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This is a list of British political memoirs:


Conservative


Labour


Liberal

Includes Liberals, Liberal Democrats and Social Democrats. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;" , - ! Image !! Name !! Notes !! Title !! Year !! Publisher , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , , Paddy Ashdown , , Leader 1988-99, , A Fortunate Life: The Autobiography of Paddy Ashdown , , 2010 , , Aurum , - , , , Norman Baker , , MP for Lewes 1997-2015
Minister of State for Crime Prevention 2013-14, , Against the Grain , , 2015 , , Biteback , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , , Vince Cable , , Deputy Leader 2006-10
MP for Twickenham 1997-2015, , Free Radical: A Memoir , , 2010 , , Atlantic , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , ,
Menzies Campbell Walter Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, (; born 22 May 1941), often known as Ming Campbell, is a British Liberal Democrat politician, advocate and former athlete. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife from ...
, , Leader 2006-7, , My Autobiography , , 2008 , , Hodder & Stoughton , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , ,
Nick Clegg Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British media executive and former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who has been president for global affairs at Meta Platforms since 2022, having previously been vicepr ...
, , Leader 2007-15, Deputy Prime Minister 2010-15, , Politics: Between the Extremes , , 2016 , , Random House , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , ,
Tim Farron Timothy James Farron (born 27 May 1970) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2017. He has also served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005, before which he worked ...
, , Leader 2015-17, , A Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberal , , 2019 , , SPCK , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , , Jeremy Thorpe , , Leader 1967-76, , In My Own Time , , 1999 , , Biteback , - , , , Shirley Williams , , Leader in the House of Lords 2001-4, , Climbing the Bookshelves: The Autobiography of Shirley Williams , , 2009 , , Little, Brown Book Group , - , , ,
Chris Rennard, Baron Rennard Christopher John Rennard, Baron Rennard, (born 8 July 1960) is a British life peer in the House of Lords, appointed to the Liberal Democrats' benches in 1999. He was Director of Campaigns & Elections for the Liberal Democrats from 1989 to 20 ...
, , Chief Executive 2003-9, , Winning Here: My Campaigning Life , , 2018 , , Biteback , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , , David Steel , , Leader 1976-88
Liberal Leader 1976-88, , Against Goliath: David Steel's Story , , 1989 , , Weidenfeld and Nicolson , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , ,
Jo Grimond Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond, (; 29 July 1913 – 24 October 1993), known as Jo Grimond, was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party for eleven years from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly on an interim basis in 1976. Grimond was a lo ...
, , Leader 1956-67, , Memoirs , , 1979 , , Holmes & Meier , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , ,
David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during t ...
, , Prime Minister 1916-22
Leader 1926-31, , War Memoirs of David Lloyd George , , 1933-7 , , Ivor Nicholson & Watson , - , , ,
Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank William Thomas Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, (born 28 October 1928) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Transport from 1976 to 1979, and was one of the ' Gang of Four' of senior British Labour Party politicians ...
, , Leader in the House of Lords 1997-2001, , Fourth Among Equals , , 2000 , , Politico's , - , , ,
Cyril Smith Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a prominent British politician who after his death was revealed to have been a prolific serial sex offender against children. A member of the Liberal Party, he was Member of ...
, , Chief Whip in the House of Commons 1976-7, , Big Cyril: The Autobiography , , 1977 , , W. H. Allen , - , , , Mark Oaten , , Chair 2001-3, , Screwing Up: How One MP Survived Politics, Scandal and Turning Forty , , 2009 , , Biteback , - , , ,
Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne, (born 18 October 1928) is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was a Labour MP until his deselection in 19 ...
, , MP for Lincoln 1962-74, , Against the Tide: Politics and Beyond - A Memoir , , 2014 , , Biteback , -style="background:#ffebcc" , , ,
Roy Jenkins Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003) was a British politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lab ...
, , SDP Leader 1982-3
Leader in the Lords 1988-97, , A Life at the Centre , , 1991 , , Macmillan , - , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, {{sort, Laws}
David Laws David Anthony Laws (born 30 November 1965) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrats, in his third parliament he served at the outset as a Cabinet Mini ...
, rowspan=3, MP for Yeovil 2001-15 , 22 Days in May: The Birth of the Lib Dem-Conservative Coalition , 2010 , rowspan=3, Biteback , - , Coalition: The Inside Story of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government , 2016 , - , Coalition Diaries, 2012–2015 , 2017


Others


Crossbenchers

* ''An Accidental MP'' by Martin Bell (2000) * ''Independent Member'' by
A.P. Herbert Sir Alan Patrick Herbert Order of the Companions of Honour, CH (A. P. Herbert, 24 September 1890 – 11 November 1971), was an English humorist, novelist, playwright, law reformist, and in 1935–1950 an Independent (politician), independent Mem ...
(1950) * ''Time to Declare'' by
David Owen David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, (born 2 July 1938) is a British politician and physician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs as a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party MP under James Callaghan from 1977 t ...
(1992) * ''Memoirs'' by Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (1890) * ''Spider Woman: A Life'' by Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond (Penguin Random House, 2021)


UKIP

* ''Guinea a Minute'' by Godfrey Bloom (2013) * Nigel Farage (Biteback) ** ''Fighting Bull'' (2010) ** ''Flying Free'' (2011) ** ''The Purple Revolution: The Year That Changed Everything'' (2015)


SNP

* ''Stop the World: The Autobiography of Winnie Ewing'' by Winnie Ewing (2004) * ''The Dream Shall Never Die: 100 Days that Changed Scotland Forever'' by Alex Salmond (HarperCollins, 2015) * ''A Difference of Opinion: My Political Journey'' by Jim Sillars (2021)


Plaid Cymru

* ''For the Sake of Wales: The Memoirs of Gwynfor Evans'' by Gwynfor Evans (1996)


Minor Parties

* ''The Eleventh Hour: A Call for British Rebirth'' by
John Tyndall John Tyndall FRS (; 2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist. His scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the p ...
(1988) * ''And Now, Tomorrow'' by Vernon Bartlett (1960) * ''Many Shades of Black: Inside Britain's Far-Right'' by John Bean (1999) * ''The Great White Hope: The Life and Times of Alan ‘Howling Laud’ Hope'' by Howling Laud Hope (2020) * ''Never Give Up!: Standing Tall Through Adversity'' by
Nikki Sinclaire Nicole Sinclaire (born 26 July 1968) is a British politician and former leader of the We Demand a Referendum Party who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands from 2009 to 2014. She was elected MEP in June 2009, as ...
(2013) * ''
My Life My Life may refer to: Autobiographies * ''Mein Leben'' (Wagner) (''My Life''), by Richard Wagner, 1870 * ''My Life'' (Clinton autobiography), by Bill Clinton, 2004 * ''My Life'' (Meir autobiography), by Golda Meir, 1973 * ''My Life'' (Mosley a ...
'' by Oswald Mosley (1968) B