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Lord President of the Council

United Kingdom official position


United Kingdom official position

FieldValue
postUnited Kingdom
Lord President of the Council
insigniaRoyal Arms of the United Kingdom (Crown & Garter) (2022).svg
insigniacaptionArms used by the Privy Council Office
insigniasize80px
incumbentAlan Campbell
incumbentsince5 September 2025
departmentPrivy Council of the United Kingdom
Privy Council Office
styleThe Right Honourable
typeGreat Officer of State
appointerThe Sovereign
on advice of the Prime Minister
termlengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
firstThe 1st Duke of Suffolk
formation1530
salary£159,038 per annum (2022)
(including £86,584 MP salary)
website
imageAlan Campbell Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg

Lord President of the Council Privy Council Office on advice of the Prime Minister (including £86,584 MP salary) The Lord President of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends and is responsible for chairing the meetings of the Privy Council, presenting business for the approval of the Sovereign.

The office and its history

The Privy Council meets once a month, wherever the sovereign may be residing at the time, to give formal approval to Orders in Council. Only a few privy counsellors need attend such meetings, and only when invited to do so at the government's request. As the duties of the Lord President are not onerous, the post has often been given to a government minister whose responsibilities are not department-specific. In recent years it has been most typical for the Lord President also to serve as Leader of the House of Commons or Leader of the House of Lords. The Lord President has no role in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

In the history of British government, the President of the Council is a relatively recent creation. The first certain appointment to the office was that of the Duke of Suffolk in 1529. Although there is a reference to Edmund Dudley serving as 'president of the council' in 1497, it was only in 1529 that the role was given the style and precedence of a Great Officer of State by the President of the Council Act 1529 (21 Hen. 8. c. 20). Prior to 1679 there were several periods in which the office was left vacant. During coronations of the monarch, the Lord President carries the Sword of State.

In the 19th century, the Lord President was generally the cabinet member responsible for the education system, amongst his other duties. This role was gradually scaled back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but remnants of it remain, such as the oversight of the governance of various universities.

During times of National or coalition government the office of Lord President has sometimes been held by the leader of a minority party (e.g. Baldwin 1931–1935, MacDonald 1935–1937, Attlee 1943–1945, Clegg 2010–2015). It has been suggested that the office has been intermittently used for Prime Ministerial deputies in the past.

A particularly important role was played by the Lord President of the Council during the Second World War. At this time the Lord President served as chairman of the Lord President's Committee. This committee acted as a central clearing house which dealt with the country's economic problems. This was vital to the smooth running of the British war economy and consequently the entire British war effort.

Winston Churchill, clearly believing that this wartime co-ordinating role was beneficial, introduced a similar but expanded system in the first few years of his post-war premiership. The so-called 'overlord ministers' included Frederick Leathers as Secretary of State for the Co-ordination of Transport, Fuel and Power and Lord Woolton as Lord President. Woolton's job was to co-ordinate the then separate ministries of agriculture and food. The historian Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield quotes a PhD thesis by Michael Kandiah saying that Woolton was "arguably the most successful of the Overlords" partly because his ministries were quite closely related; indeed, they were merged in 1955 as the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

On several occasions since 1954, non-British Ministers have served briefly as acting Lords President of the Council, solely to preside over a meeting of the Privy Council held in a Commonwealth realm. Examples of this practice are the meetings in New Zealand in 1990 and 1995, when Geoffrey Palmer and James Bolger respectively were acting Lords President.

Andrea Leadsom's appointment in June 2017 was the first in some time where the post holder was not a full Cabinet member.

