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Thomas Raven Ackroyd Thomas Raven Ackroyd (7 August 1861 – 26 April 1946) was an English bank manager and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Ackroyd was the son of William and Elizabeth Ackroyd. He attended Chancery Lane, Wesleyan School in Manchest ...
, Manchester Moss Side, 1923–24 * Francis Dyke Acland, Richmond, 1906–10; North West Cornwall, 1910–22; Tiverton, 1923–24;
North Cornwall North Cornwall ( kw, An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was administered from Bodmin and Wadebridge . Other towns in the area are Launceston, Bude, P ...
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William Ryland Dent Adkins Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins (11 May 1862 – 30 January 1925) was an English barrister, judge and Liberal politician. Family and education Ryland Adkins, as he was known at least professionally, was the son of William Adkins JP of Springfie ...
, Middleton, 1906–1918; Middleton and Prestwich, 1918–1923 * Maurice Alexander, Southwark South East, 1922–1923 *
Ronald Wilberforce Allen Sir Ronald Wilberforce Allen (24 November 1889 – 10 August 1936) was an English lawyer and Liberal politician. Family and education Allen was born in Stamford Hill in north London, the son of the Reverend William Allen, a Wesleyan minister. He ...
, Leicester South, 1923–24 * Robert Alstead,
Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population ...
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David Alton David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, (born 15 March 1951) is a British politician. He is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament who has sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 ...
, Liverpool Mossley Hill, 1979–88Joined the Liberal Democrats on their formation in 1988. *
Paddy Ashdown Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, (27 February 194122 December 2018), better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. Internati ...
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Yeovil Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somerset's southern border with ...
, 1983–88 * Sir Robert Aske, Newcastle upon Tyne East, 1923–1924, 1929–31Defected to the National Liberal Party. *
H. H. Asquith Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 â€“ 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom f ...
, East Fife 1886–1918, Paisley, 1920–24 * David Austick,
Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...
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Robert Noton Barclay Sir Robert Noton Barclay (11 May 1872 – 24 November 1957) was an English export shipping merchant, banker and a Liberal Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Manchester, England Family and education Barclay was the son of Robert Barcl ...
, Manchester Exchange, 1923–24 * Charles Barrie, Banffshire, 1918–24 *
Alan Beith Alan James Beith, Baron Beith, (born 20 April 1943) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015. From 1992 to 2003 he was Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democr ...
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Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...
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William Wedgwood Benn William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate, (10 May 1877 – 17 November 1960) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. A decorated Royal Air Force officer, he was Secretary ...
, Tower Hamlets, St George, 1906–18; Edinburgh Leith, 1918–27Defected to the Labour Party * Albert Bennett, Mansfield, 1922–1923 * Donald Bennett, Middlesbrough West, 1945 * Reginald Berkeley, Nottingham Central, 1923–24 *
Robert Bernays Robert Hamilton Bernays (6 May 1902 – 23 January 1945) was a Liberal Party and later Liberal National politician in the United Kingdom who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1931 to 1945. Early life Bernays was the third son and four ...
, Bristol North, 1931–45 *
Peter Bessell Peter Joseph Bessell (24 August 1921 – 27 November 1985) was a British Liberal Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall from 1964 to 1970. Early life Bessell was educated at Lynwyd School, Bath, Somerset, and was a C ...
, Bodmin, 1964–70 *
William Beveridge William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge, (5 March 1879 – 16 March 1963) was a British economist and Liberal politician who was a progressive and social reformer who played a central role in designing the British welfare state. His 19 ...
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Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...
, 1944–45 * Norman Birkett,
Nottingham East Nottingham East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Nadia Whittome of the Labour Party. Members of Parliament Constituency profile On average earners' incomes are slightly lower than the ...
, 1923–24, 29–31 * John Wycliffe Black,
Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the ad ...
, 1923–24 * James Blindell, Holland with Boston, 1929–31 *
Mark Bonham Carter Mark Raymond Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter (11 February 1922 – 4 September 1994) was an English publisher and politician. He was created a life peer in 1986. Early life He was the son of the Liberal activists Sir Maurice Bonham-Cart ...
, Torrington, 1958–59 *
Alfred Bonwick Alfred James Bonwick (1 November 1883 – 4 September 1949) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. Background He was born in London, the only son of James Bonwick and Elizabeth Fowler. In 1909 he married Florence Elizabeth Robins ...
, Chippenham, 1923–24 * William Bowdler,
Holderness Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wit ...
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Roderic Bowen Evan Roderic Bowen KC (6 August 1913 – 19 July 2001) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician. Bowen was educated at Cardigan County School, University College, Aberystwyth, St John's College, Cambridge, Brussels and the Inns of Court. He ...
, Cardiganshire, 1945–66 * Thomas Bramsdon,
Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...
, 1900 & 1906–1910; Portsmouth Central, 1918–22 & 1923–24 *
Frank Briant Frank Briant (30 November 1865 – 1 September 1934) was a radical British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Lambeth North. In addition, he represented Lambeth on the London County Council and was a leading mem ...
, Lambeth North, 1918–29; 31–34 * Ernest Brown, Rugby, 1923–24; Edinburgh Leith, 1927–31 *
Malcolm Bruce Malcolm Gray Bruce, Baron Bruce of Bennachie, (born 17 November 1944) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Gordon from 1983 to 2015 and was the chairman of the International Development Select Commit ...
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, 1983–88 * John Fowler Leece Brunner, Leigh, 1906–1910; Northwich, 1910–18;
Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Iris ...
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Leslie Burgin Edward Leslie Burgin (13 July 1887 – 16 August 1945) was a British Liberal and later Liberal National politician in the 1930s. Biography Born to Edward Lambert Burgin, a solicitor, Burgin studied law at the University of London, graduating w ...
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Luton Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable a ...
, 1929–31 *
James Burnie James Burnie MC (10 May 1882 – 15 May 1975) was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Burnie was born in Bootle, Lancashire, the son of Joseph Burnie, a local businessman. He was educated at St John's Schoo ...
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Bootle Bootle (pronounced ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 51,394 in 2011; the wider Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449. Historically part of Lancashire, Bootle's ...
, 1923–24 *
James Ramsay Montagu Butler Sir James Ramsay Montagu Butler, (20 July 1889 – 1 March 1975) was a British politician and academic. He was a member of parliament for Cambridge University from 1922 to 1923. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Ca ...
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Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III of England, Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world' ...
, 1922–1923 *
Frank Byers Charles Frank Byers, Baron Byers, (24 July 1915 – 6 February 1984) was a British Liberal Party politician who later became a life peer and Privy Councillor. Background Byers was born in Wallasey, Cheshire. He was the son of Charles Cecil By ...
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North Dorset North Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. It was largely rural, but included the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton. Much of North Dorset was in the River Stour vall ...
, 1945–50


