List of Liberal Democrat MPs

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.

  • Sir Danny Alexander, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, 2005–2015
  • Richard Allan, Sheffield Hallam, 1997–2005
  • Heidi Allen, South Cambridgeshire, 2019 4
  • David Alton, Liverpool Mossley Hill, 1988–1997 1
  • Paddy Ashdown, Yeovil, 1988–2001 1
  • Norman Baker, Lewes, 1997–2015
  • Jackie Ballard, Taunton, 1997–2001
  • John Barrett, Edinburgh West, 2001–2010
  • Sir Alan Beith, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1988–2015 1
  • David Bellotti, Eastbourne, 1990–1992
  • Luciana Berger, Liverpool Wavertree, 2019 5
  • Gordon Birtwistle, Burnley, 2010–2015
  • Tom Brake, Carshalton and Wallington, 1997–2019
  • Peter Brand, Isle of Wight, 1997–2001
  • Colin Breed, South East Cornwall, 1997–2010
  • Annette Brooke, Mid Dorset and North Poole, 2001–2015
  • Jeremy Browne, Taunton Deane, 2005–2015
  • Sir Malcolm Bruce, Gordon, 1988–2015 1
  • John Burnett, Torridge and West Devon, 1997–2005
  • Paul Burstow, Sutton and Cheam, 1997–2015
  • Lorely Burt, Solihull, 2005–2015
  • Sir Vince Cable, Twickenham, 1997–2015; 2017–2019
  • Patsy Calton, Cheadle, 2001–2005
  • Sir Menzies Campbell, North East Fife, 1988–20151
  • Alex Carlile, Montgomeryshire, 1988–1997 1
  • Alistair Carmichael, Orkney and Shetland, 2001–present
  • Michael Carr, Ribble Valley, 1991–1992
  • Wendy Chamberlain, North East Fife, 2019–present
  • David Chidgey, Eastleigh, 1994–2005
  • Sir Nick Clegg, Sheffield Hallam, 2005–2017
  • Daisy Cooper, St Albans, 2019–present
  • Brian Cotter, Weston-super-Mare, 1997–2005
  • Mike Crockart, Edinburgh West, 2010–2015
  • Sir Ed Davey, Kingston and Surbiton, 1997–2015; 2017–present
  • Chris Davies, Littleborough and Saddleworth, 1995–1997
  • Jane Dodds, Brecon and Radnorshire, 2019
  • Sue Doughty, Guildford, 2001–2005
  • Sarah Dyke, Somerton and Frome, 2023–present
  • Tim Farron, Westmorland and Lonsdale, 2005–present
  • Ronnie Fearn, Southport, 1988–1992; 1997–2001
  • Lynne Featherstone, Hornsey and Wood Green, 2005–2015
  • Richard Foord, Tiverton and Honiton, 2022–present
  • Don Foster, Bath, 1992–2015
  • Andrew George, St Ives, 1997–2015
  • Sandra Gidley, Romsey, 2000–2010
  • Steve Gilbert, St Austell and Newquay, 2010–2015
  • Parmjit Singh Gill, Leicester South, 2004–2005
  • Julia Goldsworthy, Falmouth and Camborne, 2005–2010
  • Donald Gorrie, Edinburgh West, 1997–2001
  • Matthew Green, Ludlow, 2001–2005
  • Sarah Green, Chesham and Amersham, 2021–present
  • Sam Gyimah, East Surrey, 2019 4
  • Duncan Hames, Chippenham, 2010–2015
  • Mike Hancock, Portsmouth South, 1997–2015
  • Evan Harris, Oxford West and Abingdon, 1997–2010
  • Sir Nick Harvey, North Devon, 1992–2015
  • David Heath, Somerton and Frome, 1997–2015
  • John Hemming, Birmingham Yardley, 2005–2015
