The Liberal Democrat members elect the United Kingdom Liberal Democrat Leader and the Members of Parliament elect the Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader.
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He became the spokesman on Social Security in 1999 on the election of Charles Kennedy as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Paddy Ashdown (born 1941), formally Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, British politician, former leader of the Liberal Democrats
Personalities to own a DW medal are former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown, explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, double Olympic gold medallist rower James Cracknell and Rebecca Stephens, the first woman to climb Everest solo.
She also stood for the post of leader of the Liberal Democrats in 1999, but was defeated by Charles Kennedy, and came fourth out of five candidates.