List of Liberal Party (UK) MPs

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This is a list of Liberal Party MPs. It includes all Members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing the Liberal Party from 1924. Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons or the European Parliament are not listed.

Contents:	Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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[edit] A

• Francis Dyke Acland, Richmond, 1906 - 10; North West Cornwall, 1910 - 22; Tiverton, 1923 - 24; North Cornwall, 1932 - 39
• David Alton, Liverpool Mossley Hill, 1979 - 88 ^[1]
• Paddy Ashdown, Yeovil, 1983 - 88 ^[1]
• Sir Robert Aske, Newcastle upon Tyne East, - 1924, 1929 - 31 ^[2]
• Herbert Asquith, Fife East 1886 - 1918, Paisley, 1920 - 24
• David Austick, Ripon, 1973 - 74

[edit] B

• Charles Barrie, Banffshire, 1918 - 24
• Alan Beith, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1973 - 88 ^[1]
• William Wedgwood Benn, Whitechapel St George's, 1906 - 18; Edinburgh Leith, 1918 - 27 ^[3]
• Donald Bennett, Middlesbrough West, 1945
• Robert Bernays, Bristol North, 1931 - 45
• George Andreas Berry, Combined Scottish Universities, 1922 - 31
• Peter Bessell, Bodmin, 1964 - 70
• William Beveridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1944 - 45
• W. Norman Birkett, Nottingham East, - 1924, 29 - 31
• James Blindell, Holland with Boston, 1929 - 31 ^[2]
• Mark Bonham-Carter, Torrington, 1958 - 59
• Roderic Bowen, Cardiganshire, 1945 - 66
• Frank Briant, Lambeth North, 1918 - 29; 31 - 34
• Ernest Brown, Edinburgh Leith, 1927 - 31 ^[2]
• Malcolm Bruce, Gordon, 1983 - 88 ^[1]
• Leslie Burgin, Luton, 1929 - 31 ^[1]
• Frank Byers, North Dorset, 1945 - 50

[edit] C

• Menzies Campbell, North East Fife, 1987 - 88 ^[1]
• Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Stirling Burghs, 1868 - 1908
• Alex Carlile, Montgomeryshire, 1983 - 88 ^[1]
• Winston Churchill, Oldham, 1904 - 06; Manchester North West 1906 - 08; Dundee 1908 - 22
• Clifford Cory, St Ives, 1906 - 24
• Godfrey Collins, Greenock, 1910 - 31 ^[2]
• Dugald McCoig Cowan, Combined Scottish Universities, 1918 - 33
• Horace Crawfurd, Walthamstow West, 1924 - 29

[edit] D

• Charles Darbishire, Westbury, - 1924
• James Davidson, West Aberdeenshire, 1966 - 70
• Clement Davies, Montgomeryshire, 1929 - 31; 42 - 62 ^{[2] [4]}
• David Davies, Montgomeryshire, 1906 - 29
• David R. S. Davies, Caernarvon Boroughs, 1945
• Ellis William Davies, Denbigh, 1923 - 29
• Cecil Dudgeon, Galloway, 1922 - 24, 29 - 31
• John Duckworth, Blackburn, 1923 - 29

[edit] E

• William Edge, Bolton, 1916 - 23; Bosworth, 1927 - 31 ^[2]
• John Hugh Edwards, Accrington, 1924 - 29 ^[5]
• John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones, North Dorset, 1922 - 24
• Abraham England, Heywood and Radcliffe, 1922 - 24; 24 - 31 ^[5]
• Ernest Evans, University of Wales, 1924 - 43
• Owen Evans, Cardiganshire, 1932 - 45
• Richard Thomas Evans, Carmarthen, 1931 - 35

[edit] F

• Ronald Fearn, Southport, 1987 - 88 ^[1]
• Thomas Fenby, Bradford East, 1924 - 29
• Herbert Fisher, Sheffield Hallam, 1916 - 18; Combined English Universities, 1918 - 26
• Dingle Foot, Dundee, 1931 - 45
• Isaac Foot, Bodmin, 1922 - 24; 29 - 35
• Walter Forrest, Batley and Morley, 1924 - 29
• Clement Freud, Isle of Ely, 1973 - 83; North East Cambridgeshire, 1983 - 87

