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The Leader of the UK Independence Party is the most senior member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), a political party founded on 3 September 1993. The party's first leader was its founder, the historian Alan Sked, who resigned in May 1997. Its longest-serving leader was Nigel Farage, 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 Richard Braine on 30 October 2019, after leading the party for three months.

History

List of leaders

Picture	Name	Term	Deputy
	Alan Sked	3 September 1993 – May 1997	Craig Mackinlay
	Craig Mackinlay Acting	6 August 1997 – September 1997
	Michael Holmes	September 1997 – 22 January 2000	Craig Mackinlay
	Jeffrey Titford	22 January 2000 – 5 October 2002	Graham Booth
	Roger Knapman	5 October 2002 – 12 September 2006	Mike Nattrass
	Nigel Farage	12 September 2006 – 27 November 2009	David Campbell Bannerman
	The Lord Pearson of Rannoch	27 November 2009 – 5 November 2010	David Campbell Bannerman The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
	Nigel Farage	5 November 2010 – 16 September 2016	Paul Nuttall
	Diane James Elect	16 September 2016 – 4 October 2016
	Nigel Farage Acting	5 October 2016 – 28 November 2016
	Paul Nuttall	28 November 2016 – 9 June 2017	Peter Whittle
	Steve Crowther Acting	9 June 2017 – 29 September 2017
	Henry Bolton	29 September 2017 – 17 February 2018	Margot Parker (resigned January 2018)
	Gerard Batten	17 February 2018 – 2 June 2019 Acting: 17 February 2018 – 14 April 2018	Mike Hookem (resigned 24 May 2019)
	Piers Wauchope Acting	11 June 2019 – 10 August 2019
	Richard Braine	10 August 2019 – 30 October 2019

References

1. "Farage elected new UKIP leader". BBC News. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
2. "Ukip elects Lord Pearson of Rannoch as leader". The Guardian. Press Association. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
3. Sparrow, Andrew (5 November 2010). "Nigel Farage returns as Ukip leader". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
4. Heather Stewart; Rowena Mason (5 October 2016). "Nigel Farage declares himself interim Ukip leader". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
5. "Nigel Farage steps back in at UKIP as Diane James quits". BBC News. 5 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
6. "Paul Nuttall elected as UKIP leader". BBC News. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
7. Proctor, Kate (29 November 2016). "My appointment proves we're a diverse party, says Ukip's gay deputy leader". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
8. Sharman, Jon (9 June 2017). "Election latest: Ukip appoints interim leader after Paul Nuttall's resignation". The Independent. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
9. "Who is new UKIP leader Henry Bolton?". BBC News. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
10. "UKIP crisis as top figures quit and tell leader Henry Bolton to go". Sky News. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
11. "UKIP members vote to sack embattled leader Henry Bolton". BBC News. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
12. "UKIP's leader announces plans to quit on day he is confirmed". BBC News. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
13. Batten, Gerard (2 June 2019). "My term as UKIP Leader ends today" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 June 2019 – via Twitter.
14. Young, Angus (27 February 2018). "Hull-based MEP Mike Hookem lands top interim role as deputy UKIP leader". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
15. "Hookem quits as deputy UKIP leader to run for leadership". BBC News. BBC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

Notes

1. Diane James won the September 2016 leadership election but resigned 18 days later, before officially taking office. As the relevant paperwork required by the Electoral Commission was not completed before her resignation, Nigel Farage legally remained the leader of UKIP during James's "tenure."

External links

• Official website

• Articles to be merged from November 2019
• UK Independence Party
• UK Independence Party people
• Leaders of the UK Independence Party
• Lists of leaders of political parties