The reforms in municipal services that Joseph Chamberlain introduced during his three-year mayoralty of Birmingham in the mid-1870s marked a turning point for British Liberalism as well as in the governance of industrial cities.
Breakthrough or consolidation? By John Curtice.
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The Liberal Democrat performance in large cities in May 2022, by Michael Meadowcroft.
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An analysis of where the Liberal Democrats gained council seats in May 2022
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The story of how the Liberals grew their local government strength in Richmond in the 1960s and 1970s; with an introduction setting the context.
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Lady Howard of Llanelli and the strange case of the Cowell-Stepneys.
Report of Liberal Democrat History Group fringe meeting, Bournemouth, 17 September 2017, with Kath Pinnock, Tony Greaves, Richard Kemp, Sarah Bedford, Matt Cole and Ruth Dombey; chair: Andrew Stunell.
The first wave of Liberal women in local government leadership 1918–1939.
The importance of local government to the Liberal Democrats.
The contribution of the chair of Birmingham’s Housing Committee, 1901-11, to the debates on slum housing and town planning.
Analysis of the municipal record of the leader of Bath’s Victorian Liberals.
Report of Liberal Democrat History Group meeting of February 2002, with Professor Peter Marsh and Dr Graham Davis.
Liberalism, garden cities and early town planning.
Analysis of the outcomes of the local, Scottish and Welsh elections of May 2007. What do they mean for the Liberal Democrats?
Report of meeting of 4 February 2008, with Cllr Sir David Williams and Mike Tuffrey GLA.
Mary Murphy and Pontypridd Urban District Council.