Liberal Democrat
noun
: a member or supporter of a British political party that is known as the Liberal Democrats
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Mary-Jane Jeanes, a member of environmental group Friends of the Earth and a former Liberal Democrat councillor in Merton, pointed to some of the ecological damage the expansion would do and the long period during which residents would be affected by the development.
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Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Nonetheless some left-leaning members of Parliament, led by the Liberal Democrat Andrew George, have continued to press for a long-term loan of the marbles.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
What To Know Lugovoi is a deputy of the Russian parliament (State Duma) for the Liberal Democrat Party of Russia, which is part of the country’s systemic opposition.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Another is a former Liberal Democrat who called for troops to break a sanitary workers’ strike in Birmingham.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
In the fall of 2013, a staffer named Giles Wilkes, who worked for a senior Liberal Democrat minister in the coalition, became alarmed by projections that showed ever-reducing government budgets.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Nonetheless some left-leaning members of Parliament, led by the Liberal Democrat Andrew George, have continued to press for a long-term loan of the marbles.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
What To Know Lugovoi is a deputy of the Russian parliament (State Duma) for the Liberal Democrat Party of Russia, which is part of the country’s systemic opposition.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Another is a former Liberal Democrat who called for troops to break a sanitary workers’ strike in Birmingham.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
In the fall of 2013, a staffer named Giles Wilkes, who worked for a senior Liberal Democrat minister in the coalition, became alarmed by projections that showed ever-reducing government budgets.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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