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Liberal Democrat, SDP and Liberal Party leaders and officials since 1967

Further reading

• Liberal Democrat website
• Liberal Democrats structure and organisation
• Constitution of the Liberal Democrats

David Laws, Coalition: The Inside Story of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government, Biteback, 2017

Duncan Brack et al (eds), British Liberal Leaders, Biteback, 2015

Douglas Roy, Liberals: A History of the Liberal and Liberal Democratic Parties, Hambledon Continuum, 2005

Leadership elections

The Commons Library briefing on Leadership Elections: Liberal Democrats outlines the rules under which leadership elections are conducted by the Liberal Democrats.

Current state of the parties

The current composition of the House of Commons can be found on the Parliament website: current state of the parties.

Parliament: facts and figures

• Browse all briefings in the series

This series of publications contains data on various subjects relating to Parliament and Government. Topics include legislation, MPs, select committees, debates, divisions and Parliamentary procedure.

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