The Liberal Party is a United Kingdom political party that was founded in 1989 by members of the original Liberal Party opposed to its merger with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form the Liberal Democrats. To date (2021) the party has never held a UK, Scottish, Senedd or European parliamentary seat, though it has had representation on local councils.
Parliamentary elections contested
By-elections 1987–1992
Constituency
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Aldershot
|
D Robinson
|
1,038
|
1.6 [1]
|
Arundel
|
D Renson
|
1,103
|
1.8[1]
|
Ashton-under-Lyne
|
C Hall
|
907
|
2.1[1]
|
Bath
|
M Barker
|
172
|
0.3[1]
|
Beckenham
|
G Williams
|
643
|
1.4[2]
|
Bedfordshire, Mid
|
P Cottier
|
1,582
|
2.3[2]
|
Bootle
|
M Hall
|
1,174
|
2.3[3]
|
Cambridgeshire, N E
|
C Ash
|
998
|
1.6[4]
|
Chichester
|
J Weights
|
643
|
1.0[5]
|
Chingford
|
D Green
|
602
|
1.4[5]
|
Chislehurst
|
I Richmond
|
849
|
2.0[5]
|
Corby
|
J Wood
|
784
|
1.4[6]
|
Cornwall, N
|
P Andrews
|
678
|
1.1[6]
|
Cornwall, S E
|
M Cook
|
644
|
1.1[6]
|
Coventry, S W
|
R Wheway
|
989
|
2.0[6]
|
Crosby
|
John Marks
|
1,052
|
1.6[6]
|
Denton & Reddish
|
M Powell
|
1,296
|
2.5[6]
|
Devizes
|
S Coles
|
962
|
1.3[7]
|
Eastbourne
|
Theresia Williamson
|
296
|
0.5[8]
|
Edinburgh, Central
|
R Wilson
|
235
|
0.6[8]
|
Edinburgh, W
|
A Fleming
|
272
|
0.6[8]
|
Exeter
|
A Micklem
|
1,119
|
1.8[8]
|
Falmouth & Camborne
|
Paul Holmes
|
730
|
1.3[9]
|
Fife, N E
|
D Senior
|
85
|
0.2[9]
|
Grantham
|
J Hiley
|
1,500
|
2.3[10]
|
Harrow, E
|
P Burrows
|
1,142
|
2.0[10]
|
Harrow, W
|
Gabriel Aitman
|
845
|
1.6[10]
|
Heywood & Middleton
|
Phil Burke
|
757
|
1.8[11]
|
Honiton
|
Geoffrey Halliwell
|
1,005
|
1.6[11]
|
Horsham
|
J Elliott
|
1,281
|
1.9[11]
|
Huntingdon
|
P Wiggin
|
1,045
|
1.4[11]
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
A Amer
|
771
|
2.0[12]
|
Knowsley, N
|
K Lappin
|
1,180
|
3.3[12]
|
Leeds, N W
|
N Nowosielski
|
427
|
0.8[12]
|
Leeds, W
|
Michael Meadowcroft
|
3,980
|
8.3[12]
|
Leyton
|
L de Pinna
|
561
|
1.5[13]
|
Lincoln
|
S Wiggin
|
603
|
1.0[13]
|
Liverpool, Broadgreen
|
Steve Radford
|
1,211
|
2.9[13]
|
Liverpool, Garston
|
A Conrad
|
894
|
2.2[13]
|
Liverpool, Walton
|
T Newall
|
963
|
2.0[13]
|
Liverpool, West Derby
|
D Curtis
|
1,021
|
2.6[13]
|
Makerfield
|
S Cairns
|
1,309
|
2.4[13]
|
Manchester, Gorton
|
T Henderson
|
767
|
2.0[14]
|
Medway
|
M Austin
