leader of the House of Commons

{{for|equivalent positions in other countries|Leader of the House (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = {{small|United Kingdom}}
Leader of the
House of Commons

| body =

| insignia = House of Commons of the United Kingdom logo 2018.svg

| insigniasize = 240

| image = Lucy Powell Leader of the House (cropped full length).jpg

| incumbent = Lucy Powell

| incumbentsince = 5 July 2024

| department = Cabinet Office
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

| style = The Right Honourable

| first = Sir Robert Walpole

| formation = 4 April 1721

| salary = £159,038 per annum {{small|(2022)}}{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}
(including £86,584 MP salary){{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}

| website = {{URL|gov.uk/leader-commons}}

}}

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.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Leader of the House of Commons – GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/leader-of-the-house-of-commons|access-date=2 January 2021|website=www.gov.uk|language=en}}

The position of leader of the House of Commons is currently held by Lucy Powell, who was appointed on 5 July 2024 by Keir Starmer.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/leader-of-the-house-of-commons|title=Leader of the House of Commons|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=January 22, 2023}}

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.{{cite web|last=Gay|first=Oonagh|date=4 August 2005|title=The Osmotherly Rules (Standard Note: SN/PC/2671)|url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-02671.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530063927/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-02671.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2009|access-date=22 May 2009|publisher=Parliament and Constitution Centre, House of Commons Library}}

History

The title was not established until about the middle of the 19th century, although the institution is much older.{{Cite web|title=Leader of the House of Commons|url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/principal/leader-commons/|access-date=28 September 2020|website=www.parliament.uk|language=en}}

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.

The title holder is not formally appointed by the Crown{{clarify|reason=How is the Leader chosen? Appointed by PM? Elected by House? Elected by party? Some other way?|date=January 2019}} and the title alone does not attract a salary, 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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center"

! colspan=3 | Leader
{{Small|Constituency}}

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Other ministerial offices held as Leader

! Party

! colspan=2 | Ministry

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | Robert Walpole
{{Small|MP for King's Lynn}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|4 April}}
1721

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|6 February}}
1742

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=8 | Whig

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Walpole–Townshend

style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Walpole

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Samuel Sandys
{{Small|MP for Worcester}}

| {{Small|12 February}}
1742

| {{Small|27 August}}
1743

Chancellor of the Exchequer

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Carteret

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | Henry Pelham
{{Small|MP for Sussex}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|27 August}}
1743

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|6 March}}
1754

| rowspan=2 |

style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Broad Bottom ministry

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Thomas Robinson
{{Small|MP for Christchurch}}

| {{Small|23 March}}
1754

| {{Small|October}}
1755

| rowspan=3 |

Secretary of State for the Southern Department

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Newcastle I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Henry Fox
{{Small|MP for Windsor}}

| {{Small|14 November}}
1755

| {{Small|13 November}}
1756

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| William Pitt 'the Elder'
{{Small|MP for Okehampton}}

| {{Small|4 December}}
1756

| {{Small|6 April}}
1757

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Pitt–Devonshire

colspan=3 | Vacant

| {{Small|April}}
1757

| {{Small|June}}
1757

| colspan=2 |

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 1757 Caretaker

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| William Pitt 'the Elder'
{{Small|MP for Bath}}

| {{Small|27 June}}
1757

| {{Small|6 October}}
1761

Secretary of State for the Southern Department

| rowspan=6 | Whig

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Pitt–Newcastle

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| George Grenville
{{Small|MP for Buckingham}}

| {{Small|October}}
1761

| {{Small|May}}
1762

Treasurer of the Navy

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Henry Fox
{{Small|MP for Dunwich}}

| {{Small|May}}
1762

| {{Small|April}}
1763

Paymaster of the Forces

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Bute
{{Small|(Tory{{Ndash}}Whig)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| George Grenville
{{Small|MP for Buckingham}}

| {{Small|16 April}}
1763

| {{Small|13 July}}
1765

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Grenville

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | Henry Seymour Conway
{{Small|MP for Thetford}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|July}}
1765

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|20 October}}
1768

| rowspan=2 |

Secretary of State for the Southern Department {{Small|until May 1766}}
Secretary of State for the Northern Department {{Small|from May 1766}}

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Rockingham I

style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Chatham
{{Small|(Whig{{Ndash}}Tory)}}

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | Frederick North
Lord North
{{Small|MP for Banbury}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|October}}
1768