  • Wera Hobhouse, Bath, 2017–present
  • Paul Holmes, Chesterfield, 2001–2010
  • Martin Horwood, Cheltenham, 2005–2015
  • David Howarth, Cambridge, 2005–2010
  • Geraint Howells, Ceredigion and Pembroke North, 1988–1992 1
  • Sir Simon Hughes, Southwark and Bermondsey, 1983–1997; North Southwark and Bermondsey, 1997–2010; Bermondsey and Old Southwark, 2010–2015 1
  • Chris Huhne, Eastleigh, 2005–2013
  • Mark Hunter, Cheadle, 2005–2015
  • Julian Huppert, Cambridge, 2010–2015
  • Christine Jardine, Edinburgh West, 2017–present
  • Sir Russell Johnston, Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber, 1988–1997 1
  • Nigel Jones, Cheltenham, 1992–2005
  • Paul Keetch, Hereford, 1997–2010
  • Charles Kennedy, Ross, Cromarty and Skye, 1988–1997; Ross, Skye and Inverness West, 1997–2005; Ross, Skye and Lochaber, 2005–2015 2
  • Archy Kirkwood, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, 1988–2005 1
  • Susan Kramer, Richmond Park, 2005–2010
  • Sir Norman Lamb, North Norfolk, 2001–2019
  • David Laws, Yeovil, 2001–2015
  • Phillip Lee, Bracknell, 2019 4
  • John Leech, Manchester Withington, 2005–2015
  • Richard Livsey, Brecon and Radnorshire, 1988–1992; 1997–2001 1
  • Stephen Lloyd, Eastbourne, 2010–2015; 2017–2018; 2019
  • Liz Lynne, Rochdale, 1992–1997
  • Robert Maclennan, Caithness and Sutherland, 1988–1997; Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, 1997–2001 2
  • Diana Maddock, Christchurch, 1993–1997
  • Paul Marsden, Shrewsbury and Atcham, 2001–2005 3
  • Ray Michie, Argyll and Bute, 1988–2001 1
  • Michael Moore, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, 1997–2005; Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, 2005–2015
  • Layla Moran, Oxford West and Abingdon, 2017–present
  • Helen Morgan, North Shropshire, 2021–present
  • Greg Mulholland, Leeds North West, 2005–2017
  • Tessa Munt, Wells, 2010–2015
  • Emma Nicholson, Torridge and West Devon, 1995–1997 4
  • Mark Oaten, Winchester, 1997–2010
  • Sarah Olney, Richmond Park, 2016–2017; 2019–present
  • Lembit Öpik, Montgomeryshire, 1997–2010
  • John Pugh, Southport, 2001–2017
  • Alan Reid, Argyll and Bute, 2001–2015
  • David Rendel, Newbury, 1993–2005
  • Willie Rennie, Dunfermline and West Fife, 2006–2010
  • Dan Rogerson, North Cornwall, 2005–2015
  • Paul Rowen, Rochdale, 2005–2010
  • Bob Russell, Colchester, 1997–2015
  • Antoinette Sandbach, Eddisbury, 2019 4
  • Adrian Sanders, Torbay, 1997–2015
  • Angela Smith, Penistone and Stocksbridge, 2019 5
  • Sir Cyril Smith, Rochdale, 1988–1992 1
  • Robert Smith, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, 1997–2015
  • Sir David Steel, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, 1988–1997 1
  • Nicol Stephen, Kincardine and Deeside 1991–1992
  • Jamie Stone, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, 2017–present
