Leader of the House of Commons

Leader of the House of Commons is de fractieleider van de regerende partij in het Lagerhuis van het Verenigd Koninkrijk. De Leader of the House of Commons maakt ook deel uit van het kabinet en bekleedt daarnaast ook een andere functie in het kabinet. De huidige Leader of the House of Commons in het kabinet van Keir Starmer is dit sinds 2025 sir Alan Campbell die daarnaast ook de functie van Lord President of the Council bekleedt.[1]

Leaders of the House of Commons van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1846–heden)

Leader of the
House of Commons		 Ambtstermijn Partij Premier Kabinet Overige
functie(s)
John Russell Graaf Russell
John Russell
(1792–1878)		 30 juni 1846 22 februari 1852 Whig Party John Russell
(1846–1852)		 Russell I Premier
Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin
Disraeli
(1804–1881)		 22 februari 1852 28 december 1852 Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley
(1852)		 Smith-Stanley I Minister van
Financiën
John Russell Graaf Russell
John Russell
(1792–1878)		 28 december 1852 6 februari 1855 Whig Party George
Hamilton
-Gordon
(1852–1855)		 Hamilton-Gordon Minister van
Buitenlandse Zaken
(1852–1853)
Minister zonder
portefeuille
(1853–1854)
Lord President of
the Council
(1854–1855)
Henry John Temple Burggraaf
Palmerston
Henry
John Temple
(1784–1865)		 6 februari 1855 20 februari 1858 Whig Party Henry
John Temple
(1855–1858)		 Temple I Premier
Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin
Disraeli
(1804–1881)		 20 februari 1858 12 juni 1859 Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley
(1858–1859)		 Smith-Stanley II Minister van
Financiën
Henry John Temple Burggraaf
Palmerston
Henry
John Temple
(1784–1865)		 12 juni 1859 18 oktober 1865
[2]		 Liberal Party Henry
John Temple
(1859–1865)		 Temple II Premier
William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart
Gladstone
(1809–1898)		 18 oktober 1865 28 juni 1866 Liberal Party John Russell
(1865–1866)		 Russell II Minister van
Financiën
Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin
Disraeli
(1804–1881)		 28 juni 1866 3 december 1868 Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley
(1866–1868)		 Smith-Stanley III Minister van
Financiën
Benjamin Disraeli
(1868)		 Disraeli I Premier
William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart
Gladstone
(1809–1898)		 3 december 1868 20 februari 1874 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone
(1868–1874)		 Gladstone I Premier
Minister van
Financiën
(1868–1873)
Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin
Disraeli
(1804–1881)		 20 februari 1874 22 augustus 1876
[3]		 Conservative Party Benjamin Disraeli
(1874–1880)		 Disraeli II Premier
Stafford Northcote Sir
Stafford
Northcote
(1818–1887)		 22 augustus 1876 23 april 1880 Conservative Party Minister van
Financiën
William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart
Gladstone
(1809–1898)		 23 april 1880 23 juni 1885 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone
(1880–1885)		 Gladstone II Premier
Minister van
Financiën
(1880–1882)
Michael Hicks Beach Sir
Michael
Hicks Beach
(1837–1916)		 23 juni 1885 28 januari 1886 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-Cecil
(1885–1886)		 Gascoyne-Cecil I
William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart
Gladstone
(1809–1898)		 28 januari 1886 20 juli 1886 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone
(1886)		 Gladstone III Premier
Lord Privy Seal
Randolph Churchill Sir
Randolph
Churchill
(1849–1895)		 20 juli 1886 14 januari 1887