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* Menzies Campbell, North East Fife, 1987–88 *
Henry Campbell-Bannerman Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (né Campbell; 7 September 183622 April 1908) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. He served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1 ...
, Stirling Burghs, 1868–1908 *
Alex Carlile Alexander Charles Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew, (born 12 February 1948) is a British barrister and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire from 1983 to 1997. Early life and caree ...
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Montgomeryshire , HQ= Montgomery , Government= Montgomeryshire County Council (1889–1974)Montgomeryshire District Council (1974–1996) , Origin= , Status= , Start= , End= ...
, 1983–88 * William Chapple,
Stirlingshire Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling, gd, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a historic county and registration countyRegisters of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. of Scotland. Its county town is Stirling. It borders Perth ...
, 1910–18;
Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (''Siorrachd Dhùn Phris'' in Gaelic) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county. I ...
, 1922–24 * Edgar Chatfeild-Clarke,
Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight ( ) is a Counties of England, county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the List of islands of England#Largest islands, largest and List of islands of England#Mo ...
, 1922–1923 *
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...
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Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ...
, 1904–06; Manchester North West 1906–08; Dundee 1908–22 *
Clifford Cory Sir Clifford John Cory, 1st Baronet (10 April 1859 – 3 February 1941) was a Welsh colliery owner, coal exporter and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Clifford John Cory was the son of John Cory (1828–1910), a South Wales coal ...
, St Ives, 1906–24 * Godfrey Collins, Greenock, 1910–31 * Pat Collins,
Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...
, 1922–24 *
Levi Collison Levi Collison (28 December 1875 – 22 October 1965) was an English art publisher and printer and Liberal Member of Parliament. Private life Levi Collison was born in Preston, Lancashire, and educated at private schools. He married and had two so ...
, Penrith and Cockermouth, 1922–1923 *
Arthur Comyns Carr Sir Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr (19 September 1882 – 20 April 1965) was a British Liberal politician and lawyer. Family and education Comyns Carr was the son of J. Comyns Carr, a dramatist and art critic. His mother, Alice Comyns Carr (1850â ...
, Islington East, 1923–24 * Leonard Costello,
Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The popu ...
, 1923–24 * William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts,
Western Isles The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...
, 1922–1923 * Dugald McCoig Cowan, Combined Scottish Universities, 1918–33 *
Horace Crawfurd Horace Evelyn Crawfurd (13 January 1881 – 14 March 1958) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. Professional career Crawfurd was a lecturer at Liverpool University. In 1930, Elinor Glyn Ltd employed Crawfurd to undertake the pub ...
, Walthamstow West, 1924–29 * Aaron Curry, Bishop Auckland 1931–1935


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Charles Darbishire Charles William Darbishire (17 June 1875 – 5 June 1925) was a British Liberal politician and East India merchant. Early life and family Darbishire was born in London, the son of Colonel C. H. Darbishire of Plas Mawr, Penmaenmawr in North Wal ...
, Westbury, 1922–24 * James Davidson, West Aberdeenshire, 1966–70 *
Clement Davies Edward Clement Davies (19 February 1884 – 23 March 1962) was a Welsh politician and leader of the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956. Early life and education Edward Clement Davies was born on 19 February 1884 in Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, ...
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Montgomeryshire , HQ= Montgomery , Government= Montgomeryshire County Council (1889–1974)Montgomeryshire District Council (1974–1996) , Origin= , Status= , Start= , End= ...
, 1929–31; 42–62 * David Davies,
Montgomeryshire , HQ= Montgomery , Government= Montgomeryshire County Council (1889–1974)Montgomeryshire District Council (1974–1996) , Origin= , Status= , Start= , End= ...
, 1906–29 * John Cledwyn Davies, Denbigh 1922–1923 *
Seaborne Davies David Richard Seaborne Davies (26 June 1904 – 26 October 1984) was a Welsh law teacher who served briefly as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP). Early life Davies was born in Pwllheli, and attended the local grammar school followed by ...
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Caernarvon Boroughs Caernarfon was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Caernarfon in Wales. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system. The constituency was created in 1536 as a District of Boroughs, represented in ...
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Ellis William Davies Ellis William Davies (12 April 1871 – 29 April 1939) was a Welsh Liberal Party and later, briefly, Labour Party and Liberal National politician and lawyer. Early life and work Davies was born at Gerlan, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, the son of ...
, Denbigh, 1923–29 * John Purcell Dickie, Gateshead, 1923–24; Consett, 1931–35 * Stephen Roxby Dodds, Wirral, 1923–24 * John Duckworth,
Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
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Cecil Dudgeon Cecil Randolph Dudgeon (7 November 1885 – 4 November 1970) was a Scottish Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) who joined Oswald Mosley's New Party. He was elected at the 1922 general election as MP for Galloway, re-elected unopposed in 1923, ...
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Galloway Galloway ( ; sco, Gallowa; la, Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. A native or ...
, 1922–24, 29–31 * John Freeman Dunn,
Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead () is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of London, which is part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2011 census was 97,500. Developed after the Second World War as a new ...
, 1923–24 * Sir
William Dunn, 1st Baronet, of Lakenheath Sir William Dunn, 1st Baronet, (22 September 1833 – 31 March 1912), was a London banker, merchant and philanthropist, Liberal Member of Parliament for Paisley (1891–1906), and from before 1896 until the outbreak of the Second Boer War in ...
, Paisley, 1891–1906


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* William Edge,
Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...
, 1916–23; Bosworth, 1927–31 *
Garnham Edmonds Garnham Edmonds JP (20 April 1865 – 9 April 1946) was a British butcher and Liberal politician who was both an MP and Mayor of Bethnal Green. Background Edmonds was described as tall, handsome, with a great shock of hair.Forty Years in and out ...
, Bethnal Green North East, 1922–1923 * John Hugh Edwards,
Mid Glamorgan , Government= Mid Glamorgan County Council , Status= Non-metropolitan county (1974–1996) Preserved county (1996–) , Start= 1974 , End= 1996 , Arms= ''Coat of arms of Mid ...
, 1910–18; Neath, 1918–22; Accrington, 1924–29Elected as a
Constitutionalist Constitutionalism is "a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law". Political organizations are constitutional ...
MP in 1924 but rejoined the Liberal Party shortly afterwards.
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Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet Sir Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet, PC, KC (23 May 1860 – 30 November 1926) was a British barrister and radical Liberal politician. He was born Ellis Jones Griffith. Family and education Griffith was the only child of Thomas Morris ...
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Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
, 1895–1918;
Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...
, 1923–24 * John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones,
North Dorset North Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. It was largely rural, but included the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton. Much of North Dorset was in the River Stour vall ...
, 1922–24 * Abraham England, Heywood and Radcliffe, 1922–24; 24–31 *
Cyril Entwistle Major Sir Cyril Fullard Entwistle, MC, QC (23 September 1887 – 9 July 1974) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He later defected to the Conservative Party. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1918 to 1924 and from 1931 ...
, Kingston upon Hull South West, 1918–24 *
Arthur Evans Sir Arthur John Evans (8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941) was a British archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age. He is most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete. Based on ...
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Leicester East Leicester East is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since December 2019 by Claudia Webbe, who was ele ...
, 1922–1923 * Ernest Evans, Cardiganshire, 1921–1923;
University of Wales , latin_name = , image = , caption = Coat of Arms , motto = cy, Goreu Awen Gwirionedd , mottoeng = The Best Inspiration is Truth , established = , , type = Confederal, non-member ...
, 1924–43 * Owen Evans, Cardiganshire, 1932–45 * Richard Thomas Evans,
Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...
, 1931–35


