Leader of the House of Commons

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Sidebar". The Leader of the House of Commons is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom whose main role is organising government business in the House of Commons. The Leader is always a member or attendee of the cabinet of the United Kingdom.

The House of Commons devotes approximately three-quarters of its time to debating and explaining government business, such as bills introduced by the government and ministerial statements.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Leader of the House of Commons, with the parties' chief whips ("the usual channels"), is responsible for organising government business and providing time for non-government (backbench) business to be put before the House of Commons.^[1]

The position of leader of the House of Commons is currently held by Alan Campbell, who was appointed on 5 September 2025 by Keir Starmer as a part of the cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Angela Rayner from government.

Responsibilities

The current responsibilities of the Leader of the House of Commons are as follows:

Planning and supervising the Government's Legislative Programme;
Chairing the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Business and Legislation;
Managing the business of the House of Commons and preparing weekly statements on upcoming business;
Facilitating motions and debate in the Chamber;
Serving as the Government's representative in the House, namely as a voting member of the House of Commons Commission, the Public Accounts Commission, the Members Estimate Committee, and the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority;
Reforming parliamentary procedure and operations;
Representing the House of Commons within Government, be it contributing to the Civil Service's efforts to build parliamentary capability or receiving MPs' requests for assistance on ministerial correspondence and questions; and
Ministerial responsibility for the Privy Council Office.^[2]

The Osmotherly Rules, which set out guidance on how civil servants should respond to parliamentary select committees, are jointly updated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and the Cabinet Office.^[3]

History

The title was not established until about the middle of the 19th century, although the institution is much older.^[4]

Until 1942, the title was usually held by the prime minister if he sat in the House of Commons; however, in more recent years, the title has been held by a separate politician.^[4]

The title holder is not formally appointed by the CrownScript error: No such module "Unsubst". and the title alone does not attract a salary,^[4] so is now usually held in addition to a sinecure, currently Lord President of the Council.

List of Leaders of the House of Commons (1721–present)

