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Cambridge University Liberal Association (CULA) is the student branch of the Liberal Democrats for students at the
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. It is the successor to the Cambridge Student Liberal Democrats, which in turn was formed from the merger of Cambridge University Liberal Club (known as CULC, founded in 1886), and Cambridge University Social Democrats (founded in 1981) upon the creation of the Lib Dems in 1988.


History

The society has long been active in
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politics, with student members playing a role in electing David Howarth on a massive 15% swing in the 2005 election, when the student turnout was unusually and noticeably higher than that in the rest of the city, and then subsequently Julian Huppert as his successor in 2010. The older of its founder societies, the Cambridge University Liberal Club, originally existed side by side with a discussion forum for radical Cambridge politics in the late 1880s, called 'The Rainbow Circle.' Alumni of this group relocated to London after their graduation, and helped found the Bloomsbury-based radical group of that same name in 1894. Between 1886 and 1897, the club's founder Treasurer was
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, a
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of King's and three-times Liberal candidate who was also Treasurer of the
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. The society had varying fortunes as the Liberal Party waned in the mid-twentieth century. The society today attracts numerous high-profile speakers – in recent years,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. During the
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it helped organise a rally of 2,500 people with
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in Market Square. Notable past speakers not normally associated with the
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have included
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(1889), Jerome K. Jerome (1912),
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(1938), former Governor of Vermont
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, and Irish Prime Minister
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(1961). A complete list of the society's past events from 1886 to the present is availabl
here
The society's president, from the 1988 merger, was Baroness Williams of Crosby, who had been the SDP candidate in
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in
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. She served as president until her death in 2021, after which the committee appointed former Cambridge MP Julian Huppert. Shirley Williams had previously been patron of Cambridge University Social Democrats in 1987-88.


Changing names

The society was continuously called Cambridge University Liberal Club (CULC) from 1886 until 1988 (apart from in the years 1916-9, when it suspended its activities during
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). In 1981, Cambridge University Social Democrats (CUSD) was formed, as the Cambridge student branch of the SDP. With the Liberals and SDP in alliance nationally, CULC and CUSD remained independent organisations, but shared close links, hosted joint events, and put up joint slates of candidates in
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elections. In 1988, CULC and CUSD merged into one society, as the Liberals and SDP merged into the Liberal Democrats. They initially called themselves Cambridge University Social and Liberal Democrats throughout 1988, then Cambridge University Liberal Democrats throughout 1989–90, before finally settling early in 1991 for Cambridge Student Liberal Democrats, when the society expanded to include the Cambridge campus of the city's new Anglia Polytechnic (now Anglia Ruskin University). In 2017 the name was changed again to Cambridge University Liberal Association upon the creation of a Young Liberals branch catering to young people in the city who are not members of the University of Cambridge.


Recent Campaigns

In Autumn 2015, the society ran a campaign against proposals by Cambridgeshire County Council to switch off streetlights in Cambridge after midnight. Working with the JCR at Trinity College and the Cambridge University Students' Union, the campaign was successful. A year later, focus switched to mental health provision within the university, with the society calling for the hiring of more counsellors in the University Counselling Service. The society actively campaigns in elections at every level. In May 2017, the society helped secure the election of Liberal Democrats to the main student divisions of Cambridgeshire County Council. They also organised regular campaign events for the
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later that year, but were less successful. In that vote the incumbent Labour MP
Daniel Zeichner Daniel Stephen Zeichner (born 9 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge since 2015. He has served as Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs since July 2024. ...
increased his majority to nearly 30,000 with the Liberal Democrats down 5.6 points. In the 2018 City Council elections, the Association was integrated into a successful city-wide campaign where the local party gained two seats in student wards.


