PhD theses
Theses presented for higher degrees at universities in the UK since 1901, under the titles Liberal Party, liberalism and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Compiled for the Liberal Democrat History Group by Dr Richard S. Grayson, and Graham Lippiatt using the Institute of Historical Research database for Higher Degrees in the United Kingdom, Part I: Theses Completed.
- The modernisation of party organisation: the impact of the Social Democratic Party
- The Liberal Party 1970 – 1983: its philosophy and political strategy
- The character of the British Liberal Party, 1908-18: a study of its character and disintegration
- The decline of the Liberal Party in parliament and in the constituencies, 1914-1931
- The Parliamentary Labour Party and its relations with the Liberals, 1910-14
- Liberal policies and nationalist politics in Ireland, 1905-10
- An analysis of voting patterns for the Liberal Party, with initial reference to the General Election of 1966
- The electoral strategy and tactics of the British Liberal Party, 1945-70
- Some aspects of the history of the Liberal Party in Britain between 1906-1914
- An ideology of transition: the political thought of the Social Democratic Party
- British social democratic factionalism 1981-1996: case studies of the SDP 1981-88 and Liberal Democrats 1988-96
- Community politics: a study of the Liberal Democrats in local government
- The Liberal land campaign and the land issue, c.1906-1914
- Liberals and the Labour Party, 1906-1914
- A geographical analysis of the decline of the Liberal Party, 1918-25
- The disintegration of the Liberal Party, 1931-3
- Political communications and party development in Britain: the Social Democratic Party from its origins to the General Election campaign of 1983
- Social reform in Edwardian Liberalism: the genesis of the policies of National Insurance and old age pensions, 1906-11
- Political realignment in England and Wales, c. 1906-1922
- The growth of third party support in Britain: a comparative study of the electoral bases for the Liberal and Scottish National Parties successes during the 1970s