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|22 March}}
1782

| rowspan=2 |

Prime Minister {{Small|from 28 January 1770}}
First Lord of the Treasury {{Small|from 28 January 1770}}
Chancellor of the Exchequer

| rowspan=2 | Tory

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Grafton
{{Small|(Whig{{Ndash}}Tory)}}

style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| North

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Charles James Fox
{{Small|MP for Westminster}}

| {{Small|27 March}}
1782

| {{Small|July}}
1782

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| rowspan=3 | Whig

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Rockingham II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Thomas Townshend
{{Small|MP for Whitchurch}}

| {{Small|10 July}}
1782

| {{Small|6 March}}
1783

Secretary of State for the Home Department

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Shelburne
{{Small|(Whig{{Ndash}}Tory)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Charles James Fox
{{Small|MP for Westminster}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|2 April}}
1783

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|19 December}}
1783

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| rowspan=2 | Fox–North

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Frederick North
Lord North
{{Small|MP for Banbury}}

Secretary of State for the Home Department

| rowspan=4 | Tory

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| William Pitt 'the Younger'
{{Small|MP for Appleby until 1784}}
MP for Cambridge University {{Small|from 1784}}

| {{Small|19 December}}
1783

| {{Small|14 March}}
1801

| rowspan=3 |

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Pitt I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Henry Addington
{{Small|MP for Devizes}}

| {{Small|17 March}}
1801

| {{Small|10 May}}
1804

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Addington

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| William Pitt 'the Younger'
{{Small|MP for Cambridge University}}

| {{Small|10 May}}
1804

| {{Small|23 January}}
1806†

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Pitt II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Charles James Fox
{{Small|MP for Westminster}}

| {{Small|February}}
1806

| {{Small|13 September}}
1806†

| rowspan=2 |

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| rowspan=2 | Whig

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| rowspan=2 | All the Talents

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Charles Grey
Viscount Howick
{{Small|MP for Northumberland}}

| {{Small|September}}
1806

| {{Small|31 March}}
1807

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | Spencer Perceval
{{Small|MP for Northampton}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|April}}
1807

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|11 May}}
1812†

| rowspan=2 |

Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Prime Minister {{Small|from October 1809}}
First Lord of the Treasury {{Small|from October 1809}}

| rowspan=7 | Tory

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Portland II

style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Perceval

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Robert Stewart
Viscount Castlereagh
{{Small|MP for Down until 1821}}
MP for Orford {{Small|from 1821}}
The Marquess of Londonderry {{Small|from 1821}}

| {{Small|June}}
1812

| {{Small|12 August}}
1822†

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Liverpool

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | George Canning
{{Small|MP for Liverpool until 1823}}
MP for Harwich {{Small|1823–1826}}
MP for Newport {{Small|1826–1827}}
MP for Seaford {{Small|from 1827}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|16 September}}
1822

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|8 August}}
1827†

| rowspan=2 |

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs {{Small|until April 1827}}
Prime Minister {{Small|from April 1827}}
First Lord of the Treasury {{Small|from April 1827}}
Chancellor of the Exchequer {{Small|from April 1827}}

style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Canning
{{Small|(Canningite–Whig)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| William Huskisson
{{Small|MP for Liverpool}}

| {{Small|3 September}}
1827

| {{Small|21 January}}
1828

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Goderich
{{Small|(Canningite–Whig)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Robert Peel
{{Small|MP for Oxford University until 1829}}
MP for Westbury {{Small|from 1829}}

| {{Small|26 January}}
1828

| {{Small|16 November}}
1830

Secretary of State for the Home Department

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Wellington–Peel

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | John Spencer
Viscount Althorp
{{Small|MP for Northamptonshire until 1832}}
MP for South Northamptonshire {{Small|from 1832}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|22 November}}
1830

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|14 November}}
1834

| rowspan=2 |

Chancellor of the Exchequer

| rowspan=2 | Whig

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs}}" |

| Grey

style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs}}" |

| Melbourne I

colspan=3 | Vacant

| {{Small|14 November}}
1834

| {{Small|10 December}}
1834

| colspan=2 |

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Wellington Caretaker

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Robert Peel
{{Small|MP for Tamworth}}

| {{Small|10 December}}
1834

| {{Small|8 April}}
1835

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative}}" |

| Peel I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Lord John Russell
{{Small|MP for Stroud}}

| {{Small|18 April}}
1835

| {{Small|30 August}}
1841

Secretary of State for the Home Department {{Small|until August 1839}}
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies {{Small|from August 1839}}

| Whig

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Melbourne II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Robert Peel
{{Small|MP for Tamworth}}

| {{Small|30 August}}
1841

| {{Small|29 June}}
1846

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Peel II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Lord John Russell
{{Small|MP for City of London}}

| {{Small|30 June}}
1846

| {{Small|21 February}}
1852

| Whig

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Russell I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Benjamin Disraeli
{{Small|MP for Buckinghamshire}}

| {{Small|27 February}}
1852

| {{Small|17 December}}
1852

Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Who? Who?

