Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) election) party members argued for a wider franchise. Before the leadership election of 1976, all members were given a vote in an electoral college based on allocating electoral votes to constituency associations (which were then divided proportionately to the votes of the members of the association). The candidates were required to be members of the House of Commons, nominated by a quarter of the MPs. The electoral college system was only used once, when David Steel was elected leader. Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was formally established in 1859 and existed until merging with the Social
Leader of the United National Party The UNP is considered to have right-leaning, pro-capitalist, liberal conservative policies. The party had seven leaders since 1947. Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has been the leader since 1994. Leader of the United National Party Leader of the United National Party is the highest position of the biggest and oldest party in Sri Lanka. The leader is appointed by the majority vote of the working committee of the party who meets at Sirikotha, when the leadership position is vacant. The United National Party often abbreviated as UNP (Sinhala: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya, Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, pronounced Aikkya