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	{{mergeto\|UK Independence Party\|discuss=Talk:UK Independence Party#Merger proposal\|date=November 2019}}
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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 party's leadership is currently vacant after the resignation of ] on 30 October 2019, after leading the party for three months.

	==History==
	{{main\|History of the UK Independence 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">{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5336126.stm\|title=Farage elected new UKIP leader\|date=12 September 2006\|accessdate=26 October 2018\|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
	\|] – ]
	\|]
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<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">{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/nov/05/nigel-farage-elected-ukip-leader\|title=Nigel Farage returns as Ukip leader\|last1=Sparrow\|first1=Andrew\|date=5 November 2010\|work=The Guardian\|accessdate=26 October 2018}}</ref>
	\|] – ]
	\|]
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]<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\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201165038/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37561065\|archivedate=1 February 2017\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br/>{{small\|Acting}}
	\|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>
	\|-
	\|]
	\|Piers Wauchope<br>{{small\|Acting}}
	\|11 June 2019 – 10 August 2019
	\|
	\|-
	\|]
	\|]
	\|10 August 2019 – 30 October 2019
	\|
	\|}

	==References==
	{{reflist\|colwidth=30em}}
	;Notes
	{{Reflist\|group=N}}

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

	{{UKIP}}

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