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href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Ed_Davey_MP,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Official_portrait_of_Ed_Davey_MP%2C_2024.jpg/220px-Official_portrait_of_Ed_Davey_MP%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Official_portrait_of_Ed_Davey_MP%2C_2024.jpg/330px-Official_portrait_of_Ed_Davey_MP%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Official_portrait_of_Ed_Davey_MP%2C_2024.jpg/440px-Official_portrait_of_Ed_Davey_MP%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4480" data-file-height="6720" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br />Sir <a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Ed Davey</a><br /></div>since 27 August 2020<br />Acting: 13 December 2019 – 27 August 2020</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Maclennan">Bob Maclennan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">3 March 1988</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.libdems.org.uk/ed-davey">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> are a <a href="/wiki/Political_party_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Political party in the United Kingdom">political party in the United Kingdom</a>. Party members elect the <b>leader of the Liberal Democrats</b>, the head and highest-ranking member of the party. Liberal Democrat <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">members</a> of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> also elect a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Deputy_Leaders_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Deputy Leaders of the Liberal Democrats">deputy leader of the Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democratic Party</a> (SDP), served as joint interim leaders: <a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">David Steel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Maclennan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Maclennan">Bob Maclennan</a> respectively. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Menzies Campbell</a> serving as interim leader following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Charles Kennedy</a> (Campbell was elected leader in the ensuing election) and <a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Vince Cable</a> serving as interim leader following Campbell's resignation. <a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Jo Swinson</a> lost her seat in the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">general election held on 12 December 2019</a>, thus ceasing to be leader; <a href="/wiki/Deputy_leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats">Deputy Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Ed Davey</a> and <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="President of the Liberal Democrats">Party President</a> <a href="/wiki/Sal_Brinton" title="Sal Brinton">Sal Brinton</a> became acting co-leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brinton was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Pack" title="Mark Pack">Mark Pack</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/2020_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leaders">Leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" width="25%">Leader<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th width="65">Portrait </th> <th width="25%">Constituency </th> <th width="12%">Took office </th> <th width="12%">Left office </th> <th>Tenure<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2" width="20%">Prime Minister <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(term)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">David Steel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Maclennan" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Maclennan">Robert Maclennan</a> were jointly Acting Leader during this interim from the formation of the party on 3 March 1988. </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Thatcher</a><br /><small><span class="nowrap">1979–1990</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background-color: #FAA61A">1 </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Ashdown" title="Paddy Ashdown">Paddy Ashdown</a><br /><small>(1941–2018)</small> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paddy_Ashdown_(2005)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Paddy_Ashdown_%282005%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Paddy_Ashdown_%282005%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Paddy_Ashdown_%282005%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Paddy_Ashdown_%282005%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Paddy_Ashdown_%282005%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Paddy_Ashdown_%282005%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1416" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)">Yeovil</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">16 July 1988<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1988_Social_and_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="1988 Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election">Elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="4">9 August 1999 </td> <td rowspan="4">4041 days </td></tr> <tr> <td height="20" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">Major</a><br /><small><span class="nowrap">1990–1997</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td height="20" style="background-color: #E4003B; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Blair</a> <br /><small><span class="nowrap">1997–2007</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A">2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Charles Kennedy</a><br /><small>(1959–2015)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Kennedy_MP_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Charles_Kennedy_MP_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Charles_Kennedy_MP_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Charles_Kennedy_MP_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Charles_Kennedy_MP_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Charles_Kennedy_MP_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Charles_Kennedy_MP_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="929" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ross,_Skye_and_Inverness_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross, Skye and Inverness West (UK Parliament constituency)">Ross, Skye and Inverness West</a><br /><small><i>(1999–<a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a>)</i></small><br /><a href="/wiki/Ross,_Skye_and_Lochaber_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)">Ross, Skye and Lochaber</a><br /><small><i>(2005–2006)</i></small> </td> <td>9 August 1999<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/1999_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="1999 Liberal Democrats leadership election">Elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td>7 January 2006 </td> <td>2343 days </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><i><a href="/wiki/Sir_Menzies_Campbell" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Menzies Campbell">Sir Menzies Campbell</a> was Acting Leader during this interim.</i> </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #FAA61A">3 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Menzies_Campbell" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Menzies Campbell">Sir Menzies Campbell</a><br /><small>(1941–)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Campbell_of_Pittenweem_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Campbell_of_Pittenweem_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Campbell_of_Pittenweem_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Campbell_of_Pittenweem_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Campbell_of_Pittenweem_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Campbell_of_Pittenweem_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Campbell_of_Pittenweem_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">2 March 2006<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/2006_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election">Elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="2">15 October 2007 </td> <td rowspan="2">592 days </td> <td height="40" style="background-color: #E4003B; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="40" style="background-color: #E4003B; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Brown</a><br /> <small><span class="nowrap">2007–2010</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><i><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Vince Cable</a> was Acting Leader during this interim.