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	The '''Leader of the UK Independence Party''' is the most senior member of the ] (UKIP), a political party founded on 3 September 1993. The party's first leader was its founder, the historian ], who resigned in May 1997. Its longest-serving leader was ], from September 2006 to November 2009 and again from November 2010 to September 2016.

	The current leader of the party is ], who has served as a ] for ] since the ]. After an Emergency General Meeting and membership ballot on whether incumbent leader ] should be replaced, Batten became interim leader on 17 February 2018.<ref name=batten1/> On 14 April 2018, ] as the leader of UKIP.<ref name=batten2/>

	==Role==
	All registered political parties in the United Kingdom require a leader, as per the ]. According to Part VII of the ] constitution, the party leader is voted for by postal ballot by all paid-up party members "in good standing". The winner is the candidate with the ] of votes cast. If there is only one valid candidate for the position, they are elected without the need for a ballot.<ref name=const/>

	While the default term length is four years, the leader can obtain an extension of up to a year if there is an imminent general or European Parliament election; this must be approved by at least two-thirds of the 12-person National Executive Committee (NEC).<ref name=const>{{cite web \|title=The Constitution \|url=https://www.ukip.org/ukip-page.php?id=07 \|publisher=UK Independence Party \|accessdate=26 October 2018}}</ref>

	If at least nine NEC members endorse a ] in the leader, an Emergency General Meeting (EGM) will be called.<ref name=const/> When the leadership becomes vacant unexpectedly, the NEC has fourteen days to name an interim leader who exercises all leadership functions until the next leadership election.<ref name=const/>

	The leader has the power to name a Deputy Leader of their own choice and assign them whatever duty they choose to.<ref name=const/>

	==History==
	{{main\|History of the UK Independence Party}}
	] led UKIP from 2006 to 2009 and from 2010 to 2016]]
	] historian ] founded the UK Independence Party on 3 September 1993, having established the ] organisation two years earlier. He resigned after the 1997 general election and was replaced by ], who became on of its first three ] in the ]. He was voted out by the party's National Executive Committee in January 2000 after the party split into two camps, one backing him and the other supporting chairman ], also an MEP.<ref>{{cite news \|title=UKIP votes leaders out \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/615180.stm \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=22 January 2000}}</ref> ] was succeeded in October 2002 by ], a former ] ]. Under his leadership, UKIP took 16.2% of the votes and 12 seats at the ], and he chose not to run for a second term in 2006.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Harvey \|first1=Dave \|title=West: UKIP flower fades \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/5059062.stm \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=8 June 2006}}</ref>

	The ] resulted in Farage winning the post; he pledged to expand UKIP from a ] into one that would fill the "enormous vacuum in British politics" by picking up votes from former Conservatives.<ref name=farage1>{{cite news \|title=Farage elected new UKIP leader \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5336126.stm \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=12 September 2006}}</ref> In late 2009, he resigned in order to concentrate on winning the ] seat of ] from the ], ].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Farage to step down as Ukip leader to concentrate on ousting Speaker \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/04/nigel-farage-resigns-bercow-ukip \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|agency=Press Association \|date=4 September 2009}}</ref> ] was ]; he resigned within a year and ] with 60% of votes cast.<ref name=farage2>{{cite news \|last1=Sparrow \|first1=Andrew \|title=Nigel Farage returns as Ukip leader \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/nov/05/nigel-farage-elected-ukip-leader \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=The Guardian \|date=5 November 2010}}</ref> Under Farage, UKIP had its greatest success in 2014 when it won the most votes and seats in the ], the first party outside ] and the Conservatives to do so in a national election since the ] in the ].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Kirkup \|first1=James \|last2=Swinford \|first2=Steven \|title=Ukip storms European elections \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10855972/Ukip-storms-European-elections.html \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=The Daily Telegraph \|date=25 May 2014}}</ref>

	Since the British public voted to ] in the ], UKIP's vote share has declined and the party has had frequent changes in leadership.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Has the general election 2017 finished Ukip? \|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/june2017/2017/06/has-general-election-2017-finished-ukip \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=New Statesman \|date=8 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Payne \|first1=Sebastian \|title=The party might at last be over for Ukip \|url=https://www.ft.com/content/cff64e3c-ff84-11e7-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5 \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=The Financial Times \|date=22 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Harris \|first1=John \|title=Ukip may have collapsed, but where it led others will follow \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/23/ukip-collapsed-online-activism-immigration \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=The Guardian \|date=23 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Rathi \|first1=Akshat \|title=The party that birthed Brexit has sunk into total oblivion \|url=https://qz.com/1002422/uk-election-the-rise-and-fall-of-ukip-the-party-that-birthed-brexit/ \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=Quartz \|date=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Goodwin \|first1=Matthew \|last2=Cutts \|first2=David \|title=Why UKIP’s collapse matters \|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-general-election-ukip-why-collapse-matters-conservative-majority-theresa-may/ \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=Politico \|date=28 April 2017}}</ref> Sked, Holmes, Farage, James, Nuttall, Crowther and Bolton have all since left the party.

