Sal Brinton

The Right Honourable The Baroness Brinton
Official portrait, 2018
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Acting 13 December 2019 – 1 January 2020 Serving with Sir Ed Davey
Deputy	Sir Ed Davey
Preceded by	Jo Swinson
Succeeded by	Sir Ed Davey & Mark Pack (acting)
President of the Liberal Democrats
In office 1 January 2015 – 1 January 2020
Leader	Nick Clegg Tim Farron Sir Vince Cable Jo Swinson Davey · Herself
Preceded by	Tim Farron
Succeeded by	Mark Pack
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 February 2011 Life peerage
Lib Dem Group Leader on Cambridgeshire County Council
In office May 1997 – October 2004
Preceded by	Maurice Leeke
Succeeded by	Julian Huppert
Cambridgeshire County Councillor for Castle
In office 6 May 1993 – October 2004
Preceded by	J Mitten
Succeeded by	John White
Personal details
Born	Sarah Virginia Brinton (1955-04-01) 1 April 1955 (age 69) Paddington, London, England
Political party	Liberal Democrats (1988 - present)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (1975-1988)
Parent	Tim Brinton (father)
Relatives	Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks (cousin)
Alma mater	Central School of Speech and Drama Churchill College, Cambridge

Sarah Virginia Brinton, Baroness Brinton^[1] (born 1 April 1955), known as Sal Brinton, is a British politician who served as president of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2020. In November 2010 she was nominated to the House of Lords,^[2] taking her place on 10 February 2011^[3] having been created Baroness Brinton, of Kenardington in the County of Kent on 4 February.^[4] After Jo Swinson lost her seat at the 2019 general election, Brinton and Sir Ed Davey became acting co-leaders of the Liberal Democrats.^[5][6] After Brinton's term as party president ended, her successor Mark Pack also succeeded her as acting co-leader with Davey. Davey was elected as permanent leader of the party in 2020.