Role and responsibilities

Routine functions

The routine functions of the lord president are as follows:

  1. Preside at Privy Council meetings, including any emergency meetings, and attend to both ministerial correspondence and parliamentary questions relating to Privy Council business.
  2. Consider for approval prerogative and statutory Orders in Council. Prerogative orders deal with the basic functioning of the British state and are thus applicable under a number of circumstances, including but not limited to the prorogation of Parliament, the granting, amendment, and revocation of royal charters, the appointment of high sheriffs, or the governance of British Overseas Territories. On the other hand, statutory orders are a form of delegated legislation conferred on His Majesty's Government by Parliament for the purposes of creating detailed regulations through rulemaking. Unlike prerogative orders, statutory Orders in Council are subject to parliamentary scrutiny. As a consequence, most Orders in Council operate on statutory footing as opposed to the common law authorities conferred by the royal prerogative.
  3. Consider for approval Orders of Council concerning various matters of state, namely appointments to and regulation of professional bodies and institutions of higher education. Unlike Orders in Council which are enacted by the sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, Orders of Council are enacted by the Privy Council itself pursuant to statutory authority conferred by Parliament.
  4. As a member of the Privy Council's Committee for the Affairs of Jersey and Guernsey, review laws passed by the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, and make recommendations to the sovereign concerning their approval.

Visitorial functions

In addition to his or her routine functions, the lord president also serves as the visitor for several English universities, including:

  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Hull
  • Imperial College London
  • Keele University
  • University of Leeds
  • University of Leicester
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of London (but not King's College London or University College London)
  • University of Nottingham
  • University of Reading
  • University of Sheffield (but not Sheffield Hallam University)
  • University of Southampton
  • University of Sussex
  • University of Wales

Partial list of Lords President of the Council

Lords President of the Council (c. 1530–1702)

Lord PresidentTerm of office
[[File:Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk.jpg75px]]Charles Brandon
1st Duke of Suffolk
[[File:William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester from NPG.jpg75px]]William Paulet
1st Marquess of Winchester
[[File:John Dudley (Knole, Kent).jpg75px]]John Dudley
1st Duke of Northumberland
[[File:Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester by Francis Delaram.jpg75px]]Henry Montagu
1st Earl of Manchester
[[File:James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough.jpg75px]]James Ley
1st Earl of Marlborough
[[File:No image.svg75px]]Edward Conway
1st Viscount Conway
[[File:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury.jpg75px]]Anthony Ashley-Cooper
1st Earl of Shaftesbury
[[File:John Robartes.jpg75px]]John Robartes
1st Earl of Radnor
[[File:Willem Wissing (1656-1687) (and studio) - Laurence Hyde (1641–1711), 1st Earl of Rochester, in Garter Robes - 609013 - National Trust.jpg75px]]Laurence Hyde
1st Earl of Rochester
[[File:George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax by Mary Beale.jpg75px]]George Savile
1st Marquess of Halifax
[[File:Lord sunderland.jpg75px]]Robert Spencer
2nd Earl of Sunderland
[[File:No image.svg75px]]Richard Graham
1st Viscount Preston
[[File:1stDukeOfLeeds.jpg75px]]Thomas Osborne
1st Duke of Leeds
Marquess of Carmarthen from 1689, created Duke of Leeds in 1694
[[File:Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke by John Greenhill.jpg75px]]Thomas Herbert
8th Earl of Pembroke
[[File:Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset.jpg75px]]Charles Seymour
6th Duke of Somerset

Lords President of the Council (1702–present)

