List of female leaders of British political parties

This is a list of female party leaders of British political parties.

Parliamentary parties

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister
Naomi Long (b. 1971)		Belfast East [a] (NI Assembly)	26 October 2016	Incumbent		May
						Johnson
						Truss
						Sunak
						Starmer

1. Multi-member constituency

Conservative Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013)		Finchley	11 February 1975	28 November 1990		Wilson
						Callaghan
						Herself
Theresa May (b. 1956)		Maidenhead	11 July 2016	7 June 2019		Herself
Liz Truss (b. 1975)		South West Norfolk	6 September 2022	24 October 2022		Herself
Kemi Badenoch (b. 1980)		North West Essex	2 November 2024	Incumbent		Starmer

Democratic Unionist Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister [a]
Arlene Foster (b. 1970)		Fermanagh and South Tyrone [b] (NI Assembly)	17 December 2015	28 May 2021 [1]		Cameron
						May
						Johnson

1. Foster served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from January 2016 to January 2017, and from January 2020 to June 2021
2. Multi-member constituency

Green Party of England and Wales

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Title	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister
Jean Lambert (b. 1950)		Female Principal Speaker	1992	1993		Major
Jan Clark		Female Principal Speaker	1993	1995
Peg Alexander		Female Principal Speaker	1995	1997
Jean Lambert (b. 1950)		Female Principal Speaker	1998	1999		Blair
Margaret Wright (1940–2012)		Female Principal Speaker	1999	2003
Caroline Lucas (b. 1960)		Female Principal Speaker	2003	24 November 2006
Siân Berry (b. 1974)		Female Principal Speaker	24 November 2006	30 November 2007
						Blair Brown
Caroline Lucas (b. 1960)		Female Principal Speaker	30 November 2007	5 September 2008
		Leader of the Green Party	5 September 2008	3 September 2012
						Cameron
Natalie Bennett (b. 1966)		Leader of the Green Party	3 September 2012	2 September 2016
						Cameron May
Caroline Lucas (b. 1960)		Co-leader of the Green Party	2 September 2016	4 September 2018
Siân Berry (b. 1974)		Co-leader of the Green Party	4 September 2018	1 October 2021
						May Johnson
Carla Denyer (b. 1985)		Co-leader of the Green Party	1 October 2021	Incumbent
						Johnson Truss Sunak
						Starmer

Labour Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister
Margaret Beckett (acting) (b. 1943)		Derby South	12 May 1994	21 July 1994		Major
Harriet Harman (acting) (b. 1950)		Camberwell and Peckham	11 May 2010	25 September 2010		Cameron
			8 May 2015	12 September 2015

Liberal Democrats

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister
The Baroness Brinton (acting) (b. 1955)		N/A	8 May 2015	16 July 2015		Cameron
Jo Swinson (b. 1980)		East Dunbartonshire	22 July 2019	13 December 2019		May
						Johnson
The Baroness Brinton (acting) (b. 1955)		N/A	13 December 2019	31 December 2019

Plaid Cymru

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister
Leanne Wood (b. 1971)		Rhondda (Senedd)	16 March 2012	28 September 2018		Cameron
						May

Scottish National Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister [a]
Nicola Sturgeon (b. 1970)		Glasgow Southside (Scottish Parliament)	14 November 2014	27 March 2023		Cameron
						May
						Johnson
						Truss
						Sunak

1. Nicola Sturgeon was First Minister of Scotland from 20 November 2014 to 29 March 2023

Sinn Féin

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister
Margaret Buckley (1879–1962)		N/A	1937	1950		Chamberlain
						Churchill
						Attlee
Mary Lou McDonald (b. 1969)		Dublin Central [a] (Assembly of Ireland)	10 February 2018	Incumbent		May
						Johnson
						Truss
						Sunak
						Starmer

1. Multi-member constituency

Social Democratic and Labour Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister
Margaret Ritchie (b. 1958)		South Down [a]	7 February 2010	5 November 2011		Brown
						Cameron
Claire Hanna (b. 1980)		Belfast South and Mid Down	5 October 2024	Incumbent		Starmer

1. Also MLA of South Down until 31 March 2012

Parties with representation in devolved parliaments

Green Party in Northern Ireland

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Lindsay Whitcroft		None	2004	2005	0 / 90 (Northern Ireland Assembly)
Kelly Andrews		None	2005	2009
Karly Greene		None	2009	2011
Clare Bailey (b. 1970)		Belfast South [a] (Northern Ireland Assembly)	21 November 2018	15 August 2022

1. Multi-member constituency

Liberal Vannin Party

Leader	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Kate Costain	Douglas South [a] (House of Keys)	24 February 2014 [2]	Incumbent	1 / 24 (House of Keys)

