List of UK Independence Party leaders

Leader of the UK Independence Party
Incumbent Gerard Batten since 17 February 2018
Inaugural holder	Alan Sked
Formation	1993

This is a list of leaders of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) since the party was founded in 1993.

The current Leader of the party is Gerard Batten MEP. On 21 January 2018 UKIP's National Executive Committee passed a vote of no confidence in then Leader, Henry Bolton, triggering an Emergency General Meeting and membership ballot on whether he should be replaced. This vote was ratified by members at an EGM on 17 February 2018. Gerard Batten was appointed Leader (on an interim basis) until the conclusion of the 2018 Leadership election which was due to take place in April 2018. On 14th April 2018, Gerard Batten was elected unopposed as the Leader of UKIP. He received the full backing of the party's Lords, MEPs, Assembly Members, Regional Leaders and activists across the UK.