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Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Senior minister in His Majesty's Treasury

Senior minister in His Majesty's Treasury

FieldValue
postUnited Kingdom
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
insigniaCoat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
insigniacaptionRoyal Arms of His Majesty's Government
imageJames Murray Official Portrait 2024.jpg
incumbentJames Murray
incumbentsince1 September 2025
departmentHis Majesty's Treasury
styleThe Right Honourable
reports_toChancellor of the Exchequer
Prime Minister
nominatorPrime Minister
appointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the prime minister)
termlengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
firstHenry Brooke
formation8 October 1961
salary£121,326 per annum (2022)
(including £86,584 MP salary)
website

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Prime Minister (on the advice of the prime minister) (including £86,584 MP salary) The chief secretary to the Treasury is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the chancellor of the Exchequer. The office holder is always a full member or attendee of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

The office was created in 1961 to share the burden of representing HM Treasury with the chancellor.

The minister is shadowed by the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.

History and responsibilities

Between 1961 and 2015, the holder of the office of Chief Secretary to the Treasury was of full cabinet rank. This formally made HM Treasury the only department to have more than one ministerial position of cabinet rank.

The office holder is responsible for public expenditure, including spending reviews and value for money.

List of chief secretaries to the treasury

Chief secretaryTerm of officePartyMinistryChancellor
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Henry Brooke
MP for Hampstead9 October
196113 July
1962
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"John Boyd-Carpenter
MP for Kingston-upon-Thames13 July
196216 October
1964
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"Douglas-Home
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Jack Diamond
MP for Gloucester20 October
196419 June
1970
Labour Party (UK)}}"Roy Jenkins
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Maurice Macmillan
MP for Farnham23 June
19707 April
1972
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Anthony Barber
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Patrick Jenkin
MP for Wanstead and Woodford7 April
19728 January
1974
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Tom Boardman
MP for Leicester South West8 January
19744 March
1974
Labour Party (UK)}}"Joel Barnett
MP for Heywood and Royton7 March
19744 May
1979
Callaghan
Conservative Party (UK)}}"John Biffen
MP for Oswestry5 May
19795 January
1981
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Leon Brittan (1996) 02.jpg75px]]Leon Brittan
MP for Cleveland and Whitby5 January
198111 June
1983
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Peter Rees
MP for Dover11 June
19832 September
1985
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:official portrait of Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market crop 2.jpg75px]]John MacGregor
MP for South Norfolk2 September
198513 June
1987
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:John Major Feb. 1993.jpg75px]]John Major
MP for Huntingdon13 June
198724 July
1989
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Norman LAMONT (cropped).jpg100x100px]]Norman Lamont
MP for Kingston-upon-Thames24 July
198928 November
1990
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:No image.svg75px]]David Mellor
MP for Putney28 November
199010 April
1992
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Michael Portillo.jpg97x97px]]Michael Portillo
MP for Enfield Southgate10 April
199220 July
1994
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Kenneth Clarke
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:No image.svg75px]]Jonathan Aitken
MP for South Thanet20 July
19945 July
1995
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:William Waldegrave.gif106x106px]]William Waldegrave
MP for Bristol West5 July
19952 May
1997
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:AlistairDarlingABr cropped.jpg75px]]Alistair Darling
MP for Edinburgh Central3 May
199727 July
1998
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Stephen Byers official portrait.jpgStephen Byers official portrait75px]]Stephen Byers
MP for North Tyneside27 July
199823 December
1998
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Alan Milburn.JPG75px]]Alan Milburn
MP for Darlington23 December
199811 October
1999
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Andrew Smith MP 20050127 (cropped).jpg75px]]Andrew Smith
MP for Oxford East11 October
199929 May
2002
Blair II
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Official portrait of Lord Boateng, 2020.jpg75px]]Paul Boateng
MP for Brent South29 May
20026 May
2005
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Browne and gates (cropped).jpg100x100px]]Des Browne
MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun6 May
2005[5 May
2006](2006-british-cabinet-reshuffle)
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Stephen Timms portrait (3x4 crop).jpg99x99px]]Stephen Timms
MP for East Ham[5 May
2006](2006-british-cabinet-reshuffle)28 June
2007
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Andy Burnham2.jpg75px]]Andy Burnham
MP for Leigh28 June
200724 January
2008
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Yvette Cooper Ministerial portrait.jpg112x112px]]Yvette Cooper
MP for Pontefract and Castleford24 January
20085 June
2009
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Liam Byrne (cropped).JPG100x100px]]Liam Byrne
MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill5 June
200911 May
2010
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"[[File:David Laws MP at Bournemouth (cropped).jpg99x99px]]David Laws
MP for Yeovil12 May
201029 May
2010
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"[[File:Danny alexander hi.jpg75px]]Danny Alexander
MP for Inverness, Nairn,
Badenoch and Strathspey29 May
20108 May
2015
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Official portrait of Greg Hands crop 2.jpg75px]]Greg Hands
MP for Chelsea and Fulham11 May
201514 July
2016
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Official portrait of Mr David Gauke crop 2.jpg75px]]David Gauke
MP for South West Hertfordshire14 July
201611 June
2017
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Official portrait of Elizabeth Truss crop 2.jpgframeless75px]]Liz Truss
MP for South West Norfolk11 June
201724 July
2019
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"[[File:Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpgframeless104x104px]]Rishi Sunak
MP for Richmond (Yorks)24 July
2019[13 February
2020](2020-british-cabinet-reshuffle)
Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none"Johnson II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP crop 2.jpgframeless75px]]Steve Barclay
MP for North East Cambridgeshire[13 February
2020](2020-british-cabinet-reshuffle)[15 September
2021](2021-british-cabinet-reshuffle)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Simon Clarke Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpgframeless99x99px]]Simon Clarke
MP for Middlesbrough South
and East Cleveland[15 September
2021](2021-british-cabinet-reshuffle)6 September
2022
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Nadhim Zahawi
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Chris Philp Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg99x99px]]Chris Philp
MP for Croydon South6 September
202214 October
2022
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Edward Argar Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg75px]]Edward Argar
MP for Charnwood14 October
202225 October
2022
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:John Glen Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg75px]]John Glen
MP for Salisbury25 October
202213 November
2023
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Laura Trott Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpg75px]]Laura Trott
MP for Sevenoaks13 November
20235 July
2024
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Darren Jones Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg75px]]Darren Jones
MP for Bristol North West5 July
20241 September
2025
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Chief Secretary to the Treasury James Murray arrives for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's weekly Cabinet (cropped).jpg99x99px]]James Murray
MP for Ealing North1 September
2025Incumbent

