List of Liberal Party (UK) MPs

This is a list of Liberal Party MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing the Liberal Party from 1922. This includes all those elected as National Liberals supporting David Lloyd George in 1922. Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons or the European Parliament are not listed.

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List of MPs

A Thomas Raven Ackroyd, Manchester Moss Side, 1923–24 Francis Dyke Acland, Richmond, 1906–10; North West Cornwall, 1910–22; Tiverton, 1923–24; North Cornwall, 1932–39 William Ryland Dent Adkins, Middleton, 1906–1918; Middleton and Prestwich, 1918–1923 Maurice Alexander, Southwark South East, 1922–1923 Ronald Wilberforce Allen, Leicester South, 1923–24 Robert Alstead, Altrincham, 1923–24 David Alton, Liverpool Mossley Hill, 1979–88Joined the Liberal Democrats on their formation in 1988. Paddy Ashdown, Yeovil, 1983–88 Sir Robert Aske, Newcastle upon Tyne East, 1923–1924, 1929–31Defected to the National Liberal Party. H. H. Asquith, East Fife 1886–1918, Paisley, 1920–24 David Austick, Ripon, 1973–74

B Robert Noton Barclay, Manchester Exchange, 1923–24 Charles Barrie, Banffshire, 1918–24 Alan Beith, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1973–88 Hilaire Belloc, Salford South, 1906–1910 William Wedgwood Benn, Tower Hamlets, St George, 1906–18; Edinburgh Leith, 1918–27Defected to the Labour Party Albert Bennett, Mansfield, 1922–1923After Bennett lost Mansfield in 1923 he defected to the Conservatives and served as MP for Nottingham Central from 1924–1930. Donald Bennett, Middlesbrough West, 1945 Reginald Berkeley, Nottingham Central, 1923–24 Robert Bernays, Bristol North, 1931–45 Peter Bessell, Bodmin, 1964–70 William Beveridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1944–45 Norman Birkett, Nottingham East, 1923–24, 29–31 John Wycliffe Black, Harborough, 1923–24 James Blindell, Holland with Boston, 1929–31 Mark Bonham Carter, Torrington, 1958–59 Alfred Bonwick, Chippenham, 1923–24 William Bowdler, Holderness, 1922–1923 Roderic Bowen, Cardiganshire, 1945–66 Thomas Bramsdon, Portsmouth, 1900 & 1906–1910; Portsmouth Central, 1918–22 & 1923–24 Frank Briant, Lambeth North, 1918–29; 31–34 Ernest Brown, Rugby, 1923–24; Edinburgh Leith, 1927–31 Malcolm Bruce, Gordon, 1983–88 John Fowler Leece Brunner, Leigh, 1906–1910; Northwich, 1910–18; Southport, 1923–24 Leslie Burgin, Luton, 1929–31 James Burnie, Bootle, 1923–24 James Ramsay Montagu Butler, Cambridge University, 1922–1923 Frank Byers, North Dorset, 1945–50

C Menzies Campbell, North East Fife, 1987–88 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Stirling Burghs, 1868–1908 Alex Carlile, Montgomeryshire, 1983–88 William Chapple, Stirlingshire, 1910–18; Dumfriesshire, 1922–24 Edgar Chatfeild-Clarke, Isle of Wight, 1922–1923 Winston Churchill, Oldham, 1904–06; Manchester North West 1906–08; Dundee 1908–22 Clifford Cory, St Ives, 1906–24 Godfrey Collins, Greenock, 1910–31 Pat Collins, Walsall, 1922–24 Levi Collison, Penrith and Cockermouth, 1922–1923 Arthur Comyns Carr, Islington East, 1923–24 Leonard Costello, Huntingdonshire, 1923–24 William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts, Western Isles, 1922–1923 Dugald McCoig Cowan, Combined Scottish Universities, 1918–33 Horace Crawfurd, Walthamstow West, 1924–29 Aaron Curry, Bishop Auckland 1931–1935Curry was elected as a National Liberal in 1931, but subsequently rejoined the Liberal Party. See

D Charles Darbishire, Westbury, 1922–24 James Davidson, West Aberdeenshire, 1966–70 Clement Davies, Montgomeryshire, 1929–31; 42–62Elected as a National Liberal MP in 1935; became an independent in 1939 before rejoining the Liberal Party in 1942. David Davies, Montgomeryshire, 1906–29 John Cledwyn Davies, Denbigh 1922–1923 Seaborne Davies, Caernarvon Boroughs, 1945 Ellis William Davies, Denbigh, 1923–29 John Purcell Dickie, Gateshead, 1923–24; Consett, 1931–35 Stephen Roxby Dodds, Wirral, 1923–24 John Duckworth, Blackburn, 1923–29 Cecil Dudgeon, Galloway, 1922–24, 29–31 John Freeman Dunn, Hemel Hempstead, 1923–24 Sir William Dunn, 1st Baronet, of Lakenheath, Paisley, 1891–1906

