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	The '''2024 Liberal Democrats leadership election''' was held in December 2024, ~~thanks~~ to the requirement in the ]' party constitution that a leadership election should be held at least once during each Westminster parliament.		The '''2024 Liberal Democrats leadership election''' was held in December 2024 due to the requirement in the ]' party constitution that a leadership election should be held at least once during each Westminster parliament.

	Incumbent party leader ] was the only candidate and was elected unopposed.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.libdems.org.uk/internal-elections/2024-federal-leadership\|accessdate=19 December 2024\|date=18 December 2024\|title=2024 Federal Leadership Election\|website=libdems.org.uk}}</ref>		Incumbent party leader ] was the only candidate and was elected unopposed.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.libdems.org.uk/internal-elections/2024-federal-leadership\|accessdate=19 December 2024\|date=18 December 2024\|title=2024 Federal Leadership Election\|website=libdems.org.uk}}</ref>
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Leadership election in the United Kingdom

2024 Liberal Democrats leadership election

← 2020

2–18 December 2024 (2024-12-02 – 2024-12-18)


Candidate	Ed Davey
Popular vote	Unopposed

Leader before election

Ed Davey

Leader after election

Ed Davey

The 2024 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held in December 2024 due to the requirement in the Liberal Democrats' party constitution that a leadership election should be held at least once during each Westminster parliament.

Incumbent party leader Ed Davey was the only candidate and was elected unopposed.

References

"2024 Federal Leadership Election". libdems.org.uk. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.

v t e Liberal, Social Democrat and Liberal Democrat leadership elections
Liberals	1967 1976
SDP	1982
Liberal Democrats	1988 1999 2006 2007 2015 2017 2019 2020 2024

v t e 2024 United Kingdom party leadership elections
February: Welsh Labour April: Scottish National Party May: Democratic Unionist Party July: Welsh Labour September: Ulster Unionist Party September: Scottish Conservatives September: Conservative (UK) October: Social Democratic and Labour Party December: Welsh Conservatives December: Liberal Democrats

2024 United Kingdom party leadership elections

February: Welsh Labour

April: Scottish National Party

May: Democratic Unionist Party

July: Welsh Labour

September: Ulster Unionist Party

September: Scottish Conservatives

September: Conservative (UK)

October: Social Democratic and Labour Party

December: Welsh Conservatives

December: Liberal Democrats

v t e Ed Davey
Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2020–present) Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats (2019–2020) MP for Kingston and Surbiton (2017–present) Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (2012–2015)
Politics	The Orange Book Frontbench Team For a Fair Deal
Elections	2020 leadership election 2021 local elections 2022 local elections 2023 local elections 2024 local elections 2024 general election
Category

Liberal Democrats

Leadership

Leaders	Steel (Liberal) (1988) Maclennan (SDP) (1988) Ashdown (1988–1999) Kennedy (1999–2006) Campbell (2006–2007) Clegg (2007–2015) Farron (2015–2017) Cable (2017–2019) Swinson (2019) Davey (from 2020)
Deputy leaders	Johnston (1988–1992) Beith (1992–2003) Campbell (2003–2006) Cable (2006–2010) Hughes (2010–2014) Bruce (2014–2015) Swinson (2017–2019) Davey (2019–2020) Cooper (from 2020)
Leaders in the Lords	Seear (Liberal) (1988) Diamond (SDP) (1988) Jenkins (1988–1997) Rodgers (1997–2001) Williams (2001–2004) McNally (2004–2013) Wallace (2013–2016) Newby (from 2016)
Presidents	Wrigglesworth (1989–1990) Kennedy (1991–1994) Maclennan (1995–1998) Maddock (1999–2000) Dholakia (2001–2004) Hughes (2005–2008) Scott (2009–2010) Farron (2011–2014) Brinton (2015–2019) Pack (from 2020)

Leadership elections

Leadership	1988 (Ashdown) 1999 (Kennedy) 2006 (Campbell) 2007 (Clegg) 2015 (Farron) 2017 (Cable) 2019 (Swinson) 2020 (Davey) 2024 (Davey)
Deputy leadership	2003 (Campbell) 2006 (Cable) 2010 (Hughes) 2014 (Bruce) 2017 (Swinson) 2019 (Davey)

Frontbench team
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson

Structure

MPs and Frontbench	Current members of Parliament Frontbench team Chief whip
Frontbench in opposition	Frontbench Team of Paddy Ashdown (1997–1999) Frontbench Team of Charles Kennedy (1999–2006) Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell (2006–2007) First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2007) Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg (2007–2010) Frontbench Team of Tim Farron (2015–2017) Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable (2017–2019) Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson (2019) Frontbench Team of Ed Davey (2020-present)
State parties	English Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats
Regional parties	London Liberal Democrats Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats
Conference	Liberal Democrat Conference
Committees	Federal Board
SAOs	LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Young Liberals (English Young Liberals, Scottish Young Liberals, Welsh Young Liberals/Rhyddfrydwr Ifanc Cymru)

Related organisations
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Beveridge Group Christian Forum Friends of Israel Friends of Turkey History Group Liberal Reform Social Liberal Forum

History and related topics

Breakaway parties
Liberal Party (UK, 1989)

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