Liberal Party
Major political party in the United Kingdom from 1859 to 1988
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| 2024 | The Liberal Democrats made their biggest gain in seats in party history, winning 72 seats in the general election. |
| 2024 | The Labour Party returns to government following a general election victory, marking a significant political shift after years in opposition. |
| July 5 2024 | Keir Starmer succeeded Rishi Sunak as prime minister, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first to win a general election since Tony Blair in 2005. |
| July 5 2024 | Rachel Reeves was appointed as Chancellor, becoming the first woman to hold this office in British political history. |
| 2023 | Starmer led Labour to victory in local elections and set out five missions targeting economic growth, health, clean energy, crime, and education. |
| 2021 | Alison Rouse becomes Chair of the English Liberal Democrats, serving from 2021 to 2024. |
| December 2021 | Won the North Shropshire by-election, overturning a 23,000 majority. |
| June 2021 | Won the Chesham and Amersham by-election, overturning a 16,000 Conservative majority. |
| April 4 2020 | Keir Starmer was elected as Leader of the Labour Party during the COVID-19 pandemic, repositioning the party towards the centre-left and emphasising the elimination of antisemitism within the party. |
| December 18 2019 | Tony Blair criticizes Corbyn for lacking a clear Brexit position, following Labour's significant election loss with only 202 seats. |
| 2017 | Vince Cable becomes the leader of the Liberal Democrats, replacing Tim Farron. |
| June 8 2017 | Labour achieves its greatest vote share since 2001 at 40.0%, making a net gain of 30 seats to reach 262 total MPs. |
| April 18 2017 | Prime Minister Theresa May announces a snap election to be held on 8 June, which Corbyn welcomes and supports. |
| September 24 2016 | Jeremy Corbyn retains leadership of the party with an increased vote share, with party membership growing to over 500,000. |
| June 2016 | The party campaigned for a Remain vote in the Brexit referendum. |
| June 2016 | Over two dozen Shadow Cabinet members resign following the EU membership referendum. |
| 2015 | The party suffered a catastrophic election result, losing 48 of its 56 MPs and being reduced to the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons. |
| 2015 | Tim Farron takes over leadership of the Liberal Democrats from Nick Clegg. |
| 2015 | The party was reduced to just 8 MPs in the general election, with Nick Clegg resigning as leader. |
| September 12 2015 | Jeremy Corbyn is announced as the new Labour Party leader after a leadership election, receiving backing from only 16 of the party's MPs. |
| May 8 2015 | Ed Miliband resigns as party leader the day after the general election. |
| July 5 2011 | Parliamentary Labour Party votes to abolish Shadow Cabinet elections, with the party leader to choose Shadow Cabinet members going forward. |
| 2010 | Labour is defeated in the general election under Gordon Brown, becoming the opposition to a Conservative/Liberal-Democrat coalition. |
| September 27 2010 | First Labour poll lead recorded since 2007 in a YouGov poll for The Sun during the Labour Party Conference. |
| May 11 2010 | Harriet Harman becomes Leader of the Opposition and acting Labour Party leader following Gordon Brown's resignation, pending a leadership election. |
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