Chairman
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Term of office
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Election
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Ministerial offices
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Leader
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Ref
|
|
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Arthur Steel-Maitland MP for
Birmingham East
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1911
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1916
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—
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Bonar Law
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[2]
|
|
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Sir George Younger, Bt. MP for
Ayr Burghs
|
1916
|
1923
|
1918
1922
1923
|
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[3]
|
Stanley Baldwin
|
|
|
|
Stanley Jackson MP for
Howdenshire
|
1923
|
1926
|
1924
|
|
[2]
|
|
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John Davidson MP for
Hemel Hempstead
|
1926
|
1930
|
1929
|
|
[2]
[3]
|
|
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Neville Chamberlain MP for
Birmingham Edgbaston
|
23 June 1930
|
15 April 1931
|
—
|
|
[2]
[3]
|
|
|
John Baird Viscount Stonehaven
|
1931
|
1936
|
1931
1935
|
|
|
|
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Sir Douglas Hacking MP for
Chorley
|
1936
|
1942
|
—
|
|
|
Neville Chamberlain
|
|
Winston Churchill
|
|
|
|
Thomas Dugdale MP for
Richmond
|
1942
|
29 October 1944
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
Ralph Assheton MP for
City of London
|
29 October 1944
|
1 July 1946
|
1945
|
|
[2]
|
|
|
Frederick Marquis Earl of Woolton
|
1 July 1946
|
1 November 1955
|
1950
1951
1955
|
Lord President of the Council (1951–1952)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1952–1955)
Minister of Materials (1952–1954)
|
[2]
|
Anthony Eden
|
|
|
|
Oliver Poole
|
1 November 1955
|
18 September 1957
|
—
|
|
[2]
[4]
|
Harold Macmillan
|
|
|
|
Quintin Hogg Viscount Hailsham
|
18 September 1957
|
14 October 1959
|
1959
|
Lord President of the Council (1957–1959)
|
[2]
|
|
|
Rab Butler MP for
Saffron Walden
|
14 October 1959
|
10 October 1961
|
—
|
Home Secretary (1957–1962)
Leader of the House of Commons (1955–1961)
|
[2]
|
|
|
Iain Macleod MP for
Saffron Walden
|
10 October 1961
|
21 October 1963
|
—
|
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1961–1963)
Leader of the House of Commons (1961–1963)
|
[a]
|
|
|
Oliver Poole Baron Poole
|
17 April 1963 (Jointly)
|
—
|
|
[2]
[a]
|
|
|
John Hare Viscount Blakenham
|
21 October 1963
|
21 January 1965
|
1964
|
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1963–1964)
|
|
Alec Douglas-Home
|
|
|
|
Edward du Cann MP for
Taunton
|
21 January 1965
|
11 September 1967
|
1966
|
|
[2]
|
Edward Heath
|
|
|
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Anthony Barber MP for
Altrincham and Sale
|
11 September 1967
|
31 July 1970
|
1970
|
|
|
|
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Peter Thomas MP for
Hendon South
|
31 July 1970
|
7 April 1972
|
—
|
Secretary of State for Wales (1970–1974)
|
|
|
|
Peter Carington Baron Carrington
|
7 April 1972
|
11 June 1974
|
Feb 1974
|
Secretary of State for Defence (1970–1974)
Secretary of State for Energy (1974)
|
|
|
|
William Whitelaw MP for
Penrith and The Border
|
11 June 1974
|
27 February 1975
|
Oct 1974
|
|
|
|
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Peter Thorneycroft Baron Thorneycroft
|
27 February 1975
|
14 September 1981
|
1979
|
|
Margaret Thatcher
|
[2]
|
|
|
Cecil Parkinson MP for
South Hertfordshire
|
14 September 1981
|
14 September 1983
|
1983
|
Paymaster General (1981–1983)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1982–1983)
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1983)
|
[2]
|
|
|
John Gummer MP for
