Key Information
Reference code
MAYHEW 10/3
Title
Publications and press conference minutes, 1983-[1992] relating to the alliance and later merger of the Liberal Party and Social Democrat Party
Date(s)
- 1983 Sep 17 - [1992] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 box
Scope and content
Publications and typescript press conference minutes relating to the 'Alliance' formed between the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1983 and the subsequent formal merger between the two parties as the Liberal Democratic Party in 1989. Included are joint Liberal-SDP publications on defence issues; copy of The time has come, by Rt Hon David (Martin Scott) Steel, leader of the Liberal Party, 1976-1988, and Rt Hon David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, 1983-1987; Liberal Party statements of account and Liberal Party Manifesto under the leadership of Rt Hon Jeremy John Durham (Paddy) Ashdown, 1992. 1 box.