[9] The party's inaugural leader and chairman was the controversial jurist and tax consultant Toine Manders.

[12] The LP has participated in a total of eight Dutch general and local elections between 1994 and 2023, but it has yet to win official representation.

After this, the party spent nearly two decades in 'hibernation', organizing lectures and events to spread its message, but not partaking in national elections.

[14][15] This seat was lost in the redistricting elections in November 2020, when Vulders and her newly founded party WIJ!

[citation needed] Two honorary members were appointed at the 7 July 2012 congress for helping to continue the party during its 'hibernation' from 1994 to 2012.

The party has a board, standing committees and working groups, municipal departments and a scientific bureau, the Bernard de Mandeville Institute.