Liberal People's Party

The Liberal People's Party (: Liberale Volkspartij, (LVP) is a political party in Lindenholt. Since 2016 the LVP has been under the leadership of Jasper Tulpen, the current First Tulpen Cabinet.

Founded in 1945, the party is a merger and continuation of the Liberal Party (Liberale Partij) and the Liberal Catholic Union (Vrijzinnig Katholieke Unie). Both parties served as a classical liberal voice in the social democratic and Christian democrat dominated parliaments that existed before the war. The first LVP party leader, André Bredevorst is quoted as saying that the Liberal Party and Liberal Catholic Union merger was done "purely in defiance of ".

The party's early history is characterised by its anti-pillarisation stance, which it saw as a major obstacle in the liberalisation of Lindian society. During the party's early days, it considered itself to be in the centre, and had pledged its support to both Christian democrat and social democratic governments. At this time the LVP often found itself in the kingmaker role, the party mainly used this influence and its cabinet positions to speed up the removal of pillarisation - even going as far as to create and run an Office for Societal Integration and Depillarisation (Bureau voor Maatschappelijke Integratie en Ontzuiling).

By the 1960's Lindenholt's pillarisation had reached its end and the party's main issue had become irrelevant at that point. At the 1963 party congress it was decided that the party switch its focus to liberalising the Lindian economy, which according to the party leadership had been held back by the post-war social democratic governments. This economic liberalisation was coupled with the party's shift to the right on social issues as well. A socially liberal faction within the party rejected this change in course, and decided to leave the party in 1964; forming the Union of Democrats. This allowed the LVP to commit to what became its core values of economic liberalism and social conservatism. Although the party has since moved back towards the left on many social issues, it still remains critical on policies such as immigration and legalised drug use.

Today the party is considered to be on the centre right. It is very supportive of Lindenholt's Vestean Union membership. The LVP advocates for a lower tax burden and supports government aid for sustainability initiatives. Its economic policy is one of. The LVP is a member of the Liberal Alliance for Vestea (LAV).