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- Charles_Kennedy abstract "Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who led the Liberal Democrats from 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006 and is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency.In the 1983 General Election he stood for the Ross, Cromarty & Skye constituency, then held by the Conservative MP and Minister, Hamish Gray. In a shock result, Kennedy was elected for the Social Democratic Party (SDP): at 23, he became the youngest MP in the House of Commons. Ambitious and popular, he quickly emerged as a potential party leader. In 1994, by which time the SDP and the Liberal Party had merged, he became President of the Liberal Democrats, a position he held for four years. In 1999, on the resignation of Paddy Ashdown, Kennedy was elected party leader.He took the party through two successful general elections. However, he faced criticism for his laid-back leadership style, and there was considerable speculation regarding his alcohol consumption. From December 2005, some within the party were questioning his leadership and calling for a leadership election. On 5 January 2006, Kennedy was informed that ITN would be reporting that he had received treatment for a drinking problem. Kennedy decided to pre-empt the broadcast and admit his drinking problem openly. He called a leadership election at the same time, stating that he intended to stand. The admission of a drinking problem seriously damaged his standing within the parliamentary party. Twenty-five MPs (nineteen of which were front bench MPs) signed a statement urging him to resign with immediate effect. As support for him amongst this key group ebbed away, Kennedy resigned as leader on 7 January, saying that he would not be standing in the leadership election. Deputy leader Sir Menzies Campbell took over as interim leader and was elected as leader on 2 March 2006.Kennedy will play a prominent role in the cross-party Better Together campaign, which is the pro-union campaign for the 2014 Scottish referendum on independence.".
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- Charles_Kennedy almaMater University_of_Glasgow.
- Charles_Kennedy birthDate "1959-11-25".
- Charles_Kennedy birthPlace Inverness.
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- Charles_Kennedy deputy Alan_Beith.
- Charles_Kennedy deputy Menzies_Campbell.
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- Charles_Kennedy office "(Ross, Cromarty and Skye (1983–1997)".
- Charles_Kennedy office "(Ross, Skye and Inverness West (1997–2005)".
- Charles_Kennedy office "Leader of the Liberal Democrats".
- Charles_Kennedy office "Member of Parliament".
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- Charles_Kennedy office "for Ross, Skye and Lochaber".
- Charles_Kennedy party Liberal_Democrats.
- Charles_Kennedy party Social_Democratic_Party_(UK).
- Charles_Kennedy religion Catholic_Church.
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- Charles_Kennedy after Edward_Snowden.
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- Charles_Kennedy birthDate "1959-11-25".
- Charles_Kennedy birthName "Charles Peter Kennedy".
- Charles_Kennedy birthPlace "Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland".
- Charles_Kennedy citizenship "United Kingdom".
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- Charles_Kennedy nationality "British".
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- Charles_Kennedy office "(Ross, Cromarty and Skye )".
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- Charles_Kennedy party "Liberal Democrats".
- Charles_Kennedy party "SDP".
- Charles_Kennedy placeOfBirth "Inverness, Scotland".
- Charles_Kennedy preceded Ian_Wrigglesworth.
- Charles_Kennedy predecessor Paddy_Ashdown.
- Charles_Kennedy predecessor "Hamish Gray".
- Charles_Kennedy predecessor "Russell Johnston".
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- Charles_Kennedy reason "Constituency abolished".
- Charles_Kennedy record "Ian-Swales/Redcar/1354".
- Charles_Kennedy religion Catholic_Church.
- Charles_Kennedy rows "2".
- Charles_Kennedy shortDescription "politician".
- Charles_Kennedy spouse "Sarah Gurling".
- Charles_Kennedy succeeded Robert_Maclennan,_Baron_Maclennan_of_Rogart.
- Charles_Kennedy successor Menzies_Campbell.
- Charles_Kennedy successor "Incumbent".
- Charles_Kennedy termEnd "1994-12-31".
- Charles_Kennedy termEnd "2006-01-07".
- Charles_Kennedy termStart "1983-06-09".
- Charles_Kennedy termStart "1990-01-01".
- Charles_Kennedy termStart "1999-08-09".
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