Most senior politician within the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom
Not to be confused with Leader of the Liberal Party (UK).
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Incumbent Sir Ed Davey since 27 August 2020
Member of
Liberal Democrat frontbench team
Liberal Democrats Federal Board
Appointer
Liberal Democrats membership
Inaugural holder
David Steel and Bob Maclennan
Formation
3 March 1988
Website
Official website
The Liberal Democrats are a political party in the United Kingdom. Party members elect the leader of the Liberal Democrats, the head and highest-ranking member of the party. Liberal Democrat members of Parliament also elect a deputy leader of the Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons, often colloquially referred to as the deputy leader. Under the federal constitution of the Liberal Democrats the leader is required to be a member of the House of Commons.
Before the election of the first federal leader of the party (the Liberal Democrats having a federal structure in their internal party organisation), the leaders of the two parties which merged to form the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), served as joint interim leaders: David Steel and Bob Maclennan respectively.
If the leader dies, resigns or loses their seat in Parliament, the deputy leader (if there is one) serves as interim leader until a leadership election takes place. This has occurred three times, with Menzies Campbell serving as interim leader following the resignation of Charles Kennedy (Campbell was elected leader in the ensuing election) and Vince Cable serving as interim leader following Campbell's resignation. Jo Swinson lost her seat in the general election held on 12 December 2019, thus ceasing to be leader; Deputy Leader Ed Davey and Party President Sal Brinton became acting co-leaders.[1] Brinton was replaced by Mark Pack following his assuming the office of party president on 1 January 2020. Davey won the Leadership election and became Leader on 27 August 2020 at the 2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election.
^"Who will be the next Lib Dem leader after Jo Swinson loses her seat?". ITV News. 13 December 2019.
and 23 Related for: Leader of the Liberal Democrats information
The Scottish LiberalDemocrats (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Libearal Deamocratach na h-Alba, Scots: Scots Leeberal Democrats) is a liberal, federalist political...
The office of deputy leaderoftheLiberalDemocrats (officially deputy leaderoftheLiberalDemocrat Parliamentary Party) is a position within the Liberal...
The Welsh LiberalDemocrats (Welsh: Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru) are a branch ofthe United Kingdom LiberalDemocrats that operates in Wales. The party...
was LeaderoftheLiberalDemocrats from July to December 2019. She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position, as well as the shortest-serving...
was a British politician who served as LeaderoftheLiberalDemocrats from 1999 to 2006, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross, Skye and Lochaber...
LeaderoftheLiberalDemocrats from 2015 to 2017. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 2005 and is theLiberal Democrat...
speech by the party's Leader. It is organised by the Federal Conference Committee, an internal body oftheLiberalDemocrats. Conference is the ultimate...
former athlete. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015 and was theLeaderoftheLiberalDemocrats from 2 March 2006 until...
British LiberalDemocrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans since 2019. She has served as the Deputy Leaderofthe Liberal...
The Alliance ofLiberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is a European political party composed of 76 national-level parties from across Europe...
Deputy LeaderoftheLiberalDemocrats. By 2015 he was the longest-serving member of his party's House of Commons delegation, and was the last Liberal Democrat...
LeaderoftheLiberalDemocrats since 2020, having acted in the position from 2019 to 2020. He served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition as Secretary of State...
The 2017 LiberalDemocrats leadership election was held following the resignation of Tim Farron as leader on 14 June 2017, after just under two years...
The 2015 LiberalDemocrats leadership election was held on 16 July 2015 following the resignation of Nick Clegg as leader on 8 May 2015, after almost...
The 2019 LiberalDemocrats leadership election was held following the announcement ofthe resignation of Vince Cable as leader on 24 May 2019, after just...
The 2007 LiberalDemocrats leadership election was held following the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell as leader on 15 October 2007, after 19 months...
Global Information