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class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">2 Atholl Place, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">Liberalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Classical_liberalism" title="Classical liberalism">Classical liberalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Social_liberalism" title="Social liberalism">Social liberalism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">National affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style 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title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, was the dominant political party of <a href="/wiki/Scotland_in_the_modern_era" title="Scotland in the modern era">Victorian Scotland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and although its importance declined with the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Party in Scotland">Labour</a> and <a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a> parties during the 20th century,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was still a significant, albeit much reduced force when it finally merged with the Social Democratic Party in Scotland, to form the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> in 1988. </p><p>The party lost its last remaining seats in the UK Parliament in 1945, and continued to decline in popular support in the post war years, with <a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> (who won back Orkney and Shetland in 1950) being the sole Scottish Liberal MP in the House of Commons from 1951 to 1964. The party gained a partial revival in the <a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964 general election</a> returning three further MPs; <a href="/wiki/George_Mackie,_Baron_Mackie_of_Benshie" title="George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie">George Mackie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russell_Johnston_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russell Johnston (politician)">Russell Johnston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alasdair_Mackenzie" title="Alasdair Mackenzie">Alasdair Mackenzie</a>. A further gain came the following year with <a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">David Steel</a>'s victory at the <a href="/wiki/1965_Roxburgh,_Selkirk_and_Peebles_by-election" title="1965 Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election">Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election</a>. Steel went on to become a pivotal figure in the development of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_devolution" title="Scottish devolution">Scottish devolution</a>, in partnership with <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a> and other key Labour and Liberal figures. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victorian_Party">Victorian Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Party&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Victorian Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Victorian Liberal party in Scotland was not always ideologically unified, and was faced with many internal divisions, particularly amongst the more conservative <a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whiggish</a> elements of the party who were largely based in Edinburgh and the East, and the more western and Glasgow-based radical Liberals.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The East and North of Scotland Liberal Association and the West and South West of Scotland Liberal Association were founded in 1877. Early in 1881, they merged, forming the Scottish Liberal Association, led by Gladstone and Adam. A National Liberal Federation of Scotland was founded in April 1886, but merged into the Liberal Association in December.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Women%27s_Liberal_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Women's Liberal Federation">Scottish Women's Liberal Federation</a> was formed in 1891 from regional groups and was led by <a href="/wiki/Anna_Lindsay_(Scotland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna Lindsay (Scotland)">Anne Lindsay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-anna_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anna-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Party&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairmen">Chairmen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Party&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chairmen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>1886: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Bruce,_9th_Earl_of_Elgin" title="Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin">Victor Bruce</a></dd> <dd>1894: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gibson-Carmichael,_1st_Baron_Carmichael" title="Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael">Thomas Gibson-Carmichael</a></dd> <dd>1902: <a href="/wiki/Edward_Marjoribanks,_2nd_Baron_Tweedmouth" title="Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth">Edward Marjoribanks</a></dd> <dd>1906: <a href="/wiki/John_William_Crombie" title="John William Crombie">John William Crombie</a></dd> <dd>1908: <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Wason" title="Eugene Wason">Eugene Wason</a></dd> <dd>1909: George Green</dd> <dd>1910: <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Wason" title="Eugene Wason">Eugene Wason</a></dd> <dd>1912: William Robertson</dd> <dd>1921: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Maclean_(British_politician)" title="Donald Maclean (British politician)">Donald Maclean</a></dd> <dd>1925: <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Anthony" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Anthony">John Anthony</a></dd> <dd>1933: William Baird</dd> <dd>1936: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Archibald Sinclair</a></dd> <dd>1936: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Kerr,_11th_Marquess_of_Lothian" title="Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian">Philip Kerr</a></dd> <dd>1946: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Glen-Coats,_2nd_Baronet#Lady_Glen-Coats" title="Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 2nd Baronet">Louise Glen-Coats</a></dd> <dd>1948: Leonard T. M. Gray</dd> <dd></dd> <dd>1952: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Glen-Coats,_2nd_Baronet#Lady_Glen-Coats" title="Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 2nd Baronet">Louise Glen-Coats</a></dd> <dd>1953: <a href="/wiki/John_Gray_Wilson" title="John Gray Wilson">John Gray Wilson</a></dd> <dd>1954: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hampton_Johnston" title="Charles Hampton Johnston">Charles Hampton Johnston</a></dd> <dd>1956: <a href="/wiki/John_Bannerman,_Baron_Bannerman_of_Kildonan" title="John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan">John Bannerman</a></dd> <dd>1965: <a href="/wiki/George_Mackie,_Baron_Mackie_of_Benshie" title="George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie">George Mackie</a></dd> <dd>1970: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Johnston" title="Russell Johnston">Russell Johnston</a></dd> <dd>1973: Robert L. Smith</dd> <dd>1975: <a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Menzies Campbell</a></dd> <dd>1977: Terry Grieve</dd> <dd>1980: <a href="/wiki/Fred_McDermid" title="Fred McDermid">Fred McDermid</a></dd> <dd>1982: <a href="/wiki/Ross_Finnie" title="Ross Finnie">Ross Finnie</a></dd> <dd>1986: John Lawrie</dd> <dd>1987: Christopher Mason</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidents">Presidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Party&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>1880s: <a href="/wiki/John_Dalrymple,_10th_Earl_of_Stair" title="John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair">John Dalrymple</a></dd> <dd>1884: <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Duff,_1st_Duke_of_Fife" title="Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife">Alexander Duff</a></dd> <dd>1886: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery">Archibald Primrose</a></dd> <dd>1901: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" title="Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Henry Campbell-Bannerman</a></dd> <dd>1909: <a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a></dd> <dd>1928: <a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton-Gordon,_1st_Marquess_of_Aberdeen_and_Temair" title="John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair">John Hamilton-Gordon</a></dd> <dd>1934: <a href="/wiki/Ramsay_Muir" title="Ramsay Muir">Ramsay Muir</a></dd> <dd>1935: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Archibald Sinclair</a></dd> <dd>1960: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Archibald Sinclair</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Murray_(Scottish_politician)" title="Andrew Murray (Scottish politician)">Andrew Murray</a></dd> <dd>1961: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Archibald Sinclair</a></dd> <dd>1963: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Archibald Sinclair</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Bannerman,_Baron_Bannerman_of_Kildonan" title="John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan">John Bannerman</a></dd> <dd>1965: <a href="/wiki/John_Bannerman,_Baron_Bannerman_of_Kildonan" title="John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan">John Bannerman</a></dd> <dd>1969: Ray Bannerman (later <a href="/wiki/Ray_Michie" title="Ray Michie">Ray Michie</a>)</dd> <dd>1976: Robert L. Smith</dd> <dd>1982: <a href="/wiki/Fred_McDermid" title="Fred McDermid">Fred McDermid</a></dd> <dd>1983: <a href="/wiki/George_Mackie,_Baron_Mackie_of_Benshie" title="George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie">George Mackie</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leader">Leader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Party&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Until 1973, the party was led by the president.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Johnston" title="Russell Johnston">Russell Johnston</a>, 1973–1988</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Party&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electoral performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Kingdom_general_election_1906_in_Scotland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/United_Kingdom_general_election_1906_in_Scotland.svg/220px-United_Kingdom_general_election_1906_in_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="368" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/United_Kingdom_general_election_1906_in_Scotland.svg/330px-United_Kingdom_general_election_1906_in_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/United_Kingdom_general_election_1906_in_Scotland.svg/440px-United_Kingdom_general_election_1906_in_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="686" /></a><figcaption>The Liberals reached their zenith in Scotland at the 1906 general election, where they won over 80% of Scottish seats.</figcaption></figure> <p>This chart shows the electoral results of the Scottish Liberal Party, from its first election in 1859, to its last in 1983. Total number of seats, and vote percentage, is for Scotland only. </p> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>National leader in Scotland </th> <th>Vote % </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Government </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>66.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">40 / 53</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 75%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Liberal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">1865</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>85.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">42 / 53</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 79%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Liberal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>82.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">51 / 58</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 88%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Liberal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">1874</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>68.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">40 / 58</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 69%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>70.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">52 / 58</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 90%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Liberal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a> for <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)_(1708%E2%80%931918)" class="mw-redirect" title="Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency) (1708–1918)">Midlothian</a> </td> <td>53.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">51 / 70</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 73%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Liberal minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a> for <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)_(1708%E2%80%931918)" class="mw-redirect" title="Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency) (1708–1918)">Midlothian</a> </td> <td>53.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">43 / 70</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 61%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a> for <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_(UK_Parliament_constituency)_(1708%E2%80%931918)" class="mw-redirect" title="Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency) (1708–1918)">Midlothian</a> </td> <td>53.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">51 / 70</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 73%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Liberal minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>51.7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">39 / 70</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 56%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" title="Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Henry Campbell-Bannerman</a> for <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)">Stirling Burghs</a> </td> <td>50.