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The Liberal Democrats are a political party in the United Kingdom. Party members elect the Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Liberal Democrat Members of Parliament also elect a Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Under the federal constitution of the Liberal Democrats the leader is required to be a member of the House of Commons. Before the election of the first federal leader of the party (the Liberal Democrats having a federal structure in their internal party organisation), the leaders of the two parties which merged to form the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and the SDP, served as joint interim leaders. In the event that the leader dies, resigns or loses his or her seat in Parliament, the deputy leader serves as interim leader until a leadership election takes place. This has occurred twice, with Menzies Campbell serving as interim leader following the resignation of Charles Kennedy (Campbell was elected leader in the ensuing election) and Vince Cable serving as interim leader following Campbell's resignation. ==List of Leaders and Deputy Leaders of the Liberal Democrats== Notes: * 1 Joint acting leader, as the last leader of the Liberal Party before the merger. * 2 Joint acting leader, as the last leader of the Social Democratic Party before the merger. * 3 Acting leader between the resignation of Charles Kennedy on 7 January 2006 and his own election as leader on 2 March 2006. * 4 Acting leader between the resignation of Menzies Campbell on 15 October 2007 and the election of a new leader on 18 December 2007. * 5 Deputy Prime Minister as part of the Liberal–Conservative Coalition; resigned on 8 May 2015 following the 2015 general election, but formally retained leadership until a successor was chosen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leader of the Liberal Democrats」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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