E William Edge, Bolton, 1916–23; Bosworth, 1927–31 Garnham Edmonds, Bethnal Green North East, 1922–1923 John Hugh Edwards, Mid Glamorgan, 1910–18; Neath, 1918–22; Accrington, 1924–29Elected as a Constitutionalist MP in 1924 but rejoined the Liberal Party shortly afterwards. Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet, Anglesey, 1895–1918; Carmarthen, 1923–24 John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones, North Dorset, 1922–24 Abraham England, Heywood and Radcliffe, 1922–24; 24–31 Cyril Entwistle, Kingston upon Hull South West, 1918–24Entwistle defected to the Conservatives in 1926 and was Conservative MP for Bolton 1931–45 Arthur Evans, Leicester East, 1922–1923Evans was elected as a Lloyd George National Liberal in Leicester East in 1922 but lost the seat fighting as a Conservative in 1923. He subsequently served as Conservative MP for Cardiff South from 1924–29 and from 1931–45. Ernest Evans, Cardiganshire, 1921–1923; University of Wales, 1924–43 Owen Evans, Cardiganshire, 1932–45 Richard Thomas Evans, Carmarthen, 1931–35

F Richard Robert Fairbairn, Worcester, 1922–1923 James Falconer, Forfarshire, 1909–18 & 1922–24 Ronald Fearn, Southport, 1987–88 Thomas Fenby, Bradford East, 1924–29 Henry Fildes, Stockport, 1920–1923; Dumfriesshire Victor Harold Finney, Hexham, 1923–24 Herbert Fisher, Sheffield Hallam, 1916–18; Combined English Universities, 1918–26 Reginald Fletcher, Basingstoke, 1923–24 Dingle Foot, Dundee, 1931–45 Isaac Foot, Bodmin, 1922–24; 29–35 Walter Forrest, Batley and Morley, 1924–29 Leonard Benjamin Franklin, Hackney Central, 1923–24 Clement Freud, Isle of Ely, 1973–83; North East Cambridgeshire, 1983–87

G James Gardiner, Kinross and Western Perthshire, 1918–1923 George Morgan Garro-Jones, Hackney South, 1924–29 James Daniel Gilbert, West Newington, 1916–1918; Southwark Central, 1923–1924 Charles Gilpin (politician), Northampton constituency, 1857–1874 Alec Ewart Glassey, East Dorset, 1929–31 Edgar Granville, Eye, 1929–31; 1945–51,Elected as a National Liberal MP in 1935; became an independent in 1942 before rejoining the Liberal Party in 1945. William Gorman, Royton, 1923–24 Frank Gray, Oxford, 1922–24 Milner Gray, Mid Bedfordshire, 1929–31 George Charles Grey, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1941–44 Edward Grigg, Oldham, 1922–25 Frank Kingsley Griffith, Middlesbrough West, 1928–40 Jo Grimond, Orkney and Shetland, 1950–83 William John Gruffydd, University of Wales, 1943–50 Frederick Guest, Dorset East, 1910–1922; Stroud, 1923–24; Bristol North, 1924–1929Guest defected to the Conservatives after losing his seat at the 1929 election. He later sat as Conservative MP for Plymouth Drake from 1931–37 Henry Guest, East Dorset, June–December 1910, Pembroke and Haverfordwest, December 1910 – 1918, Bristol North, 1922–1923.Guest later sat as Conservative MP for Plymouth Drake from 1937–1945 succeeding his brother. Thomas Maule Guthrie, Moray and Nairn, 1922–1923

H John Hancock, Mid Derbyshire, 1909–1918; Belper, 1918–1923 Arthur Harbord, Great Yarmouth, 1922–24; 29–31 Edward Harney, South Shields, 1922–29 Thomas Edmund Harvey, Leeds West, 1910–18; Dewsbury, 1923–24; Combined English Universities, 1937–45 Robert William Hamilton, Orkney and Shetland, 1922–35 John Hobbis Harris, Hackney North, 1923–24 Percy Alfred Harris, Harborough, 1916–18; Bethnal Green South West, 1922–45 Thomas Henderson, Roxburgh and Selkirk, 1922–1923 Albert Ernest Hillary, Harwich, 1922–24 Frederick Hindle, Darwen, 1923–24 John Hinds, West Carmarthenshire, December 1910 – 1918; Carmarthen, 1918–1923 Arthur Hobhouse, Wells, 1923–24 James Philip Hodge, Preston, 1922–1924 Henry Cairn Hogbin, Battersea North, 1923–24 James Myles Hogge, Edinburgh East, 1912–24 Herbert Holdsworth, Bradford South, 1931–45 Arthur Holt, Bolton West, 1951–64 Emlyn Hooson, Montgomeryshire, 1962–79 Rhys Hopkin Morris, Cardiganshire, 1923–32; Carmarthen, 1945–56Elected as an Independent Liberal in 1923 against an official Liberal, took the Liberal whip from 1924 onwards. Tom Horabin, North Cornwall, 1939–47 Leslie Hore-Belisha, Plymouth Devonport, 1923–31 Geoffrey Howard, Eskdale, 1906–10; Westbury, 1911–18; Luton, 1923–24 Geraint Howells, Cardigan, 1974–83; Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire North, 1983–88 Simon Hughes, Bermondsey, 1983; Southwark and Bermondsey, 1983–88 Joseph Hunter, Dumfriesshire, 1931–34 Robert Hutchison, Kirkcaldy Burghs, 1922–1923; Montrose Burghs, 1924–32

