List of Leaders of The Liberal Democrats - List of Leaders and Deputy Leaders of The Liberal Democrats

List of Leaders and Deputy Leaders of The Liberal Democrats

Leader Deputy Leader Prime Minister
# Name
 Portrait Term of Office # Name
 Portrait Term of Office
1 David Steel 1

and
Robert Maclennan 2
 3 March 1988
–16 July 1988		 Margaret Thatcher
1979–1990
2 Paddy Ashdown
 16 July 1988
–9 August 1999		 1 Russell Johnston
 16 July 1988
–13 April 1992
John Major
1990–1997
2 Alan Beith
 13 April 1992
–12 February 2003
Tony Blair
1997–2007
3 Charles Kennedy
 9 August 1999
–7 January 2006
3 Menzies Campbell
 12 February 2003
–2 March 2006
4 Sir Menzies Campbell 3
 2 March 2006
–15 October 2007		 4 Vincent Cable
 29 March 2006
–26 May 2010
Vincent Cable 15 October 2007
–18 December 2007		 Gordon Brown
2007–2010
5 Nick Clegg5
 18 December 2007
–
David Cameron
2010–
5 Simon Hughes
 9 June 2010
–

Notes:-

  • 1 Joint interim leader, as the last leader of the Liberal Party before the merger.
  • 2 Joint interim leader, as the last leader of the Social Democratic Party before the merger.
  • 3 Interim leader between the resignation of Charles Kennedy on 7 January 2006 and his own election as leader on 2 March 2006.
  • 4 Interim leader between the resignation of Menzies Campbell on 15 October 2007 and the election of a new leader on 18 December 2007.
  • 5 Deputy Prime Minister as part of the Liberal - Conservative Coalition.

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