Liberal Democrat Conference

Liberal Democrat Conference

Ed Davey speaking at the 2024 Lib Dem Autumn Conference at Brighton Centre
Formation	2 March 1988 (on creation of the Liberal Democrats)
Location	Recent years: York Brighton Bournemouth Spring Conference 2025: Harrogate Autumn Conference 2025: Bournemouth (From Spring 2020 — Spring 2022 inclusive, conferences were held online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Board of directors	Federal Conference Committee
Key people	Nick da Costa (Chair) Cara Jenkinson & Jon Ball (Vice Chairs) Ed Davey (party leader) Daisy Cooper (deputy party leader)
Parent organization	Liberal Democrats
Website	Liberal Democrat Conference

The Liberal Democrat Conference, also known inside the party as the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference, is a twice-per-year political conference of the British Liberal Democrats, the third-largest political party in the UK by the number of seats in the House of Commons, and the fourth largest by popular vote after the 2024 general election.^[1] The Conference is typically held over three days in Spring and four in Autumn, during the party conference season, at a variety of venues (due to COVID-19, between Spring 2020 — Spring 2022 inclusive, as a primarily Online event). It culminates in a speech by the party's Leader.

The Liberal Democrat Conference is organised by the Federal Conference Committee, an internal body of the Liberal Democrats. Conference is the ultimate decision-making body of the Liberal Democrats, one of the few British political parties to use its annual gathering for voting and policy resolution.