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Centralist not left wing esp with number of Conservatives as members |
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| membership = {{increase}} 120,845{{Efn|The party also has a minimum of 17,102 registered supporters, not included in the membership figure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/LibDemPress/status/1169930984420196352|title=Registered supporters 2019|publisher=Liberal Democrats}}</ref>}}
| ideology = [[Liberalism in the United Kingdom|Liberalism]]<ref name=partiesandelectionsEU>{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/unitedkingdom.html|title=United Kingdom|work=Parties and Elections in Europe|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|year=2017|accessdate=3 May 2018}}</ref><br />[[Social liberalism]]<ref name=partiesandelectionsEU/><ref name="Slomp2011">{{cite book|author=Hans Slomp|title=Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics [2 volumes]: An American Companion to European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LmfAPmwE6YYC&pg=PA343|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39182-8|page=343}}</ref><br />[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libdems.org.uk/europe|title=Brexit|date=17 April 2018|website=Liberal Democrats}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/28/tim-farron-liberal-democrat-pro-european-strategy-proved-right|title=Tim Farron: Lib Dems' pro-European strategy will be proved right|first=Jessica|last=Elgot|date=28 May 2017|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
| position = [[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{cite news |date= 22 July 2019 |title= Britain's anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats name Jo Swinson as new leader |url= https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-liberaldemocrats/britains-anti-brexit-liberal-democrats-name-jo-swinson-as-new-leader-idUKKCN1UH1TK |work= Reuters |accessdate= 27 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oxford-union.org/node/1982 |title= Centrism Panel |website= The Oxford Union |access-date= 15 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Warry |first= Richard |date= 15 May 2017 |title= Guide to the parties: Liberal Democrats |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39852084 |work= BBC News |access-date= 15 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lib Dems aim for centrist voters with tax platform|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b586117c-e889-11e5-9fca-fb0f946fd1f0|website=Financial Times|accessdate=18 February 2017|url-access=limited}}</ref> to <br /
| european = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
| international = [[Liberal International]]
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