	==List of leaders==
	{\| class=wikitable
	!Picture
	!Name
	!Term
	!Deputy
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]
	\|3 September 1993 – May 1997
	\|]
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<br>{{small\|Acting}}
	\|6 August 1997 – September 1997
	\|
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]
	\|September 1997 – 22 January 2000
	\|]
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]
	\|22 January 2000 – 5 October 2002
	\|]
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]
	\|5 October 2002 – ]
	\|]
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<ref name=farage1/>
	\|] – ]
	\|]
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Ukip elects Lord Pearson of Rannoch as leader \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/nov/27/lord-pearson-ukip-leader \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=The Guardian \|agency=Press Association \|date=27 November 2009}}</ref>
	\|] – ]
	\|]<br>]
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<ref name=farage2/>
	\|] – ]
	\|]
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<br>{{small\|Elect}}{{refn\|group="N" \|name="legalleader" \|Diane James won the ] but resigned 18 days later, before officially taking office. As the relevant paperwork required by the ] was not completed before her resignation, Nigel Farage legally remained the leader of UKIP during James's "tenure."<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/05/nigel-farage-says-he-may-technically-still-be-ukip-leader \|title=Nigel Farage declares himself interim Ukip leader \|newspaper=The Guardian \|author1= Heather Stewart \|author2=Rowena Mason \|date=5 October 2016 \|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref>}}
	\|] – 4 October 2016
	\|
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37561065\|title=Nigel Farage steps back in at UKIP as Diane James quits\|work=BBC News\|date=5 October 2016\|accessdate=18 October 2016\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201165038/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37561065\|archivedate=1 February 2017\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
	\|5 October 2016 – ]
	\|
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Paul Nuttall elected as UKIP leader \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38125432 \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=28 November 2016}}</ref>
	\|] – 9 June 2017
	\|]<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Proctor \|first1=Kate \|title=My appointment proves we’re a diverse party, says Ukip’s gay deputy leader \|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/my-appointment-proves-we-re-a-diverse-party-says-ukip-s-gay-deputy-leader-a3407451.html \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=London Evening Standard \|date=29 November 2016}}</ref>
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Sharman \|first1=Jon \|title=Election latest: Ukip appoints interim leader after Paul Nuttall's resignation \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-new-interim-leader-paul-nuttall-resign-election-latest-steve-crowther-farage-a7782996.html \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=The Independent \|date=9 June 2017}}</ref><br>{{small\|Acting}}
	\|9 June 2017 – ]
	\|
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Who is new UKIP leader Henry Bolton? \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41444432 \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=29 September 2017}}</ref>
	\|] – 17 February 2018
	\|] (resigned January 2018)<ref>{{cite news \|title=UKIP crisis as top figures quit and tell leader Henry Bolton to go \|url=https://news.sky.com/story/ukip-deputy-margot-parker-quits-and-tells-leader-henry-bolton-to-go-11217970 \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|publisher=Sky News \|date=22 January 2018}}</ref>
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<ref name=batten1>{{cite news \|title=UKIP members vote to sack embattled leader Henry Bolton \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43098646 \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=17 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=batten2>{{cite news \|title=UKIP's leader announces plans to quit on day he is confirmed \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43769408 \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
	\|17 February 2018 – 2 June 2019<ref>{{cite tweet\|user=GerardBattenMEP\|number=1135142814294183936\|title=My term as UKIP Leader ends today\|first=Gerard\|last=Batten\|authorlink=Gerard Batten\|date=2 June 2019\|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref><br>{{small\|Acting: 17 February 2018 – ]}}
	\|]<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Young \|first1=Angus \|title=Hull-based MEP Mike Hookem lands top interim role as deputy UKIP leader \|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-based-mep-mike-hookem-1272075 \|accessdate=26 October 2018 \|work=Hull Daily Mail \|date=27 February 2018}}</ref> (resigned 24 May 2019)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48394651\|title=Hookem quits as deputy UKIP leader to run for leadership\|author=\|website=]\|publisher=BBC\|date=24 May 2019\|access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
	\|}

	==References==
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	;Notes
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	== External links ==
	* {{Official website\|http://www.ukip.org}}

	{{UKIP}}

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