Liberal Democrats
British political party
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| 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| September 2022 | Liz Truss became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, marking a significant political milestone for a former Oxford Students Liberal Association president. |
| July 11 2022 | Sarah Olney becomes the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, serving until 18 September 2024. |
| 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. |
| August 2021 | Willie Rennie resigned as leader after the poor election results, and Alex Cole-Hamilton became the new leader, running unopposed. |
| August 20 2021 | Alex Cole-Hamilton becomes the latest leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, succeeding Alistair Carmichael. |
| July 20 2021 | Alistair Carmichael serves as acting leader following Willie Rennie's departure. |
| June 2021 | Won the Chesham and Amersham by-election, overturning a 16,000 Conservative majority. |
| May 2021 | Jane Dodds becomes MS (Member of the Senedd) for Mid and West Wales and begins serving as leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats. |
| 2020 | Gerald Vernon-Jackson becomes Chair of the English Liberal Democrats for the year 2020. |
| 2020 | Leadership election was delayed by six weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, being postponed from its initial July 2020 date. |
| December 2020 | Alison Rouse becomes Chair of the English Liberal Democrats, serving from December 2020 to July 2024. |
| October 2020 | LDFI jointly wrote with the Board of Deputies of British Jews to Mendip District Council, urging adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. |
| September 7 2020 | Christine Jardine becomes the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, serving until 10 July 2022. |
| August 27 2020 | Ed Davey was announced as the winner of the Liberal Democrats leadership election, securing 63.5% of the vote. |
| August 26 2020 | Voting for the leadership election closes at 13:00. |
| July 2020 | LDFI issued a statement expressing deep concern about Israeli government plans to annex part of the West Bank. |
| July 30 2020 | Voting for the Liberal Democrats leadership election begins. |
| July 9 2020 | Nominations for the Liberal Democrats leadership election officially closed, with Ed Davey and Layla Moran as the only remaining candidates. |
| June 24 2020 | On the first day of nominations, both Ed Davey and Layla Moran receive sufficient nominations to progress to the ballot. |
| June 24 2020 | Nominations for the Liberal Democrats leadership election officially open. |
| June 23 2020 | Wera Hobhouse withdraws from the leadership contest and endorses Layla Moran, stating she is the only candidate who can break from the party's coalition legacy. |
| June 4 2020 | Ed Davey declared his candidacy for the Liberal Democrats leadership election, being the MP for Kingston and Surbiton, Acting leader and Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. |
| May 20 2020 | The party announces the Federal Board has reversed the previous decision and will hold the leadership election in 2020, with voting to take place between 30 July and 26 August. |
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