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Yellow/Orange |seats1_title = House of Commons〔United Kingdom general election, 2015〕 |seats1 = |seats2_title = House of Lords |seats2 = |seats3_title = London Assembly |seats3 = |seats4_title = European Parliament〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/eu-uk-results )〕 |seats4 = |seats5_title = Local government |seats5 = |seats6_title = Scottish Parliament |seats6 = |seats7_title = National Assembly for Wales |seats7 = }} The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. The Liberal Democrats were formed in 1988 by a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The two parties had formed the electoral SDP–Liberal Alliance for seven years prior. The Liberal Party had been in existence for 129 years and in power under leaders such as Gladstone, Asquith and Lloyd George. Liberal Reforms led to the creation of the British welfare state. In the 1920s, the Labour Party replaced the Liberals as the largest opponent of the Conservative Party. The SDP split from Labour in 1981 because of the latter's move to the left.〔Mark Satin (2004). ''Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now''. Westview Press and Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-8133-4190-3.〕 Nick Clegg was elected leader in 2007. At the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats won 57 seats, making them the third-largest party in the House of Commons behind the Conservatives with 307 and Labour with 258.〔 No party having an overall majority, the Liberal Democrats joined a coalition government with the Conservative Party, with Clegg becoming Deputy Prime Minister and other Liberal Democrats taking up ministerial positions. At the 2015 general election, the party was reduced to eight Members of Parliament and Clegg resigned as leader. Tim Farron won the subsequent leadership election. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberal Democrats」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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