Lord PresidentTerm of officeOther ministerial portfolios held during tenurePartyMinistryMonarchAnne
[[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1707-1714).svg60px]]George I
[[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg60px]]George II
[[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg60px]]George III
[[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg60px]]George IV
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg60px]]William IV
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg60px]]Victoria
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg60px]]Edward VII
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg60px]]George V
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg60px]]Edward VIII
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg60px]]George VI
[[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg60px]]Elizabeth II
[[File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1952-2022).svg60px]]Charles III
[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (2022).svg60px]]
[[File:Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke by John Greenhill.jpg75px]]Thomas Herbert
8th Earl of Pembroke13 July
170225 November
1708Godolphin–Marlborough
(ToryWhig)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Portrait of John Somers, Baron Somers.jpg75px]]John Somers
1st Baron Somers25 November
170821 September
1710Whig
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Willem Wissing (1656-1687) (and studio) - Laurence Hyde (1641–1711), 1st Earl of Rochester, in Garter Robes - 609013 - National Trust.jpg75px]]Laurence Hyde
1st Earl of Rochester21 September
171013 June
1711ToryOxford–Bolingbroke
[[File:JohnSheffield.jpg75px]]John Sheffield
1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby13 June
171123 September
1714
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 7th Earl of Winchilsea by Jonathan Richardson.jpg75px]]Daniel Finch
2nd Earl of Nottingham23 September
17146 July
1716ToryTownshend
Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan=2[[File:William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg75px]]William Cavendish
2nd Duke of Devonshire6 July
171616 March
1718Whig
Stanhope–Sunderland I
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland.jpg75px]]Charles Spencer
3rd Earl of Sunderland16 March
17186 February
1719WhigStanhope–Sunderland II
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull.JPG75px]]Evelyn Pierrepont
1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull6 February
171911 June
1720Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan=2[[File:Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (2).jpg75px]]Charles Townshend
2nd Viscount Townshend11 June
172025 June
1721Whig
Walpole–Townshend
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Henry Boyle Lord Carleton by Godfrey Kneller.jpg75px]]Henry Boyle
1st Baron Carleton25 June
172127 March
1725Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg75px]]William Cavendish
2nd Duke of Devonshire27 March
17254 June
1729Whig
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:1stBaronTrevor.jpg75px]]Thomas Trevor
1st Baron Trevor8 May
173019 June
1730Tory
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington.jpg75px]]Spencer Compton
1st Earl of Wilmington31 December
173013 February
1742WhigWalpole
Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan=2[[File:William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (1683-1756), Attributed to Godfrey Kneller.jpg75px]]William Stanhope
1st Earl of Harrington13 February
17423 January
1745WhigCarteret
Broad Bottom
(I & II)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Dorset1.JPG75px]]Lionel Sackville
1st Duke of Dorset3 January
174517 June
1751Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville by William Hoare.jpg75px]]John Carteret
2nd Earl Granville17 June
17512 January
1763Whig
Newcastle I
Pitt–Devonshire
1757 Caretaker
Pitt–Newcastle
Bute
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:4thDukeOfBedford.jpg75px]]John Russell
4th Duke of Bedford9 September
176312 July
1765WhigGrenville
(WhigTory)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Daniel Finch (1689-1769), 8th Earl of Winchilsea, 3rd Earl of Nottingham, by Thomas Worlidge.jpg75px]]Daniel Finch
8th Earl of Winchilsea12 July
176530 July
1766WhigRockingham I
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington by Thomas Hudson.jpg75px]]Robert Henley
1st Earl of Northington30 July
176622 December
1767WhigChatham
(WhigTory)
Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan=3[[File:1stMarquessOfStafford.jpg75px]]Granville Leveson-Gower
2nd Earl Gower22 December
176724 November
1779Tory
Grafton
(WhigTory)
North
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:2ndEarlBathurst.jpg75px]]Henry Bathurst
2nd Earl Bathurst24 November
177927 March
1782Tory
Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan=2[[File:Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden by Nathaniel Dance, (later Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt).jpg75px]]Charles Pratt
1st Baron Camden27 March
17822 April
1783WhigRockingham II
Shelburne
(WhigTory)
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Portrait of David Murray 2nd Earl of Mansfield by Sylvester Harding.jpg75px]]David Murray
7th Viscount Stormont2 April
178319 December
1783ToryFox–North
(WhigTory)
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:1stMarquessOfStafford.jpg75px]]Granville Leveson-Gower