Leader ConstituencyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			Term of office		Other ministerial offices held as Leader	Party	Ministry
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford by Arthur Pond.jpg	Robert Walpole MP for King's LynnScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	4 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1721	6 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1742	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Walpole–Townshend
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford by Arthur Pond.jpg						Walpole
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:1stLordSandys.jpg	Samuel Sandys MP for WorcesterScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	12 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1742	27 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1743	Chancellor of the Exchequer		rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Carteret
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Henry Pelham, Parliamentary Art Collection crop.jpg	Henry Pelham MP for SussexScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	27 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1743	6 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1754†	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer			Carteret
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Henry Pelham, Parliamentary Art Collection crop.jpg						Broad Bottom (I & II)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham.jpg	Thomas Robinson MP for ChristchurchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	23 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1754	OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1755	Secretary of State for the Southern Department		rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Newcastle I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland by John Giles Eccardt.jpg	Henry Fox MP for WindsorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	14 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1755	13 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1756				Newcastle I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Pitt the Elder by William Hoare crop.jpg	William Pitt 'the Elder' MP for OkehamptonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	4 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1756	6 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1757			style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Pitt–Devonshire
Vacant			AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1757	JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1757			style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	1757 Caretaker
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Pitt the Elder by William Hoare crop.jpg	William Pitt 'the Elder' MP for BathScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	27 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1757	6 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1761	Secretary of State for the Southern Department	Whig	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Pitt–Newcastle
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:George Grenville (1712–1770) by William Hoare (1707-1792) Cropped.jpg	George Grenville MP for BuckinghamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1761	MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1762	Treasurer of the Navy			Pitt–Newcastle
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland by John Giles Eccardt.jpg	Henry Fox MP for DunwichScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1762	AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1763	Paymaster of the Forces			Bute (Tory Template:Ndash Whig)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:George Grenville (1712–1770) by William Hoare (1707-1792) Cropped.jpg	George Grenville MP for BuckinghamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	16 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1763	13 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1765	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Grenville
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Henryseymour.jpg	Henry Seymour Conway MP for ThetfordScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1765	20 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1768	Secretary of State for the Southern Department until May 1766Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Secretary of State for the Northern Department from May 1766Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Rockingham I
	File:Henryseymour.jpg						Chatham (Whig Template:Ndash Tory)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Nathaniel Dance Lord North.jpg	Frederick North Lord North MP for BanburyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1768	22 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1782	Prime Minister from 28 January 1770Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". First Lord of the Treasury from 28 January 1770Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chancellor of the Exchequer	Tory		Grafton (Whig Template:Ndash Tory)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Nathaniel Dance Lord North.jpg					Tory	North
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Charles James Fox00.jpg	Charles James Fox MP for WestminsterScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	27 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1782	JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1782	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Rockingham II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg	Thomas Townshend MP for WhitchurchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1782	6 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783	Secretary of State for the Home Department			Shelburne (Whig Template:Ndash Tory)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Charles James Fox00.jpg	Charles James Fox MP for WestminsterScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	2 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783	19 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs			Fox–North
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Nathaniel Dance Lord North.jpg	Frederick North Lord North MP for BanburyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			Secretary of State for the Home Department	Tory		Fox–North
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Pitt the Younger 2 cropped.jpg	William Pitt 'the Younger' MP for Appleby until 1784Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Cambridge UniversityScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". from 1784Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	19 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783	14 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1801	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Pitt I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Henry Addington by Beechey.jpg	Henry Addington MP for DevizesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	17 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1801	10 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1804			style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Addington
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Pitt the Younger 2 cropped.jpg	William Pitt 'the Younger' MP for Cambridge UniversityScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1804	23 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1806†			style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Pitt II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Charles James Fox00.jpg	Charles James Fox MP for WestminsterScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1806	13 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1806†	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Whig		All the Talents
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg	Charles Grey Viscount Howick MP for NorthumberlandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1806	31 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1807	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Whig		All the Talents
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Spencerperceval.jpg	Spencer Perceval MP for NorthamptonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1807	11 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1812†	Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Prime Minister from October 1809Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". First Lord of the Treasury from October 1809Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Tory	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Portland II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Spencerperceval.jpg						Perceval
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord Castlereagh Marquess of Londonderry.jpg	Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh MP for Down until 1821Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Orford from 1821Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Marquess of Londonderry from 1821Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1812	12 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1822†	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs		rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Liverpool
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:George Canning by Richard Evans - detail.jpg	George Canning MP for Liverpool until 1823Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Harwich 1823–1826Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Newport 1826–1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Seaford from 1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	16 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1822	8 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1827†	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until April 1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Prime Minister from April 1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". First Lord of the Treasury from April 1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chancellor of the Exchequer from April 1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			Liverpool