[edit] G

• George Morgan Garro-Jones, Hackney South, 1924 - 29
• James Daniel Gilbert, Southwark Central, - 1924
• A. E. Glassey, East Dorset, 1929 - 31
• Edgar Granville, Eye, 1929 - 31; 1945 - 51^[2], ^[6]
• Milner Gray, Mid Bedfordshire, 1929 - 31
• George Charles Grey, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1941 - 44
• Edward Grigg, Oldham, 1922 - 25
• Frank Kingsley Griffith, Middlesbrough West, 1928 - 40
• Jo Grimond, Orkney and Shetland, 1950 - 83
• William John Gruffydd, University of Wales, 1943 - 50
• Frederick Guest, Bristol North, 1924 - 1929

[edit] H

• Arthur Harbord, Great Yarmouth, 1922 - 24; 29 - 31 ^[2]
• Edward Harney, South Shields, 1922 - 29
• Robert Hamilton, Orkney and Shetland, 1922 - 35
• Percy Harris, Bethnal Green South West, 1922 - 45
• Frederick Hindle, Darwen, 1910; 23 - 24
• James Philip Hodge, Preston, - 1924
• Herbert Holdsworth, Bradford South, 1931 - 45
• Arthur Holt, Bolton West, 1951 - 64
• Emlyn Hooson, Montgomeryshire, 1962 - 79
• Rhys Hopkin Morris, Cardiganshire, 1924 - 32; Carmarthen, 1945 - 56 ^[7]
• Tom Horabin, North Cornwall, 1939 - 47 ^[3]
• Leslie Hore-Belisha, Plymouth Devonport, 1923 - 31 ^[2]
• Geraint Howells, Cardigan, 1974 - 83; Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire North, 1983 - 88 ^[1]
• Simon Hughes, Bermondsey, 1983; Southwark and Bermondsey, 1983 - 88 ^[1]
• Joseph Hunter, Dumfriesshire, 1931 - 34 ^[2]
• Robert Hutchison, Montrose Burghs, 1924 - 32

[edit] I

[edit] J

• Barnett Janner, Whitechapel and St Georges, 1931 - 35
• Russell Johnston, Inverness, 1964 - 83; Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber, 1983 - 88 ^[1]
• Harcourt Johnstone, South Shields, 1931 - 35; Middlesbrough West, 1940 - 45
• Henry Haydn Jones, Merioneth, 1910 - 45
• J. Morris Jones, Denbigh, 1929 - 31
• Leif Jones, Camborne, 1923 - 24; 29 - 31
• William Nathaniel Jones, Carmarthen, 1928 - 29
• William Allen Jowitt, The Hartlepools, 1922 - 24; Preston, 1929 ^[3]

[edit] K

• Roderick Kedward, Ashford, 1929 - 1931
• Sir George Kemp, Heywood, 1895 - 1906, Manchester North West, 1910 - 12
• Joseph Kenworthy, Hull Central, 1919 - 26 ^[3]
• Barnet Kenyon, Chesterfield, 1924 - 1929
• Archy Kirkwood, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, 1983 - 88 ^[1]

[edit] L

• George Lambert, North Devon, 1891 - 1918; South Molton, 1918 - 24; 29 - 31 ^[2]
• Wallace Lawler, Birmingham Ladywood, 1969 - 70
• Joseph Leckie, Walsall, 1931 - 38
• Frederick Caesar Linfield, Mid Bedfordshire, 1922 - 24
• Alexander Livingstone, Western Isles, 1923 - 29
• Richard Livsey, Brecon and Radnorshire, 1985 - 88 ^[1]
• Frederick Llewellyn Jones, Flintshire, 1929 - 31 ^[2]
• David Lloyd George, Caernarfon Boroughs, 1890 - 31; 35 - 45 ^[8]
• Gwilym Lloyd George, Pembrokeshire, 1922 - 24; 29 - 31; 35 - 50 ^{[8] [9]}
• Megan Lloyd George, Anglesey, 1929 - 31; 1935 - 51 ^[8]
• George Loverseed, Sudbury, - 1924
• Eric Lubbock, Orpington, 1962 - 70
• William Lygon, East Norfolk, 1929 - 31 ^[2]

