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This article lists the Leaders of political parties in the United Kingdom to provide insight into the politics of the United Kingdom. It contains details including which party the leader belongs to, the leader's seat, and which form of leadership that person holds.
National party leaders are usually members of parliament. Some (including Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish parties) designate a separate leader in the House of Commons, or their leader is absent from the House of Commons and holds membership of a devolved body.
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| Rishi Sunak Leader of the Conservative Party | Keir Starmer Leader of the Labour Party |
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| Leader | Party | Leader's seat | Number of seats [1] | Leader since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rishi Sunak | Conservative Party | Richmond (Yorks) | 347 | 24 October 2022 | |
| Keir Starmer | Labour Party | Holborn and St Pancras | 200 | 4 April 2020 | |
| Stephen Flynn [a] | Scottish National Party | Aberdeen South | 43 | 6 December 2022 [2] | |
| Ed Davey | Liberal Democrats | Kingston and Surbiton | 15 | 27 August 2020 | |
| Gavin Robinson [b] | Democratic Unionist Party | Belfast East | 7 | 29 March 2024 [3] | |
| N/A [c] | Sinn Féin | N/A | 7 [c] | ||
| Liz Saville Roberts [d] | Plaid Cymru | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | 3 | 14 June 2017 [4] | |
| Caroline Lucas [e] | Green Party of England and Wales | Brighton Pavilion | 1 | 6 May 2010 [5] | |
| Leader | Party | Members [6] | Leader since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas True, Baron True | Conservative Party | 278 | 14 July 2016 | |
| Baroness Smith of Basildon [7] | Labour Party | 173 | 27 May 2015 | |
| Lord Newby [8] | Liberal Democrats | 80 | 13 September 2016 | |
| Leader | Party | Leader's seat | Number of seats | Leader since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | Glasgow Pollok | 64 | 27 March 2023 | |
| Douglas Ross | Scottish Conservatives | Moray | 31 | 5 August 2020 | |
| Anas Sarwar | Scottish Labour | Glasgow (region) | 22 | 27 February 2021 | |
| Patrick Harvie | Scottish Greens | Glasgow (region) | 7 | 22 September 2008 | |
| Lorna Slater | Lothian (region) | 1 August 2019 | |||
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Scottish Liberal Democrats | Edinburgh Western | 4 | 20 August 2021 | |
| Leader | Party | Leader's seat | Number of seats | Leader since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughan Gething | Welsh Labour | Cardiff South and Penarth | 30 | 16 March 2024 | |
| Andrew RT Davies | Welsh Conservatives | South Wales Central (region) | 16 | 24 January 2021 | |
| Rhun ap Iorwerth | Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales | Ynys Môn | 13 | 16 June 2023 | |
| Jane Dodds | Welsh Liberal Democrats | Mid and West Wales (region) | 1 | 3 November 2017 | |
| Leader | Party | Leader's seat | Number of seats | Leader since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle O'Neill | Sinn Féin | Mid Ulster | 27 | 23 January 2017 | |
| N/A [f] | Democratic Unionist Party | Belfast East (as an MP) | 25 | 1 May 1997 | |
| Naomi Long | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Belfast East | 17 | October 2016 | |
| Doug Beattie | Ulster Unionist Party | Upper Bann | 9 | 17 May 2021 | |
| N/A [g] | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Foyle (as an MP) | 8 | 12 December 2019 | |
| Jim Allister | Traditional Unionist Voice | North Antrim | 1 | 7 December 2007 | |
| Collective leadership | People Before Profit | N/A | 1 | N/A | |
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