National Liberal Party (UK)

The National Liberals were a political party in the United Kingdom who broke away from the Liberal Party.

The National Liberals came into being in 1931 when Ramsay MacDonald's multi-party coalition National Government was formed.

The Liberal Party became split between those who joined the new coalition government, becoming the National Liberals (led by John Allsebrook Simon), and those who stayed out and continued operating under the Liberal Party name.

In 1947 the party formally merged with the Conservative Party but MPss continued to use the National Liberal party name for elections until the 1960s.