"Liberal Unionist" redirects here. For the Canadian party, see Liberal-Unionist.
Liberal Unionist Party
Leaders
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Joseph Chamberlain
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Founded
1886 (1886)
Dissolved
1912 (1912)
Split from
Liberal Party
Merged into
Conservative and Unionist Party
Headquarters
London, England
Ideology
Conservative liberalism
British unionism
Political position
Centre[1] to centre-right
Politics of the United Kingdom
Political parties
Elections
The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule. The two parties formed the ten-year-long coalition Unionist Government 1895–1905 but kept separate political funds and their own party organisations until a complete merger between the Liberal Unionist and the Conservative parties was agreed to in May 1912.[2][3]
^Blaxill, Luke (2016). "Opposition to Irish Home Rule". In Huzzey, Richard; Childs, Mike (eds.). Campaigning for Change: Lessons from History. London. p. 106. Having two parties and two sets of leaders allowed the Unionists to appeal to a broader group of voters and remain anchored in the political centre.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Wesley Ferris, "The Liberal Unionist Party, 1886–1912"" (PhD dissertation, McMaster University, 2008.
^Ian Cawood, The Liberal Unionist Party: A History (2012)
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