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J Barnett Janner, Whitechapel and St Georges, 1931–35 William Albert Jenkins, Brecon and Radnor, 1922–24 Russell Johnston, Inverness, 1964–83; Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber, 1983–88 Harcourt Johnstone, Willesden East, 1923–24; South Shields, 1931–35; Middlesbrough West, 1940–45 Charles Sydney Jones, Liverpool West Derby, 1923–24 Henry Haydn Jones, Merioneth, 1910–45 (John) Henry Morris-Jones, Denbigh, 1929–31 Leif Jones, Camborne, 1923–24; 29–31 William Nathaniel Jones, Carmarthen, 1928–29 William Allen Jowitt, The Hartlepools, 1922–24; Preston, 1929

K Robert Newbald Kay, Elland, 1923–24 Roderick Morris Kedward, Bermondsey West, 1923–24; Ashford, 1929–31 Thomas Keens, Aylesbury, 1923–24 Sir George Kemp, Heywood, 1895–1906, Manchester North West, 1910–12 Joseph Kenworthy, Kingston upon Hull Central, 1919–26 Barnet Kenyon, Chesterfield, 1913–1929 Archy Kirkwood, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, 1983–88

L George Lambert, North Devon, 1891–1918; South Molton, 1918–24; 29–31 Wallace Lawler, Birmingham Ladywood, 1969–70 Frederick Joseph Laverack, Brixton, 1923–24 Joseph Leckie, Walsall, 1931–38 Edward Lessing, Abingdon, 1923–24 Arthur Lever, Harwich, 1906–January 1910; Hackney Central, 1922–1923 Thomas Arthur Lewis, Pontypridd, 1918–1922; University of Wales, 1922–1923 Frederick Caesar Linfield, Mid Bedfordshire, 1922–24 Alexander Livingstone, Western Isles, 1923–29 Richard Livsey, Brecon and Radnorshire, 1985–88 Frederick Llewellyn-Jones, Flintshire, 1929–31 David Lloyd George, Caernarfon Boroughs, 1890–31; 35–45Elected as an Independent Liberal in 1931 and sat apart from both the Liberal and National Liberal groups until 1935. Gwilym Lloyd George, Pembrokeshire, 1922–24; 29–31; 35–50Re-elected in 1951 as a Conservative and National Liberal MP. Megan Lloyd George, Anglesey, 1929–31; 1935–51 John Frederick Loverseed, Sudbury, 1923–1924 Eric Lubbock, Orpington, 1962–70 William Lygon, East Norfolk, 1929–31 Alexander Lyle-Samuel, Eye, 1918–1923

M William Mabane, Huddersfield, 1931–c35Mabane's exact party was unclear for much of the 1930s, with some sources listing him as a National Liberal from his initial election in 1931, whilst he often stated he was an orthodox Liberal seeking the party's reunion, though he continued to support the National Government. Until 1939 his local association was affiliated to the official Liberals. George Mackie, Caithness and Sutherland, 1964–66 Charles McCurdy, Northampton, January 1910 – 1923 Archie Macdonald, Roxburgh and Selkirk, 1950–51 Murdo Macdonald, Inverness-shire, 1922–50 Eric Macfadyen, Devizes, 1923–24 William McKeag, City of Durham, 1931–35 Alasdair Mackenzie, Ross and Cromarty, 1964–70 Joseph Payton Maclay, Paisley, 1931–45 Thomas James Macnamara, Camberwell North, 1900–1918; Camberwell North West, 1918–1924 Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron, Ross and Cromarty, 1911–31 Donald Maclean, Bath, 1906–10; Peebles and Selkirk, 1910–18; Peebles and South Midlothian, 1918–22; North Cornwall, 1929–31 Sir George McCrae, Edinburgh East, 1899–1909; Stirling and Falkirk, 1923–24 Henry Maden, Lonsdale, 1923–24 Edward Lancelot Mallalieu, Colne Valley, 1931–35 Geoffrey Mander, Wolverhampton East, 1929–35 Courtenay Mansel, Penryn and Falmouth, 1923–24Mansel defected to the Conservatives in 1926 and was Conservative candidate at the 1928 Carmarthen by-election and for the University of Wales in 1929 Croydon Marks, North Cornwall, 1918–24