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Liberal Party of Gibraltar

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Liberal Party of Gibraltar
LeaderJoseph Garcia
Founded1991;33 years ago(1991)
Preceded byNational Party of Gibraltar
Headquarters95 Irish Town,Gibraltar
Youth wingGibraltar Liberal Youth
IdeologyLiberalism
Social liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Gibraltarself-determination
Political positionCentretocentre-left
National affiliationGSLP–Liberal Alliance
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
International affiliationLiberal International
British affiliationLiberal Democrats
ColoursRedandwhite
Gibraltar Parliament
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Website
www.liberal.gi
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TheLiberal Party of Gibraltar(LibsorLPG) is aliberal[1][2]political partyinGibraltar.It was founded in 1991[3]as theGibraltar National Party[3]and is led by Dr.Joseph Garcia.The LPG forms theGSLP–Liberal Alliancein partnership with theGibraltar Socialist Labour Party.

Policy

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In line with mostliberalparties, the party describes their political philosophy as being based on notions of people deciding their own future, and are committed toGibraltarianself-determinationregardingconstitutionalarrangements.[4]

The party believes in "freedom, responsibility, tolerance, social justice and equality of opportunity: these are the central values of liberalism, and they remain the principles on which an open society must be built. These principles require a careful balance of strong civil societies, democratic government, free markets, and international cooperation".[5]

The party makes its stance on economic policy very clear, stating that "open societies need open markets. A liberal, open and tolerant society requires a market economy. Political freedom andeconomic freedombelong together ".[6]

Elections

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Main article:Elections in Gibraltar

In the1992 electionto the Gibraltar House of Assembly, the party (as the GNP) won 4.7%% of the popular vote and no seats.[7]

In the1996 electionthe GNP won 4.68% of the popular vote and no seats.[8]

In the1999 by-election,following the death of GSLP Opposition MPRobert Mor,Liberal Party leader Dr. Joseph Garcia won 51.46% of the popular vote and the seat. He was the first joint GSLP/Liberal candidate to contest an election.[9]

In the2000 electionthe party won (in alliance with theGSLP) 14.95% of the popular vote and 2 seats.[10]

In the2003 electionthe party won (in alliance with the GSLP) 14.61% of the popular vote and 2 seats.[11]

In the2007 electionto the newly named (and re-organized)Gibraltar Parliament,the party won (in alliance with the GSLP) 13.65% of the popular vote and 3 seats.[12]

In the2011 election,the party won (in alliance with the GSLP) 14.64% of the popular vote and 3 seats forming the newGovernment of Gibraltar.[13]

In the2013 by-election,following the death of Housing MinisterCharles Bruzon(GSLP), the Liberal Party backed the GSLP candidateAlbert Isola,who has won 49.84% of the popular vote to fill in the vacant seat.[14]

In the2015 election,the party won (in alliance with the GSLP) 20.61% of the popular vote and 3 seats.[15]

Election results

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Parliament of Gibraltar

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Election Votes % Seats +/– Government
1992 2,158 4.7
0 / 15
 Extra-parliamentary
1996 5,932 4.68
0 / 15
 Steady Extra-parliamentary
2000 17,286 14.95
2 / 15
 Increase1 Opposition
2003 16,538 14.61
2 / 15
 Steady Opposition
2007 21,120 13.65
3 / 17
 Increase1 Opposition
2011 25,590 14.64
3 / 17
 Steady Coalition
2015 30,399 20.61
3 / 17
 Steady Coalition
2019 24,546 15.50
3 / 17
 Steady Coalition
2023 26,241 14.60
2 / 17
 Decrease1 Coalition

By-elections

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Election Votes % Seats +/–
1999[9] 4,395 51.47
1 / 1
 Increase1

European Parliament

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Gibraltar was part of theSouth West England constituencyin the European parliament and its major parties formed joint ticket alliances with the major UK parties. From 2004 until Brexit, the Liberal Party of Gibraltar was in an alliance with theLiberal Democrats.

Election Party SW England Gibraltar Seats +/–
Votes % Votes %
2004 Liberal Democrats 265,619 18.3 905 7.6
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 Steady
2009 Liberal Democrats 266,253 17.2 1,269 18.2
1 / 7
 Steady
2014 Liberal Democrats 160,376 10.7 4,822 67.2
0 / 6
 Decrease1
2019 Liberal Democrats 385,095 23.2 7,270 77.4
2 / 6
 Increase2

Affiliations

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The Liberal Party of Gibraltar is a member of theLiberal International[16]and theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe,[17]having joined the latter in November 2014.[18]It is also a 'Sister Party' of the United KingdomLiberal Democratsand contested theSouth-West England constituencyat European Parliamentary elections on ajoint ticketwith them taking place six on theparty list.[19][20]

Current LPG MPs

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019)."Gibraltar/UK".Parties and Elections in Europe.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-06-26.Retrieved2019-11-27.
  2. ^Williams, Wendy (2011-10-24)."Gibraltar election fever".Olive Press News Spain.Archivedfrom the original on 2017-10-30.Retrieved2017-03-29.
  3. ^abKellermann, Anja (2001).A New New English: language, politics, and identity in Gibraltar.p. 34.ISBN9783831123681.
  4. ^"Aims and Objectives".LPG.Archivedfrom the original on 29 September 2013.Retrieved11 December2011.
  5. ^"Aims and Objectives of the Liberal Party".LPG.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-11-05.Retrieved2017-03-29.
  6. ^"Aims and Objectives of the Liberal Party".LPG.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-11-05.Retrieved2017-03-29.
  7. ^"General election results 16 January 1992"(PDF).The Gibraltar Parliament.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2017-03-22.Retrieved2013-07-29.
  8. ^"General election results 16 May 1996"(PDF).The Gibraltar Parliament.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2017-03-22.Retrieved2013-07-29.
  9. ^ab"By-Election Results - 4 February 1999"(PDF).The Gibraltar Parliament.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 March 2017.Retrieved29 March2017.
  10. ^"General election results 10 February 2000"(PDF).The Gibraltar Parliament.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2017-03-22.Retrieved2013-07-29.
  11. ^"General election results 27 November 2003"(PDF).The Gibraltar Parliament.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2019-04-16.Retrieved2013-07-29.
  12. ^"General election results 11 October 2007"(PDF).The Gibraltar Parliament.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2019-07-02.Retrieved2013-07-29.
  13. ^"General election results 8 December 2011"(PDF).The Gibraltar Parliament.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2015-09-24.Retrieved2013-07-29.
  14. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2019-07-02.Retrieved2016-01-28.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived(PDF)from the original on 2017-03-22.Retrieved2016-01-28.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^Full members of the Liberal InternationalArchived2011-11-05 at theWayback Machine
  17. ^"ALDE Party members".Aldeparty.eu. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-11-30.Retrieved2017-03-29.
  18. ^"GSLP-Liberals win general election in Gibraltar".Aldeparty.eu. 2015-11-27.Retrieved2017-03-29.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^"Sister Parties".Liberal Democrats. Archived fromthe originalon 24 March 2014.Retrieved24 March2014.
  20. ^"European selection results – complete".Houston Chronicle. 1 December 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 24 January 2016.Retrieved24 March2014.
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