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Lord John Russell
{{Small|MP for City of London}}

| {{Small|28 December}}
1852

| {{Small|30 January}}
1855

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs {{Small|until February 1853}}
Minister without Portfolio {{Small|February 1853 – June 1854}}
Lord President of the Council {{Small|from June 1854}}

| rowspan=2 | Whig

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Aberdeen
{{Small|(Peelite–Whig)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Henry John Temple
The Viscount Palmerston
{{Small|MP for Tiverton}}

| {{Small|6 February}}
1855

| {{Small|19 February}}
1858

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Palmerston I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Benjamin Disraeli
{{Small|MP for Buckinghamshire}}

| {{Small|26 February}}
1858

| {{Small|11 June}}
1859

Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Derby–Disraeli II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Henry John Temple
The Viscount Palmerston
{{Small|MP for Tiverton}}

| {{Small|12 June}}
1859

| {{Small|18 October}}
1865†

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Palmerston II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| William Ewart Gladstone
{{Small|MP for South Lancashire}}

| {{Small|October}}
1865

| {{Small|26 June}}
1866

Chancellor of the Exchequer

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Russell II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Benjamin Disraeli
{{Small|MP for Buckinghamshire}}

| {{Small|6 July}}
1866

| {{Small|1 December}}
1868

Chancellor of the Exchequer {{Small|until February 1868}}
Prime Minister {{Small|from February 1868}}
First Lord of the Treasury {{Small|from February 1868}}

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Derby–Disraeli III

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| William Ewart Gladstone
{{Small|MP for Greenwich}}

| {{Small|3 December}}
1868

| {{Small|17 February}}
1874

Prime Minister
First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer {{Small|from August 1873}}

| Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Gladstone I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Benjamin Disraeli
{{Small|MP for Buckinghamshire}}

| {{Small|20 February}}
1874

| {{Small|21 August}}
1876

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Disraeli II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Stafford Northcote
{{Small|MP for Devonshire North}}

| {{Small|21 August}}
1876

| {{Small|21 April}}
1880

Chancellor of the Exchequer

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| William Ewart Gladstone
{{Small|MP for Midlothian}}

| {{Small|23 April}}
1880

| {{Small|9 June}}
1885

Prime Minister
First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer {{Small|until December 1882}}

| Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Gladstone II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Michael Hicks-Beach
{{Small|MP for Bristol West}}

| {{Small|24 June}}
1885

| {{Small|28 January}}
1886

Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Salisbury I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| William Ewart Gladstone
{{Small|MP for Midlothian}}

| {{Small|1 February}}
1886

| {{Small|2 July}}
1886

| Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Gladstone III

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Lord Randolph Churchill
{{Small|MP for Paddington South}}

| {{Small|3 August}}
1886

| {{Small|14 January}}
1887

Chancellor of the Exchequer

| rowspan=3 | Conservative

| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=3 | Salisbury II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| W. H. Smith
{{Small|MP for Strand}}

| {{Small|17 January}}
1887

| {{Small|October}}
1891

| rowspan=2 |

First Lord of the Treasury

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Arthur Balfour
{{Small|MP for Manchester East}}

| {{Small|October}}
1891

| {{Small|11 August}}
1892

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| William Ewart Gladstone
{{Small|MP for Midlothian}}

| {{Small|15 August}}
1892

| {{Small|2 March}}
1894

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Gladstone IV

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| William Harcourt
{{Small|MP for Derby}}

| {{Small|2 March}}
1894

| {{Small|21 June}}
1895

Chancellor of the Exchequer

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Rosebery

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | Arthur BalfourDavid Butler and Gareth Butler, British Political Facts 1900–1994 (7th edn, Macmillan 1994) 65.
{{Small|MP for Manchester East}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|29 June}}
1895

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|4 December}}
1905

| rowspan=2 |

Prime Minister {{Small|from July 1902}}
First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Privy Seal {{Small|July 1902 – October 1903}}