	File:George Canning by Richard Evans - detail.jpg						Canning (Canningite–Whig)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Huskisson by Richard Rothwell.jpg	William Huskisson MP for LiverpoolScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	3 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1827	21 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1828	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies			Goderich (Canningite–Whig)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg	Robert Peel MP for Oxford University until 1829Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Westbury from 1829Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	26 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1828	16 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1830	Secretary of State for the Home Department		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Wellington–Peel
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:JC Spencer, Viscount Althorp by HP Bone cropped.jpg	John Spencer Viscount Althorp MP for Northamptonshire until 1832Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for South Northamptonshire from 1832Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	22 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1830	14 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Grey
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:JC Spencer, Viscount Althorp by HP Bone cropped.jpg				Chancellor of the Exchequer	Whig	Melbourne I
Vacant			14 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834	10 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834			style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Wellington Caretaker
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg	Robert Peel MP for TamworthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834	8 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1835	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Peel I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord john russell.jpg	Lord John Russell MP for StroudScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	18 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1835	30 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1841	Secretary of State for the Home Department until August 1839Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from August 1839Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Melbourne II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail.jpg	Robert Peel MP for TamworthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	30 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1841	29 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1846	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Peel II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord john russell.jpg	Lord John Russell MP for City of LondonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	30 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1846	21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Russell I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Disraeli.jpg	Benjamin Disraeli MP for BuckinghamshireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	27 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852	17 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Who? Who?
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord john russell.jpg	Lord John Russell MP for City of LondonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	28 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852	30 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1855	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until February 1853Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Minister without Portfolio February 1853 – June 1854Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lord President of the Council from June 1854Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Whig		Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Palmerston.jpg	Henry John Temple The Viscount Palmerston MP for TivertonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	6 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1855	19 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1858	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Palmerston I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Disraeli.jpg	Benjamin Disraeli MP for BuckinghamshireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	26 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1858	11 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1859	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Derby–Disraeli II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Palmerston.jpg	Henry John Temple The Viscount Palmerston MP for TivertonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	12 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1859	18 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1865†	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Palmerston II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Gladstone.jpg	William Ewart Gladstone MP for South LancashireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1865	26 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1866	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Russell II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Disraeli.jpg	Benjamin Disraeli MP for BuckinghamshireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	6 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1866	1 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1868	Chancellor of the Exchequer until February 1868Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Prime Minister from February 1868Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". First Lord of the Treasury from February 1868Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Derby–Disraeli III
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Gladstone.jpg	William Ewart Gladstone MP for GreenwichScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	3 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1868	17 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1874	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer from August 1873Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Gladstone I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Disraeli.jpg	Benjamin Disraeli MP for BuckinghamshireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	20 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1874	21 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1876	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Disraeli II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh.jpg	Stafford Northcote MP for Devonshire NorthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	21 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1876	21 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1880	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Conservative		Disraeli II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Gladstone.jpg	William Ewart Gladstone MP for MidlothianScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	23 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1880	9 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1885	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer until December 1882Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Gladstone II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:St Aldwyn Michael Edward Hicks-Beach (1st Earl).jpg	Michael Hicks-Beach MP for Bristol WestScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	24 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1885	28 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1886	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Salisbury I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Gladstone.jpg	William Ewart Gladstone MP for MidlothianScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1886	2 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1886	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Lord Privy Seal	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Gladstone III
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Randolph churchill.jpg	Lord Randolph Churchill MP for Paddington SouthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	3 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1886	14 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1887	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Conservative	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Salisbury II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Henry Smith (1825–1891).jpg	W. H. Smith MP for StrandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	17 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1887	OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1891	First Lord of the Treasury
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg	Arthur Balfour MP for Manchester EastScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1891	11 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1892	First Lord of the Treasury
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Gladstone.jpg	William Ewart Gladstone MP for MidlothianScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	15 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1892	2 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1894	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Lord Privy Seal	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Gladstone IV
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Sir William Harcourt.jpg	William Harcourt MP for DerbyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	2 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1894	21 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1895	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Rosebery
