President of the Liberal Democrats

The president of the Liberal Democrats chairs the Federal Board of the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom.

According to the Liberal Democrat constitution, the president is the principal public representative of the Party and chairs the Federal Board. The role is elected by the membership for a fixed term of three years. They may serve a maximum of two terms. The next scheduled contest will occur in Autumn 2028 with the winner beginning their term of office on 1 January 2029. The election is conducted using the single transferable vote. ^[1]

In the event of the Leader resigning prior to the end of their term, the Deputy Leader and President take on the role of joint Acting Leaders.^[2] This last occurred following the resignation of Jo Swinson after she lost her seat in the 2019 General Election; Ed Davey MP and Mark Pack took on the role until the culmination of the subsequent leadership election.

The current president is Josh Babarinde, who took office on 1 January 2026, replacing Mark Pack, Baron Pack, who had held the office from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025.

In order to be a candidate for president, the candidate must be a member of the Liberal Democrats and secure the nomination of not less than 200 members in not less than 20 local parties (including, for this purpose, the specified associated organisations representing youth or students).^[3]

Mark Pack was re-elected president of the Liberal Democrats.^[5]

Mark Pack was elected president of the Liberal Democrats.^[6]

Sal Brinton was returned unopposed.^[8][9]

There were 25 spoilt/rejected ballots.^[10]

Tim Farron was returned unopposed.^[11]

There were 64 spoilt/rejected ballots.

There were 49 spoilt/rejected ballots.^[12]

Simon Hughes was returned unopposed.

There were 144 spoilt/rejected ballots.^[13]

Navnit Dholakia was returned unopposed.

Navnit Dholakia was returned unopposed.

Diana Maddock was returned unopposed.

Bob Maclennan was returned unopposed.

There were 114 spoilt/rejected ballots.

There were 71 spoilt/rejected ballots.

There were 55 spoilt/rejected ballots.

There were 448 spoilt/rejected ballots.

The Vice President's role is to increase engagement with ethnic minority communities; the first Vice President was first elected in 2019. The role was also known as the "Vice President BaME" prior to 2021.^[14][15][16]

Prior to 2021, the vice president was elected by the Federal Board rather than by party members, and did not have a vote at the Federal Board.^[17]

Amna Ahmad was reelected unopposed.^[18]

• Leader of the Liberal Democrats
• Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats

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