Welcome to my archive of Liberal Democrat general election manifestos.

Text-only versions of past manifestos are widely available online for all the parties, but they miss out two key pieces of information. First, the design and layout choices made in putting a manifesto together. How much emphasis was given to a particular policy? What was the style in which the party was presenting itself? Such questions can only be fully answered if you see the manifesto as it was intended to be seen, not stripped down to uniform streams of text of uniform appearance. Second, the main general election manifesto itself is usually but one of a mini-ecosystem of documents, with other relevant information – such as the policy costings – often in separate documents.

Hence this archive presents not only the designed version of Liberal Democrat general election manifestos, but also the other associated relevant documents, such as the manifesto costing documents. If you have copies of any other documents which are worth adding and are not yet listed below, please do get in touch.

For more on the party’s beliefs, see What do the Liberal Democrats believe? and for more on the party’s policies see my Liberal Democrat Policy Papers Archive.

2024 general election manifestos

• Liberal Democrat manifesto
• Liberal Democrat manifesto costings
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (clear print version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (easy read version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (plain text version)

2019 general election manifestos

• Liberal Democrat manifesto
• Liberal Democrat Scottish manifesto
• Liberal Democrat manifesto costings
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (clear print version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (easy read version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (plain text version)

2017 general election manifestos

• Liberal Democrat manifesto
• Liberal Democrat Scottish manifesto
• Liberal Democrat Welsh manifesto (English language version)
• Liberal Democrat Welsh manifesto (Welsh language version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto costings
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (braille version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (easy read version)
• Liberal Democrat young people’s manifesto

2015 general election manifestos

• Liberal Democrat manifesto
• Liberal Democrat Welsh manifesto front page
• Liberal Democrat Scottish manifesto front page
• Liberal Democrat manifesto costings
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (braille version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (clear print version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (easy read version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (plain text version)
• Liberal Democrat Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) manifesto
• Liberal Democrat environment manifesto
• Liberal Democrat local elections manifesto

2010 general election manifestos

• Liberal Democrat manifesto
• Let down by Labour: Liberal Democrat policies for a fairer Britain
• Liberal Democrat policies for families
• Liberal Democrat policies for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities
• Liberal Democrat policies for men
• Liberal Democrat policies for older people
• Liberal Democrat policies for people with disabilities
• Liberal Democrat policies for racial equality
• Liberal Democrat policies for rural communities
• Liberal Democrat policies for students and young people
• Liberal Democrat policies for the environment
• Liberal Democrat policies for women

2005 general election manifestos

• Liberal Democrat manifesto
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (text only)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (easy read version)
• Liberal Democrat business manifesto
• Liberal Democrat culture, media, sport and tourism manifesto
• Liberal Democrat disabilities manifesto
• Liberal Democrat education manifesto
• Liberal Democrat environment manifesto
• Liberal Democrat ethnic minorities manifesto
• Liberal Democrat families manifesto
• Liberal Democrat health manifesto
• Liberal Democrat international manifesto
• Liberal Democrat law and order manifesto
• Liberal Democrat LGBT manifesto
• Liberal Democrat London manifesto
• Liberal Democrat older people manifesto
• Liberal Democrat rural manifesto
• Liberal Democrat students manifesto
• Liberal Democrat urban manifesto
• Liberal Democrat women manifesto
• Liberal Democrat youth manifesto

2001 general election manifestos

• Liberal Democrat manifesto
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (text only)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (summary version)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto costings document
• Liberal Democrat ethnic minorities manifesto
• Liberal Democrat LGBT manifesto (draft produced for layout)
• Liberal Democrat small business manifesto
• Liberal Democrat women manifesto
• Liberal Democrat young people and students manifesto

1997 general election manifestos

• Liberal Democrat manifesto: part 1 / part 2 / part 3
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (text only)
• Liberal Democrat manifesto costings document
• Scottish Liberal Democrat manifesto

1992 general election manifestos

• Liberal Democrat manifesto: part 1 / part 2 / part 3
• Liberal Democrat manifesto (text only)

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