2nd Earl Gower19 December
17831 December
1784ToryPitt I
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden by Nathaniel Dance, (later Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt).jpg75px]]Charles Pratt
1st Earl Camden1 December
178418 April
1794Tory
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:2ndEarlFitzwilliam.jpg75px]]William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam
4th Earl Fitzwilliam1 July
179417 December
1794Whig
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Portrait of David Murray 2nd Earl of Mansfield by Sylvester Harding.jpg75px]]David Murray
2nd Earl of Mansfield17 December
17941 September
1796Tory
[[File:Chatham2.JPG75px]]John Pitt
2nd Earl of Chatham21 September
179630 July
1801
Addington
Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan=2[[File:3rd Duke of Portland crop.jpg75px]]William Cavendish-Bentinck
3rd Duke of Portland30 July
180114 January
1805Tory
Pitt II
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Henry Addington by Beechey.jpg75px]]Henry Addington
1st Viscount Sidmouth14 January
180510 July
1805Tory
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:John Jeffreys Pratt (1759–1840), Marquis Camden by William Salter.jpg75px]]John Pratt
2nd Earl Camden10 July
180519 February
1806Tory
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:2ndEarlFitzwilliam.jpg75px]]William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam
4th Earl Fitzwilliam19 February
18068 October
1806WhigAll the Talents
(WhigTory)
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Henry Addington by Beechey.jpg75px]]Henry Addington
1st Viscount Sidmouth8 October
180626 March
1807Tory
Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan=2[[File:John Jeffreys Pratt (1759–1840), Marquis Camden by William Salter.jpg75px]]John Pratt
2nd Earl Camden26 March
18078 April
1812ToryPortland II
Perceval
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Henry Addington by Beechey.jpg75px]]Henry Addington
1st Viscount Sidmouth8 April
181211 June
1812Tory
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Dudley Ryder, PA06355, frameless.jpg75px]]Dudley Ryder
1st Earl of Harrowby11 June
181217 August
1827ToryLiverpool
Canning
(Canningite–Whig)
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:4th-Duke-of-Portland.gif75px]]William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck
4th Duke of Portland DCL17 August
182728 January
1828ToryGoderich
(Canningite–Whig)
Tories (British political party)}}"[[File:Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst by William Salter.jpg75px]]Henry Bathurst
3rd Earl Bathurst28 January
182822 November
1830ToryWellington–Peel
Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan=2[[File:Lord Henry Petty.jpg75px]]Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
3rd Marquess of Lansdowne22 November
183015 November
1834WhigGrey
Melbourne I
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Rosslyn2.JPG75px]]James St Clair-Erskine
2nd Earl of Rosslyn15 December
183418 April
1835ConservativePeel I
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Lord Henry Petty.jpg75px]]Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
3rd Marquess of Lansdowne18 April
18353 September
1841WhigMelbourne II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:1stLordWharncliffe.jpg75px]]James Stuart-Wortley
1st Baron Wharncliffe3 September
184119 December
1845ConservativePeel II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:5th Duke of Buccleuch.jpg75px]]Walter Montagu Douglas Scott
5th Duke of Buccleuch21 January
18466 July
1846Conservative
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Lord Henry Petty.jpg75px]]Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
3rd Marquess of Lansdowne6 July
184627 February
1852WhigRussell I
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale.jpg75px]]William Lowther
2nd Earl of Lonsdale27 February
185228 December
1852ConservativeWho? Who?
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Second Earl Granville.jpg75px]]Granville Leveson-Gower
2nd Earl Granville28 December
185212 June
1854WhigAberdeen
(Peelite–Whig)
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Lord John Russell.jpg75px]]Lord John Russell
MP for City of London12 June
18548 February
1855Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}"[[File:Second Earl Granville.jpg75px]]Granville Leveson-Gower
2nd Earl Granville8 February
185526 February
1858WhigPalmerston I
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury by DJ Pound.jpg75px]]James Gascoyne-Cecil
2nd Marquess of Salisbury26 February
185818 June
1859ConservativeDerby–Disraeli II
Liberal Party (UK)}}" rowspan=2[[File:Second Earl Granville.jpg75px]]Granville Leveson-Gower
2nd Earl Granville18 June
18596 July
1866LiberalPalmerston II
Russell II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.jpg75px]]Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos6 July
18668 March
1867ConservativeDerby–Disraeli III
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough.jpg75px]]John Spencer-Churchill
7th Duke of Marlborough8 March
18679 December
1868Conservative
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon.jpg75px]]George Robinson
1st Marquess of Ripon9 December
18689 August
1873LiberalGladstone I
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare NPG.jpg75px]]Henry Bruce
1st Baron Aberdare9 August
187321 February
