LIB
LIB has stood 21,333 candidates in UK elections between 1945 and 2022, winning 820 seats. Its best year was 1973, with 163 seats won.
- Short name
- LIB
- Candidates stood
- 21,333
- Seats won
- 820
- Years active
- 1945–2022
| Year | Candidates | Seats won | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 1,566 |
| 2021 | 32 | 1 | 8,554 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4 | 6,543 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1 | 4,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 2,468 |
| 2016 | 14 | 3 | 7,316 |
| 2015 | 39 | 7 | 14,619 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2 | 8,905 |
| 2013 | 14 | 4 | 5,284 |
| 2012 | 52 | 4 | 11,352 |
| 2011 | 66 | 8 | 16,387 |
| 2010 | 33 | 4 | 19,927 |
| 2009 | 24 | 3 | 8,151 |
| 2008 | 47 | 7 | 15,547 |
| 2007 | 85 | 12 | 25,734 |
| 2006 | 52 | 8 | 17,849 |
| 2005 | 26 | 3 | 13,157 |
| 2004 | 82 | 20 | 46,602 |
| 2003 | 72 | 11 | 19,776 |
| 2002 | 60 | 7 | 19,646 |
| 2001 | 37 | 3 | 24,601 |
| 2000 | 65 | 8 | 20,089 |
| 1999 | 77 | 5 | 18,805 |
| 1998 | 58 | 4 | 16,669 |
| 1997 | 83 | 11 | 54,202 |
| 1996 | 76 | 5 | 22,134 |
| 1995 | 127 | 12 | 40,874 |
| 1994 | 73 | 4 | 34,470 |
| 1993 | 97 | 8 | 46,799 |
| 1992 | 57 | 4 | 19,887 |
| 1991 | 169 | 2 | 96,554 |
| 1990 | 34 | 0 | 21,259 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 | 1,331 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 | 911 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 | 3,208 |
| 1985 | 44 | 6 | 33,214 |
| 1984 | 16 | 1 | 12,396 |
| 1983 | 82 | 5 | 58,939 |
| 1982 | 26 | 5 | 22,475 |
| 1981 | 1,897 | 47 | 1,700,685 |
| 1980 | 1,469 | 39 | 933,230 |
| 1979 | 3,099 | 78 | 3,259,840 |
| 1978 | 1,576 | 16 | 675,240 |
| 1977 | 1,258 | 8 | 721,595 |
| 1976 | 4,100 | 117 | 2,316,453 |
| 1975 | 449 | 13 | 380,270 |
| 1974 | 1,183 | 17 | 594,396 |
| 1973 | 3,912 | 163 | 3,403,114 |
| 1969 | 342 | 102 | 197,654 |
| 1968 | 13 | 0 | 8,764 |
| 1954 | 34 | 12 | 25,206 |
| 1945 | 78 | 15 | 50,309 |