As well as being a lively social community and a place of outstanding architectural importance, the Reform Club is a reminder of the country’s advance towards democracy in the nineteenth century. It was founded in 1836 for the benefit of those Radicals and Whigs pledging support for the Great Reform Act of 1832 who subsequently developed the Club as the political headquarters of the Liberal Party.

Today the Reform is politically neutral, yet remains true to its founding principles. In this spirit, it continues to be a place for progressive thinking, social change and the championing of reform.