|
1,480
|
3.0[14]
|
Northavon
|
P Marx
|
380
|
0.5[15]
|
Nottingham E
|
C Roylance
|
598
|
1.3[15]
|
Oxford, W & Abingdon
|
R Jenkin
|
194
|
0.4[16]
|
Peterborough
|
E Murat
|
1,557
|
2.4[16]
|
Ravensbourne
|
Peter White
|
318
|
0.7[16]
|
Rochford
|
L Farmer
|
1,362
|
2.1[17]
|
St Ives
|
Graham Stephens
|
577
|
1.0[17]
|
Shoreham
|
W Weights
|
459
|
0.8[18]
|
Slough
|
J Clark
|
1,426
|
2.5[18]
|
Somerton & Frome
|
J Pollock
|
388
|
0.7[18]
|
Southend, E
|
Brian Lynch
|
673
|
1.6[18]
|
Southend, W
|
Alan Farmer
|
495
|
1.0[18]
|
Stalybridge & Hyde
|
R Powell
|
1,199
|
2.4[18]
|
Sunderland, N
|
W Lundgren
|
841
|
1.7[19]
|
Tiverton
|
David Morrish
|
2,225
|
3.8[20]
|
Tooting
|
C Martin
|
1,340
|
2.6[20]
|
Truro
|
C Tankard
|
208
|
0.3[20]
|
Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale
|
John Hein
|
177
|
0.6[20]
|
Twickenham
|
A Miners
|
85
|
0.2[20]
|
Walthamstow
|
V Wilkinson
|
241
|
0.7[20]
|
Westbury
|
P Macdonald
|
1,440
|
2.0[21]
|
Wigan
|
K White
|
1,116
|
2.0[21]
|
Wiltshire, N
|
George Hawkins
|
622
|
0.9[21]
|
Wolverhampton, N E
|
Kenneth Bullman
|
1,087
|
2.2[22]
|
Wolverhampton, S E
|
Catherine Twelvetrees
|
850
|
2.[22]
|
Wolverhampton, S W
|
Colin Hallmark
|
1,237
|
2.4[22]
|
Woodspring
|
Nick Brown
|
836
|
1.3[22]
|
Worthing
|
N Goble
|
679
|
1.1[22]
|
By-elections 1992–1997
Source: UK General Election Results 1997 at politicsresources.net
[23]
Constituency
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Beckenham
|
Phil Rimmer
|
720
|
1.3
|
Bethnal Green & Bow
|
Terry Milson
|
2,963
|
6.6
|
Birmingham, Perry Barr
|
Alasdair Baxter
|
718
|
1.6
|
Bromley & Chislehurst
|
Gabriel Aitman
|
285
|
0.5
|
Camberwell & Peckham
|
Gerry Williams
|
443
|
1.6
|
Cornwall, N
|
Rif Winfield
|
186
|
0.3
|
Cornwall, S E
|
Bill Weights
|
268
|
0.5
|
Coventry, N E
|
Nick Brown
|
1,181
|
2.5
|
Coventry, N W
|
Rob Wheway
|
687
|
1.3
|
Coventry S
|
Roger Jenking
|
725
|
1.5
|
Crosby
|
John Marks
|
233
|
0.5
|
Devon, E
|
Geoffrey Halliwell
|
1,363
|
2.6
|
Devon, W & Torridge
|
Michael Pithouse
|
50
|
0.9
|
Dulwich & W Norwood
|
Alex Goldie
|
587
|
1.3
|
Eastbourne
|
Theresia Williamson
|
741
|
1.4
|
Edinburgh, W
|
Paul Coombes
|
263
|
0.6
|
Eltham
|
Henry Middleton
|
584
|
1.3
|
Exeter
|
David Morrish
|
2,062
|
3.3
|
Falmouth & Camborne
|
Paul Holmes
|
527
|
1.0
|
Halton
|
David Proffitt
|
600
|
1.4
|
Hastings & Rye
|
Jane Amstad
|
1,046
|
2.1
