Talk:Timeline of liberal parties in the United Kingdom

1681: The Whigs constituted themselves

In what way did this take place? Also should we acknowledge the various Whig factions of the 18th Century?

The other problem that's going to cause fun is the question of the extra-parliamentary parties (and sometimes even the Lords). In the two splits between 1916 and the 1950s, local Liberal parties were more or less free to chose their candidate, but occassionally rival candidates would stand, either other Liberals or supporters/opponents of the coalition a group of Liberals were standing in. Sometimes local associations would declare themselves in a favour of a "reunited Liberal Party" and would run a candidate pledged to taht, regardless of whether such a united party existed in the House of Commons. Liberal associations often remained affiliated to the central federation - indeed Walter Runciman, a Liberal National Cabinet Minister from 1931 onwards, was still President of the National Liberal Federation in 1933-34 - not the easiest sign of a split.

Also Liberal peers in the Lords were sometimes more willing than their Commons counterparts to reunite, with the result that a united party existed in one chamber but not the other.

Now does anyone have any idea how we can incorporate this? Timrollpickering 20:58, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)