List of National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) MPs

This is a list of National Liberal Party MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing the National Liberal Party, originally known as the Liberal National Party. In 1947, the party merged with the Conservative Party, so all its remaining MPs jointly represented both parties.

Name Constituency Start End
William Allen Burslem 1931 1935
Robert Aske Newcastle upon Tyne East 1931[notes 1] 1945
John Barlow Eddisbury 1945 1950
Charles Barrie Southampton 1931 1940
Alec Beechman St Ives 1937 1950
Robert Bernays Bristol North 1936[notes 1] 1945
James Blindell Holland with Boston 1931[notes 1] 1937
Ernest Brown Leith 1931[notes 1] 1945
Leslie Burgin Luton 1931[notes 1] 1945
Herbert Butcher Holland with Boston 1937 1966
Gordon Campbell Burnley 1931 1935
Norman Cole South Bedfordshire 1951 1955
Richard Collard Norfolk Central 1959 1962
Godfrey Collins Greenock 1931[notes 1] 1936
Aaron Charlton Curry Bishop Auckland 1931 1935
Clement Davies Montgomeryshire 1931 1939[notes 2]
John Purcell Dickie Consett 1931 1935
John Dodd Oldham 1935 1945
James Duncan South Angus 1950 1964
William Edge Bosworth 1931[notes 1] 1945
Emlyn Garner Evans Denbigh 1950 1959
Henry Fildes Dumfriesshire 1935 1945
Stephen Furness Sunderland 1935 1945
Ian Gilmour Norfolk Central 1962 1964
Edgar Granville Eye 1931[notes 1] 1942[notes 2]
Arthur Harbord Great Yarmouth 1931[notes 1] 1941
James Henderson-Stewart East Fife 1933 1961
Charles Hill Luton 1950 1963
Herbert Holdsworth Bradford South 1938[notes 1] 1945
Stanley Holmes Harwich 1935 1954
Alan Hopkins Bristol North East 1959 1966
Leslie Hore-Belisha Plymouth Devonport 1931[notes 1] 1942
Greville Howard St Ives 1950 1966
Joseph Hunter Dumfriesshire 1934[notes 1] 1935
Robert Hutchison Montrose 1931[notes 1] 1932
Percy Jewson Great Yarmouth 1941 1945
Lewis Jones Swansea West 1931 1945
Charles Kerr Montrose 1932 1940
George Lambert (1st) South Molton 1931[notes 1] 1945
George Lambert (2nd) South Molton 1945 1950
Torrington 1950 1958
Joseph Leckie Walsall 1931 1938
Frederick Llewellyn-Jones Flintshire 1931[notes 1] 1932
Gwilym Lloyd George Newcastle upon Tyne North 1951 1957
William Lygon East Norfolk 1931[notes 1] 1939
William Mabane Huddersfield 1931 1945
Murdo Macdonald Inverness 1931[notes 1] 1945[notes 3]
John Maclay Montrose 1940 1950
West Renfrewshire 1950 1964
John MacLeod Ross and Cromarty 1945[notes 4] 1964
Ian Macpherson Ross and Cromarty 1931[notes 1] 1936
Niall Macpherson Dumfries 1945 1963
Thomas Magnay Gateshead 1931 1945
Frank Medlicott Norfolk East 1939 1950
Norfolk Central 1950 1959
James Duncan Millar East Fife 1931[notes 1] 1933
(John) Henry Morris-Jones Denbigh 1931[notes 1] 1942
1943 1950
George Alexander Morrison Combined Scottish Universities 1935[notes 1] 1945
Francis Norie-Miller Perth 1935 1935
John Nott St Ives 1966 1968[notes 5]
Sidney John Peters Huntingdonshire 1931[notes 1] 1945
John Pybus Harwich 1931[notes 1] 1935
Thomas Bridgehill Wilson Ramsay Western Isles 1931[notes 1] 1935
David Renton Huntingdonshire 1945 1968[notes 5]
Julian Ridsdale Harwich 1954 1968[notes 5]
Walter Runciman St Ives 1931[notes 1] 1937
Richard John Russell Eddisbury 1931[notes 1] 1943
Sir George Ernest Schuster Walsall 1938 1945
Sir Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare Norwich 1931[notes 1] 1945
Michael Shaw Brighouse and Spenborough 1960 1964
Sir John Simon Spen Valley 1931[notes 1] 1940
Richard John Soper Barnsley 1931 1935
Edward Strauss Southwark North 1931 1939
Charles Summersby Shoreditch 1931 1935
William Taylor Bradford North 1950 1964
William Stanley Russell Thomas Southampton 1940 1945
Arthur Tiley Bradford West 1955 1966
Colin Thornton-Kemsley North Angus and Mearns 1950 1964
Joan Vickers Plymouth Devonport 1955 1964
John Wallace Dunfermline Burghs 1931 1935
William Woolley Spen Valley 1940 1945
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Previously a Liberal Party MP.
  2. ^ a b Became an Independent Liberal MP, and later rejoined the Liberal Party.
  3. ^ Resigned from the National Liberal group in the House of Commons in 1942 and stood as an Independent Liberal MP at the 1945 UK general election, but remained a member of his constituency association which was aligned with the National Liberals.
  4. ^ Elected as an independent liberal candidate, joined the National Liberal group shortly after election.
  5. ^ a b c Continued to represent the Conservative Party after the dissolution of the Liberal National Party.