Alumni

As with many Cambridge political societies, CULA and its predecessors were the first political organisations to involve many people who went on to political careers – some outside Liberal politics altogether. Notable
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include: *
Harold Abrahams Harold Maurice Abrahams (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was an English track and field athlete. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 film '' Chariots of Fire''. Early life and educati ...
, CULC member, 100m Gold Medallist, 1924 Paris Olympics. * Kenneth Adam CULC President 1929–30, Controller of
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Television 1957–61. *
Martin Bell Martin Bell, (born 31 August 1938) is a British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war Journalist, reporter and former independent politician who became the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Ta ...
, CULC Publicity Officer in 1960 and later a BBC journalist and Independent MP 1997–2001. * Henry Bellingham, Baron Bellingham, CULC member, Conservative MP 1983–97 and 2001–19. * Roderic Bowen, CULC member, Liberal MP for Cardigan 1945–66. *
Sal Brinton Sarah Virginia Brinton, Baroness Brinton (born 1 April 1955), known as Sal Brinton, is a British politician who served as president of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2020. In November 2010 she was nominated to the House of Lords, taking he ...
, CULC member, businesswoman, Lib Dem peer, and party President 2015–19. *
Oscar Browning Oscar Browning (17 January 1837 – 6 October 1923) was a British educationalist, historian and ''bon viveur'', a well-known Cambridge personality during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. An innovator in the early development of prof ...
, CULC founder member and Treasurer 1886–96, historian. *
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, elected CULC President in 1964 (but resigned before serving), Lib Dem MP for
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1997–2019; Secretary of State for Business 2010–5, former Chief Economist of
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, Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2017–19. * Robert Chote, CU Social Democrats President in 1988, economist, Director of the
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2002–10, Chairman of the
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2010-2020. *
Greg Clark Gregory David Clark (born 28 August 1967) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2016 to 2019. He also was Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2015 t ...
, CU Social Democrats President in 1987, Conservative MP 2005-24 and former Cabinet member. *
Peter Cook Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishmen ...
, CULC member, satirist. * Chris Davies, CULC member, MP for Littleborough and Saddleworth 1995–7, MEP for
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1999–2014 and 2019; former Leader of the Lib Dem group in the
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. *
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, ...
, CULC member, Leader of the
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1945–56. *
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, CULC member, Lib Dem MEP for the East of England, 1999–2014. *
James Chuter Ede James Chuter Chuter-Ede, Baron Chuter-Ede, (; 11 September 1882 – 11 November 1965), was a British teacher, trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 32 years, and served as the sole Home Secretary u ...
, CULC member, Liberal councillor on Epsom UDC and Surrey CC, then Labour MP and Home Secretary. * Ernest Evans, CULC President 1908–9, Liberal MP 1921–23 & 1924–43, judge. * Lord Ezra, CULC Newsletter Editor 1937–8, former chairman of the National Coal Board. * Hugh Foot, CULC President 1927–28, Governor of Jamaica 1951–57 and Cyprus 1957–60. * Emlyn Garner Evans, CULC President 1933–4, Liberal and Liberal National MP 1950–59. *
Chris Grayling Christopher Stephen Grayling, Baron Grayling, (born 1 April 1962), is a British politician and author who served as Secretary of State for Justice from 2012 to 2015, Leader of the House of Commons from 2015 to 2016 and Secretary of State for T ...
, CU Social Democrats Standing Committee member in 1983, Conservative MP since 2001 and Cabinet member. * Sir Percy Harris, CULC member, Liberal MP 1916–18 & 1922–45; Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party 1933–45. * Toby Harris, CULC member, Labour member of the GLA 2000–04. *
Arthur Hobhouse Sir Arthur Lawrence Hobhouse (15 February 1886 – 20 January 1965) was an English Liberal politician who is best remembered as the architect of the system of national parks of England and Wales. He was a Member of Parliament for Wells fro ...
, CULC Secretary in 1906, founder of the National Parks. * David Howarth, CULC committee member 1979–81, Lib Dem MP for
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2005–10. *
Simon Hughes Sir Simon Henry Ward Hughes (born 17 May 1951) is a British former politician. He is now the Chancellor of London South Bank University, and a strategic adviser to Talgo, a Spanish manufacturer of trains. Hughes was deputy leader of the Lib ...
, CULC member, Lib Dem MP for
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1983–2015 and party President 2005–09. * Julian Huppert, CSLD Chair in 1998, Lib Dem MP for Cambridge 2010–15. * Henry Jackson, CULC founder member and President 1897–99, classicist. *
John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes ( ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist and philosopher whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originall ...
, CULC President in 1905 and economist after which
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is named. * Mervyn King, CULC Treasurer in 1968, Governor of the
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. * David Lea, Baron Lea of Crondall, CULC President in 1960,
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official and Labour peer. *
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, CULC member, Conservative MP for Dorset West 1997–2019, and former Shadow Chancellor. *