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg	Arthur Balfour^[5] MP for Manchester EastScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	29 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1895	4 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1905	Prime Minister from July 1902Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". First Lord of the Treasury Lord Privy Seal July 1902 – October 1903Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Conservative		Salisbury (III & IV)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Con.–Lib.U.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	File:Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg					Conservative	Balfour (Con.–Lib.U.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Sir-Henry-Campbell-Bannerman.jpg	Henry Campbell-Bannerman^[5] MP for Stirling BurghsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1905	5 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1908	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Campbell-Bannerman
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:H H Asquith 1908.jpg	H. H. Asquith^[5] MP for East FifeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1908	5 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1916	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Secretary of State for War March – August 1914Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Asquith (I–III)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	File:H H Asquith 1908.jpg						Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Andrew Bonar Law 02.jpg	Bonar Law^[5] MP for Bootle until 1918Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Glasgow Central from 1918Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1916	23 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1921	Chancellor of the Exchequer until January 1919Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lord Privy Seal from January 1919Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Conservative		Lloyd George (I & II)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Austen Chamberlain nobel.jpg	Austen Chamberlain^[5] MP for Birmingham WestScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	23 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1921	19 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1922	Lord Privy Seal
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Andrew Bonar Law 02.jpg	Bonar Law^[5] MP for Glasgow CentralScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	23 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1922	20 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1923	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Law
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg	Stanley Baldwin^[5] MP for BewdleyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	22 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1923	22 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer until August 1923Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Baldwin I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Ramsay MacDonald ggbain.29588.jpg	Ramsay MacDonald^[5] MP for AberavonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	22 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924	3 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	MacDonald I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg	Stanley Baldwin^[5] MP for BewdleyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	4 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924	4 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1929	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Baldwin II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Ramsay MacDonald ggbain.29588.jpg	Ramsay MacDonald^[5] MP for SeahamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1929	7 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1935		Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	MacDonald II
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|						National Labour		National I (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N. –Lib.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
						National Labour	National II (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N. –Lib. until 1932)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg	Stanley Baldwin^[5] MP for BewdleyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	7 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1935	28 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1937		Conservative		National III (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Neville-Chamberlain.jpg	Neville Chamberlain^[5] MP for Birmingham EdgbastonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	28 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1937	10 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1940				National IV (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	File:Neville-Chamberlain.jpg						Chamberlain War (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Churchill portrait NYP 45063.jpg	Winston Churchill^[5] MP for EppingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1940	19 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1942	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defence			Churchill War (All parties)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Stafford Cripps 1947.jpg	Stafford Cripps^[5] MP for Bristol EastScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	19 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1942	22 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1942	Lord Privy Seal	Independent
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border:none" \|	File:Anthony Eden (retouched).jpg	Anthony Eden^[5] MP for Warwick and LeamingtonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	22 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1942	26 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1945	Foreign Secretary	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border:none" \|	File:Anthony Eden (retouched).jpg				Foreign Secretary	Conservative		Churchill Caretaker (Con.–N.Lib.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Herbert Morrison 1947 (cropped).jpg	Herbert Morrison^[5] MP for Lewisham East until 1950Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Lewisham SouthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". from 1950Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	27 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1945	9 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1951	Deputy Prime Minister Lord President of the Council	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Labour	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Attlee (I & II)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:James Chuter Ede (minister van Binnenlandse Zaken (Home Secretary)), Bestanddeelnr 900-7223.jpg	James Chuter Ede^[5] MP for South ShieldsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	9 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1951	26 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1951	Secretary of State for the Home Department
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Crookshank1932.png	Harry Crookshank^[5] MP for GainsboroughScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	28 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1951	20 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1955	Minister of Health until May 1952Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lord Privy Seal from May 1952Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\| Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Churchill III
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Crookshank1932.png					rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Eden
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Rab Butler.png	R. A. Butler^[5] MP for Saffron WaldenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	20 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1955	9 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1961	Lord Privy Seal until October 1959Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Secretary of State for the Home Department from January 1957Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Rab Butler.png					rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\| Macmillan (I & II)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Iain Macleod crop.jpg	Iain Macleod^[5] MP for Enfield WestScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	9 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1961	20 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1963	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Selwyn Lloyd cropped.jpg	Selwyn Lloyd^[5] MP for WirralScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	20 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1963	16 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1964	Lord Privy Seal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Douglas-Home
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Herbert Bowden^[5] MP for Leicester South WestScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	16 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1964	11 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1966	Lord President of the Council	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Labour	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Wilson (I & II)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Crossland MP.jpg	Richard Crossman^[5] MP for Coventry EastScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	11 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1966	18 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1968
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Fred Peart^[5] MP for WorkingtonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	18 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1968	19 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1970
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		William Whitelaw^[5] MP for Penrith and The BorderScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	20 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1970	7 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1972		rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\| Conservative	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\| Heath
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Robert Carr^[5] MP for MitchamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	7 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1972	5 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1972