Graphical representation

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Constituency 1931 1931 31 32 33 35 1935 36 37 38 39 40 40 41 42 43 45 1945 1950 1951 54 1955 57 58 1959 60 61 62 63 1964 1966
Huntingdonshire Peters Renton
St Ives Runciman Beechman Howard Nott
Harwich Pybus Holmes Ridsdale
Holland with Boston Blindell Butcher
Norfolk East / Norfolk C (1950) Lygon Medlicott Collard Gilmour
Dumfriesshire / Dumfries (1950) Hunter Fildes N. Macpherson
East Fife Millar Henderson-Stewart
South Molton / Torrington (1950) Lambert Lambert jnr
Montrose Burghs Hutchison Kerr Maclay
Leith Brown
Luton Burgin Hill
Bosworth Edge
Great Yarmouth Harbord Jewson
Norwich (one of two) Shakespeare
Newcastle upon Tyne East Aske
Spen Valley Simon Woolley
Eddisbury Russell Barlow
Eye Granville
Inverness Macdonald
Plymouth Devonport Hore-Belisha Vickers
Denbigh Morris-Jones Morris-Jones Evans
Montgomeryshire Davies
Ross and Cromarty I. Macpherson MacLeod
Greenock Collins
Western Isles Ramsay
Flintshire Llewellyn-Jones
Constituency 1931 1931 31 32 33 35 1935 36 37 38 39 40 40 41 42 43 45 1945 1950 1951 54 1955 57 58 1959 60 61 62 63 1964 1966
Gateshead Magnay
Huddersfield Mabane
Swansea West Jones
Southampton (one of two) Barrie Thomas
Southwark North Strauss
Dunfermline Burghs Wallace
Bishop Auckland Curry
Consett Dickie
Burnley Campbell
Shoreditch Summersby
Barnsley Soper
Walsall Leckie Schuster
Burslem Allen
Perth Norie-Miller
Combined Scottish Universities (1 of 3) Morrison
Sunderland (one of two) Furness
Oldham (one of two) Dodd
Bristol North / Bristol NE (1950) Bernays Hopkins
Bradford South Holdsworth
Bradford North Taylor
Angus North and Mearns Thornton-Kemsley
Angus South Duncan
Renfrewshire West Maclay
Bedfordshire South Cole
Newcastle upon Tyne North Lloyd George
Bradford West Tiley
Brighouse and Spenborough Shaw
Constituency 1931 1931 31 32 33 35 1935 36 37 38 39 40 40 41 42 43 45 1945 1950 1951 54 1955 57 58 1959 60 61 62 63 1964 1966
No. of National Liberal MPs 26 37 39 38 38 40 33 32 32 33 31 30 31 31 27 27 26 11 14 17 17 19 18 17 17 18 17 17 15 6 3