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">34 / 70</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 49%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative–<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" title="Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Henry Campbell-Bannerman</a> for <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)">Stirling Burghs</a> </td> <td>56.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">58 / 70</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 83%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Liberal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">Jan 1910</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a> for <a href="/wiki/East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">East Fife</a> </td> <td>54.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">58 / 70</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 83%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Liberal minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">Dec 1910</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a> for <a href="/wiki/East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">East Fife</a> </td> <td>53.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">57 / 70</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 81%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Liberal minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a> for <a href="/wiki/East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">East Fife</a> <i>(defeated)</i> </td> <td>Official Liberal<br />15.0<br /><br /><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Coalition Liberal">Coalition Liberal</a><br />19.1 </td> <td>Official Liberal<br /><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 11%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div><br /><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Coalition Liberal">Coalition Liberal</a><br /><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">25 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFF890; width: 35%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="partial table-partial"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon">Coalition Liberal</a>–Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a> for <a href="/wiki/Paisley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a> </td> <td>Official Liberal<br />21.5<br /><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1922)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)">National Liberal</a><br />17.7 </td> <td>Official Liberal<br /><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">15 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 21%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1922)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)">National Liberal</a><br /><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">12 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFF890; width: 17%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a> for <a href="/wiki/Paisley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a> </td> <td>28.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">22 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 31%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Labour minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a> for <a href="/wiki/Paisley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a> </td> <td>16.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 11%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>18.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 18%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Labour minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>8.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">7 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a>–Conservative–Liberal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>6.7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative–National Labour–<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Liberal National</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Sir Archibald Sinclair</a> for <a href="/wiki/Caithness_and_Sutherland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness and Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency)">Caithness and Sutherland</a> </td> <td>5.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Labour </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>6.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Labour </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>2.7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>1.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> for <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a> </td> <td>4.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> for <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a> </td> <td>7.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Labour </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> for <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a> </td> <td>6.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Labour </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>5.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>7.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="partial table-partial">Labour minority </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>8.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Labour </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">David Steel</a> for <a href="/wiki/Roxburgh,_Selkirk_and_Peebles_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles (UK Parliament constituency)">Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles</a> </td> <td>9.0 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 71</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Conservative </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Party&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Brown-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Brown_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBrown1992" class="citation journal cs1">Brown, Stewart J. (October 1992). "<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Echoes of Midlothian': Scottish Liberalism and the South African War, 1899–1902". <i>The Scottish Historical Review</i>. <b>LXXI</b> (191/192): 156–183. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25530538">25530538</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Scottish+Historical+Review&rft.atitle=%27Echoes+of+Midlothian%27%3A+Scottish+Liberalism+and+the+South+African+War%2C+1899%E2%80%931902&rft.volume=LXXI&rft.issue=191%2F192&rft.pages=156-183&rft.date=1992-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F25530538%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Stewart+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AScottish+Liberal+Party" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDevineFinlay,_Richard_J.1996" class="citation book cs1">Devine, Thomas Martin; Finlay, Richard J. (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eEL69iDskI4C&dq=%22Scottish+Liberal+Party%22&pg=PA73"><i>Scotland in the twentieth century</i></a>. Edinburgh University Press. p. 73. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7486-0839-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7486-0839-3"><bdi>978-0-7486-0839-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Scotland+in+the+twentieth+century&rft.pages=73&rft.pub=Edinburgh+University+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-0-7486-0839-3&rft.aulast=Devine&rft.aufirst=Thomas+Martin&rft.au=Finlay%2C+Richard+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DeEL69iDskI4C%26dq%3D%2522Scottish%2BLiberal%2BParty%2522%26pg%3DPA73&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AScottish+Liberal+Party" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChecklandCheckland1989" class="citation book cs1">Checkland, Olive; Checkland, S. G. (January 1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-MPTw6QQJ-4C&dq=Scottish+Liberal+Party+whigs&pg=PA78"><i>Industry and Ethos: Scotland, 1832–1914</i></a>. p. 77. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780748601028" title="Special:BookSources/9780748601028"><bdi>9780748601028</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Industry+and+Ethos%3A+Scotland%2C+1832%E2%80%931914&rft.pages=77&rft.date=1989-01&rft.isbn=9780748601028&rft.aulast=Checkland&rft.aufirst=Olive&rft.au=Checkland%2C+S.+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-MPTw6QQJ-4C%26dq%3DScottish%2BLiberal%2BParty%2Bwhigs%26pg%3DPA78&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AScottish+Liberal+Party" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">'<i><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a><b></b></i></span><i><b> <span class="reference-text"></span></b></i><b>Liberal Year Book, 1887</b> </li> <li id="cite_note-anna-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-anna_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">K. D. Reynolds, ‘Lindsay, Anna (1845–1903)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/56265,">accessed 15 Oct 2017</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Party&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Constitution and rules of the Scottish Liberal Association</i>. Scottish Liberal Association. c. 1800s. p. 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Constitution+and+rules+of+the+Scottish+Liberal+Association&rft.pages=8&rft.pub=Scottish+Liberal+Association&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AScottish+Liberal+Party" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScottish_Liberal_Party1970" class="citation book cs1">Scottish Liberal Party (1970). <i>Scottish self-government: the views of the Scottish Liberal party</i>. Scottish Liberal Party. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-902381-04-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-902381-04-9"><bdi>978-0-902381-04-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Scottish+self-government%3A+the+views+of+the+Scottish+Liberal+party&rft.pub=Scottish+Liberal+Party&rft.date=1970&rft.isbn=978-0-902381-04-9&rft.au=Scottish+Liberal+Party&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AScottish+Liberal+Party" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTorrance2022" class="citation book cs1">Torrance, David (2022). <i>A History of the Scottish Liberals and Liberal Democrats</i>. 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style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Leaders in the House of Commons (1859–1916)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" title="Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Palmerston</a> (1859–65)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a> (1865–75)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Cavendish,_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire">Hartington</a> (1875–80)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a> (1880–94)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery">Rosebery</a> (1894–96)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Harcourt_(politician)" title="William Harcourt (politician)">Harcourt</a> (1896–98)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" title="Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Campbell-Bannerman</a> (1899–1908)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">Asquith</a> (1908–16)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Leaders in the House of Lords (1859–1916)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_2nd_Earl_Granville" title="Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville">Granville</a> (1859–65)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">Russell</a> (1865–68)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_2nd_Earl_Granville" title="Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville">Granville</a> (1868–91)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wodehouse,_1st_Earl_of_Kimberley" title="John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley">Kimberley</a> (1891–94)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery">Rosebery</a> (1894–96)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wodehouse,_1st_Earl_of_Kimberley" title="John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley">Kimberley</a> (1896–1902)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Spencer,_5th_Earl_Spencer" title="John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer">Spencer</a> (1902–05)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Robinson,_1st_Marquess_of_Ripon" title="George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon">Ripon</a> (1905–08)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe" title="Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe">Crewe</a> (1908–23)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Overall Leaders (1916–88)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">Asquith</a> (1916–26)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Maclean_(British_politician)" title="Donald Maclean (British politician)">Maclean</a> <small>(interim)</small> (1918–20)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_George" title="David Lloyd George">Lloyd George</a> (1926–31)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel" title="Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel">Samuel</a> (1931–35)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Sinclair</a> (1935–45)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clement_Davies" title="Clement Davies">Davies</a> (1945–56)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Grimond</a> (1956–67)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Thorpe" title="Jeremy Thorpe">Thorpe</a> (1967–76)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Grimond</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">Steel</a> (1976–88)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Deputy Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel" title="Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel">Samuel</a> (1929–31)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso" title="Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso">Sinclair</a> (1931–35)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Percy_Harris,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Percy Harris, 1st Baronet">Harris</a> (1940–45)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>vacant</i> (1945–49)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Megan_Lloyd_George" title="Megan