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Richard Robert Fairbairn Richard Robert James Fairbairn (27 May 1867 – 14 October 1941) was a British tramways and bus manager, Justice of the Peace and Liberal Party politician. Personal life and career Richard Robert Fairbairn was the son of a London labour leader ...
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Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engla ...
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James Falconer James Falconer (9 June 1856 – 21 April 1931) was a Scottish solicitor and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Falconer was born in Carmyllie, Forfarshire, the son of Donald Falconer. He was educated at Arbroath High School and the U ...
, Forfarshire, 1909–18 & 1922–24 * Ronald Fearn,
Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Iris ...
, 1987–88 * Thomas Fenby, Bradford East, 1924–29 * Henry Fildes, Stockport, 1920–1923;
Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (''Siorrachd Dhùn Phris'' in Gaelic) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county. I ...
* Victor Harold Finney, Hexham, 1923–24 * Herbert Fisher, Sheffield Hallam, 1916–18; Combined English Universities, 1918–26 * Reginald Fletcher, Basingstoke, 1923–24 *
Dingle Foot Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot, QC (24 August 1905 – 18 June 1978) was a British lawyer, Liberal and Labour Member of Parliament, and Solicitor General for England and Wales in the first government of Harold Wilson. Family and education Born ...
, Dundee, 1931–45 *
Isaac Foot Isaac Foot (23 February 1880 – 13 December 1960) was a British Liberal politician and solicitor. Early life Isaac Foot was born in Plymouth, the son of a carpenter and undertaker who was also named Isaac Foot, and educated at Plymouth Publi ...
, Bodmin, 1922–24; 29–35 * Walter Forrest, Batley and Morley, 1924–29 * Leonard Benjamin Franklin,
Hackney Central Hackney Central is a sub-district of Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England and is four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross. The Hackney Central area is focused on Mare Street and the retail areas to the north o ...
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Clement Freud Sir Clement Raphael Freud (24 April 1924 – 15 April 2009) was a German-born British broadcaster, writer, politician and chef. The son of Ernst L. Freud and grandson of Sigmund Freud, Clement moved to the United Kingdom from Nazi Germany as ...
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Isle of Ely The Isle of Ely () is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. Between 1889 and 1965, it formed an administrative county. Etymology Its name has been said to mean "island of eels", a reference to the creatures th ...
, 1973–83;
North East Cambridgeshire North East Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Steve Barclay, a Conservative. Constituency profile This large and rural seat is in The Fens and has a significant farming and ...
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* James Gardiner, Kinross and Western Perthshire, 1918–1923 * George Morgan Garro-Jones, Hackney South, 1924–29 *
James Daniel Gilbert James Daniel Gilbert (5 February 1864 – 26 September 1941) was a British Liberal politician, banker and City merchant. He was born and brought up in West Newington, a part of London around what is now the Elephant and Castle and was educated p ...
, West Newington, 1916–1918; Southwark Central, 1923–1924 *
Charles Gilpin (politician) Charles Gilpin (31 March 1815 – 8 September 1874) was a Quaker, orator, politician, publisher and railway director. Amongst his many causes were the movement to repeal the Corn Laws, to establish world peace through the Peace Society, abolitio ...
, Northampton constituency, 1857–1874 * Alec Ewart Glassey,
East Dorset East Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council met in Wimborne Minster between 2016 and 2019. The district (as Wimborne) was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging Wimborne Minster Urban District with Wimborne and Cran ...
, 1929–31 * Edgar Granville, Eye, 1929–31; 1945–51, * William Gorman,
Royton Royton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 21,284 in 2011. Close to the source of the River Irk, near undulating land at the foothills of the South Pennines, it is northwest of Old ...
, 1923–24 *
Frank Gray Francis Tierney Gray (born 27 October 1954) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He played for Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland and Darlington, while he also represented Scotland 32 times. Gray has managed Darlington, ...
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Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
, 1922–24 * Milner Gray, Mid Bedfordshire, 1929–31 * George Charles Grey,
Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...
, 1941–44 * Edward Grigg,
Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ...
, 1922–25 * Frank Kingsley Griffith, Middlesbrough West, 1928–40 *
Jo Grimond Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond, (; 29 July 1913 – 24 October 1993), known as Jo Grimond, was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party for eleven years from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly on an interim basis in 1976. Grimond was a lo ...
, Orkney and Shetland, 1950–83 *
William John Gruffydd William John Gruffydd (14 February 1881 – 29 September 1954) was a Wales, Welsh scholar, poet, writer and editor, and the last Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament to represent the University of Wales (UK Parliament const ...
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University of Wales , latin_name = , image = , caption = Coat of Arms , motto = cy, Goreu Awen Gwirionedd , mottoeng = The Best Inspiration is Truth , established = , , type = Confederal, non-member ...
, 1943–50 * Frederick Guest, Dorset East, 1910–1922; Stroud, 1923–24; Bristol North, 1924–1929 * Henry Guest,
East Dorset East Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council met in Wimborne Minster between 2016 and 2019. The district (as Wimborne) was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging Wimborne Minster Urban District with Wimborne and Cran ...
, June–December 1910, Pembroke and Haverfordwest, December 1910 – 1918, Bristol North, 1922–1923. * Thomas Maule Guthrie, Moray and Nairn, 1922–1923