1874Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, and 1st Duke of Gordon.jpg75px]]Charles Gordon-Lennox
6th Duke of Richmond21 February
187428 April
1880ConservativeDisraeli II
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:5th earl spencer.jpg75px]]John Spencer
5th Earl Spencer28 April
188019 March
1883LiberalGladstone II
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:1st Baron Carlingford.jpg75px]]Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue
1st Baron Carlingford19 March
188324 June
1885Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:1st Earl of Cranbrook.jpg75px]]Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy
1st Viscount Cranbrook24 June
18856 February
1886ConservativeSalisbury I
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:5th earl spencer.jpg75px]]John Spencer
5th Earl Spencer6 February
18863 August
1886LiberalGladstone III
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:1st Earl of Cranbrook.jpg75px]]Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy
1st Viscount Cranbrook3 August
188618 August
1892ConservativeSalisbury II
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:1st Earl of Kimberley 1868.jpg75px]]John Wodehouse
1st Earl of Kimberley18 August
189210 March
1894LiberalGladstone IV
Liberal Party (UK)}}[[File:Archibald-Philip-Primrose-5th-Earl-of-Rosebery (cropped).jpg75px]]Archibald Primrose
5th Earl of Rosebery10 March
189429 June
1895LiberalRosebery
Liberal Unionist Party}}"[[File:Picture of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire.jpg75px]]Spencer Cavendish
8th Duke of Devonshire29 June
189519 October
1903Liberal UnionistSalisbury
(III & IV)
(Con.–Lib.U.)
Balfour
(Con.–Lib.U.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Lord Londonderry, 6th Marquess.jpg75px]]Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart
6th Marquess of Londonderry19 October
190311 December
1905Conservative
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Portrait of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe.jpg75px]]Robert Crewe-Milnes
1st Earl of Crewe11 December
190516 April
1908LiberalCampbell-Bannerman
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Lord Tweedmouth, Naval Secretary, portrait bust.jpg75px]]Edward Marjoribanks
2nd Baron Tweedmouth16 April
190819 October
1908LiberalAsquith
(I–III)
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Henry Fowler.jpg75px]]Henry Fowler
1st Viscount Wolverhampton19 October
190821 June
1910Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:William Lygon.jpg75px]]William Lygon
7th Earl Beauchamp21 June
19107 November
1910Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn - Project Gutenberg eText 17976.jpg75px]]John Morley
1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn7 November
19105 August
1914Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:William Lygon.jpg75px]]William Lygon
7th Earl Beauchamp5 August
191425 May
1915Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}"[[File:Portrait of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe.jpg75px]]Robert Crewe-Milnes
1st Marquess of Crewe25 May
191510 December
1916LiberalAsquith Coalition
(Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Curzon GGBain.jpg75px]]George Curzon
1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston10 December
191623 October
1919ConservativeLloyd George
(I & II)
(Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Gws balfour 02.jpg75px]]Arthur Balfour
1st Earl of Balfour23 October
191919 October
1922Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury.jpg75px]]James Gascoyne-Cecil
4th Marquess of Salisbury24 October
192222 January
1924ConservativeLaw
Baldwin I
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Lord Parmoor - 19221128.jpg75px]]Charles Cripps
1st Baron Parmoor22 January
19243 November
1924LabourMacDonald I
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Curzon GGBain.jpg75px]]George Curzon
1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston6 November
192427 April
1925ConservativeBaldwin II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Gws balfour 02.jpg75px]]Arthur Balfour
1st Earl of Balfour27 April
19254 June
1929Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Lord Parmoor - 19221128.jpg75px]]Charles Cripps
1st Baron Parmoor7 June
192924 August
1931LabourMacDonald II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233 (cropped).jpg75px]]Stanley Baldwin
MP for Bewdley25 August
19317 June
1935ConservativeNational I
(*N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.
–Lib.*
National II
(*N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.
–Lib. until 1932*)
National Labour Organisation}}; border: none"[[File:Ramsay MacDonald ggbain 35734.jpg75px]]Ramsay MacDonald
MP for Combined Scottish Universities7 June
193528 May
1937National LabourNational III
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
National Labour Organisation}}; border: none"
National Labour Organisation}}; border: none"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:1st Earl of Halifax 1947.jpg75px]]Edward Wood
3rd Viscount Halifax28 May
19379 March
1938ConservativeNational IV
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Hailsham1.JPG75px]]Douglas Hogg
1st Viscount Hailsham9 March
193831 October
1938Conservative
National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}"[[File:Portrait of Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford.jpg75px]]Walter Runciman
1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford31 October
