Liberal Unionist Party

The Liberal Unionists formed from members of the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom, after it had left the Liberals in the spring of 1886.

The occasion of the departure of the Home Rule Bill was the third government William Gladstone, Ireland zubilligte a large degree of autonomy. To maintain the " Union of the kingdoms ," the unionists allied under the leadership of the Marquess of Hartington, Joseph Chamberlain and George Joachim Goschen with the Conservatives to bring the plans Gladstone to failure.

In the election in July 1886, the Unionists were given 73 seats in the House and also worked further with the Conservatives together with which they almost merged over time to a party.

Officially went Conservatives and Unionists in 1912 in a joint party, the Conservative and Unionist Party, as the Conservatives in the UK since then officially call.