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2029 United Kingdom general election
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All 650 seats in the House of Commons; 326 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Registered	47,568,611
Turnout	67.3% ( 1.5 pp)

Liberal Alliance
Liberal Alliance
Abbreviation	Liberals
Leader	Layla Moran
Deputy Leader	Jamie Stone
President	Mark Pack
Lords Leader	Baron Newby
Chief Executive	Mike Dixon
Founded	7 May 2022;; 2 years ago
Merger of	Liberal Democrats; Alliance Party
Headquarters	Liberal Alliance Headquarters; Top Floor; 1 Vincent Square; London.; SW1P 2PN
Youth wing	Young Liberals
Women's wing	Liberal Alliance Women
Overseas wing	Liberals Abroad
LGBT wing	LGBT+ Liberals
Membership (2022)	98,247
Ideology	Liberalism (British); Social liberalism; Pro-Europeanism;
Political position	Centre to centre-left
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
International affiliation	Liberal International
Colours	Yellow
Anthem	"The Land"
Conference	Liberal Alliance Federal Conference
Governing body	Federal Board
Devolved or semi-autonomous branches	English Liberal Alliance; Scottish Liberal Alliance; Welsh Liberal Alliance; Northern Ireland Liberal Alliance; London Liberal Alliance
House of Commons	14 / 650
House of Lords	78 / 804
London Assembly	2 / 25
Scottish Parliament	4 / 129
Senedd	1 / 60
NI Assembly	17 / 90
Local government	2,750 / 19,943
Directly elected mayors	2 / 25
Police and crime commissioners	0 / 39
	Politics of the United Kingdom; Political parties; Elections;

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The Liberal Democrats (commonly referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal^[10] political party in the United Kingdom. The party has 13 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 84 members of the House of Lords, four Members of the Scottish Parliament, one member in the Welsh Senedd and two members in the London Assembly. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010–2015, with Scottish Labour in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2007, and with Welsh Labour in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2003 and from 2016 to 2021.

^ Norman, Paul (21 June 2021). "Liberal Democrats Relocate Westminster HQ". CoStar.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "The Liberal Democrats Annual Report". Electoral Commission.
^ "Style guide". Liberal Democrats.
^ "State of the parties - MPS and Lords - UK Parliament".
^ "Lords by party, type of peerage and gender". Parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^ "Assembly Members". London City Hall.
^ "Current party balance". Scottish Parliament Website.
^ "Your Members of the Senedd".
^ "Local Council Political Compositions". Open Council Data UK. 8 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "United Kingdom". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ "StackPath". Institute for Government. 20 December 2019.
^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

^ Given that Sinn Féin MPs do not take their seats and the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is, in practice, slightly lower.^[11] Sinn Féin won 7 seats, meaning a practical majority requires 322 MPs.
^ Nicola Sturgeon sits as an MSP in the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Southside. Ian Blackford, MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, is the SNP leader at Westminster.
^ Includes Neale Hanvey, who was suspended from the party at the time of his election and thus took his seat as an independent.

^ An MEP for Northern Ireland.

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[1] Norman, Paul (21 June 2021). "Liberal Democrats Relocate Westminster HQ". CoStar.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "The Liberal Democrats Annual Report". Electoral Commission.

[3] "Style guide". Liberal Democrats.

[4] "State of the parties - MPS and Lords - UK Parliament".

[6] "Lords by party, type of peerage and gender". Parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[7] "Assembly Members". London City Hall.

[8] "Current party balance". Scottish Parliament Website.

[9] "Your Members of the Senedd".

[localcouncil-10] "Local Council Political Compositions". Open Council Data UK. 8 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[partiesandelectionsEU-11] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "United Kingdom". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

[working-12] "StackPath". Institute for Government. 20 December 2019.

[14] "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[13] Given that Sinn Féin MPs do not take their seats and the Speaker and deputies do not vote, the number of MPs needed for a majority is, in practice, slightly lower.^[11] Sinn Féin won 7 seats, meaning a practical majority requires 322 MPs.

[sturgeonseat-16] Nicola Sturgeon sits as an MSP in the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Southside. Ian Blackford, MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, is the SNP leader at Westminster.

[hanvey-17] Includes Neale Hanvey, who was suspended from the party at the time of his election and thus took his seat as an independent.

[15] An MEP for Northern Ireland.

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