Selwyn Lloyd John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd (28 July 1904 – 17 May 1978), was a British politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker of the House of Commons from 1971 to 1976, having previously hel ...
, CULC President 1926, Conservative Chancellor 1960–2 and Foreign Secretary 1955–60, Speaker of the House of Commons 1971–76. *
Donald MacAlister Sir Donald MacAlister, 1st Baronet of Tarbet (17 May 1854 – 15 January 1934) was a Scottish physician who was Principal and Vice-Chancellor and, later, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles inte ...
, CULC President 1901–02 & 1906, physician and academic. * C. F. G. Masterman, CULC committee member, Liberal MP 1906–18, 1923–24. * Arnold McNair, CULC Secretary in 1907, first President of the
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1959–65. *
Edwin Samuel Montagu Edwin Samuel Montagu PC (6 February 1879 – 15 November 1924) was a British Liberal politician who served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. Montagu was a "radical" Liberal and the third practising Jew (after Sir Herbe ...
, CULC President in 1902, Liberal MP 1906–22, cabinet minister 1915–22. *
Matthew Parris Matthew Francis Parris (born 7 August 1949) is a British political writer, broadcaster, and former politician. He served as Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1979 to 1986. Ideologically a liberal conservative, he is a member of t ...
, CULC member and college secretary for Clare, later a Conservative MP 1979–86 and journalist. * Benjamin Ramm, CSLD Chair in 2004, founding editor of ''
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'', 2004–12. *
Michael Ramsey Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury (14 November 1904 – 23 April 1988), was a British Anglican bishop and life peer. He served as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England. He was appointed on 31 May 1961 and ...
, elected (but did not serve as) CULC Chair in 1926, later
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. *
Andrew Rawnsley Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley (born 5 January 1962) is a British political journalist and broadcaster. A columnist and chief political commentator for ''The Observer'', he has written two books on New Labour. Early life Rawnsley was born in Le ...
, CU Social Democrats Newsletter columnist, journalist. * Dennis Robertson, CULC President 1910–11, economist. *
Leslie Runciman, 2nd Viscount Runciman of Doxford Walter Leslie Runciman, 2nd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, (26 August 1900 – 1 September 1989), was a prominent member of the Runcimans, a well-known Newcastle ship-owning and political family. Background Runciman was the eldest son of the p ...
, CULC President 1921–22, shipbuilder. *
Bertrand Russell Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He had influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic ...
, CULC Secretary in 1892, mathematician and philosopher, and winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature. *
Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear Beatrice Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear (7 August 1913 – 23 April 1997) was a British social scientist and politician. She was leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords from 1984 to 1988, and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in th ...
, CULC member, Liberal peer. * Henry Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland CULC President 1928–29,
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spiritualist. * John Tresidder Sheppard, CULC President 1907–08, classicist. * Chris Smith, CULC member, Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, 1983–2005, and cabinet minister. * Robert Egerton Swartwout, CULC President 1930–31, coxswain, author, poet, and cartoonist. *
Sarah Teather Sarah Louise Teather (born 1 June 1974) is the Director of Jesuit Refugee Service UK and a former British House of Commons of the United Kingdom#Members and elections, Member of Parliament and Minister. As a Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Dem ...
, CULC member, Lib Dem MP for
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2003–15, and the party's housing spokesperson. * C. P. Trevelyan, CULC committee member, Labour President of the Board of Education 1924, 1929–31. * Richard Wainwright, CULC President in 1939, and Liberal MP for
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1966–70 and 1974–87. *
Jim Wallace James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, (born 25 August 1954) is a Scottish politician serving as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords, British House of Lords since 2007. He served as the Deputy First Minister of Scotl ...
, CULC member, former Lib Dem MP 1983–2001 and
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. *
Lord Wallace of Saltaire William John Lawrence Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire, (born 12 March 1941 in Leicester), is a British academic, writer, and Liberal Democrat politician, who was a Lord in Waiting from 2010 to 2015. Early life Wallace was educated at Wes ...
, CULC President in 1961, academic. * Ronald Waterhouse, CULC President in 1950, High Court judge. * Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond, CULC President in 1963, broadcaster and Lib Dem peer. The association runs a subsidiary group, the Keynes Society, for alumni. Membership is free and lasts for life.


References


Further reading

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External links


Homepage''Liberal Voice'' – the online version of the society's paper''The Keynes Society'', for alumni of CULA – includes extensive lists of past events and officeholders of the societyCambridge University Liberal Club minute book 1886–97, papers of Edwin Samuel Montagu, Wren Library, Trinity College, CambridgeCambridge University Liberal Club minute book 1897–1915, papers of J. Conway Davies, National Library of Wales, AberystwythCambridge University Liberal Club records and papers, 1945–87, Manuscripts Department, Cambridge University Library
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