton, N E Colin Hallmark 1,560 3.8 Wolverhampton, S E Kenneth Bullman 647 1.9 Wolverhampton, S W Mike Hyde 713 1.5 Wyre Forest Chris Harvey 1,670 3.0
By-elections 1997–2001 Date Constituency Candidate Votes % 21 October 1997 Beckenham Phil H. Rimmer 330 1.0
2001 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Beckenham Riff Winfield 234 0.5The Guardian 9 June 2001 Eastbourne Theresia Williamson 574 1.3 Exeter David Morrish 2,596 4.9 Falmouth & Camborne Paul Holmes 649 1.4 Heywood & Middleton Philip Burke 1,021 2.6 Hove Nigel Donovan 316 0.8 Leeds, W Noel Nowosielski 462 1.4 Liverpool, West Derby Steve Radford 4,601 14.9 Rochford & Southend E. Brian Lynch 600 1.6 Somerton & Frome Jean Pollock 354 0.7 Southport David Green 767 1.9 Tiverton & Honiton Jennifer Roach 594 1.1 Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale John Hein 383 1.2
2005 general election Constituency Candidate Votes %Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk John Hein 916 2.0Election Candidates at politicsresources.netUK General Election results May 2005: Berwickshire Roxburgh & Selkirk at politicsresources.netExeter Margaret Danks 2,214 4.0UK General Election results May 2005: Exeter at politicsresources.netFalmouth & Camborne Paul Holmes 423 0.9UK General Election results May 2005: Falmouth & Camborne at politicsresources.netFylde Tim Akeroyd 1,647 3.6UK General Election results May 2005: Fylde at politicsresources.netHackney S & Shoreditch Benjamin Rae 313 1.0UK General Election results May 2005: Hackney South & Shoreditch at politicsresources.netHeywood & Middleton Phil Burke 1,377 3.5UK General Election results May 2005: Heywood & Middleton at politicsresources.netKingston upon Hull East Janet Toker 1,018 3.3UK General Election results May 2005: Hull East at politicsresources.netLiverpool, Walton Daniel Wood 480 1.7UK General Election results May 2005: Liverpool Walton at politicsresources.netLiverpool, West Derby Steve Radford 3,606 11.8UK General Election results May 2005: Liverpool West Derby at politicsresources.netRyedale John Clarke 1,417 3.2UK General Election results May 2005: at politicsresources.netTeignbridge Reginald Wills 685 1.1UK General Election results May 2005: Teignbridge at politicsresources.netTiverton & Honiton Roy Collins 1,701 2.9UK General Election results May 2005: Tiverton & Honiton at politicsresources.netVale Of Glamorgan Karl-James Langford 605 1.3UK General Election results May 2005: at politicsresources.netWyre Forest Fran Oborski 2,666 5.7UK General Election results May 2005: Wyre Forest at politicsresources.net
2010 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Edinburgh North & Leith John Hein 389 0.8Election Candidates list and UK General Election 2010 Constituency Results at politicsresources.net Exeter Chris Gale 1,108 2.1 Hackney South & Shoreditch Ben Rae 539 1.3 Liverpool West Derby Steve Radford 3,327 9.3 Thirsk & Malton John Clark 1,418 3.7
2015 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Chelmsford Henry Arthur Boyle 665 1.2Election Candidates list at politicsresources.netUK General Election results May 2015: Chelmsford at politicsresources.net Liverpool West Derby Steve Radford 2,049 5.0UK General Election results May 2015: Liverpool West Derby at politicsresources.net Peterborough Chris Ash 639 1.4UK General Election results May 2015: Peterborough at politicsresources.net Thirsk & Malton John Clark 1,127 2.2UK General Election results May 2015: Thirsk & Malton at politicsresources.net
2017 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Altrincham and Sale West Neil Taylor 299 0.6"Election 2017: Altrincham and Sale West", BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2017. Devon Central Lloyd Knight 470 0.8"Election 2017: Devon Central", BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2017. Liverpool West Derby Steve Radford 2,150 4.8"Election 2017: Liverpool West Derby", BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2017. Thirsk & Malton John Clark 753 1.3"Election 2017: Thirsk & Malton", BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
2019 general election Constituency Candidate Votes %Altrincham & Sale WestNeil Taylor4580.8BlaydonKathy King6531.6Bridgwater and West SomersetF Moussa7551.3Calder ValleyRichard Phillips7211.2Camborne and RedruthPaul Thomas Holmes6761.3City of London & WestminsterDirk van Heck1010.2Garston and HalewoodHazel Williams3440.6KnowsleyRaymond Frank Catesby4050.7LincolnCharles William Shaw3040.6Liverpool WaltonBilly Lake6601.6Liverpool WavertreeMick Coyne5011.2Liverpool West DerbySteve Radford1,8264.2North CornwallElmars Vilnis Liepens5721.1Sefton CentralAngela Preston2850.6South East CornwallJay Latham8691.6St Austell and NewquayRichard Byrne6261.1St IvesRobert Lee Smith3140.6Stalybridge and HydeJohn Anthony Edge4351.0Truro and FalmouthPaul William Nicholson4130.7 Source:
2021 Scottish Parliament election Constituency Candidate Votes %Glasgow SouthsideDerek Jackson1020.3%
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