Liberal Vannin Party

Liberal Vannin Party Partee Libraalagh Vannin
Leader	Lawrie Hooper MHK
Chairman	Paul Weatherall
Founder	Peter Karran
Founded	August 2006 (2006-08)
Headquarters	Douglas, Isle of Man
Ideology	Liberalism[1] Euroscepticism[4]
Political position	Centre
International affiliation	Liberal International (observer)
British affiliation	Liberal Democrats[5]
House of Keys	1 / 24
Legislative Council	0 / 11
Douglas Borough Council	0 / 12
Website
liberalvannin.im
Politics of the Isle of Man Political parties Elections

The Liberal Vannin Party (LVP; Manx: Partee Libraalagh Vannin) is a political party in the Isle of Man. It was founded in 2006 by Peter Karran, then an Independent MHK for Onchan. Karran had been, until 2004, a member of the Manx Labour Party. The "Vannin" in the party name is a form of the name of the Isle of Man in the native Manx Gaelic language, while "Liberal" is a reference to the general political position of the party. The party is currently led by Lawrie Hooper MHK.

The Liberal Vannin Party put forward several candidates at the 2006 general election and had two MHKs elected. In the 2011 general election, they returned three MHKs. This result was mirrored in the 2016 general election, but one of these subsequently resigned from the party, and one died in 2020. The party had 4 candidates in the 2021 Manx general election, of whom one (Hooper) was elected. As of 2021, they are one of only two parties in the House of Keys; the remaining 21 out of the 24 members are independents. The party do not currently hold any seats on the Douglas Borough Council.

The party campaigns on a platform of greater accountability and transparency in government^[6] and also strives for further devolution from the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man.^[2][3]