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John Hancock John Hancock ( – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of t ...
, Mid Derbyshire, 1909–1918; Belper, 1918–1923 * Arthur Harbord, Great Yarmouth, 1922–24; 29–31 * Edward Harney, South Shields, 1922–29 *
Thomas Edmund Harvey Thomas Edmund Harvey (4 January 1875 – 3 May 1955), generally known as Edmund Harvey, was an English museum curator, social reformer and politician. He sat in Parliament, first as a Liberal and later as an Independent Progressive. He was als ...
, Leeds West, 1910–18; Dewsbury, 1923–24; Combined English Universities, 1937–45 * Robert William Hamilton, Orkney and Shetland, 1922–35 *
John Hobbis Harris Sir John Hobbis Harris (29 July 1874 – 30 April 1940) was an English missionary, campaigner against slavery and Liberal Party politician. Family Harris was born in Wantage, Oxfordshire. His father, also John Hobbis Harris, was a plumber and l ...
, Hackney North, 1923–24 * Percy Alfred Harris,
Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the ad ...
, 1916–18; Bethnal Green South West, 1922–45 * Thomas Henderson, Roxburgh and Selkirk, 1922–1923 * Albert Ernest Hillary, Harwich, 1922–24 * Frederick Hindle,
Darwen Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the s ...
, 1923–24 * John Hinds, West Carmarthenshire, December 1910 – 1918;
Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...
, 1918–1923 *
Arthur Hobhouse Sir Arthur Lawrence Hobhouse (15 February 1886 – 20 January 1965) was a long-serving English local government Liberal politician, who is best remembered as the architect of the system of national parks of England and Wales. Early life Hobh ...
, Wells, 1923–24 * James Philip Hodge, Preston, 1922–1924 * Henry Cairn Hogbin, Battersea North, 1923–24 * James Myles Hogge,
Edinburgh East Edinburgh East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In present form, the constituency was first used at t ...
, 1912–24 * Herbert Holdsworth, Bradford South, 1931–45 * Arthur Holt, Bolton West, 1951–64 * Emlyn Hooson,
Montgomeryshire , HQ= Montgomery , Government= Montgomeryshire County Council (1889–1974)Montgomeryshire District Council (1974–1996) , Origin= , Status= , Start= , End= ...
, 1962–79 *
Rhys Hopkin Morris Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris (5 September 1888 – 22 November 1956) was a Wales, Welsh Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament from 1923–1932 and from 1945–1956. Ear ...
, Cardiganshire, 1923–32;
Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...
, 1945–56Elected as an Independent Liberal in 1923 against an official Liberal, took the Liberal whip from 1924 onwards. * Tom Horabin,
North Cornwall North Cornwall ( kw, An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was administered from Bodmin and Wadebridge . Other towns in the area are Launceston, Bude, P ...
, 1939–47 *
Leslie Hore-Belisha Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (; 7 September 1893 – 16 February 1957) was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party. He proved highly su ...
, Plymouth Devonport, 1923–31 * Geoffrey Howard, Eskdale, 1906–10; Westbury, 1911–18;
Luton Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable a ...
, 1923–24 *
Geraint Howells Geraint Wyn Howells, Baron Geraint (15 April 1925 – 17 April 2004) was a leading Welsh Liberal Democrat politician. Howells was born in Ponterwyd in Cardiganshire. He was the son of David John and Mary Blodwen Howells, both farmers. Educat ...
, Cardigan, 1974–83; Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire North, 1983–88 *
Simon Hughes Sir Simon Henry Ward Hughes (born 17 May 1951) is a former British politician. He is now the Chancellor of London South Bank University, an External Adviser to The Open University, and UK Strategic Adviser to Talgo. Hughes was Deputy Leader ...
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Bermondsey Bermondsey () is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham ...
, 1983;
Southwark and Bermondsey Southwark and Bermondsey was an inner city constituency in London, United Kingdom. Its sole Member of Parliament was Simon Hughes, in the first stage of his career in the house, as a Liberal then Liberal Democrat after the party's founding in ...
, 1983–88 * Joseph Hunter,
Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (''Siorrachd Dhùn Phris'' in Gaelic) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county. I ...
, 1931–34 * Robert Hutchison, Kirkcaldy Burghs, 1922–1923; Montrose Burghs, 1924–32


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Barnett Janner Barnett Janner, Baron Janner (20 June 1892 – 4 May 1982) was a British politician who was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and later as a Labour MP. Early life Janner was born to a Litvak family in Luokė in the Kovno Gove ...
, Whitechapel and St Georges, 1931–35 * William Albert Jenkins, Brecon and Radnor, 1922–24 *
Russell Johnston David Russell Russell-Johnston, Baron Russell-Johnston (born David Russell Johnston; 28 July 1932 – 27 July 2008), usually known as Russell Johnston, was a leading Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and was the Leader of the Scottish Libera ...
, Inverness, 1964–83; Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber, 1983–88 *
Harcourt Johnstone Harcourt Johnstone (19 May 18951 March 1945), nicknamed Crinks, was a British Liberal Party politician. Early life and education Johnstone was born in London in 1895, the son of the Hon. Sir Alan Johnstone, a British diplomat, and his American ...
, Willesden East, 1923–24; South Shields, 1931–35; Middlesbrough West, 1940–45 * Charles Sydney Jones,
Liverpool West Derby Liverpool, West Derby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ian Byrne of the Labour Party. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Liverpool ward of West Derby. 1918–1950: The ...
, 1923–24 * Henry Haydn Jones,
Merioneth , HQ= Dolgellau , Government= Merionethshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= , Status= , Start= 1284 , End= , Code= MER , CodeName= ...
, 1910–45 * (John) Henry Morris-Jones, Denbigh, 1929–31 *
Leif Jones Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader, PC ( Leifchild Stratten Jones; 16 January 1862 – 26 September 1939), known as Leif Jones before his elevation to the peerage in 1932, was a British Temperance movement leader and Liberal pol ...
, Camborne, 1923–24; 29–31 * William Nathaniel Jones,
Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...
, 1928–29 * William Allen Jowitt, The Hartlepools, 1922–24; Preston, 1929


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Elland Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated south of Halifax, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Elland was recorded as ''Elant'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. It h ...
, 1923–24 *
Roderick Morris Kedward Rev. Roderick Morris Kedward (14 September 1881 – 5 March 1937) was a Wesleyan minister and a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. Roderick Kedward was born at Westwell in Kent, one of fourteen children of a local farmer, original ...
, Bermondsey West, 1923–24; Ashford, 1929–31 * Thomas Keens, Aylesbury, 1923–24 * Sir George Kemp, Heywood, 1895–1906, Manchester North West, 1910–12 *
Joseph Kenworthy Joseph Montague Kenworthy, 10th Baron Strabolgi (7 March 1886 – 8 October 1953), was a Liberal and then a Labour Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Education and naval service Strabolgi was born at Leamington in Warwickshire an ...
, Kingston upon Hull Central, 1919–26 * Barnet Kenyon, Chesterfield, 1913–1929 * Archy Kirkwood, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, 1983–88