Suffolk Coastal
|
14 September 1983
|
2 September 1985
|
—
|
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Employment (1983) Minister of State for Employment (1983–1985)
Paymaster General (1984–1985)
|
|
|
|
Norman Tebbit MP for
Chingford
|
2 September 1985
|
2 November 1987
|
1987
|
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1985–1987)
|
[2]
|
|
|
Peter Brooke MP for
City of London and Westminster South
|
2 November 1987
|
24 July 1989
|
—
|
Paymaster General (1987–1989)
|
|
|
|
Kenneth Baker MP for
Mole Valley
|
24 July 1989
|
28 November 1990
|
—
|
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
|
|
|
|
Chris Patten MP for
Bath
|
28 November 1990
|
10 May 1992
|
1992
|
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
|
John Major
|
[5]
|
|
|
Sir Norman Fowler MP for
Sutton Coldfield
|
10 May 1992
|
20 July 1994
|
—
|
Attended Cabinet
|
|
|
|
Jeremy Hanley MP for
Richmond and Barnes
|
20 July 1994
|
5 July 1995
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
|
|
|
Brian Mawhinney MP for
Peterborough →
North West Cambridgeshire
|
5 July 1995
|
20 June 1997
|
1997
|
Minister without portfolio
|
|
|
|
Cecil Parkinson Baron Parkinson
|
20 June 1997
|
2 December 1998
|
—
|
|
William Hague
|
|
|
|
Michael Ancram Earl of Ancram MP for
Devizes
|
2 December 1998
|
18 September 2001
|
2001
|
|
|
|
|
David Davis MP for
Haltemprice and Howden
|
18 September 2001
|
23 July 2002
|
—
|
|
Iain Duncan Smith
|
|
|
|
Theresa May MP for
Maidenhead
|
23 July 2002
|
6 November 2003
|
—
|
|
[4]
|
|
|
Liam Fox MP for
Woodspring
|
6 November 2003
|
6 May 2005
|
2005
|
|
Michael Howard
|
[b]
|
|
|
Maurice Saatchi Baron Saatchi
|
10 November 2003 (Jointly)
|
|
[4]
[b]
|
|
|
Francis Maude MP for
Horsham
|
6 May 2005
|
2 July 2007
|
—
|
|
|
David Cameron
|
|
|
|
Caroline Spelman MP for
Meriden
|
2 July 2007
|
19 January 2009
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
Eric Pickles MP for
Brentwood and Ongar
|
19 January 2009
|
12 May 2010
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
Andrew Feldman Baron Feldman of Elstree
|
12 May 2010 (Jointly 2010–15)
|
14 July 2016
|
2015
|
|
[2]
[c]
[d]
|
|
|
Sayeeda Warsi Baroness Warsi
|
12 May 2010 (Jointly)
|
4 September
2012
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
[6]
[c]
|
|
|
Grant Shapps MP for
Welwyn Hatfield
|
4 September
2012 (Jointly)
|
11 May 2015
|
2015
|
Minister without portfolio
|
[d]
|
|
|
Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for
Derbyshire Dales
|
14 July 2016
|
8 January
2018
|
2017
|
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
|
Theresa May
|
|
|
|
Brandon Lewis MP for
Great Yarmouth
|
8 January
2018
|
24 July 2019
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
[7]
|
|
|
Ben Elliot
|
24 July 2019 (Jointly)
|
5 September 2022
|
2019
|
|
Boris Johnson
|
[e]
[f]
[g]
[h]
|
|
|
James Cleverly MP for
Braintree
|
13 February
2020
|
Minister without portfolio
|
[8]
[e]
|
|
|
Amanda Milling MP for
Cannock Chase
|
13 February
2020 (Jointly)
|
15 September 2021
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
[9]
[f]
|
|
|
Oliver Dowden MP for
Hertsmere
|
15 September 2021 (Jointly)
|
24 June 2022
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
[g]
|
|
|
Andrew Stephenson MP for
Pendle
|
7 July 2022 (Jointly)
|
6 September 2022
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
[h]
|
|
|
Sir Jake Berry MP for
Rossendale and Darwen
|
6 September 2022
|
25 October 2022
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
Liz Truss
|
|
|
|
Nadhim Zahawi MP for
Stratford-on-Avon
|
25 October 2022
|
29 January 2023
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
Rishi Sunak
|
|
|
|
Greg Hands MP for
Chelsea and Fulham
|
7 February 2023
|
13 November 2023
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
|
|
|
Richard Holden MP for
North West Durham
|
13 November 2023
|
Incumbent
|
—
|
Minister without portfolio
|
|