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Chairman of the Conservative Party

Position of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom


Position of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom

FieldValue
postChairman of the
Conservative Party
insigniaConservatives logo.svg
insigniasize200px
insigniacaptionLogo for the Conservative Party
imageOfficial portrait of Kevin Hollinrake MP.jpg
incumbentKevin Hollinrake
actingno
incumbentsince22 July 2025
appointerLeader of the Conservative Party
deputyMatt Vickers
termlengthAt the pleasure of the leader of the Conservative Party
formation1911
inauguralArthur Steel-Maitland

Conservative Party

The chairman of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom is responsible for party administration and overseeing the Conservative Campaign Headquarters, formerly Conservative Central Office.

When the Conservatives are in government, the officeholder is usually a member of the Cabinet holding a sinecure position such as Minister without Portfolio. Deputy or Vice Chairmen of the Conservative Party may also be appointed, with responsibility for specific aspects of the party.

The current Deputy Chairman is Matt Vickers.

The role was created in 1911 in response to the Conservative Party's defeat in the second 1910 general election. The position is not subject to election, as it is given by the party leader.

List

Key

List

ChairmanTerm of officeElectionMinisterial officesLeaderRef
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Arthur Maitland.jpg75px]]Arthur Steel-Maitland
MP for Birmingham East19111916
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Lord Younger (à droite), Baldwin (à gauche) - btv1b53123671r (cropped).jpg100x100px]]Sir George Younger, 1st Baronet
MP for Ayr Burghs191619231918
1922
1923
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Stanley Jackson MP.jpg75px]]Stanley Jackson
MP for Howdenshire192319261924
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Viscount Davidson.jpg75px]]John Davidson
MP for Hemel Hempstead192619301929
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Neville-Chamberlain (cropped).jpg100x100px]]Neville Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham Edgbaston23 June
193015 April
1931
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Ac.stonehaven.jpg75px]]John Baird
1st Viscount Stonehaven193119361931
1935
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:DouglasHacking.jpg75px]]Sir Douglas Hacking
MP for Chorley19361942
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne.jpg75px]]Thomas Dugdale
MP for Richmond194229 October
1944
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Ralph Assheton
MP for City of London29 October
19441 July
19461945
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"[[File:1st Earl of Woolton 1947.jpg75px]]Frederick Marquis
1st Earl of Woolton1 July
19461 November
19551950
1951
1955
Anthony Eden
Oliver Poole1 November
195518 September
1957
Harold Macmillan
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Lord Hailsham 1959.jpg75px]]Quintin Hogg
2nd Viscount Hailsham18 September
195714 October
19591959
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Rab Butler.png75px]]Rab Butler
MP for Saffron Walden14 October
195910 October
1961
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg75px]]Iain Macleod
MP for Enfield West10 October
196121 October
1963
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"Oliver Poole
1st Baron Poole17 April
1963
(Jointly)
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"[[File:John Hare 1929.jpg75px]]John Hare
1st Viscount Blakenham21 October
196321 January
19651964
Alec Douglas-Home
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Edward du Cann
MP for Taunton21 January
196511 September
19671966
Edward Heath
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"Anthony Barber
MP for Altrincham and Sale11 September
196731 July
19701970
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Peter Thomas
MP for Hendon South31 July
19707 April
1972
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Peter Carington 1984.jpg75px]]Peter Carington
6th Baron Carrington7 April
197211 June
1974Feb 1974
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"William Whitelaw
MP for Penrith and The Border11 June
197427 February
1975Oct 1974
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"Peter Thorneycroft
Baron Thorneycroft27 February
197514 September
19811979
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"Cecil Parkinson
MP for South Hertfordshire14 September
198114 September
19831983
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:John GUMMER 1991.jpg75px]]John Gummer
MP for Suffolk Coastal14 September
19832 September
1985
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Informele conferentie industrieministers van EEG in Groningen, Minister Van Aardenne (r) met Britse minister van Industrie Tebbit op Schiphol, Bestanddeelnr 931-4198 (cropped1) (cropped).jpg100x100px]]Norman Tebbit
MP for Chingford2 September
19852 November
19871987
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Peter Brooke
MP for City of London
and Westminster South2 November
198724 July
1989
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking 2020 crop 2.jpg75px]]Kenneth Baker
MP for Mole Valley24 July
198928 November
1990
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Lord PLUMB - EP President meets with UK Minister Chris PATTEN at the European Parliament in Strasbourg (cropped).jpg99x99px]]Chris Patten