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* George Lambert, North Devon, 1891–1918;
South Molton South Molton is a town in Devon, England. It is part of the North Devon local government district. The town is on the River Mole. According to the 2001 census the civil parish of South Molton had a population of 4,093, increasing to 5,108 at the ...
, 1918–24; 29–31 *
Wallace Lawler Wallace Leslie Lawler (15 March 191228 September 1972) was a British Liberal politician. He was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) by gaining Birmingham, Ladywood from Labour at a by-election on 26 June 1969. However, Lawler only served for ...
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Birmingham Ladywood Birmingham Ladywood is a constituency of part of the city of Birmingham, represented in the House of Commons since 2010 by Shabana Mahmood of the Labour Party. Members of Parliament Clare Short, elected as a Labour MP from the 1983 gener ...
, 1969–70 *
Frederick Joseph Laverack Frederick Joseph Laverack (1871 – 11 April 1928) was an English social worker, campaigner for the blind and Liberal Member of Parliament. He contested Brixton in London on four occasions in the 1920s, winning on one occasion. Family and educa ...
, Brixton, 1923–24 * Joseph Leckie,
Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...
, 1931–38 * Edward Lessing, Abingdon, 1923–24 *
Arthur Lever Sir Arthur Levy Lever, 1st Baronet (17 November 1860 – 23 August 1924), known as Arthur Levy until 1896, was a British Liberal Party politician. Background Born Arthur Levy, a son of Joseph Levy, of Leicester. He was educated at University Co ...
, Harwich, 1906–January 1910;
Hackney Central Hackney Central is a sub-district of Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England and is four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross. The Hackney Central area is focused on Mare Street and the retail areas to the north o ...
, 1922–1923 *
Thomas Arthur Lewis Thomas Arthur Lewis (21 September 1881 – 18 July 1923) was a Welsh school teacher, barrister and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Lewis was the son of the Reverend J.M. Lewis, a Baptist minister from Cemaes, Pembrokeshire, an ...
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Pontypridd () ( colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Geography comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng ( Trallwn) and Treforest (). ...
, 1918–1922;
University of Wales , latin_name = , image = , caption = Coat of Arms , motto = cy, Goreu Awen Gwirionedd , mottoeng = The Best Inspiration is Truth , established = , , type = Confederal, non-member ...
, 1922–1923 * Frederick Caesar Linfield, Mid Bedfordshire, 1922–24 * Alexander Livingstone,
Western Isles The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...
, 1923–29 *
Richard Livsey Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth (2 May 1935 – 16 September 2010) was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire from 1985 to 1992, and again from 1997 to ...
, Brecon and Radnorshire, 1985–88 * Frederick Llewellyn-Jones,
Flintshire , settlement_type = County , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , image_shield = Arms of Flint ...
, 1929–31 *
David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during ...
, Caernarfon Boroughs, 1890–31; 35–45Elected as an
Independent Liberal Independent Liberal is a description allowed in politics to denote party affiliation. It is used to designate a politician as a liberal, yet independent of the official Liberal Party of a country. Those parties were the Liberal Party of Canada, ...
in 1931 and sat apart from both the Liberal and National Liberal groups until 1935.
* Gwilym Lloyd George, Pembrokeshire, 1922–24; 29–31; 35–50 *
Megan Lloyd George Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George, (22 April 1902 – 14 May 1966) was a Welsh politician and the first female Member of Parliament (MP) for a Welsh constituency. She also served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, before later becoming a Lab ...
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Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
, 1929–31; 1935–51 *
John Frederick Loverseed John Frederick Loverseed (22 December 1881 – 14 August 1928) was a British Liberal politician. Family and Education Loverseed was the son of a Nottinghamshire builder and contractor. He was educated at Southwell Grammar School and Gosberton ...
, Sudbury, 1923–1924 *
Eric Lubbock Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (29 September 1928 – 14 February 2016), was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He then served in the House ...
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Orpington Orpington is a town and area in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 13.4 miles (21.6 km) south east of Charing Cross. On the south-eastern edge of the Greater London Built-up Area, it is south of St Ma ...
, 1962–70 * William Lygon, East Norfolk, 1929–31 *
Alexander Lyle-Samuel Alexander Lyle-Samuel (10 August 1883 – 19 November 1942) was a businessman from Birmingham and Liberal member of the House of Commons. He represented the constituency of Eye in East Suffolk from 1918 until 1923 and was involved in a diffi ...
, Eye, 1918–1923


