Leaders of political parties in the United Kingdom

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Leaders in the House of Commons

David Cameron
Leader of the Conservative Party
Ed Miliband
Leader of the Labour Party
Nick Clegg
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Leader Party Leader's Seat Number of Seats Leader since
  David Cameron Conservative Party Witney 306 6 December 2005
  Ed Miliband Labour Doncaster North 258 25 September 2010
  Nick Clegg Liberal Democrats Sheffield Hallam 57 18 December 2007
  Nigel Dodds Democratic Unionist Party Belfast North 8 7 May 2010
  Angus Robertson Scottish National Party Moray 6 7 May 2010
N/A Sinn Féin N/A 5 (abstentionist) N/A
  Elfyn Llwyd Plaid Cymru Dwyfor Meirionnydd 3 2001
  Margaret Ritchie Social Democratic and Labour Party South Down 3 7 February 2010
  Caroline Lucas Green Party of England and Wales Brighton Pavilion 1 5 September 2008
  Naomi Long Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Belfast East 1 7 May 2010

Leaders in the House of Lords

Leader Party Members Leader since
  Lord Strathclyde Conservative Party 188 3 December 1998
  Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Labour 225 3 October 2008
  Lord McNally Liberal Democrats 75 October 2004

Leaders in the Scottish Parliament

Leader Party Leader's Seat Number of Seats Leader since
  Alex Salmond Scottish National Party Gordon 69 3 September 2004
  Iain Gray Scottish Labour Party East Lothian 37 13 September 2008
  Annabel Goldie Scottish Conservative Party West of Scotland 15 31 October 2005
  Willie Rennie Scottish Liberal Democrats Mid Scotland and Fife 5 May 5 2011
  Patrick Harvie Scottish Green Party Glasgow 2

Leaders in the Welsh Assembeley

Leader Party Leader's Seat Number of Seats Leader since
  Carwyn Jones Welsh Labour Bridgend 26 1 December 2009
  Ieuan Wyn Jones Plaid Cymru Ynys Môn 15 2001
  Nick Bourne Welsh Conservatives Mid and West Wales 12 August 1999
  Kirsty Williams Welsh Liberal Democrats Brecon and Radnorshire 6 8 December 2008

Leaders in the Northern Ireland Assembely

Leader Party Leader's Seat Number of Seats Leader since
  Peter Robinson Democratic Unionist Party Belfast East 38 31 May 2008
Raymond McCartney[1] Sinn Féin Foyle 29 1983
  Tom Elliott Ulster Unionist Party Fermanagh and South Tyrone 16 22 September 2010
  Margaret Ritchie Social Democratic and Labour Party South Down 14 7 February 2010
  David Ford Alliance Party of Northern Ireland South Antrim 8 2001
  Steven Agnew Green Party in Northern Ireland North Down 1 2010
  Jim Allister Traditional Unionist Voice North Antrim 1 2007

Leaders in the European Parliament

Leader Party Leader's Seat Number of Seats Leader since
  Timothy Kirkhope Conservative Party Yorkshire and the Humber 26 2008
  Nigel Farage UK Independence Party South East England 13 1999
  Glenis Willmott Labour Party East Midlands 13 January 2009
  Fiona Hall Liberal Democrats North East England 11 2009
  None Green Party of England and Wales N/A 2 N/A
  Nick Griffin British National Party North West England 2 2009
  Ian Hudghton Scottish National Party Scotland 2 1998
  Jillian Evans Plaid Cymru Wales 1 2009
Bairbre de Brún Sinn Féin Northern Ireland 1 2004
  Diane Dodds Democratic Unionist Party Northern Ireland 1 2009
  Jim Nicholson Ulster Conservatives and Unionists Northern Ireland 1 1998
  1. ^ Gerry Adams TD is SF Party Leader. Adams appointed McCartney SF Assembly Group Leader after 2011 Assembly Elections