List of Liberal Democrat MPs

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This is a list of Liberal Democrat MPs, past and present, elected to the British House of Commons. Members of the European Parliament, the Scottish Parliament or the Senedd are not listed.

List of MPs

List of Liberal Democrat MPs
NameStartEndConstituencyRef.
Danny Alexander 20052015 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Richard Allan 19972005 Sheffield Hallam
Heidi Allen 2019 [lower-alpha 1] 2019 South Cambridgeshire
David Alton 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 1997 Liverpool Mossley Hill
Gideon Amos 2024 Taunton and Wellington
Steffan Aquarone 2024 North Norfolk
Paddy Ashdown 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 2001 Yeovil
Josh Babarinde 2024 Eastbourne
Norman Baker 19972015 Lewes
Jackie Ballard 19972001 Taunton
John Barrett 19972010 Edinburgh West
Alan Beith 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 2015 Berwick-upon-Tweed
David Bellotti 19901992 Eastbourne
Alison Bennett 2024 Mid Sussex
Luciana Berger 2019 [lower-alpha 3] 2019 Liverpool Wavertree
Gordon Birtwistle 20102015 Burnley
Tom Brake 19972019 Carshalton and Wallington
Peter Brand 19972001 Isle of Wight
Colin Breed 19972010 South East Cornwall
Alex Brewer 2024 North East Hampshire
Annette Brooke 20012015 Mid Dorset and North Poole
Jess Brown-Fuller 2024 Chichester
Jeremy Browne 20052015 Taunton [lower-alpha 4]
Taunton Deane [lower-alpha 5]
Malcolm Bruce 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 2015 Gordon
John Burnett 19972005 Torridge and West Devon
Paul Burstow 19972015 Sutton and Cheam
Lorely Burt 20052015 Solihull
Vince Cable 19972015 Twickenham
20172019
Patsy Calton 20012005 Cheadle
Menzies Campbell 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 2015 North East Fife
Charlotte Cane 2024 Ely and East Cambridgeshire
Alex Carlile 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 1997 Montgomeryshire
Alistair Carmichael 2001 Orkney and Shetland
Michael Carr 19911992 Ribble Valley
David Chadwick 2024 Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Wendy Chamberlain 2019 North East Fife
Danny Chambers 2024 Winchester
David Chidgey 19942005 Eastbourne
Nick Clegg 20052017 Sheffield Hallam
Chris Coghlan 2024 Dorking and Horley
Victoria Collins 2024 Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Daisy Cooper 2019 St Albans
Brian Cotter 19972005 Weston-super-Mare
Mike Crockart 20102015 Edinburgh West
Adam Dance 2024 Yeovil
Steve Darling 2024 Torbay
Ed Davey 19972015 Kingston and Surbiton
2017
Chris Davies 19951997 Littleborough and Saddleworth
Bobby Dean 2024 Carshalton and Wallington
Lee Dillon 2024 Newbury
Jane Dodds 20192019 Brecon and Radnorshire
Sue Doughty 20012005 Guildford
Sarah Dyke 2023 Somerton and Frome [lower-alpha 6]
Glastonbury and Somerton [lower-alpha 7]
Tim Farron 2005 Westmorland and Lonsdale
Ronnie Fearn 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 1992 Southport
19972001
Lynne Featherstone 20052015 Hornsey and Wood Green
Richard Foord 2022 Tiverton and Honiton [lower-alpha 8]
Honiton and Sidmouth [lower-alpha 9]
Will Forster 2024 Woking
Don Foster 19922015 Bath
Zöe Franklin 2024 Guildford
Andrew George 19972015 St Ives
2024
Sarah Gibson 2024 Chippenham
Sandra Gidley 20002010 Romsey
Steve Gilbert 20102015 St Austell and Newquay
Parmjit Singh Gill 20042005 Leicester South
Rachel Gilmour 2024 Tiverton and Minehead
Olly Glover 2024 Didcot and Wantage