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William Mabane William Mabane, 1st Baron Mabane (12 January 1895 – 16 November 1969), known as Sir William Mabane between 1954 and 1962, was a British businessman and Liberal/National Liberal politician. Background and education The son of Joseph Greenwood ...
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Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
, 1931–c35 * George Mackie, Caithness and Sutherland, 1964–66 *
Charles McCurdy Charles Albert McCurdy (13 March 1870 – 10 November 1941) was a British Liberal Member of Parliament and minister in the Lloyd George Coalition Government. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1920. Background McCurdy was educated a ...
, Northampton, January 1910 – 1923 * Archie Macdonald, Roxburgh and Selkirk, 1950–51 * Murdo Macdonald,
Inverness-shire Inverness-shire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Covering much of the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in popula ...
, 1922–50 * Eric Macfadyen,
Devizes Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between ...
, 1923–24 * William McKeag, City of Durham, 1931–35 *
Alasdair Mackenzie Alasdair Roderick Mackenzie (3 August 1903 – 8 November 1970) was a Scottish farmer and politician who became a Liberal Party Member of Parliament. A Gaelic speaker, he went to Broadford Junior Secondary School on the Isle of Skye. He became ...
, Ross and Cromarty, 1964–70 * Joseph Payton Maclay, Paisley, 1931–45 * Thomas James Macnamara, Camberwell North, 1900–1918; Camberwell North West, 1918–1924 * Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron, Ross and Cromarty, 1911–31 * Donald Maclean, Bath, 1906–10; Peebles and Selkirk, 1910–18; Peebles and South Midlothian, 1918–22;
North Cornwall North Cornwall ( kw, An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was administered from Bodmin and Wadebridge . Other towns in the area are Launceston, Bude, P ...
, 1929–31 *
Sir George McCrae Colonel Sir George McCrae (28 August 1860 – 27 December 1928) was a Scottish textile merchant and Liberal Party politician. In Scotland he is best remembered for the creation of McCrae's Battalion, also known as the Second Edinburgh Pals Batt ...
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Edinburgh East Edinburgh East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In present form, the constituency was first used at t ...
, 1899–1909; Stirling and Falkirk, 1923–24 * Henry Maden, Lonsdale, 1923–24 *
Edward Lancelot Mallalieu Sir Edward Lancelot Mallalieu (14 March 1905 – 11 November 1979), known as Lance Mallalieu, was a British politician. Of Huguenot origin, a son of Frederick Mallalieu, a Member of Parliament, Mallalieu's ancestors had settled at Saddleworth ...
,
Colne Valley The Colne Valley is a steep sided valley on the east flank of the Pennine Hills in the English county of West Yorkshire. It takes its name from the River Colne which rises above the town of Marsden and flows eastward towards Huddersfield. ...
, 1931–35 * Geoffrey Mander, Wolverhampton East, 1929–35 *
Courtenay Mansel Sir Courtenay Cecil Mansel, 13th Baronet (25 February 1880 – 4 January 1933) was a Welsh landowner and farmer, barrister and Liberal Party politician who later joined the Conservatives. Family Courtenay Cecil Mansel was the son of Sir Richard ...
, Penryn and Falmouth, 1923–24 *
Croydon Marks George Croydon Marks, 1st Baron Marks, CBE (9 June 1858 – 24 September 1938), known as Sir George Marks between 1911 and 1929, was an English engineer, patent agent and Liberal (later Labour) politician. Background and education Marks was ...
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North Cornwall North Cornwall ( kw, An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was administered from Bodmin and Wadebridge . Other towns in the area are Launceston, Bude, P ...
, 1918–24 *
Arthur Harold Marshall Sir Arthur Harold Marshall, Order of the British Empire, KBE (2 August 1870 – 18 January 1956) was an England, English Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for W ...
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Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...
, 1910–1918;
Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
, 1922–1923 * Albert Edward Martin,
Romford Romford is a large town in east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Historically, Romfo ...
, 1922–1923 * Frederick Martin, Aberdeen and Kincardine East, 1922–24 * David Marshall Mason,
Edinburgh East Edinburgh East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In present form, the constituency was first used at t ...
, 1931–35 * C F G Masterman, West Ham North, 1906–11; Bethnal Green South West, 1911–14; Manchester Rusholme, 1923–24 *
Christopher Mayhew Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew (12 June 1915 – 7 January 1997) was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to join the Liberals. In 1981 ...
, Woolwich East, 1974Elected as a Labour Party MP. *
Michael Meadowcroft Michael James Meadowcroft (born 6 March 1942) is a British author, politician and political affairs consultant. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1983 to 1987. Early life Meadowcroft was born in Halifax, West Yorks ...
, Leeds West, 1983–87 *
Hugh Meyler Hugh Mowbray Meyler (25 June 1875 – 30 April 1929) was a British lawyer, army officer, balloon observer, and politician. After qualifying as a solicitor, and then serving in the British Army in the Second Boer War, he was a Unionist Party m ...
, Blackpool, 1923–24 * Ray Michie,
Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
, 1987–88 *
James Duncan Millar Sir James Duncan Millar (5 August 1871 – 10 December 1932) was a Scottish barrister and Liberal, later National Liberal politician. Family and education James Duncan Millar was the son of John Millar, a medical doctor from Edinburgh. He had ...
, East Fife, 1922–24; 29–31 * Robert MacGregor Mitchell,
Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
, 1923–24 * Alfred Mond, Chester, 1906–10; Swansea, 1910–18; Swansea West, 1918–23;
Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...
, 1924–28Defected to the Conservative Party. *
Henry Mond Henry Ludwig Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett (10 May 1898 – 22 January 1949) was a British politician, industrialist and financier. Early life and education Henry Mond was born in London, the only son of Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett and his wife ...
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Isle of Ely The Isle of Ely () is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. Between 1889 and 1965, it formed an administrative county. Etymology Its name has been said to mean "island of eels", a reference to the creatures th ...
, 1923–24 *
Algernon Moreing Algernon Henry Moreing (30 September 1889 – 22 October 1974) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Buckrose 1918–22, and Camborne 1922-23 and 1924–29. Early life Moreing was born in September 1889, in London, En ...
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Buckrose Buckrose was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the north-west part of the county; its territory is now partly in the modern East Riding and partly in North Yorkshire. Established in medieval times, it ...
, 1918–1922, Camborne, 1922–1923. * Harold Morris,
Bristol East Bristol East is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency recreated in 1983 covering the eastern part of the City of Bristol, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of ...
, 1922–1923 *
Rhys Hopkin Morris Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris (5 September 1888 – 22 November 1956) was a Wales, Welsh Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament from 1923–1932 and from 1945–1956. Ear ...
, Cardiganshire, 1923–1932;
Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...
, 1945–1956 * George Alexander Morrison, Combined Scottish Universities, 1934–35 * William Ewart Morse, Bridgwater, 1923–24 * Hugh Moulton,
Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of ...
, 1923–24 * Ramsay Bryce Muir,
Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...
, 1923–24 *
Arthur Murray Arthur Murray (born Moses Teichman, April 4, 1895 – March 3, 1991) was an American ballroom dancer and businessman, whose name is most often associated with the dance studio chain that bears his name. Early life and start in dance Arthur Mur ...
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Kincardineshire Kincardineshire, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and ...
, 1908–1918; Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire, 19181–1923 * John Murray, Leeds West, 1918–1923 * Frank Murrell,
Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmix ...
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Harry Nathan Harry Louis Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan, (2 February 1889 – 23 October 1963) was a British Liberal politician who from 1934 onwards represented the Labour Party. He served two London seats non-consecutively and while serving the second seat w ...
, Bethnal Green North East, 1929–35 * Sir Henry Norman, Wolverhampton South, 1900–January 1910,
Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
, December 1910 – 1923


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* Philip Milner Oliver, Manchester Blackley, 1923–24; 29–31 * John Joseph O'Neill, Lancaster, 1923–24 * Frank Owen, Hereford, 1929–31 * Goronwy Owen, Caernarvonshire, 1923–31; 35–45


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* John Pardoe,
North Cornwall North Cornwall ( kw, An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was administered from Bodmin and Wadebridge . Other towns in the area are Launceston, Bude, P ...
, 1966–79 * Thomas Henry Parry, Flint Boroughs, 1913–18;
Flintshire , settlement_type = County , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , image_shield = Arms of Flint ...
, 1918–24 * Robert Pattinson,
Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...
, 1922–1923 *
Samuel Pattinson Samuel Pattinson (17 December 1870 – 15 November 1942) was a British businessman and Liberal politician. Early life and family Samuel Pattinson was born on 17 December 1870 in Ruskington, the son of a contractor and businessman, William Pa ...
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Horncastle Horncastle is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains. History Romans Alt ...
, 1922–24 *
David Penhaligon David Charles Penhaligon (6 June 1944 – 22 December 1986) was a British politician from Cornwall who was Liberal Member of Parliament for the constituency of Truro from 1974–86. He was a popular figure in all parties and had potential to ...
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Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census. People of Truro ...
, 1974–86 * Sidney John Peters,
Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The popu ...
, 1929–31 * Hilton Philipson,
Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...
, 1922–1923 * Vivian Phillipps, Edinburgh West, 1922–24 * Ernest Harold Pickering, Leicester West, 1931–35 * Robert Pilkington,
Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of ...
, 1923–24 * Bill Pitt, Croydon North West, 1981–83 *
Ernest Griffith Price Ernest Griffith Price (13 May 1870 – 5 January 1962) was a British National Liberal, later Liberal politician and wharfinger. Family and education Price was the son of John T Griffith Price of Ilford in Essex. He was educated at Ilford Colleg ...
, Shoreditch, 1922–1923 * William Pringle, North West Lanarkshire, 1910–18;
Penistone Penistone ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 22,909 at the 2011 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is west of Barnsley, n ...
, 1922–24 * Percy John Pybus, Harwich, 1929–31