MP for Bath28 November
199010 May
19921992
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Meeting with the Chairman of the UK Conservative Party at the EP in Strasbourg (cropped).jpg99x99px]]Sir Norman Fowler
MP for Sutton Coldfield10 May
199220 July
1994
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Jeremy Hanley
MP for Richmond and Barnes20 July
19945 July
1995
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Brian Mawhinney
MP for Peterborough →
North West Cambridgeshire5 July
199520 June
19971997
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"Cecil Parkinson
Baron Parkinson20 June
19972 December
1998
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Global Strategy Forum (6963381142) cropped.jpg91x91px]]Michael Ancram
Earl of Ancram
MP for Devizes2 December
199818 September
20012001
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:David Davis (cropped).jpg99x99px]]David Davis
MP for Haltemprice and Howden18 September
200123 July
2002
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Theresa May (28235949166) (cropped).jpg98x98px]]Theresa May
MP for Maidenhead23 July
20026 November
2003
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Liam Fox MP, 2007 cropped.jpg82x82px]]Liam Fox
MP for Woodspring6 November
20036 May
20052005
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Maurice Saatchi
Baron Saatchi10 November
2003
(Jointly)Liam Fox and Lord Saatchi jointly held the chairmanship from 11 November 2003 to 6 May 2005.name=Fox}}
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office.jpg94x94px]]Francis Maude
MP for Horsham6 May
20052 July
2007
David Cameron
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Caroline Spelman, October 2009 1 cropped.jpg112x112px]]Caroline Spelman
MP for Meriden2 July
200719 January
2009
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Eric Pickles, October 2009 1 cropped.jpg112x112px]]Eric Pickles
MP for Brentwood and Ongar19 January
200912 May
20102010
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Andrew Feldman
Baron Feldman of Elstree12 May
2010
(Jointly 2010–15)14 July
20162015
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Baroness Warsi, Minister without Portfolio.jpg93x93px]]Sayeeda Warsi
Baroness Warsi12 May
2010
(Jointly)[4 September
2012](2012-british-cabinet-reshuffle)
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (cropped).jpg99x99px]]Grant Shapps
MP for Welwyn Hatfield[4 September
2012](2012-british-cabinet-reshuffle)
(Jointly)11 May
20152015
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Official portrait of Sir Patrick McLoughlin crop 2.jpg100x100px]]Sir Patrick McLoughlin
MP for Derbyshire Dales14 July
2016[8 January
2018](2018-british-cabinet-reshuffle)2017
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Official portrait of Brandon Lewis crop 2.jpg75px]]Brandon Lewis
MP for Great Yarmouth[8 January
2018](2018-british-cabinet-reshuffle)24 July
2019
Ben Elliot24 July
2019
(Jointly)5 September
20222019
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon James Cleverly MP crop 2.jpg100x100px]]James Cleverly
MP for Braintree[13 February
2020](2020-british-cabinet-reshuffle)Minister without portfolio
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Official portrait of Amanda Milling MP crop 2.jpg75px]]Amanda Milling
MP for Cannock Chase[13 February
2020](2020-british-cabinet-reshuffle)
(Jointly)15 September
2021
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Oliver Dowden Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg99x99px]]Oliver Dowden
MP for Hertsmere15 September
2021
(Jointly)24 June
2022
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Official portrait of Andrew Stephenson MP crop 2.jpgframeless100x100px]]Andrew Stephenson
MP for Pendle7 July
2022
(Jointly)6 September
2022
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Jake Berry Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpgframeless100x100px]]Sir Jake Berry
MP for Rossendale and Darwen6 September
202225 October
2022
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Nadhim Zahawi Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpgframeless99x99px]]Nadhim Zahawi
MP for Stratford-on-Avon25 October
202229 January
2023
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Greg Hands Official Cabinet Portrait, February 2023 (cropped).jpgframeless98x98px]]Greg Hands
MP for Chelsea and Fulham7 February
202313 November
2023
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Richard Holden Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpgframeless99x99px]]Richard Holden
MP for North West Durham13 November
20235 July
20242024
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Official portrait of Richard Fuller MP crop 2, 2024.jpgframeless99x99px]]Richard Fuller
MP for North Bedfordshire8 July
20244 November
2024
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Official portrait of Nigel Huddleston MP crop 2, 2024.jpgframeless99x99px]]Nigel Huddleston
MP for Droitwich and Evesham4 November
202422 July
2025
House of Lords}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Dominic R.A. Johnson.jpgframeless99x99px]]Dominic Johnson
Lord Johnson of Lainston
House of Commons}}; width: 1px;"[[File:Official portrait of Kevin Hollinrake MP crop 2.jpgframeless99x99px]]Kevin Hollinrake
MP for Thirsk and Malton22 July
2025Incumbent

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References

Notes

Bibliography

References

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