Marie Goldman 2024 Chelmsford
Julia Goldsworthy 20052010 Falmouth and Camborne
Tom Gordon 2024 Harrogate and Knaresborough
Donald Gorrie 19972001 Edinburgh West
Matthew Green 20012005 Ludlow
Sarah Green 2021 Chesham and Amersham
Sam Gyimah 2019 [lower-alpha 1] 2019 East Surrey
Duncan Hames 20102015 Chippenham
Mike Hancock 19972014 Portsmouth South
Monica Harding 2024 Esher and Walton
Evan Harris 19972010 Oxford West and Abingdon
Nick Harvey 19922015 North Devon
David Heath 19972015 Somerton and Frome
John Hemming 20052015 Birmingham Yardley
Pippa Heylings 2024 South Cambridgeshire
Wera Hobhouse 2017 Bath
Paul Holmes 20012010 Chesterfield
Martin Horwood 20052015 Cheltenham
David Howarth 20052010 Cambridge
Geraint Howells 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 1992 Ceredigion and Pembroke North
Simon Hughes 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 2015 Southwark and Bermondsey [lower-alpha 10]
North Southwark and Bermondsey [lower-alpha 11]
Bermondsey and Old Southwark [lower-alpha 12]
Chris Huhne 20052013 Eastleigh
Mark Hunter 20052015 Cheadle
Julian Huppert 20102015 Cambridge
Christine Jardine 2017 Edinburgh West
Liz Jarvis 2024 Eastleigh
Russell Johnston 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 1997 Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
Clive Jones 2024 Wokingham
Nigel Jones 19922005 Cheltenham
Paul Keetch 19972010 Hereford
Charles Kennedy 1988 [lower-alpha 13] 2015 Ross, Cromarty and Skye [lower-alpha 14]
Ross, Skye and Inverness West [lower-alpha 15]
Ross, Skye and Lochaber [lower-alpha 16]
Archy Kirkwood 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 2005 Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Paul Kohler 2024 Wimbledon
Susan Kramer 20052010 Richmond Park
Norman Lamb 20012019 North Norfolk
David Laws 20012015 Yeovil
Phillip Lee 2019 [lower-alpha 1] 2019 Bracknell
John Leech 20052015 Manchester Withington
Richard Livsey 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 1992 Brecon and Radnorshire
19972001
Stephen Lloyd 20102015 Eastbourne
20172018
20192019
Liz Lynne 19921997 Rochdale
James MacCleary 2024 Lewes
Angus MacDonald 2024 Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Robert Maclennan 1988 [lower-alpha 13] 2001 Caithness and Sutherland [lower-alpha 17]
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross [lower-alpha 18]
Diana Maddock 19931997 Christchurch
Ben Maguire 2024 North Cornwall
Helen Maguire 2024 Epsom and Ewell
Paul Marsden 2001 [lower-alpha 19] 2005 Shrewsbury and Atcham
Mike Martin 2024 Tunbridge Wells
Brian Mathew 2024 Melksham and Devizes
Charlie Maynard 2024 Witney
Ray Michie 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 2001 Argyll and Bute
Calum Miller 2024 Bicester and Woodstock
John Milne 2024 Horsham
Michael Moore 19972015 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale [lower-alpha 20]
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk [lower-alpha 21]
Layla Moran 2017 Oxford West and Abingdon
Edward Morello 2024 West Dorset
Helen Morgan 2021 North Shropshire
Tom Morrison 2024 Cheadle
Greg Mulholland 20052017 Leeds North West
Greg Mulholland 20102015 Wells
2024 Wells and Mendip Hills
Susan Murray 2024 Mid Dunbartonshire
Emma Nicholson 1995 [lower-alpha 1] 1997 Torridge and West Devon
Mark Oaten 19972010 Winchester
Sarah Olney 20162017 Richmond Park
2019
Lembit Öpik 19972010 Montgomeryshire
Manuela Perteghella 2024 Stratford-on-Avon