</i> </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3" style="background-color: #FAA61A">4 </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(1967–)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nick_Clegg_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Nick_Clegg_official_portrait.jpg/60px-Nick_Clegg_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Nick_Clegg_official_portrait.jpg/90px-Nick_Clegg_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Nick_Clegg_official_portrait.jpg/120px-Nick_Clegg_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="819" data-file-height="1091" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Hallam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)">Sheffield Hallam</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">18 December 2007<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/2007_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election">Elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="3">16 July 2015 </td> <td rowspan="3">2767 days </td></tr> <tr> <td height="40" style="background-color: #E4003B; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="40" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">Cameron</a><br /> <small><span class="nowrap">2010–2016</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #FAA61A">5 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Farron" title="Tim Farron">Tim Farron</a><br /><small>(1970–)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Tim_Farron_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Tim_Farron_MP_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Tim_Farron_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Tim_Farron_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Tim_Farron_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Tim_Farron_MP_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Tim_Farron_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Lonsdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Westmorland and Lonsdale">Westmorland and Lonsdale</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">16 July 2015<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/2015_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election">Elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="2">20 July 2017 </td> <td rowspan="2">735 days </td> <td height="40" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">May</a> <br /><small><span class="nowrap">2016–2019</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A">6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Vince_Cable" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Vince Cable">Sir Vince Cable</a><br /><small>(1943–)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vince_Cable_closeup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vince_Cable_closeup.jpg/60px-Vince_Cable_closeup.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Vince_Cable_closeup.jpg/90px-Vince_Cable_closeup.jpg 1.5x, 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/East_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Dunbartonshire</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">22 July 2019<br /><small><i>(<a href="/wiki/2019_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election">Elected</a>)</i></small> </td> <td rowspan="2">13 December 2019 </td> <td rowspan="2">144 days </td> <td height="50" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Johnson</a><br /> <small><span class="nowrap">2019–2022</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><i><a href="/wiki/Sir_Ed_Davey" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Ed Davey">Sir Ed Davey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sal_Brinton" title="Sal Brinton">The Baroness Brinton</a> were jointly Acting Leader during this interim prior to 31 December 2019.</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><i>Sir Ed Davey and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Pack" title="Mark Pack">Mark Pack</a> were jointly Acting Leader during this interim from 1 January 2020.</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background-color: #FAA61A">8 </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Ed_Davey" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Ed Davey">Sir Ed Davey</a><br /><small>(1965–)</small> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Ed_Davey_MP_crop_2,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4">1554 days </td> <td height="20" style="background-color: #0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Truss</a><br /> <small><span class="nowrap">2022</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Sunak</a><br /> <small><span class="nowrap">2022–2024</span></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Starmer</a><br /> <small><span class="nowrap">2024–present</span></small> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 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United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, but formally retained leadership until a <a href="/wiki/2015_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election">successor was chosen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">Steel</a> <i>(Liberal)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Maclennan,_Baron_Maclennan_of_Rogart" title="Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart">Maclennan</a> <i>(SDP)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Ashdown" title="Paddy Ashdown">Ashdown</a> (1988–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Kennedy</a> (1999–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Campbell</a> (2006–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Clegg</a> (2007–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Farron" title="Tim Farron">Farron</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Cable</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Swinson</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Davey</a> (from 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats">Deputy leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Johnston" title="Russell Johnston">Johnston</a> (1988–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Beith" title="Alan Beith">Beith</a> (1992–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Campbell</a> (2003–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Cable</a> (2006–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hughes" title="Simon Hughes">Hughes</a> (2010–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Bruce" title="Malcolm Bruce">Bruce</a> (2014–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Swinson</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Davey</a> (2019–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Cooper" title="Daisy Cooper">Cooper</a> (from 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats_in_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords">Leaders in the Lords</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Seear,_Baroness_Seear" title="Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear">Seear</a> <i>(Liberal)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Diamond,_Baron_Diamond" title="Jack Diamond, Baron Diamond">Diamond</a> <i>(SDP)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jenkins" title="Roy Jenkins">Jenkins</a> (1988–1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rodgers,_Baron_Rodgers_of_Quarry_Bank" title="Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank">Rodgers</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Williams" title="Shirley Williams">Williams</a> (2001–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McNally,_Baron_McNally" title="Tom McNally, Baron McNally">McNally</a> (2004–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Wallace</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Newby,_Baron_Newby" title="Richard Newby, Baron Newby">Newby</a> (from 2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="President