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* Henry Norman Rae, Shipley, 1918–1923 *
Peter Wilson Raffan Peter Wilson Raffan (1863 – 23 June 1940) was a British Liberal politician. Raffan came from Newbridge, Monmouthshire, and in 1910 was chairman of the Monmouthshire County Council. When a general election was called in January 1910, P W Ra ...
, Leigh, 1910–22; Edinburgh North, 1923–24 *
Frank Raffety Frank Walter Raffety OBE (1875 – 8 September 1946) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician. He was the son of Charles Walter Raffety, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. In 1898 ...
, Bath, 1923–24 *
Cecil Beresford Ramage Cecil Beresford Ramage, MC (17 January 1895 – 22 February 1988) was a Scottish barrister, actor and Liberal politician. Life Following his education at the Edinburgh Academy, Ramage was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Scots at the ...
, Newcastle upon Tyne West, 1923–24 * T. B. Wilson Ramsay,
Western Isles The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...
, 1929–31 * Hugh Reynolds Rathbone,
Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool Wavertree is a borough constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1997 and every election since has been won by a Labour Party candidate. An earlier constituency of the same name existed between 1918 and ...
, 1923–24 * Walter Russell Rea,
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
, 1906–1918; Bradford North, 1923–24; Dewsbury, 1931–35 * Tudor Rees, Barnstaple, 1918–22 & 1923–24 *
Beddoe Rees Sir William Beddoe Rees (1877 – 12 May 1931), usually known simply as Beddoe Rees, was a Welsh architect, industrialist and Liberal politician. Family and education Rees was born in Maesteg, Glamorganshire, the son of the late Isaac Rees, a ...
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Bristol South Bristol South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Karin Smyth of the Labour Party. Constituency profile Bristol South is a traditional white working class seat. Residents' wealth is around a ...
, 1922–29 * Athelstan Rendall, Thornbury, 1906–22 & 1923–24 *
Aled Owen Roberts Aled Owen Roberts (17 July 1889 – 25 August 1949) was a Welsh Liberal, later Liberal National and finally Conservative politician, soldier and businessman. Family and education Roberts was born in Liverpool the eldest son of Robert Roberts, ...
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Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...
, 1931–35 * Charles Henry Roberts,
Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...
, 1906–1918;
Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby g ...
, 1922–1923 *
Emrys Roberts Emrys Roberts may refer to: * Emrys Roberts (Liberal politician) (1910–1990), Welsh Liberal politician and businessman * Emrys Roberts (Plaid Cymru politician) (born 1931), Welsh nationalist political activist * Emrys Roberts (poet) (1929–2012), ...
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Merionethshire , HQ= Dolgellau , Government= Merionethshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= , Status= , Start= 1284 , End= , Code= MER , CodeName= ...
, 1945–51 *
George Henry Roberts George Henry Roberts (27 July 1868 – 25 April 1928) was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice. Biography He was born on 27 July 1868. At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich. He ...
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Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, 1906–1923 * Wilfrid Roberts, North Cumberland, 1935–50 * Thomas Atholl Robertson, Finchley, 1923–24 * Sydney Walter Robinson,
Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It ...
, 1923–24 *
Thomas Robinson (Stretford politician) Sir Thomas Robinson (2 January 1864 – 30 December 1953) was an English industrialist, Liberal politician and Member of Parliament, who late in his career sat in the House of Commons as an Independent. Birth and family He was born at King St ...
, Stretford, 1918 -1929, *
William Edward Robinson William Edward Robinson (1863 – 10 May 1927) was an English merchant and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Family and career Robinson was born in Burslem, Staffordshire the son of William Robinson of Stoke on Trent. He married in ...
, Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, 1923–24 * Stephen Ross,
Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight ( ) is a Counties of England, county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the List of islands of England#Largest islands, largest and List of islands of England#Mo ...
, 1974–87 *
James A. de Rothschild James Armand Edmond de Rothschild DCM DL (1 December 1878 – 7 May 1957), sometimes known as Jimmy de Rothschild, was a British Liberal politician and philanthropist, from the wealthy Rothschild international banking dynasty. Biography De R ...
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Isle of Ely The Isle of Ely () is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. Between 1889 and 1965, it formed an administrative county. Etymology Its name has been said to mean "island of eels", a reference to the creatures th ...
, 1929–45 * Charles Royle, Stockport, 1923–24 * Charles Rudkin,
Chichester Chichester () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publi ...
, 1923–24 * Hilda Runciman, St Ives, 1928–29 * Walter Runciman Sr, The Hartlepools 1914–1918 * Walter Runciman,
Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ...
, 1899–1900; Dewsbury, 1902–18; Swansea West, 1924–29; St Ives, 1929–31 * Richard John Russell, Eddisbury, 1929–31