Al Pinkerton 2024 Surrey Heath
John Pugh 20012017 Southport
Alan Reid 20012015 Argyll and Bute
David Rendel 19932005 Newbury
Willie Rennie 20062010 Dunfermline and West Fife
Joshua Reynolds 2024 Maidenhead
Dan Rogerson 20052015 North Cornwall
Ian Roome 2024 North Devon
Paul Rowen 20052010 Rochdale
Bob Russell 19972015 Colchester
Anna Sabine 2024 Frome and East Somerset
Antoinette Sandbach 2019 [lower-alpha 1] 2019 Eddisbury
Adrian Sanders 19972015 Torbay
Roz Savage 2024 South Cotswolds
Vikki Slade 2024 Mid Dorset and North Poole
Lisa Smart 2024 Hazel Grove
Angela Smith 2019 [lower-alpha 3] 2019 Penistone and Stocksbridge
Cyril Smith 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 1992 Rochdale
Robert Smith 19972015 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Ian Sollom 2024 St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
David Steel 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 1997 Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Nicol Stephen 19911992 Kincardine and Deeside
Jamie Stone 2017 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Andrew Stunell 19972015 Hazel Grove
Ian Swales 20102015 Redcar
Jo Swinson 20052015 East Dunbartonshire
20172019
Luke Taylor 2024 Sutton and Cheam
Matthew Taylor 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 2010 Truro [lower-alpha 22]
Truro and St Austell [lower-alpha 23]
Sarah Teather 20032015 Brent East [lower-alpha 24]
Brent Central [lower-alpha 25]
Cameron Thomas 2024 Tewkesbury
Mike Thornton 20132015 Eastleigh
Peter Thurnham 1996 [lower-alpha 1] 1997 Bolton North East
John Thurso 20012015 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Jenny Tonge 19972005 Richmond Park
Paul Tyler 19922005 North Cornwall
Chuka Umunna 2019 [lower-alpha 3] 2019 Streatham
Freddie van Mierlo 2024 Henley and Thame
Caroline Voaden 2024 South Devon
Jim Wallace 1988 [lower-alpha 2] 2001 Orkney and Shetland
David Ward 20102015 Bradford East
Steve Webb 19972015 Northavon [lower-alpha 26]
Thornbury and Yate [lower-alpha 27]
Max Wilkinson 2024 Cheltenham
Mark Williams 20052017 Ceredigion
Roger Williams 20012015 Brecon and Radnorshire
Stephen Williams 20052015 Bristol West
Phil Willis 19972010 Harrogate and Knaresborough
Jenny Willott 20052015 Cardiff Central
Munira Wilson 2019 Twickenham
Sarah Wollaston 2019 [lower-alpha 1] 2019 Totnes
Simon Wright 20102015 Norwich South
Martin Wrigley 2024 Newton Abbot
Claire Young 2024 Thornbury and Yate
Richard Younger-Ross 20012010 Teignbridge

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Elected for the Conservative Party.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Formerly a Liberal Party MP.
  3. 1 2 3 Elected for the Labour Party.
  4. Between 2005 and 2010
  5. Between 2010 and 2015
  6. Between 2023 and 2024
  7. Since 2024
  8. Between 2022 and 2024
  9. Since 2024
  10. Between 1988 and 1997
  11. Between 1997 and 2010
  12. Between 2010 and 2015
  13. 1 2 Formerly a Social Democratic Party MP.
  14. Between 1988 and 1997
  15. Between 1997 and 2005
  16. Between 2005 and 2015
  17. Between 1988 and 1997
  18. Between 1997 and 2001
  19. Elected for the Labour Party, and returned to Labour at the end of his term.
  20. Between 1997 and 2005
  21. Between 2005 and 2015
  22. Between 1988 and 1997
  23. Between 1997 and 2010
  24. Between 2003 and 2010
  25. Between 2010 and 2015
  26. Between 1997 and 2010
  27. Between 2010 and 2015

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