Alan Sked

Alan Sked
FRHistS
Alan Sked FRHistS
	Sked in 2018
Leader of Prosper UK
	In office; 2018–2020
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Party dissolved
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)
Leader of the Anti-Federalist League
	In office; November 1991 – 3 September 1993
Preceded by	Group established
Succeeded by	Himself: as leader of UKIP
Personal details
Born	22 August 1947; Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland
Party	Independent (2022-present)
Other political; affiliations	Liberal (Late 1980s); Anti-Federalist League; (1991–1993); UKIP (1993–1997); New Deal (2013–2015); Prosper UK (2018–2020); All for Unity (2020–2022);
Alma mater	University of Glasgow; Merton College, Oxford;

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