Leader of the House of Commons

Political role in the UK Government

For equivalent positions in other countries, see Leader of the House (disambiguation).

United Kingdom
Leader of the
House of Commons

Incumbent
Lucy Powell

since 5 July 2024

Cabinet Office
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
Style| The Right Honourable
Formation| 4 April 1721
First holder| Sir Robert Walpole
Salary| £159,038 per annum (2022)[1]
(including £86,584 MP salary)[2]
Website| gov.uk/leader-commons
Political offices in the UK government

Arms of the British Government

* Prime Minister
* Deputy Prime Minister / First Secretary
* Treasury ministers
* Secretary of State
* Minister of state
* Parliamentary under-secretary of state
* Parliamentary private secretary
* Lord Chancellor
* Leader of the House of Commons
* Leader of the House of Lords
* Whips
* Law officers
* Sinecures
* Minister without portfolio

List of political offices

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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. ("Government" here means the controlling faction of the parliament, headed by the Prime Minister.) 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] 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.[3]

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

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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.[4]

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.[5]

## History

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The title was not established until about the middle of the 19th century, although the institution is much older.[6]

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.[6]

The title holder is not formally appointed by the Crown[clarification needed] and the title alone does not attract a salary,[6] 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)

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Leader
Constituency | Term of office  | Other ministerial offices held as Leader  | Party  | Ministry

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|  | Robert Walpole
MP for King's Lynn | 4 April
1721  | 6 February
1742  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Whig |  | Walpole–Townshend
| Walpole
|  | Samuel Sandys
MP for Worcester | 12 February
1742  | 27 August
1743  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer

|  | Carteret
|  | Henry Pelham
MP for Sussex | 27 August
1743  | 6 March
1754  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Broad Bottom
(I & II)
|  | Thomas Robinson
MP for Christchurch | 23 March
1754  | October
1755  |

* Secretary of State for the Southern Department

|  | Newcastle I
|  | Henry Fox
MP for Windsor | 14 November
1755  | 13 November
1756
|  | William Pitt 'the Elder'
MP for Okehampton | 4 December
1756  | 6 April
1757  |  | Pitt–Devonshire
Vacant | April
1757  | June
1757  |  |  | 1757 Caretaker
|  | William Pitt 'the Elder'
MP for Bath | 27 June
1757  | 6 October
1761  |

* Secretary of State for the Southern Department

| Whig |  | Pitt–Newcastle
|  | George Grenville
MP for Buckingham | October
1761  | May
1762  |

* Treasurer of the Navy

|  | Henry Fox
MP for Dunwich | May
1762  | April
1763  |

* Paymaster of the Forces

|  | Bute
(Tory–Whig)
|  | George Grenville
MP for Buckingham | 16 April
1763  | 13 July
1765  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Chancellor of the Exchequer

|  | Grenville
|  | Henry Seymour Conway
MP for Thetford | July
1765  | 20 October
1768  |

* Secretary of State for the Southern Department until May 1766
* Secretary of State for the Northern Department from May 1766

|  | Rockingham I
| Chatham
(Whig–Tory)
|  | Frederick North
Lord North
MP for Banbury | October
1768  | 22 March
1782  |

* Prime Minister from 28 January 1770
* First Lord of the Treasury from 28 January 1770
* Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Tory |  | Grafton
(Whig–Tory)
| North
|  | Charles James Fox
MP for Westminster | 27 March
1782  | July
1782  |

* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| Whig |  | Rockingham II
|  | Thomas Townshend
MP for Whitchurch | 10 July
1782  | 6 March
1783  |

* Secretary of State for the Home Department

|  | Shelburne
(Whig–Tory)
|  | Charles James Fox
MP for Westminster | 2 April
1783  | 19 December
1783  |

* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

|  | Fox–North
|  | Frederick North
Lord North
MP for Banbury |

* Secretary of State for the Home Department

| Tory |
|  | William Pitt 'the Younger'
MP for Appleby until 1784
MP for Cambridge University from 1784 | 19 December
1783  | 14 March
1801  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Chancellor of the Exchequer

|  | Pitt I
|  | Henry Addington
MP for Devizes | 17 March
1801  | 10 May
1804  |  | Addington
|  | William Pitt 'the Younger'
MP for Cambridge University | 10 May
1804  | 23 January
1806†  |  | Pitt II
|  | Charles James Fox
MP for Westminster | February
1806  | 13 September
1806†  |

* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| Whig |  | All the Talents
|  | Charles Grey
Viscount Howick
MP for Northumberland | September
1806  | 31 March
1807
|  | Spencer Perceval
MP for Northampton | April
1807  | 11 May
1812† |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer
* Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* Prime Minister from October 1809
* First Lord of the Treasury from October 1809

| Tory |  | Portland II
| Perceval
|  | Robert Stewart
Viscount Castlereagh
MP for Down until 1821
MP for Orford from 1821
The Marquess of Londonderry from 1821 | June
1812  | 12 August
1822†  |

* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

|  | Liverpool
|  | George Canning
MP for Liverpool until 1823
MP for Harwich 1823–1826
MP for Newport 1826–1827
MP for Seaford from 1827 | 16 September
1822  | 8 August
1827†  |

* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until April 1827
* Prime Minister from April 1827
* First Lord of the Treasury from April 1827
* Chancellor of the Exchequer from April 1827

| Canning
(Canningite–Whig)
|  | William Huskisson
MP for Liverpool | 3 September
1827  | 21 January
1828  |

* Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

|  | Goderich
(Canningite–Whig)
|  | Robert Peel
MP for Oxford University until 1829
MP for Westbury from 1829 | 26 January
1828  | 16 November
1830  |

* Secretary of State for the Home Department

|  | Wellington–Peel
|  | John Spencer
Viscount Althorp
MP for Northamptonshire until 1832
MP for South Northamptonshire from 1832 | 22 November
1830  | 14 November
1834  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Whig |  | Grey
| Melbourne I
Vacant | 14 November
1834  | 10 December
1834  |  |  | Wellington Caretaker
|  | Robert Peel
MP for Tamworth | 10 December
1834  | 8 April
1835  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Conservative |  | Peel I
|  | Lord John Russell
MP for Stroud | 18 April
1835  | 30 August
1841  |

* Secretary of State for the Home Department until August 1839
* Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from August 1839

| Whig |  | Melbourne II
|  | Robert Peel
MP for Tamworth | 30 August
1841  | 29 June
1846  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury

| Conservative |  | Peel II
|  | Lord John Russell
MP for City of London | 30 June
1846  | 21 February
1852  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury

| Whig |  | Russell I
|  | Benjamin Disraeli
MP for Buckinghamshire | 27 February
1852  | 17 December
1852  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Conservative |  | Who? Who?
|  | Lord John Russell
MP for City of London | 28 December
1852  | 30 January
1855  |

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

| Whig |  | Aberdeen
(Peelite–Whig)
|  | Henry John Temple
The Viscount Palmerston
MP for Tiverton | 6 February
1855  | 19 February
1858  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury

|  | Palmerston I
|  | Benjamin Disraeli
MP for Buckinghamshire | 26 February
1858  | 11 June
1859  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Conservative |  | Derby–Disraeli II
|  | Henry John Temple
The Viscount Palmerston
MP for Tiverton | 12 June
1859  | 18 October
1865†  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury

| Liberal |  | Palmerston II
|  | William Ewart Gladstone
MP for South Lancashire | October
1865  | 26 June
1866  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer

|  | Russell II
|  | Benjamin Disraeli
MP for Buckinghamshire | 6 July
1866  | 1 December
1868  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer until February 1868
* Prime Minister from February 1868
* First Lord of the Treasury from February 1868

| Conservative |  | Derby–Disraeli III
|  | William Ewart Gladstone
MP for Greenwich | 3 December
1868  | 17 February
1874  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Chancellor of the Exchequer from August 1873

| Liberal |  | Gladstone I
|  | Benjamin Disraeli
MP for Buckinghamshire | 20 February
1874  | 21 August
1876  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury

| Conservative |  | Disraeli II
|  | Stafford Northcote
MP for Devonshire North | 21 August
1876  | 21 April
1880  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer

|  | William Ewart Gladstone
MP for Midlothian | 23 April
1880  | 9 June
1885  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Chancellor of the Exchequer until December 1882

| Liberal |  | Gladstone II
|  | Michael Hicks-Beach
MP for Bristol West | 24 June
1885  | 28 January
1886  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Conservative |  | Salisbury I
|  | William Ewart Gladstone
MP for Midlothian | 1 February
1886  | 2 July
1886  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Lord Privy Seal

| Liberal |  | Gladstone III
|  | Lord Randolph Churchill
MP for Paddington South | 3 August
1886  | 14 January
1887  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer

| Conservative |  | Salisbury II
|  | W. H. Smith
MP for Strand | 17 January
1887  | October
1891  |