[edit] M

• William Mabane, Huddersfield, 1931 - c35 ^[10]
• George Mackie, Caithness and Sutherland, 1964 - 66
• Archie Macdonald, Roxburgh and Selkirk, 1950 - 51
• Murdo Macdonald, Inverness-shire, 1922 - 50
• William McKeag, City of Durham, 1931 - 35
• Alasdair Mackenzie, Ross and Cromarty, 1964 - 70
• Joseph Payton Maclay, Paisley, 1931 - 45
• James Macpherson, Ross and Cromarty, 1911 - 31 ^[2]
• Donald Maclean, Bath, 1906 - 10; Peebles and Selkirk, 1910 - 18; Peebles and South Midlothian, 1918 - 22; North Cornwall, 1929 - 31 ^[2]
• Edward Lancelot Mallalieu, Colne Valley, 1931 - 35
• Geoffrey Mander, Wolverhampton East, 1929 - 35
• Croydon Marks, North Cornwall, 1918 - 24
• David Marshall Mason, Edinburgh East, 1931 - 35
• Christopher Mayhew, Woolwich East, 1974 ^[11]
• Michael Meadowcroft, Leeds West, 1983 - 87
• Ray Michie, Argyll and Bute, 1987 - 88
• James Duncan Millar, Fife East, 1922 - 24; 29 - 31 ^[2]
• Alfred Mond, Chester, 1906 - 10; Swansea, 1910 - 18; Swansea West, 1918 - 23; Carmarthen, 1924 - 28 ^[12]
• George Alexander Morrison, Combined Scottish Universities, 1934 - 35 ^[2]
• Ramsay Bryce Muir, Rochdale, 1923 - 24

[edit] N

• Harry Nathan, Bethnal Green North East, 1929 - 35

[edit] O

• Philip Milner Oliver, Manchester Blackley, 1923 - 24; 29 - 31
• H. Frank Owen, Hereford, 1929 - 31
• Goronwy Owen, Caernarfonshire, 1923 - 31; 35 - 45 ^[8]

[edit] P

• John Pardoe, North Cornwall, 1966 - 79
• Samuel Pattinson, Horncastle, 1922 - 24
• David Penhaligon, Truro, 1974 - 86
• Sidney John Peters, Huntingdonshire, 1929 - 31 ^[2]
• Vivian Phillips, Edinburgh West, 1922 - 24
• Ernest Pickering, Leicester West, 1931 - 35
• Bill Pitt, Croydon North West, 1981 - 83
• Percy John Pybus, Harwich, 1929 - 31 ^[2]

[edit] Q

[edit] R

• T. B. Wilson Ramsay, Western Isles, 1929 - 31 ^[2]
• Walter Russell Rea, Dewsbury, 1931 - 35
• John Thomas Tudor Rees, Barnstaple, 1922 - 24
• William Beddoe Rees, Bristol South, 1922 - 29
• Aled Roberts, Wrexham, 1931 - 35
• Emrys Roberts, Merionethshire, 1945 - 51
• Wilfrid Roberts, Cumberland North, 1935 - 50
• Thomas Robinson, Stretford, 1924 - c27 ^[5], ^[13]
• Stephen Ross, Isle of Wight, 1974 - 87
• James A. de Rothschild, Isle of Ely, 1929 - 45
• Hilda Runciman, St Ives, 1928 - 29
• Walter Runciman Sr, Hartlepool 1914–1918
• Walter Runciman, Oldham, 1899 - 1900; Dewsbury, 1902 - 18; Swansea West, 1924 - 29; St Ives, 1929 - 31 ^[2]
• Richard John Russell, Eddisbury, 1929 - 31 ^[2]

