Libertarianism in the United Kingdom

Libertarianism in the United Kingdom can either refer to political movements synonymous with anarchism, left-libertarianism or libertarian socialism, or to a political movement concerned with the pursuit of propertarian right-libertarian ideals in the United Kingdom which emerged and became more prominent in British politics after the 1980s neoliberalism and the economic liberalism of the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, albeit not as prominent as libertarianism in the United States in the 1970s and the presidency of Republican Ronald Reagan during the 1980s.

UK voters have tended to vote more in line with their position along the traditional 'left-right' division rather than along libertarian-authoritarian lines, and so libertarians in the United Kingdom have supported parties across the political spectrum. As of 2026, The Conservative Party and Green Party of England and Wales are currently the only two major political parties that have active libertarian factions, which are right-wing and left-wing, respectively.

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