1. Until 14 July 2020

Scottish Green Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency / Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Marian Coyne		None	1999	1999	7 / 129 (Scottish Parliament)
Eleanor Scott (b. 1951)		Highlands and Islands [a] (Scottish Parliament)	2002	2004
Shiona Baird (b. 1946)		North East Scotland [a] (Scottish Parliament)	2004	2007
Alison Johnstone (b. 1965)		Lothian [a] (Scottish Parliament)	2007	2008
Eleanor Scott (b. 1951)		N/A	2008	2011
Martha Wardrop (b. 1951)		Hillhead (council ward)	2011	November 2013
Maggie Chapman (b. 1979)		Leith Walk [b] (council ward)	November 2013	1 August 2019
Lorna Slater (b. 1974/5)		Lothian [a] [c] (Scottish Parliament)	1 August 2019	Incumbent

1. Multi-member constituency
2. Until June 2015
3. From May 2021

Regional branches of parliamentary parties

London Conservatives

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Angie Bray (b. 1953)		West Central (London Assembly)	2006	2007	9 / 25 (London Assembly)
Susan Hall		Londonwide (London Assembly)	17 December 2019	Incumbent

Scottish Conservatives

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Annabel Goldie (b. 1950)		West Scotland [a] (Scottish Parliament)	31 October 2005	4 November 2011	31 / 129 (Scottish Parliament)
Ruth Davidson (b. 1978)		Glasgow [a] (Scottish Parliament) [b] Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament) [c]	4 November 2011	29 August 2019

1. Multi-member constituency
2. Until 2016
3. From 2016

Scottish Labour

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Cathy Jamieson (acting) (b. 1956)		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament)	8 November 2001	22 November 2001	22 / 129 (Scottish Parliament)
			15 August 2007	14 September 2007
Wendy Alexander (b. 1963)		Paisley North (Scottish Parliament)	14 September 2007	28 June 2008
Cathy Jamieson (acting) (b. 1956)		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament)	28 June 2008	3 September 2008
Johann Lamont (b. 1957)		Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament)	17 December 2011	24 October 2014
Kezia Dugdale (b. 1981)		Lothian [a] (Scottish Parliament)	15 August 2015	29 August 2017
Jackie Baillie (acting) (b. 1964)		Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament)	15 November 2017	18 November 2017
			14 January 2021	27 February 2021

1. Multi-member constituency

Welsh Labour

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Eluned Morgan (b. 1967)		Mid and West Wales (Senedd)	24 July 2024	Incumbent	30 / 60 (Senedd)

Welsh Liberal Democrats

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Kirsty Williams (b. 1971)		Brecon and Radnorshire (Senedd)	8 December 2008	6 May 2016	1 / 60 (Senedd)
			16 June 2017(acting)	3 November 2017
Jane Dodds (b. 1963)		Brecon and Radnorshire (House of Commons, August 2019 – December 2019)	3 November 2017	Incumbent

Parties with representation in local government

Alliance for Local Living

Leader	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Felicity Rice	Oakdale (BCP Council) [3]	1 April 2019 [4] [5]	Incumbent	4 councillors

Animal Welfare Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Vanessa Hudson (b. 1972)		N/A	October 2010 [6]	Incumbent	None

Reform UK

Leader (Birth–death)	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Catherine Blaiklock (b. 1963)	N/A	20 January 2019 [7]	20 March 2019 [8]	1 MP and 9 councillors

Guildford Greenbelt Group

Leader	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Susan Parker	Send (Guildford borough council) [9]	2013	Incumbent	3 councillors

Horwich and Blackrod First

Leader	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Marie Brady	Horwich North East (Bolton Council) [10]	8 February 2019 [11]	Incumbent	2 councillors

Independence for Scotland Party

Leader	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Colette Walker	7 May 2020 [12]	Incumbent	1 councillor

Lincolnshire Independents

Leader (Birth–death)	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Marianne Overton (b. 1959)	Cliff Villages (North Kesteven district council) [13]	2008 [14]	Incumbent	1 councillor

Mebyon Kernow

Leader (Birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Helena Sanders (1911–1997)	January 1951 [15]	1957 [16]	5 councillors
Loveday Carlyon	1986	1989
Loveday Jenkin	1990	1997

Orkney Manifesto Group

Leader	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Rachael King	West Mainland (Orkney Islands Council)	March 2013 [17]	Incumbent	None

Progressive Unionist Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Dawn Purvis (b. 1967)		Belfast East [a] (NI Assembly)	23 January 2007 [18]	2 June 2010 [19]	1 councillor

1. Multi-member constituency, from 7 March 2007

The Rubbish Party

Leader	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Sally Cogley	Irvine Valley [ broken anchor ](East Ayrshire council)	March 2017 [20]	Incumbent	1 councillor

UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Diane James (b. 1959)		South East England (European Parliament)	16 September 2016	4 October 2016	None
Pat Mountain (acting)		N/A	30 October 2019	25 April 2020

Women's Equality Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Ward	Took office	Left office	Current representation
Sophie Walker (b. 1971)		N/A	22 July 2015 [21]	22 January 2019	1 councillor
Mandu Reid (b. 1981)		N/A	April 2019 [22] [a]	Incumbent