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Jim Prior^[5] MP for LowestoftScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1972	4 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:No image.svg	Edward Short^[5] MP for Newcastle upon Tyne CentralScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974	8 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1976		rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\|Wilson (III & IV)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Michael Foot (1981).jpg	Michael Foot^[5] MP for Ebbw ValeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	8 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1976	4 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1979		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\|Callaghan
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Norman St John-Stevas^[5] MP for ChelmsfordScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1979	5 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1981	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for the Arts	rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\| Conservative	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\| Thatcher I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Francis Leslie Pym.jpg	Francis Pym^[5] MP for CambridgeshireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1981	5 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1982	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until September 1981Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lord President of the Council from September 1981Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		John Biffen^[5] MP for Oswestry until 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Shropshire North from 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1982	13 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1987	Lord President of the Council until June 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lord Privy Seal from 11 June 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|						Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Thatcher II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Lord Wakeham crop 2.jpg	John Wakeham^[5] MP for South Colchester and MaldonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	13 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1987	24 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1989	Lord Privy Seal until January 1988Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lord President of the Council from 10 January 1988Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\| Thatcher III
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Geoffrey Howe (1985).jpg	Geoffrey Howe^[5] MP for East SurreyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	24 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1989	2 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1990	Lord President of the Council Deputy Prime Minister
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market crop 2.jpg	John MacGregor^[5] MP for South NorfolkScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	2 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1990	10 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1992	Lord President of the Council
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|						Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Major I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Tony Newton 1995.png	Tony Newton^[6] MP for BraintreeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1992	2 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1997		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Major II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Baroness Taylor of Bolton crop 2, 2019.jpg	Ann Taylor^[7] MP for DewsburyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	2 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1997	27 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1998		rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Labour	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Blair I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Margaret Beckett as Environment Secretary (cropped).jpg	Margaret Beckett^[8] MP for Derby SouthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	27 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1998	8 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2001
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robin Cook-close crop.jpg	Robin Cook^[9] MP for LivingstonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	8 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2001	17 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2003		rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Blair II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:JohnReidHeadshot.jpg	John Reid^[10] MP for Hamilton North and BellshillScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	4 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2003	13 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2003
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Lord Hain crop 2, 2019.jpg	Peter Hain^[11] MP for NeathScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	11 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2003	6 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2005	Lord Privy Seal Secretary of State for Wales
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Geoff Hoon Headshot.jpg	Geoff Hoon^[12] MP for AshfieldScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	6 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2005	5 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2006	Lord Privy Seal	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Blair III
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Jack Straw 2.jpg	Jack Straw^[13] MP for BlackburnScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2006	27 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2007	Lord Privy Seal
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP crop 2.jpg	Harriet Harman^[14] MP for Camberwell and PeckhamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	28 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2007	11 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2010	Lord Privy Seal Minister for Women and Equality	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\|Brown
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Lord Young of Cookham, 2020.jpg	George Young^[15] MP for North West HampshireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	12 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2010	3 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2012	Lord Privy Seal	rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\| Conservative		Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Lord Lansley crop 2, 2025.jpg	Andrew Lansley^[16] MP for South CambridgeshireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	4 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2012	14 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2014	Lord Privy Seal
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Hague Foreign Secretary (2010).jpg	William Hague^[17] MP for Richmond (Yorks)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	14 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2014	8 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2015	First Secretary of State
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP crop 2.jpg	Chris Grayling^[18] MP for Epsom and EwellScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	9 May 2015	14 July 2016	Lord President of the Council	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Cameron II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Mr David Lidington crop 2.jpg	David Lidington^[19] MP for AylesburyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	14 July 2016	11 June 2017		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|May I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP crop 2.jpg	Andrea Leadsom^[20] MP for South NorthamptonshireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	11 June 2017	22 May 2019		rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|May II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Mel Stride MP crop 2.jpg	Mel Stride^[21] MP for Central DevonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	23 May 2019	24 July 2019
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Jacob Rees-Mogg official portrait (cropped).jpg	Jacob Rees-Mogg^[22] MP for North East SomersetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	24 July 2019	8 February 2022		rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Johnson I
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Johnson II	File:Jacob Rees-Mogg official portrait (cropped).jpg		24 July 2019	8 February 2022
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP crop 2.jpg	Mark Spencer^[23] MP for SherwoodScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	8 February 2022	6 September 2022		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Penny Mordaunt Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg	Penny Mordaunt^[24] MP for Portsmouth NorthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	6 September 2022	5 July 2024		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Truss
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|			6 September 2022	5 July 2024		Template:Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)\|Sunak
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lucy Powell Leader of the House (cropped) 2.jpg	Lucy Powell MP for Manchester CentralScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 July 2024	5 September 2025		rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\| Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)\|Starmer
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Alan Campbell Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg	Alan Campbell MP for TynemouthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5 September 2025	Incumbent		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|