Lloyd George">M Lloyd George</a> (1949–51)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>vacant</i> (1951–62)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Wade,_Baron_Wade" title="Donald Wade, Baron Wade">Wade</a> (1962–64)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>vacant</i> (1964–76)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Pardoe" title="John Pardoe">Pardoe</a> (1976-79)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>vacant</i> (1979-85)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Beith" title="Alan Beith">Beith</a> (1985–88)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Leaders in the Lords (1916–88)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe" title="Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe">Crewe</a> (1908–23)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Grey,_1st_Viscount_Grey_of_Fallodon" title="Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon">Grey</a> (1923–24)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Lygon,_7th_Earl_Beauchamp" title="William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp">Beauchamp</a> (1924–31)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Isaacs,_1st_Marquess_of_Reading" title="Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading">Reading</a> (1931–36)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe" title="Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe">Crewe</a> (1936–44)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel" title="Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel">Samuel</a> (1944–55)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Rea,_2nd_Baron_Rea" title="Philip Rea, 2nd Baron Rea">Rea</a> (1955–67)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Byers" title="Frank Byers">Byers</a> (1967–84)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Seear,_Baroness_Seear" title="Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear">Seear</a> (1984–88)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Liberal_Party" title="President of the Liberal Party">Presidents</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Chamberlain" title="Joseph Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a> (1877–80)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Collings" title="Jesse Collings">Collings</a> (1880–81)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fell_Pease" title="Henry Fell Pease">Fell Pease</a> (1881–82)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Kitson,_1st_Baron_Airedale" title="James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale">Kitson</a> (1883–90)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Foster,_1st_Baron_Ilkeston" title="Walter Foster, 1st Baron Ilkeston">Foster</a> (1886–90)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Spence_Watson" title="Robert Spence Watson">Spence Watson</a> (1890–1902)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Augustine_Birrell" title="Augustine Birrell">Birrell</a> (1902–06)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Dyke_Acland,_13th_Baronet" title="Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet">Dyke Acland</a> (1906–07)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Angus_(British_politician)" title="William Angus (British politician)">Angus</a> (1908–11)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Brunner,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet">J Brunner</a> (1911–18)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Lunn_(British_politician)" title="George Lunn (British politician)">Lunn</a> (1918–20)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._M._Robertson" title="J. M. Robertson">Robertson</a> (1920–23)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Maclean_(British_politician)" title="Donald Maclean (British politician)">Maclean</a> (1923–26)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._A._Spender" title="J. A. Spender">Spender</a> (1926–27)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hobhouse" title="Charles Hobhouse">Hobhouse</a> (1927–30)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Brampton" title="Arthur Brampton">Brampton</a> (1930–33)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Meston,_1st_Baron_Meston" title="James Meston, 1st Baron Meston">Meston</a> (1936–43)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Violet_Bonham_Carter" title="Violet Bonham Carter">Bonham Carter</a> (1945–47)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Foot" title="Isaac Foot">Foot</a> (1947–48)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Dodds" title="Elliott Dodds">Dodds</a> (1948–49)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McFadyean" title="Andrew McFadyean">McFadyean</a> (1949–50)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Fothergill" title="Philip Fothergill">Fothergill</a> (1950–52)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Walker_(British_politician)" title="Ronald Walker (British politician)">Walker</a> (1952–53)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Robson" title="Lawrence Robson">L Robson</a> (1953–54)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Graham_White_(politician)" title="Graham White (politician)">White</a> (1954–55)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Rea,_2nd_Baron_Rea" title="Philip Rea, 2nd Baron Rea">Rea</a> (1955–56)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Behrens" title="Leonard Behrens">Behrens</a> (1956–57)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Micklem_(theologian)" title="Nathaniel Micklem (theologian)">Micklem</a> (1957–58)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Comyns_Carr" title="Arthur Comyns Carr">Comyns Carr</a> (1958–59)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Glanville_(junior)" title="Harold Glanville (junior)">Glanville</a> (1959–60)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Murray_(Scottish_politician)" title="Andrew Murray (Scottish politician)">Murray</a> (1960–61)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Malindine" title="Edwin Malindine">Malindine</a> (1961–62)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Felix_Brunner" title="Felix Brunner">F Brunner</a> (1962–63)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Rees-Williams,_1st_Baron_Ogmore" title="David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore">Rees-Williams</a> (1963–64)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Fulford" title="Roger Fulford">Fulford</a> (1964–65)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Seear,_Baroness_Seear" title="Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear">Seear</a> (1965–66)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Eden,_7th_Baron_Henley" title="Michael Eden, 7th Baron Henley">Henley and Northington</a> (1966–67)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Wade,_Baron_Wade" title="Donald Wade, Baron Wade">Wade</a> (1967–68)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Beaumont" title="Tim Beaumont">Beaumont</a> (1968–69)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Inga-Stina_Robson,_Baroness_Robson_of_Kiddington" title="Inga-Stina Robson, Baroness Robson of Kiddington">S Robson</a> (1969–70)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Terrell" title="Stephen