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Unionist government, 1895–1905
{{Small|(Con.–Lib.U.)}}

style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Balfour
{{Small|(Con.–Lib.U.)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Henry Campbell-Bannerman
{{Small|MP for Stirling Burghs}}

| {{Small|5 December}}
1905

| {{Small|5 April}}
1908

| rowspan=3 | Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Campbell-Bannerman

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | H. H. Asquith
{{Small|MP for East Fife}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|5 April}}
1908

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|5 December}}
1916

| rowspan=2 |

Prime Minister
First Lord of the Treasury
Secretary of State for War {{Small|March – August 1914}}

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Liberal government, 1905–1915

style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Asquith Coalition
{{Small|(Lib.–Con.–Lab.)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Bonar Law
{{Small|MP for Bootle until 1918}}
MP for Glasgow Central {{Small|from 1918}}

| {{Small|10 December}}
1916

| {{Small|23 March}}
1921

Chancellor of the Exchequer {{Small|until January 1919}}
Lord Privy Seal {{Small|from January 1919}}

| rowspan=4 | Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| rowspan=2 | Lloyd George ministry
{{Small|(Lib.–Con.–Lab.)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Austen Chamberlain
{{Small|MP for Birmingham West}}

| {{Small|23 March}}
1921

| {{Small|19 October}}
1922

Lord Privy Seal

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Bonar Law
{{Small|MP for Glasgow Central}}

| {{Small|23 October}}
1922

| {{Small|20 May}}
1923

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Law

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Stanley Baldwin
{{Small|MP for Bewdley}}

| {{Small|22 May}}
1923

| {{Small|22 January}}
1924

Prime Minister
First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer {{Small|until August 1923}}

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Baldwin I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Ramsay MacDonald
{{Small|MP for Aberavon}}

| {{Small|22 January}}
1924

| {{Small|3 November}}
1924

| Labour

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| MacDonald I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Stanley Baldwin
{{Small|MP for Bewdley}}

| {{Small|4 November}}
1924

| {{Small|4 June}}
1929

| rowspan=7 |

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Baldwin II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=3 | 75px

| rowspan=3 | Ramsay MacDonald
{{Small|MP for Seaham}}

| rowspan=3 | {{Small|5 June}}
1929

| rowspan=3 | {{Small|7 June}}
1935

| Labour

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| MacDonald II

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|National Labour Organisation}}" |

| rowspan=2 | National Labour

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| National I
{{Small|(N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.
–Lib.)}}

style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| National II
{{Small|(N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.
–Lib. until 1932)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Stanley Baldwin
{{Small|MP for Bewdley}}

| {{Small|7 June}}
1935

| {{Small|28 May}}
1937

| rowspan=4 | Conservative

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| National III
{{Small|(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)}}

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | Neville Chamberlain
{{Small|MP for Birmingham Edgbaston}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|28 May}}
1937

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|10 May}}
1940

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| National IV
{{Small|(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)}}

style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Chamberlain War
{{Small|(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Winston Churchill
{{Small|MP for Epping}}

| {{Small|10 May}}
1940

| {{Small|19 February}}
1942

| rowspan=3 style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| rowspan=3 | Churchill War
{{Small|(All parties)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

| 75px

| Stafford Cripps
{{Small|MP for Bristol East}}

| {{Small|19 February}}
1942

| {{Small|22 November}}
1942

Lord Privy Seal

| Independent

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | Anthony Eden
{{Small|MP for Warwick and Leamington}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|22 November}}
1942

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|26 July}}
1945

| rowspan=2 |

Foreign Secretary

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |

| style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| Churchill Caretaker
{{Small|(Con.–N.Lib.)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Herbert Morrison
{{Small|MP for Lewisham East until 1950}}
{{Small|MP for Lewisham South}} {{Small|from 1950}}

| {{Small|27 July}}
1945

| {{Small|9 March}}
1951

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Labour

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Attlee ministry

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| James Chuter Ede
{{Small|MP for South Shields}}

| {{Small|9 March}}
1951

| {{Small|26 October}}
1951

Secretary of State for the Home Department

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | Harry Crookshank
{{Small|MP for Gainsborough}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|28 October}}
1951

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|20 December}}
1955

| rowspan=2 |

Minister of Health {{Small|until May 1952}}
Lord Privy Seal {{Small|from May 1952}}

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Churchill III

rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Eden

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | R. A. Butler
{{Small|MP for Saffron Walden}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|20 December}}
1955