of the Liberal Democrats">Presidents</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Wrigglesworth" title="Ian Wrigglesworth">Wrigglesworth</a> (1989–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Kennedy</a> (1991–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Maclennan,_Baron_Maclennan_of_Rogart" title="Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart">Maclennan</a> (1995–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Maddock,_Baroness_Maddock" title="Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock">Maddock</a> (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navnit_Dholakia,_Baron_Dholakia" title="Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia">Dholakia</a> (2001–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hughes" title="Simon Hughes">Hughes</a> (2005–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Scott,_Baroness_Scott_of_Needham_Market" title="Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market">Scott</a> (2009–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Farron" title="Tim Farron">Farron</a> (2011–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Brinton" title="Sal Brinton">Brinton</a> (2015–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pack" title="Mark Pack">Pack</a> (from 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Leadership_elections" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Leadership elections</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Social_and_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="1988 Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election">1988 (Ashdown)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="1999 Liberal Democrats leadership election">1999 (Kennedy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2006 (Campbell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2007 (Clegg)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2015 (Farron)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2017 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2017 (Cable)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2019 (Swinson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2020 (Davey)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Deputy leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2003 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2003 (Campbell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2006 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2006 (Cable)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2010 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2010 (Hughes)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2014 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2014 (Bruce)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2017 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2017 (Swinson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2019 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2019 (Davey)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Frontbench_team" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_frontbench_team" title="Liberal Democrat frontbench team">Frontbench team</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Leader of the Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats">Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Treasury_spokesperson" title="Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson">Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Home_Affairs_spokesperson" title="Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson">Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Structure" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Structure</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">MPs and Frontbench</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Liberal_Democrat_MPs_(2024%E2%80%93present)" title="List of United Kingdom Liberal Democrat MPs (2024–present)">Current members of Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_frontbench_team" title="Liberal Democrat frontbench team">Frontbench team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats">Chief whip</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Frontbench in opposition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Paddy_Ashdown" title="Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown">Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown</a> (1997–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Charles_Kennedy" title="Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy">Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy</a> (1999–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Menzies_Campbell" title="Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell">Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell</a> (2006–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Frontbench_Team_of_Vince_Cable" title="First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable">First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Nick_Clegg" title="Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg">Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg</a> (2007–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Tim_Farron" title="Frontbench Team of Tim Farron">Frontbench Team of Tim Farron</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Frontbench_Team_of_Vince_Cable" title="Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable">Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Jo_Swinson" title="Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson">Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Ed_Davey" title="Frontbench Team of Ed Davey">Frontbench Team of Ed Davey</a> (2020-present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">State parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_Liberal_Democrats" title="English Liberal Democrats">English Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Regional parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Liberal_Democrats" title="London Liberal Democrats">London Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Liberal_Democrats" title="Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats">Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Conference</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Conference" title="Liberal Democrat Conference">Liberal Democrat Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Committees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Board_(Liberal_Democrats)" title="Federal Board (Liberal Democrats)">Federal Board</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Specified_Associated_Organisation" title="Specified Associated Organisation">SAOs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Liberal_Democrats" title="LGBT+ Liberal Democrats">LGBT+ Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Liberals_(UK)" title="Young Liberals (UK)">Young Liberals</a> (<a href="/wiki/English_Young_Liberals" title="English Young Liberals">English Young Liberals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Young_Liberals" title="Scottish Young Liberals">Scottish Young Liberals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Young_Liberals" title="Welsh Young Liberals">Welsh Young Liberals/Rhyddfrydwr Ifanc Cymru</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Related_organisations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Related organisations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beveridge_Group" title="Beveridge Group">Beveridge Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Christian_Forum" title="Liberal Democrat Christian Forum">Christian Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Friends_of_Israel" title="Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel">Friends of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Friends_of_Turkey" title="Liberal Democrat Friends of Turkey">Friends of Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrat_History_Group" title="Liberal Democrat History Group">History Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Reform" title="Liberal Reform">Liberal Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Liberal_Forum" title="Social Liberal Forum">Social Liberal Forum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" 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