* First Lord of the Treasury

|  | Arthur Balfour
MP for Manchester East | October
1891  | 11 August
1892
|  | William Ewart Gladstone
MP for Midlothian | 15 August
1892  | 2 March
1894  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Lord Privy Seal

| Liberal |  | Gladstone IV
|  | William Harcourt
MP for Derby | 2 March
1894  | 21 June
1895  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer

|  | Rosebery
|  | Arthur Balfour[7]
MP for Manchester East | 29 June
1895  | 4 December
1905  |

* Prime Minister from July 1902
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Lord Privy Seal July 1902 – October 1903

| Conservative |  | Salisbury
(III & IV)
(Con.–Lib.U.)
| Balfour
(Con.–Lib.U.)
|  | Henry Campbell-Bannerman[7]
MP for Stirling Burghs | 5 December
1905  | 5 April
1908  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury

| Liberal |  | Campbell-Bannerman
|  | H. H. Asquith[7]
MP for East Fife | 5 April
1908  | 5 December
1916  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Secretary of State for War March – August 1914

|  | Asquith
(I–III)
| Asquith Coalition
(Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
|  | Bonar Law[7]
MP for Bootle until 1918
MP for Glasgow Central from 1918 | 10 December
1916  | 23 March
1921  |

* Chancellor of the Exchequer until January 1919
* Lord Privy Seal from January 1919

| Conservative |  | Lloyd George
(I & II)
(Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
|  | Austen Chamberlain[7]
MP for Birmingham West | 23 March
1921  | 19 October
1922  |

* Lord Privy Seal

|  | Bonar Law[7]
MP for Glasgow Central | 23 October
1922  | 20 May
1923  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury

|  | Law
|  | Stanley Baldwin[7]
MP for Bewdley | 22 May
1923  | 22 January
1924  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Chancellor of the Exchequer until August 1923

|  | Baldwin I
|  | Ramsay MacDonald[7]
MP for Aberavon | 22 January
1924  | 3 November
1924  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

| Labour |  | MacDonald I
|  | Stanley Baldwin[7]
MP for Bewdley | 4 November
1924  | 4 June
1929  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury

| Conservative |  | Baldwin II
|  | Ramsay MacDonald[7]
MP for Seaham | 5 June
1929  | 7 June
1935  | Labour |  | MacDonald II
| National Labour |  | National I
(N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.
–Lib.)
| National II
(N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.
–Lib. until 1932)
|  | Stanley Baldwin[7]
MP for Bewdley | 7 June
1935  | 28 May
1937  | Conservative |  | National III
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
|  | Neville Chamberlain[7]
MP for Birmingham Edgbaston | 28 May
1937  | 10 May
1940  |  | National IV
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
| Chamberlain War
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
|  | Winston Churchill[7]
MP for Epping | 10 May
1940  | 19 February
1942  |

* Prime Minister
* First Lord of the Treasury
* Minister of Defence

|  | Churchill War
(All parties)
|  | Stafford Cripps[7]
MP for Bristol East | 19 February
1942  | 22 November
1942  |

* Lord Privy Seal

| Independent
|  | Anthony Eden[7]
MP for Warwick and Leamington | 22 November
1942  | 26 July
1945  |

* Foreign Secretary

| Conservative
|  | Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–N.Lib.)
|  | Herbert Morrison[7]
MP for Lewisham East until 1950
MP for Lewisham South from 1950 | 27 July
1945  | 9 March
1951  |

* Deputy Prime Minister
* Lord President of the Council

| Labour |  | Attlee
(I & II)
|  | James Chuter Ede[7]
MP for South Shields | 9 March
1951  | 26 October
1951  |

* Secretary of State for the Home Department

|  | Harry Crookshank[7]
MP for Gainsborough | 28 October
1951  | 20 December
1955  |

* Minister of Health until May 1952
* Lord Privy Seal from May 1952

| Conservative |  | Churchill III
| Eden
|  | R. A. Butler[7]
MP for Saffron Walden | 20 December
1955  | 9 October
1961  |

* Lord Privy Seal until October 1959
* Secretary of State for the Home Department from January 1957

| Macmillan
(I & II)
|  | Iain Macleod[7]
MP for Enfield West | 9 October
1961  | 20 October
1963  |

* Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

|  | Selwyn Lloyd[7]
MP for Wirral | 20 October
1963  | 16 October
1964  |

* Lord Privy Seal

|  | Douglas-Home
|  | Herbert Bowden[7]
MP for Leicester South West | 16 October
1964  | 11 August
1966  |

