2024 Federal Leadership Election

The Federal Constitution of the Liberal Democrats states that there shall be a leadership election at least once per Westminster Parliament, unless the Leader is a member of the government (Article 18.2). Ed Davey has written to the Party President requesting the election be held now to avoid any conflict with the campaigning in the run up to the local elections in May.

Federal Board, at its meeting on 18th November, has agreed that nominations will open on 2 December 2024 and will close at noon on 18 December 2024.

As per the Federal Election Rules (28), a candidate for office of Leader of the Liberal Democrats must be a Member of the Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons, and must be nominated by not less than 10 percent of other members of the Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons, not including the candidate themselves, supported by not less than 200 party members in aggregate in not less than 20 Local Parties.