Liberal Democrats
British political party
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| 2025 | Scheduled presidential election contest to be held in Autumn, with the winner set to begin their term on 1 January 2026. |
| 2025 | William Lawson served as President during Hilary and Trinity terms of 2025. |
| 2025 | Theo Cunningham became President during Michaelmas term of 2025. |
| 2025 | The Liberal Democrats came second place in the local elections, winning Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, and Shropshire county councils. |
| 2025 | William Lawson was president of the Oxford Students Liberal Association during Hilary term 2025. |
| January 2025 | Caroline Pidgeon becomes Chair of the English Liberal Democrats, serving from January 2025 onwards. |
| 2024 | Oxford Students Liberal Association underwent reformation, marking a new period for the organization. |
| 2024 | The Liberal Democrats gained Tunbridge Wells and Dorset councils in the local elections, finishing second behind Labour. |
| 2024 | After the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats become the fourth-largest political party by popular vote in the UK. |
| 2024 | The Liberal Democrats made their biggest gain in seats in party history, winning 72 seats in the general election. |
| 2024 | Rob Blackie ran as the London Liberal Democrats mayoral candidate, securing 5.8% of the vote and finishing 3rd. |
| 2024 | The London Liberal Democrats successfully elected six Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom general election, representing various London constituencies including Kingston and Surbiton, Carshalton and Wallington, Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Sutton and Cheam, and Twickenham. |
| 2024 | Angus MacDonald first elected as Member of Parliament for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency, becoming a Scottish Liberal Democrat representative. |
| 2024 | Developed a UK General Election manifesto focusing on NHS and social care funding, stopping sewage dumping in Scottish rivers, tackling the cost-of-living crisis, and proposing policies on emissions reduction, home insulation, and human rights. |
| 2024 | The Scottish Liberal Democrats achieved their best electoral performance since 2010 in the United Kingdom general election, holding four redrawn constituency seats and gaining two additional seats (Mid Dunbartonshire and Ross, Skye and Lochaber) from the SNP. |
| September 18 2024 | Daisy Cooper becomes the incumbent Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson. |
| September 14 2024 | Following significant electoral gains (increasing from 11 to 72 MPs), Ed Davey suggests the Lib Dems could become the main opposition party |
| July 2024 | David Chadwick is elected as the MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe, restoring the Welsh Liberal Democrats' representation in Westminster. |
| July 2024 | Lucas North takes over as Chair of the English Liberal Democrats, serving from July 2024 to December 2024. |
| March 2024 | Jane Dodds announces that the party will not join any coalition after the next UK general election. David Chadwick wins the newly redrawn seat of Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe, with the party seeing an increase in vote share. |
| January 2024 | Zagham Farhan served as President of the Oxford Students Liberal Association from Trinity 2024 to Michaelmas 2024. |
| 2023 | The Liberal Democrats continued their success in local elections, further building their local political presence. |
| June 29 2023 | Liberal Democrats won the Somerton and Frome parliamentary by-election, bringing their total parliamentary representation to 15 MPs. |
| March 2023 | Resumed in-person conferences with the Spring Conference, ending the COVID-19 pandemic hiatus |
| 2022 | Mark Pack was re-elected president of the Liberal Democrats, winning 54.5% of the votes in the first round of the election, defeating candidates Lucy Nethsingha (24.2%) and Liz Webster (21.3%). |
| 2022 | The Liberal Democrats gained 194 new councillors in the local elections, the largest gain of any party in England. |
| 2022 | Liberal Democrat Conference resumed potential in-person gatherings after being primarily online from Spring 2020 to Spring 2022 due to COVID-19 restrictions. |
| 2022 | Under Ed Davey's leadership, the party began gaining significant local council seats in local elections. |
| 2022 | The society entered a period of hiatus. |
| 2022 | Liberal Democrats became the Opposition party in Ealing and Merton borough council elections. |
| 2022 | Welsh Liberal Democrats increase local councillors to 69 in principal authorities, gaining 10 seats compared to 2017 local authority elections. |
| 2022 | Under new leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, the party secured 159,815 first preference votes (8.6%) and 20 councillors, finishing in 4th position in local elections. |
| 2022 | Scottish Liberal Democrats increased their council representation from 67 to 87 seats in the Scottish local elections, with party leader Alex Cole-Hamilton announcing a target of 150 councillors by 2027. |
| November 2022 | The Federal Conference Committee underwent elections, resulting in a new composition of members including Nick da Costa as Chair, Cara Jenkinson and Jon Ball as Vice Chairs, and representatives from various party sections and interest groups. |
| October 2022 | Richard Foord becomes Defence spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats. |
| September 2022 | Liz Truss became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, marking a significant political milestone for a former Oxford Students Liberal Association president. |
| September 19 2022 | Planned Autumn Conference postponed due to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II |
| July 2022 | Sir Ed Davey continues as leader, with Sarah Olney managing economy, Layla Moran handling foreign affairs, and Alistair Carmichael overseeing home affairs. |
| July 11 2022 | Sarah Olney becomes the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, serving until 18 September 2024. |
| June 23 2022 | Liberal Democrats won the Tiverton and Honiton parliamentary by-election, continuing to increase their number of MPs. |
| May 2022 | The Welsh Liberal Democrats become the largest party on Powys County Council, forming a coalition with Cllr James Gibson-Watt becoming the Leader of Council. |
| 2021 | Alison Rouse becomes Chair of the English Liberal Democrats, serving from 2021 to 2024. |
| 2021 | Luisa Porritt represented the London Liberal Democrats in the mayoral election, gaining 4.4% of the vote and finishing 4th. |
| 2021 | After Baroness Williams' death, Julian Huppert is appointed as the society's president. |
| 2021 | Participated in the Scottish Parliament election with a manifesto including pledges for mental health specialist training, NHS recovery, low carbon heat networks, new national parks, and opposing a second independence referendum. |
| 2021 | Elected only 4 MSPs, holding onto their 4 constituency seats but losing their single regional seat in North East Scotland. Experienced further vote share decline, losing 50 deposits out of 73 constituencies contested. |
| 2021 | Party continued to face electoral challenges, with further reduction in vote share to 6.9% constituency and 5.1% regional votes, remaining in 5th position in opposition. |
| 2021 | Negotiated a budget agreement with the SNP Scottish government, securing additional funding for community mental health services, schools, and renewables retraining for oil and gas sector workers in North East Scotland. |
| December 2021 | Won the North Shropshire by-election, overturning a 23,000 majority. |
| December 3 2021 | Wendy Chamberlain becomes the fourth Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, succeeding Alistair Carmichael. |
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