Terrell">Terrell</a> (1971–72)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Jones_(British_politician)" title="Trevor Jones (British politician)">Jones</a> (1972–73)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Lloyd,_Baron_Lloyd_of_Kilgerran" title="Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran">Lloyd</a> (1973–74)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Holt_(politician)" title="Arthur Holt (politician)">Holt</a> (1974–75)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wingfield" title="Margaret Wingfield">Wingfield</a> (1975–76)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Basil_Goldstone" title="Basil Goldstone">Goldstone</a> (1976–77)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gruffydd_Evans,_Baron_Evans_of_Claughton" title="Gruffydd Evans, Baron Evans of Claughton">Evans</a> (1977–78)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Steed" title="Michael Steed">Steed</a> (1978–79)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Rose" title="Joyce Rose">Rose</a> (1979-80)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Holme,_Baron_Holme_of_Cheltenham" title="Richard Holme, Baron Holme of Cheltenham">Holme</a> (1980–81)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Viv_Bingham" title="Viv Bingham">Bingham</a> (1981–82)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Griffiths_(Liberal_politician)" title="John Griffiths (Liberal politician)">Griffiths</a> (1982–83)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Tordoff,_Baron_Tordoff" title="Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff">Tordoff</a> (1983–84)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Watson,_Baron_Watson_of_Richmond" title="Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond">Watson</a> (1984–85)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Penhaligon" title="David Penhaligon">Penhaligon</a> (1985–86)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Des_Wilson" title="Des Wilson">Wilson</a> (1986–87)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Slade" title="Adrian Slade">Slade</a> (1987–88)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FFD700;"><div id="Leadership_elections" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Leadership elections</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1967_Liberal_Party_leadership_election" title="1967 Liberal Party leadership election">1967 (Thorpe)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Liberal_Party_leadership_election" title="1976 Liberal Party leadership election">1976 (Steel)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FFD700;"><div id="Governments" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Governments</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Single party Liberal governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_Gladstone_ministry" title="First Gladstone ministry">First Gladstone ministry</a> (1868–74)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Gladstone_ministry" title="Second Gladstone ministry">Second Gladstone ministry</a> (1880–85)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Third_Gladstone_ministry" title="Third Gladstone ministry">Third Gladstone ministry</a> (1886)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_government,_1892%E2%80%931895#Fourth_Gladstone_ministry" title="Liberal government, 1892–1895">Fourth Gladstone ministry</a> (1892–94)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosebery_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosebery ministry">Rosebery ministry</a> (1894–95)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Campbell-Bannerman_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Campbell-Bannerman ministry">Campbell-Bannerman ministry</a> (1905–08)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_Asquith_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Asquith ministry">First Asquith ministry</a> (1908–15)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Liberal-led coalitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asquith_coalition_ministry" title="Asquith coalition ministry">Asquith coalition ministry</a> (1915–16)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_George_ministry" title="Lloyd George ministry">Lloyd George ministry</a> (1916–22)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Coalitions with Liberal ministers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1931)" title="National Government (1931)"> First National Government</a> (1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/National_Government_(1931%E2%80%931935)" title="National Government (1931–1935)">Second National Government</a> (1931-1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Churchill_war_ministry" title="Churchill war ministry">Churchill war ministry</a> (1940–45)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FFD700;"><div id="Structure" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Structure</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Parliamentarians</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Liberal_Party_(UK)_MPs" title="List of Liberal Party (UK) MPs">Members of Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Liberal_Party_(UK)_Peers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Liberal Party (UK) Peers (page does not exist)">Members of the House of Lords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats">Chief Whip</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Frontbench</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_Frontbench_Team,_1945%E2%80%931956" title="Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1945–1956">Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1945–1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_Frontbench_Team,_1956%E2%80%931967" title="Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967">Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_Frontbench_Team,_1967%E2%80%931976" title="Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1967–1976">Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1967–1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_Frontbench_Team,_1976%E2%80%931988" title="Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1976–1988">Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1976–1988</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">State parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Federation" title="National Liberal Federation">National Liberal Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberal_Party_Organisation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liberal Party Organisation (page does not exist)">Liberal Party Organisation</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Scottish Liberal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Party" title="Welsh Liberal Party">Welsh Liberal Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%">Conference</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Assembly" title="Liberal Assembly">Liberal Assembly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD700;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Specified_Associated_Organisation" title="Specified Associated