Timeline

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bar:Wapole
 from: 1721 till: 1742 color:Whig         text:"Robert Wapole"
bar:Sandys
 from: 1742 till: 1743 color:Whig         text:"Samuel Sandys"
bar:Pelham
 from: 1743 till: 1754 color:Whig         text:"Henry Pelham"
bar:Robinson
 from: 1754 till: 1755 color:Whig         text:"Thomas Robinson"
bar:HFox
 from: 1755 till: 1756 color:Whig
 from: 1762 till: 1763 color:Whig         text:"Henry Fox"
bar:Pitt
 from: 1756 till: 1757 color:Whig
 from: 1757 till: 1761 color:Whig         text:"William Pitt the Elder"
bar:Grenville
 from: 1761 till: 1762 color:Whig
 from: 1763 till: 1765 color:Whig         text:"George Grenville"
bar:Seymour_Conway
 from: 1765 till: 1768 color:Whig         text:"Henry Seymour Conway"
bar:North 
 from: 1768 till: 1782 color:Tory
 from: 1783 till: 1783 color:Tory         text:"Frederick North"
bar:CJFox
 from: 1782 till: 1782 color:Whig
 from: 1783 till: 1783 color:Whig
 from: 1806 till: 1806 color:Whig         text:"Charles James Fox"
bar:Townshend
 from: 1782 till: 1783 color:Whig         text:"Thomas Townshend"
bar:Pitt2
 from: 1783 till: 1801 color:Tory
 from: 1804 till: 1806 color:Tory         text:"William Pitt the Younger"
bar:Addington
 from: 1801 till: 1804 color:Tory         text:"Henry Addington"
bar:Howick
 from: 1806 till: 1807 color:Whig         text:"Charles Grey"
bar:Perceval 
 from: 1807 till: 1812 color:Tory         text:"Spencer Perceval"
bar:Castlereagh 
 from: 1812 till: 1822 color:Tory         text:"Robert Stewart"
bar:Canning
 from: 1822 till: 1827 color:Tory         text:"George Canning"
bar:Huskisson
 from: 1827 till: 1828 color:Tory         text:"William Huskisson"
bar:Peel
 from: 1828 till: 1830 color:Tory
 from: 1834 till: 1835 color:Conservative
 from: 1841 till: 1846 color:Conservative text:"Robert Peel"
bar:Althorp
 from: 1830 till: 1834 color:Whig         text:"John Spencer"
bar:Russell
 from: 1835 till: 1841 color:Whig
 from: 1846 till: 1852 color:Whig
 from: 1852 till: 1855 color:Whig         text:"John Russell
bar:Disraeli
 from: 1852 till: 1852 color:Conservative
 from: 1858 till: 1859 color:Conservative
 from: 1866 till: 1868 color:Conservative
 from: 1874 till: 1876 color:Conservative text:"Benjamin Disraeli"
bar:Palmerston
 from: 1855 till: 1858 color:Whig
 from: 1859 till: 1865 color:Liberal      text:"Henry John Temple"
bar:Gladstone
 from: 1865 till: 1866 color:Liberal
 from: 1868 till: 1874 color:Liberal
 from: 1880 till: 1885 color:Liberal
 from: 1886 till: 1886 color:Liberal
 from: 1892 till: 1894 color:Liberal      text:"William Ewart Gladstone"
bar:Northcote
 from: 1876 till: 1880 color:Conservative text:"Stafford Northcote"
bar:Hicks-Beach
 from: 1885 till: 1886 color:Conservative text:"Michael Hicks-Beach"
bar:RChurchill
 from: 1886 till: 1887 color:Conservative text:"Randolph Churchill"
bar:Smith
 from: 1887 till: 1891 color:Conservative text:"William Henry Smith
bar:Balfour
 from: 1891 till: 1892 color:Conservative
 from: 1895 till: 1905 color:Conservative text:"Arthur Balfour"
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Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

From 1922, when the prime minister was also Leader of the House of Commons, day-to-day duties were frequently carried out by a Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.^[4] At other times, a Deputy Leader of the House of Commons was appointed merely to enhance an individual politician's standing within the government.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The title has been in use since 1942, but was not used from the 2019 dissolution of the Second May ministry to 2022, when it was revived by Boris Johnson.^[25] This was shortlived however, as it was abolished by Liz Truss after she became Prime Minister a few months later.^[26]

List of Deputy Leaders of the House of Commons

Deputy Leader	Term start	Term end
Paddy Tipping	23 December 1998	11 June 2001
Stephen Twigg	11 June 2001	29 May 2002
Ben Bradshaw	29 May 2002	13 June 2003
Phil Woolas	13 June 2003	9 May 2005
Nigel Griffiths	10 May 2005	13 March 2007
Paddy Tipping	28 March 2007	27 June 2007
Helen Goodman	28 June 2007	5 October 2008
Chris Bryant	5 October 2008	9 June 2009
Barbara Keeley	9 June 2009	11 May 2010
David Heath	14 May 2010	4 September 2012
Tom Brake	4 September 2012	8 May 2015
Thérèse Coffey	11 May 2015	17 July 2016
Michael Ellis	17 July 2016	9 January 2018
Chris Heaton-Harris	9 January 2018	9 July 2018
Mark Spencer	15 July 2018	24 July 2019
Peter Bone	8 July 2022	27 September 2022

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