[4]		 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-Cecil
(1886–1892)		 Gascoyne-Cecil II Minister van
Financiën
William Henry Smith William
Henry Smith
(1825–1891)		 14 januari 1887 6 oktober 1891
[2]		 Conservative Party
Arthur Balfour Arthur Balfour
(1848–1930)		 6 oktober 1891 15 augustus 1892 Conservative Party Minister voor
Ierland
(1891)
William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart
Gladstone
(1809–1898)		 15 augustus 1892 5 maart 1894 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone
(1892–1894)		 Gladstone IV Premier
Lord Privy Seal
William Harcourt Sir
William Harcourt
(1827–1904)		 5 maart 1894 25 juni 1895 Liberal Party Archibald
Primrose
(1894–1895)		 Primrose Minister van
Financiën
Arthur Balfour Arthur Balfour
(1848–1930)		 25 juni 1895 5 december 1905 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-Cecil
(1895–1902)		 Gascoyne-Cecil III
Gascoyne-Cecil IV
Arthur Balfour
(1902–1905)		 Balfour Premier
Henry Campbell-Bannerman Sir
Henry
Campbell-
Bannerman
(1836–1908)		 5 december 1905 8 april 1908 Liberal Party Henry
Campbell-
Bannerman
(1905–1908)		 Campbell-
Bannerman		 Premier
Herbert Henry Asquith Herbert
Henry Asquith
(1852–1928)		 8 april 1908 7 december 1916 Liberal Party Herbert
Henry Asquith
(1908–1916)		 Asquith I Premier
Asquith II
Asquith III
Asquith IV
Bonar Law Bonar Law
(1858–1923)		 7 december 1916 1 april 1921 Conservative Party David
Lloyd George
(1919–1922)		 Lloyd George I Minister van
Financiën
(1916–1919)
Lloyd George II Lord Privy Seal
(1919–1921)
Austen Chamberlain
Sir
Austen
Chamberlain
(1863–1937)		 1 april 1921 23 oktober 1922 Conservative Party Lord Privy Seal
(1919–1921)
Bonar Law Bonar Law
(1858–1923)		 23 oktober 1922 22 mei 1923
[4]		 Conservative Party Bonar Law
(1922–1923)		 Law Premier
Stanley Baldwin Stanley Baldwin
(1867–1947)		 22 mei 1923 22 januari 1924 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1923–1924)		 Baldwin I Premier
Minister van
Financiën
(1923)
Ramsay MacDonald Ramsay
MacDonald
(1866–1937)		 22 januari 1924 3 november 1924 Labour Party Ramsay
MacDonald
(1924)		 MacDonald I Premier
Minister van
Buitenlandse Zaken
Stanley Baldwin Stanley Baldwin
(1867–1947)		 4 november 1924 5 juni 1929 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1924–1929)		 Baldwin II Premier
Ramsay MacDonald Ramsay
MacDonald
(1866–1937)		 5 juni 1929 7 juni 1935 Labour Party
(1929–1931)		 Ramsay
MacDonald
(1929–1935)		 MacDonald II Premier
National
Labour
(1931–1935)		 MacDonald III
(Nationaal Kabinet I)
MacDonald IV
(Nationaal Kabinet II)
Stanley Baldwin Stanley Baldwin
(1867–1947)		 7 juni 1935 28 mei 1937 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1935–1937)		 Baldwin III
(Nationaal Kabinet III)		 Premier
Neville
Chamberlain
(1869–1940)		 28 mei 1937 10 mei 1940
[4]		 Conservative Party Neville
Chamberlain
(1937–1940)		 Chamberlain I
(Nationaal Kabinet IV)		 Premier
Chamberlain II
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
(1874–1965)		 10 mei 1940 19 februari 1942 Conservative Party Winston Churchill
(1940–1945)		 Churchill I Premier
Minister van
Defensie
Stafford Cripps Sir
Stafford Cripps
(1889–1952)		 19 februari 1942 22 november 1942 Labour Party Lord Privy Seal
Anthony Eden Anthony Eden
(1897–1977)		 22 november 1942 26 juli 1945 Conservative Party Minister van
Buitenlandse Zaken
Churchill II
Herbert Morrison Herbert Morrison
(1888–1965)		 26 juli 1945 9 maart 1951 Labour Party Clement Attlee
(1945–1951)		 Attlee I Vicepremier
Lord President of
the Council
Attlee II
Chuter Ede Chuter Ede
(1882–1965)		 9 maart 1951 26 oktober 1951 Labour Party Minister van