|
Heywood & Middleton
|
Phil Burke
|
750
|
1.5
|
Leeds, W
|
Noel Nowosielski
|
625
|
1.6
|
Lewisham, E
|
Peter White
|
277
|
0.7
|
Lewisham, W
|
Liz Oram
|
167
|
0.4
|
Liverpool, Garston
|
Gary Copeland
|
666
|
1.5
|
Liverpool, Riverside
|
David Green
|
594
|
1.6
|
Liverpool, Walton
|
Hazel Williams
|
352
|
0.9
|
Liverpool Wavertree
|
Keith McCullough
|
391
|
0.9
|
Liverpool, West Derby
|
Steve Radford
|
4,037
|
9.6
|
Maidenhead
|
David Munkley
|
896
|
1.8
|
Newcastle-under-Lyme
|
Steven Mountford
|
1,399
|
2.9
|
Orpington
|
Robin Almond
|
494
|
0.8
|
Portsmouth, S
|
John Thompson
|
184
|
0.4
|
Rayleigh
|
Alan Farmer
|
829
|
1.6
|
Rochford & Southend, E
|
Brian Lynch
|
1,007
|
2.2
|
Romford
|
Terry Hurlstone
|
1,100
|
2.6
|
Slough
|
Anne Bradshaw
|
1,835
|
3.8
|
South Ribble
|
Nigel Ashton
|
1,127
|
2.0
|
Southport
|
Susan Ashton
|
386
|
0.8
|
Southwark, N & Bermondsey
|
Jim Munday
|
157
|
0.4
|
St. Ives
|
Graham Stephens
|
425
|
0.8
|
Stoke-on-Trent, Central
|
Fran Oborski
|
359
|
0.9
|
Stoke-on-Trent, S
|
Alison Micklem
|
580
|
1.3
|
Stone
|
Ann Winfield
|
545
|
1.0
|
Tamworth
|
Catherine Twelvetrees
|
177
|
0.4
|
Tiverton
|
Jenny Roach
|
635
|
1.1
|
Torbay
|
Bruce Cowling
|
1161
|
2.2
|
Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale
|
John Hein
|
387
|
1.0
|
Westbury
|
George Hawkins
|
1,956
|
3.5
|
Windsor
|
Paul Bradshaw
|
388
|
0.8
|
Wolverhampton, N E
|
Colin Hallmark
|
1,560
|
3.8
|
Wolverhampton, S E
|
Kenneth Bullman
|
647
|
1.9
|
Wolverhampton, S W
|
Mike Hyde
|
713
|
1.5
|
Wyre Forest
|
Chris Harvey
|
1,670
|
3.0
|
By-elections 1997–2001
Constituency
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
|
John Hein
|
916
|
2.0[25][26]
|
Exeter
|
Margaret Danks
|
2,214
|
4.0[25][27]
|
Falmouth & Camborne
|
Paul Holmes
|
423
|
0.9[25][28]
|
Fylde
|
Tim Akeroyd
|
1,647
|
3.6[25][29]
|
Hackney S & Shoreditch
|
Benjamin Rae
|
313
|
1.0[25][30]
|
Heywood & Middleton
|
Phil Burke
|
1,377
|
3.5[25][31]
|
Kingston upon Hull East
|
Janet Toker
|
1,018
|
3.3[25][32]
|
Liverpool, Walton
|
Daniel Wood
|
480
|
1.7[25][33]
|
Liverpool, West Derby
|
Steve Radford
|
3,606
|
11.8[25][34]
|
Ryedale
|
John Clarke
|
1,417
|
3.2[25][35]
|
Teignbridge
|
Reginald Wills
|
685
|
1.1[25][36]
|
Tiverton & Honiton
|
Roy Collins
|
1,701
|
2.9[25][37]
|
Vale Of Glamorgan
|
Karl-James Langford
|
605
|
1.3[25][38]
|
Wyre Forest
|
Fran Oborski
|
2,666
|
5.7[25][39]
|