References

References

  1. (15 December 2022). "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23".
  2. "Pay and expenses for MPs".
  3. (2007). "Mastering British Politics". Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. W H Greenleaf. (1983). "The British Political Tradition: Volume III, Part One, Much Governed Nation". Routledge.
  5. "Chief Secretary to the Treasury – GOV.UK".
  6. "Mr Henry Brooke".
  7. "Mr John Boyd-Carpenter".
  8. "Mr Jack Diamond".
  9. "Rt Hon Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden". UK Parliament.
  10. "Lord Jenkin of Roding". UK Parliament.
  11. "Mr Thomas Boardman".
  12. "Lord Barnett". UK Parliament.
  13. "Rt Hon John Biffen". UK Parliament.
  14. "Lord Brittan of Spennithorne". UK Parliament.
  15. "Mr Peter Rees".
  16. "Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market". UK Parliament.
  17. "Rt Hon John Major". UK Parliament.
  18. "Lord Lamont of Lerwick". UK Parliament.
  19. "Rt Hon David Mellor". UK Parliament.
  20. "Rt Hon Michael Portillo". UK Parliament.
  21. "Jonathan Aitken". UK Parliament.
  22. "Lord Waldegrave of North Hill". UK Parliament.
  23. "Lord Darling of Roulanish". UK Parliament.
  24. "Mr Stephen Byers". UK Parliament.
  25. "Mr Alan Milburn". UK Parliament.
  26. "Rt Hon Andrew Smith". UK Parliament.
  27. "Lord Boateng". UK Parliament.
  28. "Lord Browne of Ladyton". UK Parliament.
  29. "Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP". UK Parliament.
  30. "Rt Hon Andy Burnham". UK Parliament.
  31. "Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP". UK Parliament.
  32. "Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP". UK Parliament.
  33. "Rt Hon David Laws". UK Parliament.
  34. "Rt Hon Danny Alexander". UK Parliament.
  35. "Rt Hon Greg Hands MP". UK Parliament.
  36. "Rt Hon David Gauke MP". UK Parliament.
  37. "Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP". UK Parliament.
  38. "Rishi Sunak MP". UK Parliament.
  39. "Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP". UK Parliament.
  40. "The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP".
  41. "Chris Philp MP".
  42. (14 October 2022). "UK treasury minister Philp to be replaced by Edward Argar". [[Reuters]].
  43. (25 October 2022). "John Glen appointed Chief Secretary to UK Treasury – statement". [[Reuters]].
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