Editing Rod Liddle (section)

==Political career==

Liddle stood as a candidate for the [[Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|SDP]] in [[Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland]] during the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 United Kingdom General Election]], <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-29 |title=General Election Candidates |url=https://sdp.org.uk/general-election-candidates/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=SDP}}</ref> a seat held at the time of the election by [[Simon Clarke (politician)|Sir Simon Clarke]], a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]. Liddle gained 1,835 votes and came fourth, with the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] defeating Clarke to win the seat.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001368 | title=Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland - General election results 2024 | work=BBC News }}</ref> Liddle originally joined the SDP in 2019,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-i-ve-joined-the-sdp/ | title=Why I've joined the SDP | date=14 March 2019 }}</ref> noting that as a political movement "it stresses the commonality shared between citizens, rather than the differences".