Organisation">SAOs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_League_of_Young_Liberals" title="National League of Young Liberals">National League of Young Liberals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Liberal_Students" title="Union of Liberal Students">Union of Liberal Students</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Liberal_Federation" title="Women's Liberal Federation">Women's Liberal Federation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FFD700;"><div id="Related_organisations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Related organisations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brooks%27s" title="Brooks's">Brooks's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Club" title="National Liberal Club">National Liberal Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reform_Club" title="Reform Club">Reform Club</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democratic Party</a> (1981-1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SDP%E2%80%93Liberal_Alliance" title="SDP–Liberal Alliance">SDP–Liberal Alliance</a> (1981–1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Liberal_Party" title="Ulster Liberal Party">Ulster Liberal Party</a> (1956–1987)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (1988-present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FFD700;"><div id="History_and_related_topics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">History and related topics</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Imperialists" title="Liberal Imperialists">Liberal Imperialists</a></li> <li>Coalition Government: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon">Coalition Coupon</a> <i>in Government</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1918)" title="Independent Liberal Party (UK, 1918)">Independent Liberal Party (UK, 1918)</a> <i>in Opposition</i></li></ul></li> <li>National Government: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberals_(UK,_1931)" title="Independent Liberals (UK, 1931)">Independent Liberals (UK, 1931)</a> <i>in Opposition</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Liberal_Party_and_Liberal_Democrats_(UK)_general_election_manifestos" title="List of Liberal Party and Liberal Democrats (UK) general election manifestos">General election manifestos</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Britain%27s_Industrial_Future" title="Britain's Industrial Future">Britain's Industrial Future ("The Yellow Book")</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glee_Club_(UK_politics)" title="Glee Club (UK politics)">Glee Club</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Land_(song)" title="The Land (song)">The Land</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lib%E2%80%93Lab_pact" title="Lib–Lab pact">Lib–Lab pact</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liberator_(magazine)" title="Liberator (magazine)">Liberator</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_more_heave" title="One more heave">One more heave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peelite" title="Peelite">Peelites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radical_Action" title="Radical Action">Radical Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radical_Reform_Group" title="Radical Reform Group">Radical Reform Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig Party</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_Whigs" title="Rockingham Whigs">Rockingham Whigs</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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Party">Crofters Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Land_League" title="Highland Land League">Highland Land League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party_(1888)" title="Scottish Labour Party (1888)">Scottish Labour Party (1888)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Land_Restoration_League" title="Scottish Land Restoration League">Scottish Land Restoration League</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Scottish Liberal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Federation" title="Scottish Socialist Federation">Scottish Socialist Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_United_Trades_Councils_Labour_Party" title="Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party">Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Workers%27_Representation_Committee" title="Scottish Workers' Representation Committee">Scottish Workers' Representation Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">20th Century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Bulletin_Group" title="Communist Bulletin Group">Communist Bulletin Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Scotland" title="Communist Party of Scotland">Communist Party of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Socialist_League" title="Fife Socialist League">Fife Socialist League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Land_League_(1909)" title="Highland Land League (1909)">Highland Land League (1909)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_of_Scotland" title="Labour Party of Scotland">Labour Party of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moderates_(Scotland)" title="Moderates (Scotland)">Moderates </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Scotland" title="National Party of Scotland">National Party of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_Movement" title="Orkney and Shetland Movement">Orkney and Shetland Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_(Scotland)" title="Progressive Party (Scotland)">Progressives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Action_Society" title="Protestant Action Society">Protestant Action Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Democratic_Fascist_Party" title="Scottish Democratic Fascist Party">Scottish Democratic Fascist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party_(1976)" title="Scottish Labour Party (1976)">Scottish Labour Party (1976)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Militant_Labour" title="Scottish Militant Labour">Scottish Militant Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Party" title="Scottish Party">Scottish Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Prohibition_Party" title="Scottish Prohibition Party">Scottish Prohibition Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Protestant_League" title="Scottish Protestant League">Scottish Protestant League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party_(1932)" title="Scottish Socialist Party (1932)">Scottish Socialist Party (1932)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shetland_Movement" title="Shetland Movement">Shetland Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Movement" title="United Socialist Movement">United Socialist Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Scotland" title="Workers Party of Scotland">Workers Party of Scotland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">21st Century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Borders_Party" title="Borders Party">Borders Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britannica_Party" title="Britannica Party">Britannica 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