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Herbert Samuel Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, (6 November 1870 – 5 February 1963) was a British Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935. He was the first nominally-practising Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister and to be ...
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Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
, 1902–18;
Darwen Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the s ...
, 1929–35 * James Scott, Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire, 1929–31 * Hugh Seely, East Norfolk, 1923–24;
Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...
, 1935–41 * J E B Seely,
Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight ( ) is a Counties of England, county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the List of islands of England#Largest islands, largest and List of islands of England#Mo ...
, 1904– 06 & 1923–24; Liverpool Abercromby, 1906–10;
Ilkeston Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/texti ...
, 1910–1922 * Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare,
Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, 1929–31 * Alexander Shaw, Kilmarnock Burghs, 1915–1918; Kilmarnock, 1918–1923 *
Elizabeth Shields Elizabeth Lois Shields (née Teare; born 27 February 1928) is a British politician. Shields studied at the University of York and became a teacher and lecturer. She served as a councillor on Ryedale District Council from 1980 to 2019 for Nort ...
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Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inh ...
, 1986–87 *
Ernest Darwin Simon Ernest Emil Darwin Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (9 October 1879 – 3 October 1960) was a British industrialist, politician and public servant. Lord Mayor of Manchester in 1921–1922, he was a member of parliament for two terms between ...
, Manchester Withington, 1923–24; 29–31 * John Simon, Walthamstow, 1906 – 18; Spen Valley, 1922 – 31 *
John Hope Simpson Sir John Hope Simpson OBJ (23 July 1868 – 10 April 1961) was a British Liberal politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and later in the Government of the Dominion of Newfoundland. Hope Simpson was born in We ...
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Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...
, 1922 – 24 *
Archibald Sinclair Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, (22 October 1890 – 15 June 1970), known as Sir Archibald Sinclair between 1912 and 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a British politician and leader of the Liberal Party. Backgr ...
, Caithness and Sutherland, 1922 – 45 *
Cyril Smith Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 â€“ 3 September 2010) was a prominent British politician who after his death was revealed to have been a prolific serial sex offender against children. A member of the Liberal Party, he was Member of ...
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Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...
, 1972 – 88 * Louis Spears,
Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second large ...
, 1922 – 24 *
Ernest Spero (George) Ernest Spero, later Spears, (2 March 1894 – 7 January 1960 ''or'' June 1976) was a British physician, writer, journalist, businessman and politician. He served as a Liberal MP in 1923–24, and a Labour MP from 1929–30, when he resig ...
, Stoke Newington, 1923 – 24Spero defected to the Labour Party and was Labour MP for Fulham West from 1929–1930 * Herbert Harvey Spencer, Bradford South, 1922 – 24 * Charles Walter Starmer,
Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
, 1923 – 24 *
David Steel David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, (born 31 March 1938) is a British politician. Elected as Member of Parliament for Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Peebles, followed by Tweeddale, Ettrick, and Lauderdale, he served as the final leade ...
, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles, 1965 – 83; Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, 1983 – 88 *
Henry Kenyon Stephenson Sir Henry Kenyon Stephenson, 1st Baronet Distinguished Service Order, DSO (16 August 1865 – 20 September 1947) was a British people, British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician and businessman. His father was Henry Stephenson (politician), H ...
, Sheffield Park, 1918 – 1923 * Innes Harold Stranger, Newbury, 1923 – 24 * Robert Strother Stewart, Stockton-on-Tees, 1923 – 24 * Edward Anthony Strauss, Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency), Southwark North, 1927 – 29 * John Leng Sturrock, Montrose Burghs, 1918 – 24 * Charles Summersby, Shoreditch, 1931 – 35 * Joseph Sunlight, Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency), Shrewsbury, 1923 – 24 * William Sutherland (Scottish politician), William Sutherland, Argyllshire (UK Parliament constituency), Argyllshire, 1918 – 24


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* John Lincoln Tattersall, Stalybridge and Hyde (UK Parliament constituency), Stalybridge and Hyde, 1923 – 24 * Matthew Taylor (Liberal politician), Matthew Taylor,
Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census. People of Truro ...
, 1987 – 88 * Vera Woodhouse, Lady Terrington, Lady Terrington, Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency), Wycombe, 1923 – 24 * Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet, Robert John Thomas,
Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...
, 1918 – 22;
Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
, 1923 – 29 * Piers Gilchrist Thompson, Torquay (UK Parliament constituency), Torquay, 1923 – 24 * Trevelyan Thomson, Middlesbrough West, 1918 – 28 * George Rennie Thorne, Wolverhampton East, 1908 – 29 * Maxwell Ruthven Thornton, Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency), Tavistock, 1922 – 24 * Jeremy Thorpe, North Devon, 1959 – 79 * Robert Parkinson Tomlinson, Lancaster, 1928 – 29 * Graham Tope, Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency), Sutton and Cheam, 1972 – 74 * Paul Tyler, Bodmin, 1974


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* Donald Wade, Baron Wade, Donald William Wade, Huddersfield West (UK Parliament constituency), Huddersfield West, 1950 – 64 * George Wadsworth (politician), George Wadsworth,
Buckrose Buckrose was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the north-west part of the county; its territory is now partly in the modern East Riding and partly in North Yorkshire. Established in medieval times, it ...
, 1945 – 50 * Richard Wainwright (politician), Richard Wainwright,
Colne Valley The Colne Valley is a steep sided valley on the east flank of the Pennine Hills in the English county of West Yorkshire. It takes its name from the River Colne which rises above the town of Marsden and flows eastward towards Huddersfield. ...
, 1966 – 70, 1974 – 87 * James Robert Wallace, Orkney and Shetland, 1983 – 88 * George Ward (Liberal MP), Leicestershire, Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency), Bosworth, 1923 – 24 * John Ward (trade unionist), John Ward, Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency), Stoke-on-Trent 1918 – 29 * Walter Waring (1876–1930), Walter Waring, Banffshire, 1907 – 1918, Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency), Blaydon, 1918 – 1922, Berwick and Haddington (UK Parliament constituency), Berwick and Haddington, 1922 – 1923 * Sir Courtenay Warner, 1st Baronet, Courtenay Warner, North Somerset (UK Parliament constituency), North Somerset, 1892 – 1895; Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency), Lichfield, 1896 – 1923 * John Bertrand Watson, Stockton-on-Tees, 1917 – 1923 * Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet, Sir Henry "Harry" Webb, Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency), Forest of Dean, 1911 – 1918; Cardiff East (UK Parliament constituency), Cardiff East, 1923 -1924 * Charles Frederick White, West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency), Derbyshire West, 1918 – 1923 * Henry Graham White, Birkenhead East (UK Parliament constituency), Birkenhead East, 1922 – 24; 1929 – 45 * Luke White (English politician), Sir Luke White,
Buckrose Buckrose was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the north-west part of the county; its territory is now partly in the modern East Riding and partly in North Yorkshire. Established in medieval times, it ...
1900 – 18 * John Henry Whitley, Halifax (UK Parliament constituency), Halifax, 1900 – 28 * William Wiggins,
Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ...
, 1925 – 29 * Arnold Williams (Liberal MP), Sowerby (UK Parliament constituency), Sowerby, 1923 – 24 * Christmas Price Williams, Denbighshire, Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency), Wrexham, 1924 – 29 * Penry Williams, Middlesbrough (UK Parliament constituency), Middlesbrough, 1910 – 18; Middlesbrough East (UK Parliament constituency), Middlesbrough East, 1918 – 22 & 1923 – 24 * Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams, Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency), Sevenoaks, 1923 – 24 * Herbert Willison, Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency), Nuneaton; 1923 – 24 * Richard Winfrey, Sir Richard Winfrey, South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), South West Norfolk, 1906 – 23; Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency), Gainsborough, 1923 – 24 * Michael Winstanley, Cheadle (UK Parliament constituency), Cheadle, 1966 – 70; Hazel Grove (UK Parliament constituency), Hazel Grove, 1974 * Margaret Wintringham, Louth (Lincolnshire) (UK Parliament constituency), Louth, 1921 – 24 * Thomas Wintringham (Liberal politician), Thomas Wintringham, Louth (Lincolnshire) (UK Parliament constituency), Louth, 1920 – 21 * Murdoch McKenzie Wood, Aberdeenshire Central (UK Parliament constituency), Central Aberdeenshire 1919 – 24, Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency), Banff, 1929 – 35 * George Woodwark, King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency), King's Lynn, 1923 – 24


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* Edward Hilton Young,
Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, 1915 – 23; 24 – 26 * Ernest Young, Middlesbrough East (UK Parliament constituency), Middlesbrough East, 1931 – 35


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