* Lord President of the Council

| Labour |  | Wilson
(I & II)
|  | Richard Crossman[7]
MP for Coventry East | 11 August
1966  | 18 October
1968
|  | Fred Peart[7]
MP for Workington | 18 October
1968  | 19 June
1970
|  | William Whitelaw[7]
MP for Penrith and The Border | 20 June
1970  | 7 April
1972  | Conservative |  | Heath
|  | Robert Carr[7]
MP for Mitcham | 7 April
1972  | 5 November
1972
|  | Jim Prior[7]
MP for Lowestoft | 5 November
1972  | 4 March
1974
|  | Edward Short[7]
MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central | 5 March
1974  | 8 April
1976  | Labour |  | Wilson
(III & IV)
|  | Michael Foot[7]
MP for Ebbw Vale | 8 April
1976  | 4 May
1979  |  | Callaghan
|  | Norman St John-Stevas[7]
MP for Chelmsford | 5 May
1979  | 5 January
1981  |

* Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* Minister for the Arts

| Conservative |  | Thatcher I
|  | Francis Pym[7]
MP for Cambridgeshire | 5 January
1981  | 5 April
1982  |

* Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until September 1981
* Lord President of the Council from September 1981

|  | John Biffen[7]
MP for Oswestry until 1983
MP for Shropshire North from 1983 | 5 April
1982  | 13 June
1987  |

* Lord President of the Council until June 1983
* Lord Privy Seal from 11 June 1983

| Thatcher II
|  | John Wakeham[7]
MP for South Colchester and Maldon | 13 June
1987  | 24 July
1989  |

* Lord Privy Seal until January 1988
* Lord President of the Council from 10 January 1988

|  | Thatcher III
|  | Geoffrey Howe[7]
MP for East Surrey | 24 July
1989  | 2 November
1990  |

* Lord President of the Council
* Deputy Prime Minister

|  | John MacGregor[7]
MP for South Norfolk | 2 November
1990  | 10 April
1992  |

* Lord President of the Council

| Major I
|  | Tony Newton[8]
MP for Braintree | 10 April
1992  | 2 May
1997  |  | Major II
|  | Ann Taylor[9]
MP for Dewsbury | 2 May
1997  | 27 July
1998  | Labour |  | Blair I
|  | Margaret Beckett[10]
MP for Derby South | 27 July
1998  | 8 June
2001
|  | Robin Cook[11]
MP for Livingston | 8 June
2001  | 17 March
2003  |  | Blair II
|  | John Reid[12]
MP for Hamilton North and Bellshill | 4 April
2003  | 13 June
2003
|  | Peter Hain[13]
MP for Neath | 11 June
2003  | 6 May
2005  |

* Lord Privy Seal
* Secretary of State for Wales

|  | Geoff Hoon[14]
MP for Ashfield | 6 May
2005  | 5 May
2006 |

* Lord Privy Seal

|  | Blair III
|  | Jack Straw[15]
MP for Blackburn | 5 May
2006 | 27 June
2007
|  | Harriet Harman[16]
MP for Camberwell and Peckham | 28 June
2007  | 11 May
2010  |

* Lord Privy Seal
* Minister for Women and Equality

|  | Brown
|  | George Young[17]
MP for North West Hampshire | 12 May
2010  | 3 September
2012 |

* Lord Privy Seal

| Conservative |  | Cameron–Clegg
(Con.–L.D.)
|  | Andrew Lansley[18]
MP for South Cambridgeshire | 4 September
2012 | 14 July
2014
|  | William Hague[19]
MP for Richmond (Yorks) | 14 July
2014 | 8 May
2015  |

* First Secretary of State

|  | Chris Grayling[20]
MP for Epsom and Ewell | 9 May
2015  | 14 July
2016  |

* Lord President of the Council

|  | Cameron II
|  | David Lidington[21]
MP for Aylesbury | 14 July
2016  | 11 June
2017  |  | May I
|  | Andrea Leadsom[22]
MP for South Northamptonshire | 11 June
2017  | 22 May
2019 |  | May II
|  | Mel Stride[23]
MP for Central Devon | 23 May
2019 | 24 July
2019
|  | Jacob Rees-Mogg[24]
MP for North East Somerset | 24 July
2019  | 8 February
2022  |  | Johnson I
Johnson II
|  | Mark Spencer[25]
MP for Sherwood | 8 February
2022  | 6 September
2022  |
|  | Penny Mordaunt[26]
MP for Portsmouth North | 6 September
2022  | 5 July
2024  |  | Truss
| Sunak
|  | Lucy Powell
MP for Manchester Central | 5 July
2024  | Incumbent  | Labour |  | Starmer

