Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (DPM) is a senior member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister.

Unlike analogous offices in some other nations, such as the Vice President of the United States or the Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland (or Tánaiste), the British deputy prime minister possesses no special constitutional powers as such, though he or she will always have particular responsibilities in government. The DPM does not assume the duties and powers of the Prime Minister in the latter's absence, illness, or death, such as the powers to seek a dissolution of Parliament, appoint peers or brief the sovereign.

The Deputy Prime Minister does not automatically succeed the Prime Minister when the latter is incapacitated, or resigns from the leadership of his or her party. The designation of someone to the role of Deputy Prime Minister may provide additional practical status within the cabinet, enabling exercise of de facto, if not de jure, power.

In a coalition government, such as the Liddell-Grainger–Windsor Coalition between the Conservatives and UKIP, the appointment of the leader of the smaller party or a senior figure within in (in the Con-UKIP case, Hunter Prater, was only a senior figure in UKIP, with the UKIP leader instead taking Foreign Secretary) as Deputy Prime Minister is done to give that person more authority within the Cabinet to enforce the coalition's agreed-upon agenda. The Deputy Prime Minister usually deputises for the Prime Minister at official functions, such as Prime Minister's Questions.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers

#	Deputy Prime Minister			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister
1			The Right Honourable Hunter Prater MP in Eastern Scotland	20 January 2019 – 23 January 2019	UK Independence		Enzo Liddell-Grainger (Coalition)
2			The Right Honourable Amy Knoxville MP in South West England	23 January 2019 – 27 January 2019	Conservative		Enzo Liddell-Grainger
Office not in use				27 January 2019 – 6 February 2019	N/A
3			The Right Honourable John McConnell MP in West Wales	6 February 2019 – Present	Conservative