This page is about the
British political party. For the similarly named parties in other countries, see
Liberalism.
Jo Swinson was elected as the leader of the party in July 2019 and left office five months later
Vince Cable lead the party from 20 July 2017 to 22 July 2019.
Nick Clegg was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats and was also the Deputy Prime Minister from
11 May 2010 – 8 May 2015.
The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, is a centrist political party in the United Kingdom that promotes liberal policies. It was started on 2 March 1988 by joining the Liberal Party, which had been a powerful political party in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the Social Democratic Party, which had been formed from the Labour Party in 1981. The two parties had already been working together for seven years.