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|9 October}}
1961

| rowspan=2 |

Lord Privy Seal {{Small|until October 1959}}
Secretary of State for the Home Department {{Small|from January 1957}}

rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative government, 1957–1964

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Iain Macleod
{{Small|MP for Enfield West}}

| {{Small|9 October}}
1961

| {{Small|20 October}}
1963

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Selwyn Lloyd
{{Small|MP for Wirral}}

| {{Small|20 October}}
1963

| {{Small|16 October}}
1964

Lord Privy Seal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Douglas-Home

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Herbert Bowden
{{Small|MP for Leicester South West}}

| {{Small|16 October}}
1964

| {{Small|11 August}}
1966

| rowspan=8 |

Lord President of the Council

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Labour

| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Labour government, 1964–1970

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Richard Crossman
{{Small|MP for Coventry East}}

| {{Small|11 August}}
1966

| {{Small|18 October}}
1968

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Fred Peart
{{Small|MP for Workington}}

| {{Small|18 October}}
1968

| {{Small|19 June}}
1970

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| William Whitelaw
{{Small|MP for Penrith and The Border}}

| {{Small|20 June}}
1970

| {{Small|7 April}}
1972

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Heath

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robert Carr
{{Small|MP for Mitcham}}

| {{Small|7 April}}
1972

| {{Small|5 November}}
1972

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Jim Prior
{{Small|MP for Lowestoft}}

| {{Small|5 November}}
1972

| {{Small|4 March}}
1974

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Edward Short
{{Small|MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central}}

| {{Small|5 March}}
1974

| {{Small|8 April}}
1976

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Labour

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour government, 1974–1979

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Michael Foot
{{Small|MP for Ebbw Vale}}

| {{Small|8 April}}
1976

| {{Small|4 May}}
1979

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Callaghan

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Norman St John-Stevas
{{Small|MP for Chelmsford}}

| {{Small|5 May}}
1979

| {{Small|5 January}}
1981

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Thatcher I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Francis Pym
{{Small|MP for Cambridgeshire}}

| {{Small|5 January}}
1981

| {{Small|5 April}}
1982

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster {{Small|until September 1981}}
Lord President of the Council {{Small|from September 1981}}

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | John Biffen
{{Small|MP for Oswestry until 1983}}
MP for Shropshire North {{Small|from 1983}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|5 April}}
1982

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|13 June}}
1987

| rowspan=2 |

Lord President of the Council {{Small|until June 1983}}
Lord Privy Seal {{Small|from 11 June 1983}}

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Thatcher II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| John Wakeham
{{Small|MP for South Colchester and Maldon}}

| {{Small|13 June}}
1987

| {{Small|24 July}}
1989

Lord Privy Seal {{Small|until January 1988}}
Lord President of the Council {{Small|from 10 January 1988}}

| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Thatcher III

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Geoffrey Howe
{{Small|MP for East Surrey}}

| {{Small|24 July}}
1989

| {{Small|2 November}}
1990

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | John MacGregor
{{Small|MP for South Norfolk}}

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|2 November}}
1990

| rowspan=2 | {{Small|10 April}}
1992

| rowspan=7 |

Lord President of the Council

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Major I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Tony Newton{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Lords/member/925 | title=Lord Newton of Braintree |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Braintree}}

| {{Small|10 April}}
1992

| {{Small|2 May}}
1997

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Major II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Ann Taylor{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-taylor-of-bolton/407 | title=Baroness Taylor of Bolton |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Dewsbury}}

| {{Small|2 May}}
1997

| {{Small|27 July}}
1998

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Labour

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Blair I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Margaret Beckett{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/margaret-beckett/328 | title=Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Derby South}}

| {{Small|27 July}}
1998

| {{Small|8 June}}
2001

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Robin Cook{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/623 | title=Rt Hon Robin Cook |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Livingston}}

| {{Small|8 June}}
2001

| {{Small|17 March}}
2003

| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Blair II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| John Reid{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-reid-of-cardowan/617 | title=Lord Reid of Cardowan |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Hamilton North and Bellshill}}

| {{Small|4 April}}
2003

| {{Small|13 June}}
2003

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Peter Hain{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hain/567 | title=Lord Hain |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Neath}}

| {{Small|11 June}}
2003

| {{Small|6 May}}
2005

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Geoff Hoon{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/Commons/member/357 | title=Mr Geoffrey Hoon |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Ashfield}}