## Timeline

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## Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

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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.[6] 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]

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.[27] This was shortlived however, as it was abolished by Liz Truss after she became Prime Minister a few months later.[28]

### List of Deputy Leaders of the House of Commons

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Deputy Leader  | Term Start  | Term End

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|

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

## See also

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* Leader of the House of Lords
* Speaker of the House of Commons
* Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
* Minister for Parliamentary Business, the equivalent cabinet post in the Scottish Government

## References

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11. ^ "Rt Hon Robin Cook". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
12. ^ "Lord Reid of Cardowan". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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14. ^ "Mr Geoffrey Hoon". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
15. ^ "Rt Hon Jack Straw". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
16. ^ "Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
17. ^ "Lord Young of Cookham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
18. ^ "Lord Lansley". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
19. ^ "Lord Hague of Richmond". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
20. ^ "Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
21. ^ "Rt Hon David Lidington MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
22. ^ "Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
23. ^ "Rt Hon Mel Stride MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
24. ^ "Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
25. ^ "Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
26. ^ "Penny Mordaunt". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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* Addington
* Pitt the Younger
* C. Fox
* Howick
* Perceval
* Castlereagh
* Canning
* Huskisson
* Peel
* Althorp
* Peel
* Russell
* Disraeli
* Russell
* Palmerston
* Disraeli
* Palmerston
* Gladstone
* Disraeli
* Gladstone
* Northcote
* Gladstone
* Hicks-Beach
* Gladstone
* R. Churchill
* Smith
* Balfour
* Gladstone
* Harcourt
* Balfour
* Campbell-Bannerman
* Asquith
* Law
* A. Chamberlain
* Law
* Baldwin
* MacDonald
* Baldwin
* MacDonald
* Baldwin
* N. Chamberlain
* W. Churchill
* Cripps
* Eden
* Morrison
* Chuter Ede
* Crookshank
* Butler
* Macleod
* Lloyd
* Bowden
* Crossman
* Peart
* Whitelaw
* Carr
* Prior
* Short
* Foot
* St John-Stevas
* Pym
* Biffen
* Wakeham
* Howe
* MacGregor
* Newton
* Taylor
* Beckett
* Cook
* Reid
* Hain
* Hoon
* Straw
* Harman
* Young
* Lansley
* Hague
* Grayling
* Lidington
* Leadsom
* Stride
* Rees-Mogg
* Spencer
* Mordaunt
* Powell

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Cabinet Office

Ministers|

* Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* Minister for the Cabinet Office
* Minister without Portfolio
* Leader of the House of Lords
* Leader of the House of Commons
* Paymaster General
* Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
* Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office

Civil Service|

* Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary

Ministerial departments|

* Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
* Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Non-ministerial department|

* UK Statistics Authority

Executive agencies|

* Crown Commercial Service
* Government Property Agency

Non-departmental
public bodies|

* Civil Service Commission
* Equality and Human Rights Commission
* Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
* Boundary Commission for England
* Boundary Commission for Wales
* Committee on Standards in Public Life
* House of Lords Appointments Commission
* Security Vetting Appeals Panel
* Senior Salaries Review Body

Other organisations|

* Commissioner for Public Appointments
* Government Car Service (Prime Ministerial Car)
* Office for Equality and Opportunity
* Government Estates Management
* National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority
* Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
* Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
* Privy Council Office

Secretariats|

* Civil Contingencies Secretariat
* Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms
* Defence and Overseas Secretariat
* Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat

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Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Cabinet ministers|

* Prime Minister / First Lord of the Treasury / Minister for the Union / Minister for the Civil Service
* Deputy Prime Minister / Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary
* Chancellor of the Exchequer
* Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary
* Home Secretary
* Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* Defence Secretary
* Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary
* Justice Secretary / Lord Chancellor
* Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary
* Health and Social Care Secretary
* Lord President of the Council / Leader of the House of Commons
* Leader of the House of Lords / Lord Privy Seal
* Business and Trade Secretary / President of the Board of Trade
* Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary
* Work and Pensions Secretary
* Education Secretary / Minister for Women and Equalities
* Transport Secretary
* Culture, Media and Sport Secretary
* Northern Ireland Secretary
* Scottish Secretary
* Welsh Secretary

Also attending Cabinet|

* Chief Whip / Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
* Chief Secretary to the Treasury
* Attorney General for England and Wales / Advocate General for Northern Ireland
* Minister of State for International Development

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