[edit] S

• Herbert Samuel, Cleveland, 1902 - 18; Darwen, 1929 - 35
• James Scott, Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire, 1929 - 31
• Hugh Seely, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1935 - 41
• Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Norwich, 1929 - 31 ^[2]
• Elizabeth Shields, Ryedale, 1986 - 87
• Ernest Darwin Simon, Manchester Withington, 1923 - 24; 29 - 31
• John Allsebrook Simon, Walthamstow, 1906 - 18; Spen Valley, 1922 - 31 ^[2]
• Archibald Sinclair, Caithness and Sutherland, 1922 - 45
• Cyril Smith, Rochdale, 1972 - 88 ^[1]
• David Steel, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles, 1965 - 83; Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, 1983 - 88 ^[1]
• Edward Anthony Strauss, Southwark North, 1927 - 29
• Charles Summersby, Shoreditch, 1931 - 35

[edit] T

• Matthew Taylor, Truro, 1987 - 88 ^[1]
• Robert John Thomas, Anglesey, 1923 - 29
• Walter Trevelyan Thomson, Middlesbrough West, 1918 - 28
• George Thorne, Wolverhampton East, 1908 - 29
• Maxwell Ruthven Thornton, Tavistock, 1922 - 24
• Jeremy Thorpe, North Devon, 1959 - 79
• Robert Tomlinson, Lancaster, 1928 - 29
• Graham Tope, Sutton and Cheam, 1972 - 74
• Paul Tyler, Bodmin, 1974

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] W

• Donald William Wade, Huddersfield West, 1950 - 64
• George Wadsworth, Buckrose, 1945 - 50
• Richard Wainwright, Colne Valley, 1966 - 70, 1974 - 87
• James Robert Wallace, Orkney and Shetland, 1983 - 88 ^[1]
• George Ward, Bosworth, 1923 - 24
• John Ward, Stoke-on-Trent 1918 - 29 ^[5]
• Henry Graham White, Birkenhead East, 1922 - 24; 1929 - 45
• Sir Luke White, Buckrose 1900 - 18
• John Henry Whitley, Halifax, 1900 - 28
• William Wiggins, Oldham, 1925 - 29
• Arnold Williams, Sowerby, 1923 - 24
• Christmas Price Williams, Wrexham, 1924 - 29
• Michael Winstanley, Cheadle, 1966 - 70; Hazel Grove, 1974
• Margaret Wintringham, Louth, 1921 - 24
• Thomas Wintringham, Louth, 1920 - 21
• Murdoch McKenzie Wood, Central Aberdeenshire - 1924, Banff, 1929 - 35

[edit] X

[edit] Y

• Edward Hilton Young, Norwich, 1915 - 23; 24 - 26 ^[12]
• Ernest Young, Middlesbrough East, 1931 - 35

[edit] Z

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} Joined the Liberal Democrats on their formation in 1988.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x} Defected to the National Liberal Party.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Defected to the Labour Party
4. ^ Elected as a National Liberal MP in 1935; became an independent in 1939 before rejoining the Liberal Party in 1942.
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Elected as a Constutionalist MP in 1924 but rejoined the Liberal Party shortly afterwards.
6. ^ Elected as a National Liberal MP in 1935; became an independent in 1942 before rejoining the Liberal Party in 1945.
7. ^ Elected as an Independent Liberal in 1923 against an official Liberal, took the Liberal whip from 1924 onwards.
8. ^ ^{a b c d} Elected as an Independent Liberal in 1931 and sat apart from both the Liberal and National Liberal groups until 1935.
9. ^ Re-elected in 1951 as a Conservative and National Liberal MP.
10. ^ Mabane's exact party was unclear for much of the 1930s, with some sources listing him as a National Liberal from his initial election in 1931, whilst he often stated he was an orthodox Liberal seeking the party's reunion, though he continued to support the National Government. Until 1939 his local association was affiliated to the official Liberals.
11. ^ Elected as a Labour Party MP.
12. ^ ^{a b} Defected to the Conservative Party.
13. ^ Shortly after rejoining the Liberals, sat as an Independent, being re-elected as such in 1929, until his retirement in 1931.

[edit] See also

• Category:Liberal MPs (UK)

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