Themes: Party organisation
‘Like the early Christians in Rome’
Have Liberal Lords been so isolated and powerless?; by Matt Cole
National Liberal Federation minute books
I am trying to trace the whereabouts of the minute books of the National Liberal Federation, as operated in the later nineteenth century, from 1877. Bristol University’s Special Collections archive holds the proceedings of the NLF’s Council, but a 1962 article by the late Barry McGill on Liberal organisation makes reference to several minute books…
Bertha Bowness Fischer
‘One of the most effective and most welcome workers.’ An examination of the career of the first female Liberal political agent.
Birmingham, the ‘Caucus’ and the 1868 general election
An examination of the emergence and impact of the Birmingham Liberal ‘caucus’.
Welsh Liberal Party 1966–70
New beginnings and the challenge of Plaid Cymru.
Letter to the Editor
Liberal Party Council (John Smithson).
Agents at work
Review of Kathryn Rix, Parties, Agents and Electoral Culture in England 1880–1910 (Boydell Press, 2016).
Letters to the Editor
The 1915 general election (Graem Peters, Peter Rowland); Chris Rennard interview (Barry Standen, Roger Jenking).
The New Orbits Group, 1958 – c.1962
A look at the purpose and achievements of the New Orbits Group.
Liberals in local government 1967 – 2017
The Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors (ALDC) was founded, as the Association of Liberal Councillors, fifty years ago. At this meeting, organised in conjunction with ALDC, we celebrate its 50th anniversary and discuss the role of Liberals and Liberal Democrats in local government. What has the party achieved in local government? To what extent has…