Social Democratic Party (SDP) Archives 1980-1989

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Social Democratic Party (SDP) Archives 1980-1989

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb301-sdp

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University of Essex, The Albert Sloman Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6298509

University of Essex, The Albert Sloman Library

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The papers comprising The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Archive collection come largely from the party's headquarters in Cowley Street, London. They trace the short history of the SDP from its birth in the Council for Social Democracy and The Limehouse Declaration of 1981 to its merger with the Liberal Party in 1988, when the Social and Liberal Democrats were formed. The Social Democratic Party was founded officially on March 26th, 1981, led by the so-called 'Gang of Fou...