1. Acting until January 2020 ^[23]

Parties with no elected UK representation

Advance Together

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Annabel Mullin	September 2018 [24]	Incumbent	2019 general election

Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Ella Rule	24 October 2018 [25]	Incumbent	None

Freedom Alliance

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Carol Dobson (acting)	27 January 2021 [26]	Incumbent	2021 Scottish Parliament election 2021 United Kingdom local elections

Left Unity

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Sharon McCourt	25 March 2017 [27]	Incumbent	None

National Health Action Party

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Veronika Wagner	c. August 2019 [28] [29]	Incumbent	2021 local elections

Renew Party

Leader	Portrait	Seat	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Annabel Mullin		N/A	20 September 2018 [30]	7 June 2019	2019 European Parliament election
Julie Girling		South West England [a] (European Parliament)	7 June 2019 [31]	7 July 2020 [32]	2019 general election

1. Multi-member constituency, until 1 July 2019

Scottish Socialist Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Frances Curran (b. 1961)		c.2007 [33]	2012	2009 European Parliament election 2010 general election 2011 Scottish Parliament election
Sandra Webster		2012 [34]	2016	2015 general election 2016 Scottish Parliament election
Katie Bonnar		2016 [35]	2018	None
Róisín McLaren (b. 1994)		2018 [36]	Incumbent	None

Socialist Party (England and Wales)

Leader (Birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Hannah Sell (b. 1971)	11 March 2020 [37]	Incumbent	None

UK Independence Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office
Diane James (b. 1959)		South East England (European Parliament)	16 September 2016	4 October 2016
Pat Mountain (acting)		N/A	30 October 2019	25 April 2020
Lois Perry		N/A	13 May 2024	15 June 2024

Workers' Party (Ireland)

Leader (Birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Marian Donnelly (b. 1938)	March 1992 [38]	1994 [39]	1993 Northern Ireland local elections

Regional branches of parties without elected representation

Reform UK Scotland

Leader	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Michelle Ballantyne		South Scotland [a] (Scottish Parliament)	11 January 2021 [40]	16 February 2022	2021 Scottish Parliament election

1. Multi-member constituency, until 6 May 2021

Defunct parties

Change UK / The Independent Group for Change

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Heidi Allen (Acting) (b. 1975)		South Cambridgeshire	29 March 2019	4 June 2019	2019 European Parliament election
Anna Soubry (b. 1956)		Broxtowe	4 June 2019	19 December 2019	2019 general election

Communist Party of Great Britain

Leader (Birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Nina Temple (b. 1956)	13 January 1990 [41]	23 November 1991 [42]	None

For Britain Movement

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Ward	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Anne Marie Waters (b. 1977)		N/A	October 2017 [43]	13 July 2022	2019 local elections 2021 local elections 2022 local elections

Highlands and Islands Alliance

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Lorraine Mann	Autumn 1998 [44]	24 August 2004 [45]	1999 Scottish Parliament election

Independent Labour Party

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Annie Maxton	1953 [46]	1958	1955 United Kingdom general election

Jersey Democratic Alliance

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Christine Papworth	April 2005 [47]	October 2011 [48]	2005 Jersey general election 2008 Jersey general election

Nationalist Alliance

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Catherine Parker-Brown	2005 [49]	2008	None

No Candidate Deserves My Vote!

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Amanda Ringwood	November 2000 [50]	2012	2001 local elections 2002 local elections 2010 general election

Northern Ireland Women's Coalition

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Monica McWilliams (b. 1954)		Belfast South [a] (Northern Ireland Assembly) [b]	April 1996 [51]	11 May 2006 [51]	1996 NI Forum election 1997 general election 1998 NI Assembly election 2001 NI local elections 2001 general election 2003 NI Assembly election 2005 NI local elections
Pearl Sagar (b. 1958)		Belfast East [a] (Northern Ireland Forum) [c]

1. Multi-member constituency
2. Until 26 November 2003
3. Until 25 June 1998

Respect Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Linda Smith		2004	2005	N/A
Salma Yaqoob (b. 1971)		2005	September 2012 [52]	2005 general election 2006 local elections 2010 general election 2010 local elections

Unionist Party of Northern Ireland

Leader (Birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Anne Dickson (b. 1928)	1976 [53]	Autumn 1981	1977 United Kingdom local elections 1979 United Kingdom general election 1981 Northern Ireland local elections

Veritas

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Therese Muchewicz	15 June 2008 [a] [54]	19 September 2015 [55]	None

1. Acting until October 2008

We Demand a Referendum Now

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Constituency	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Nikki Sinclaire (b. 1968)		West Midlands [a] (European Parliament)	June 2012 [56]	30 June 2014	2014 European Parliament election

1. Multi-member constituency

Women's Party

Leader (Birth–death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Christabel Pankhurst (1880–1958)		November 1917 [57]	June 1919 [58]	1918 general election
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928)

Active groups which were deregistered by the Electoral Commission

Britain First

Leader	Took office	Left office	Elections contested as leader
Jayda Fransen (acting)	December 2016	June 2017	2016 London mayoral election

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