| {{Small|6 May}}
2005

| 2006 British cabinet reshuffle

| rowspan=2 |

Lord Privy Seal

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Blair III

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Jack Straw{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jack-straw/463 | title=Rt Hon Jack Straw |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Blackburn}}

| 2006 British cabinet reshuffle

| {{Small|27 June}}
2007

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Harriet Harman{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/ms-harriet-harman/150 | title=Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Camberwell and Peckham}}

| {{Small|28 June}}
2007

| {{Small|11 May}}
2010

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Brown

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| George Young{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-young-of-cookham/57 | title=Lord Young of Cookham |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for North West Hampshire}}

| {{Small|12 May}}
2010

| 2012 British cabinet reshuffle

| rowspan=2 |

Lord Privy Seal

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

| rowspan=3 style="background-color:#DDDDDD" |

| rowspan=3 | Cameron–Clegg
{{Small|(Con.–L.D.)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Andrew Lansley{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-lansley/123 | title=Lord Lansley |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for South Cambridgeshire}}

| 2012 British cabinet reshuffle

| 2014 British cabinet reshuffle

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| William Hague{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-hague-of-richmond/379 | title=Lord Hague of Richmond |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Richmond (Yorks)}}

| 2014 British cabinet reshuffle

| {{Small|8 May}}
2015

First Secretary of State

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Chris Grayling{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-grayling/1413 | title=Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Epsom and Ewell}}

| 9 May
2015

| 14 July
2016

| rowspan=10 |

Lord President of the Council

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Cameron II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| David Lidington{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-lidington/15 | title=Rt Hon David Lidington MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for Aylesbury}}

| 14 July
2016

| 11 June
2017

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|May I

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Andrea Leadsom{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrea-leadsom/4117 | title=Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2017}}
{{Small|MP for South Northamptonshire}}

| 11 June
2017

| 22 May
2019

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|May II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Mel Stride{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mel-stride/3935 | title=Rt Hon Mel Stride MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=23 May 2019}}
{{Small|MP for Central Devon}}

| 23 May
2019

| 24 July
2019

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Jacob Rees-Mogg official portrait (cropped).jpg

| rowspan=2 | Jacob Rees-Mogg{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-jacob-rees-mogg/4099 | title=Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=29 July 2019}}
{{Small|MP for North East Somerset}}

| rowspan=2 | 24 July
2019

| rowspan=2 | 8 February
2022

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Johnson I

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Johnson II

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP crop 2.jpg

| Mark Spencer{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4055/contact |title=Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP | publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=5 July 2022}}
{{Small|MP for Sherwood}}

| 8 February
2022

| 6 September
2022

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | File:Penny Mordaunt Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg

| rowspan=2 | Penny Mordaunt{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4017/contact |title=Penny Mordaunt | publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=6 September 2022}}
{{Small|MP for Portsmouth North}}

| rowspan=2 | 6 September
2022

| rowspan=2 | 5 July
2024

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Truss

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Sunak

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| File:Official portrait of Lucy Powell MP crop 2, 2024.jpg

| Lucy Powell
{{Small|MP for Manchester Central}}

| 5 July
2024

| Incumbent

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}| Labour

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Starmer

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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. At other times, a Deputy Leader of the House of Commons was appointed merely to enhance an individual politician's standing within the government.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

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.{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Secretary of State (Deputy Leader of the House of Commons) – GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-secretary-deputy-leader-of-the-house-of-commons|website=www.gov.uk}} This was shortlived however, as it was abolished by Liz Truss after she became Prime Minister a few months later.{{Cite news |last=Commentator |first=Tim Shipman, Chief Political |title=The rebels' smartphone spreadsheet that means Liz Truss is still in deep trouble |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/the-rebels-smartphone-spreadsheet-that-means-liz-truss-is-still-in-deep-trouble-0shzg86hq |access-date=2022-10-08 |issn=0140-0460}}

= List of Deputy Leaders of the House of Commons =

class="wikitable"

! 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

References

External links

[https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-office-of-the-leader-of-the-house-of-commons Official website]
[https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-secretary-deputy-leader-of-the-house-of-commons Deputy Leader of the House of Commons]
[http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/principal/leader-commons/ Parliamentary website]

Commons

Category:Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom

Category:1721 establishments in Great Britain

leader of the House of Commons

Responsibilities

History

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

Timeline

Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

= List of Deputy Leaders of the House of Commons =

See also

References

External links