  • Andrew Stunell, Hazel Grove, 1997–2015
  • Ian Swales, Redcar, 2010–2015
  • Jo Swinson, East Dunbartonshire, 2005–2015; 2017–2019
  • Matthew Taylor, Truro, 1988–1997; Truro and St Austell, 1997–2010 1
  • Sarah Teather, Brent East, 2003–2010; Brent Central, 2010–2015
  • Mike Thornton, Eastleigh, 2013–2015
  • Peter Thurnham, Bolton North East, 1996–1997 4
  • John Thurso, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, 2001–2015
  • Jenny Tonge, Richmond Park, 1997–2005
  • Paul Tyler, North Cornwall, 1992–2005 6
  • Chuka Umunna, Streatham, 2019 5
  • David Ward, Bradford East, 2010–2015
  • Jim Wallace, Orkney and Shetland, 1988–2001 1
  • Steve Webb, Northavon, 1997–2010; Thornbury and Yate, 2010–2015
  • Mark Williams, Ceredigion, 2005–2017
  • Roger Williams, Brecon and Radnorshire, 2001–2015
  • Stephen Williams, Bristol West, 2005–2015
  • Phil Willis, Harrogate and Knaresborough, 1997–2010
  • Jenny Willott, Cardiff Central, 2005–2015
  • Munira Wilson, Twickenham, 2019–present
  • Sarah Wollaston, Totnes, 2019 4
  • Simon Wright, Norwich South, 2010–2015
  • Richard Younger-Ross, Teignbridge, 2001–2010
1 Formerly a Liberal Party MP.
2 Formerly a Social Democratic Party MP.
3 Elected for the Labour Party, and returned to Labour at the end of his term.
4 Elected for the Conservative Party.
5 Elected for the Labour Party.
6 Previously Liberal Party MP for Bodmin, Feb-Oct 1974.

Graphical representation

Constituency 1988 90 91 1992 93 94 95 96 1997 00 2001 01 03 04 2005 05 06 2010 13 2015 16 2017 18 19 2019 21 22 23
Montgomeryshire Carlile Öpik
Ceredigion & Pembroke North / Ceredigion (1997) Howells M. Williams
Orkney and Shetland Wallace Carmichael
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Steel Moore
Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber /
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey (2005) 		Johnston Alexander
Gordon Bruce
Rochdale C. Smith Lynne Rowen
Berwick-upon-Tweed Beith
Truro / Truro and St Austell (1997) /
St Austell and Newquay (2010) 		Taylor Gilbert
Liverpool Mossley Hill Alton
Southwark & Bermondsey / N Southwark & Bermondsey (1997) /
Bermondsey and Old Southwark (2010) 		Hughes
Roxburgh and Berwickshire /
Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk (2005) 		Kirkwood Moore
Yeovil Ashdown Laws
Brecon and Radnorshire Livsey Livsey R. Williams Dodds
North East Fife Campbell Chamberlain
Argyll and Bute Michie Reid
Southport Fearn Fearn Pugh
Caithness and Sutherland /
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (1997) 		Maclennan Thurso Stone
Ross, Cromarty and Skye / Ross, Skye & Inverness West (97) /
Ross, Skye and Lochaber (2005) 		Kennedy
Eastbourne Bellotti Lloyd Lloyd Lloyd
Kincardine and Deeside / W Aberdeenshire & Kincardine (1997) Stephen R, Smith
Ribble Valley Carr
Cornwall North Tyler Rogerson
Bath Foster Hobhouse
Devon North Harvey
Cheltenham Jones Horwood
Constituency 1988 90 91 1992 93 94 95 96 1997 00 2001 01 03 04 2005 05 06 2010 13 2015 16 2017 18 19 2019 21 22 23
Newbury Rendel
Christchurch Maddock
Eastleigh Chidgey Huhne Thornton
Devon West and Torridge Nicholson Burnett
Littleborough and Saddleworth Davies
Bolton North East Thurnham
Carshalton and Wallington Brake
Sheffield Hallam Allan Clegg
Edinburgh West Gorrie Barrett Crockart Jardine
Northavon / Thornbury & Yate (2010) Webb
St Ives George
Torbay Sanders
Colchester Russell
Hazel Grove Stunell
Kingston & Surbiton Davey Davey
Sutton and Cheam Burstow
Twickenham Cable Cable Wilson
Somerton and Frome Heath Dyke
Lewes Baker
Portsmouth South Hancock
Winchester Oaten
Cornwall South East Breed
Hereford Keetch
Richmond Park Tonge Kramer Olney Olney
Oxford West and Abingdon Harris Moran
Harrogate and Knaresborough Willis
Weston-super-Mare Cotter
Taunton / Taunton Deane (2010) Ballard Browne
Isle of Wight Brand
Romsey (1997) / Romsey & Southampton N (2010) Gidley
North Norfolk Lamb
Mid Dorset and North Poole Brooke
Cheadle Calton Hunter
Chesterfield Holmes
Teignbridge Younger-Ross
Ludlow M. Green
Guildford Doughty
Shrewsbury and Atcham Marsden
Brent C Teather
Leicester South Gill
Westmorland and Lonsdale Farron
Leeds North West Mulholland
E Dunbartonshire Swinson Swinson
Cardiff Central Willott
Bristol West S. Williams
Cambridge Howarth Huppert
Manchester Withington Leech
Hornsey and Wood Green Featherstone
Solihull Burt
Birmingham Yardley Hemming
Falmouth and Camborne Goldsworthy
Dunfermline and West Fife Rennie
Redcar Swales
Burnley Birtwistle
Norwich South Wright
Wells Munt
Bradford East Ward
Chippenham Hames
Streatham Umunna
Totnes Wollaston
Bracknell Lee
Liverpool Wavertree Berger
Penistone and Stocksbridge A. Smith
East Surrey Gyimah
South Cambridgeshire Allen
Eddisbury Sandbach
St Albans Cooper
Chesham and Amersham S. Green
North Shropshire Morgan
Tiverton and Honiton Foord
Constituency 1988 90 91 1992 93 94 95 96 1997 00 2001 01 03 04 2005 05 06 2010 13 2015 16 2017 18 19 2019 21 22 23
No. of Lib Dem MPs 19 20 22 20 22 23 25 26 46 47 52 53 54 55 62 62 63 57 56 8 9 12 11 21 11 13 14 15
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