Alan Sked

Alan Sked FRHistS
Sked in 2018
Leader of New Deal
In office 13 September 2013 – March 2015
Preceded by	party established
Succeeded by	party dissolved
Leader of the UK Independence Party
In office 3 September 1993 – May 1997
Preceded by	Himself: as leader of the Anti-Federalist League
Succeeded by	Craig Mackinlay (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1947-08-22) 22 August 1947 (age 77) Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	All for Unity (2020–2022)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (?) Anti-Federalist League (1991–1993) UKIP (1993–1997) New Deal (2013–2015) Prosper UK (2018–2020)
Alma mater	University of Glasgow Merton College, Oxford

Alan Sked FRHistS (born 22 August 1947) is a British Eurosceptic academic. He founded the Anti-Federalist League (in order to oppose the Maastricht Treaty) and its successor the UK Independence Party (UKIP). He is Professor Emeritus of International History at the London School of Economics and has stood as a candidate in several parliamentary elections.