19383 September
1939National Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Stanhope7.JPG75px]]James Stanhope
7th Earl Stanhope3 September
193911 May
1940ConservativeChamberlain War
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R99302 Chamberlain.jpg75px]]Neville Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham Edgbaston11 May
19403 October
1940ConservativeChurchill War
(All parties)
National Government (United Kingdom)}}"[[File:John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley 1943.jpg75px]]John Anderson
MP for Combined Scottish Universities3 October
194024 September
1943National
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Clement Attlee.jpg75px]]Clement Attlee
MP for Limehouse24 September
194323 May
1945Labour
National Government (United Kingdom)}}"[[File:1st Earl of Woolton 1947.jpg75px]]Frederick Marquis
1st Baron Woolton25 May
194526 July
1945NationalChurchill Caretaker
(Con.–Lib.N.)
Labour Party (UK)}}"Herbert Morrison
MP for Lewisham South27 July
19459 March
1951LabourAttlee
(I & II)
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Dr. Christopher Addison LOC 16027831872 (cropped).jpg75px]]Christopher Addison
1st Viscount Addison9 March
195126 October
1951Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:1st Earl of Woolton 1947.jpg75px]]Frederick Marquis
1st Baron Woolton28 October
195125 November
1952ConservativeChurchill III
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195229 March
1957Conservative
Eden
Macmillan
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195717 September
1957Conservative
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195714 October
1959Conservative
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195927 July
1960Conservative
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196016 October
1964Conservative
Douglas-Home
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196411 August
1966LabourWilson
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196618 October
1968Labour
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196819 June
1970Labour
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19707 April
1972ConservativeHeath
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19725 November
1972Conservative
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19724 March
1974Conservative
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19748 April
1976LabourWilson
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19764 May
1979LabourCallaghan
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197914 September
1981ConservativeThatcher I
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19817 April
1982Conservative
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198211 June
1983Conservative
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198310 January
1988ConservativeThatcher II
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198824 July
1989Conservative
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19891 November
1990Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:official portrait of Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market crop 2.jpg75px]]John MacGregor
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199010 April
1992Conservative
Major I
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19922 May
1997ConservativeMajor II
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199727 July
1998LabourBlair I
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19988 June
2001Labour
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200118 March
2003LabourBlair II
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MP for Hamilton North and Bellshill4 April
200313 June
2003Labour
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Baron Williams of Mostyn13 June
200320 September
2003Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Valerie Amos DFID 2013.jpg75px]]Valerie Amos
Baroness Amos6 October
200327 June
2007Labour
Blair III
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Baroness Ashton of Upholland28 June
20073 October
2008LabourBrown
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Baroness Royall of Blaisdon3 October
20085 June
2009Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"[[File:Peter Mandelson at Politics of Climate Change 3.jpg75px]]Peter Mandelson
Baron Mandelson5 June
200911 May
2010Labour
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MP for Sheffield Hallam11 May
20108 May
2015Liberal DemocratCameron–Clegg
(Con.–Lib.Dem.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Chris Grayling 2016.jpg93x93px]]Chris Grayling
MP for Epsom and Ewell9 May
201514 July
2016ConservativeCameron II
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MP for Aylesbury14 July
201611 June
2017ConservativeMay I
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MP for South Northamptonshire11 June
201722 May
2019ConservativeMay II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Mel Stride MP crop 2.jpg100x100px]]Mel Stride
MP for Central Devon23 May
201924 July
2019Conservative
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20198 February
2022ConservativeJohnson I
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20226 September
2022Conservative
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20225 July
2024ConservativeTruss
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20245 September
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