Binnenlandse Zaken
Harry Crookshank Harry
Crookshank
(1893–1961)		 26 oktober 1951 20 december 1955 Conservative Party Winston Churchill
(1951–1955)		 Churchill III Minister van
Volksgezondheid
(1951–1952)
Anthony Eden
(1955–1957)		 Eden
Lord Privy Seal
(1952–1955)
Rab Butler Rab Butler
(1902–1982)		 20 december 1955 9 oktober 1961 Conservative Party Lord Privy Seal
(1955–1959)
Harold Macmillan
(1957–1963)		 Macmillan I
Macmillan II Minister van
Binnenlandse Zaken
(1957–1961)
Iain Macleod Iain Macleod
(1913–1970)		 9 oktober 1961 19 oktober 1963 Conservative Party Kanselier van
het Hertogdom
Lancaster
Selwyn Lloyd Selwyn Lloyd
(1904–1978)		 19 oktober 1963 16 oktober 1964 Conservative Party Alec
Douglas-Home
(1963–1964)		 Douglas-Home Lord Privy Seal
Herbert Bowden
(1905–1994)		 16 oktober 1964 11 augustus 1966 Labour Party Harold Wilson
(1964–1970)		 Wilson I Lord President of
the Council
Wilson II
Dick Crossman Dick Crossman
(1907–1974)		 11 augustus 1966 18 oktober 1968 Labour Party Lord President of
the Council
Fred Peart
(1914–1988)		 18 oktober 1968 19 juni 1970 Labour Party Lord President of
the Council
Willie Whitelaw
(1918–1999)		 19 juni 1970 7 april 1972 Conservative Party Edward Heath
(1970–1974)		 Heath Lord President of
the Council
Robert Carr
(1916–2012)		 7 april 1972 5 november 1972 Conservative Party Minister van
Binnenlandse Zaken
Lord President of
the Council
Jim Prior
(1927–2016)		 5 november 1972 4 maart 1974 Conservative Party Lord President of
the Council
Edward Short
(1912–2012)		 4 maart 1974 5 april 1976 Labour Party Harold Wilson
(1974–1976)		 Wilson III Lord President of
the Council
Michael Foot Michael Foot
(1913–2010)		 5 april 1976 4 mei 1979 Labour Party James Callaghan
(1976–1979)		 Callaghan Lord President of
the Council
Norman St
John-Stevas
(1929–2012)		 4 mei 1979 5 januari 1981
[5]		 Conservative Party Margaret Thatcher
(1979–1990)		 Thatcher I Kanselier van
het Hertogdom
Lancaster
Minister voor
Cultuur
Francis Pym Francis Pym
(1922–2008)		 5 januari 1981 6 april 1982
[6]		 Conservative Party Kanselier van
het Hertogdom
Lancaster
(1981)
Thesaurier-generaal
(1981)
Lord President of
the Council
(1981–1982)
John Biffen
(1930–2007)		 6 april 1982 13 juni 1987 Conservative Party Lord President of
the Council
(1982–1983)
Thatcher II Lord Privy Seal
(1983–1987)
John Wakeham John Wakeham
(1932)		 13 juni 1987 24 juli 1989
[7]		 Conservative Party Thatcher III Lord Privy Seal
(1987–1988)
Lord President of
the Council
(1988–1989)
Geoffrey Howe Sir
Geoffrey Howe
(1926–2015)		 24 juli 1989 1 november 1990
[4]		 Conservative Party Vicepremier
First Secretary
of State
Lord President of
the Council
John MacGregor John MacGregor
(1937)		 1 november 1990 10 april 1992 Conservative Party Lord President of
the Council
John Major
(1990–1997)		 Major I
Tony Newton
(1937–2012)		 10 april 1992 2 mei 1997 Conservative Party Major II Lord President of
the Council
Ann Taylor Ann Taylor
(1947)		 2 mei 1997 27 juli 1998
[8]		 Labour Party Tony Blair
(1997–2007)		 Blair I Lord President of
the Council
Margaret Beckett Margaret
Beckett
(1943)		 27 juli 1998 8 juni 2001 Labour Party Lord President of
the Council
Robin Cook Robin Cook
(1946–2005)		 8 juni 2001 18 maart 2003
[4]		 Labour Party Blair II Lord President of
the Council
John Reid John Reid
(1947)		 18 maart 2003 13 juni 2003
[9]		 Labour Party Lord President of
the Council
Peter Hain Peter Hain
(1950)		 13 juni 2003 5 mei 2005 Labour Party Lord Privy Seal
Minister voor
Wales
Geoff Hoon Geoff Hoon
(1953)		 5 mei 2005 6 mei 2006
[10]		 Labour Party Blair III Lord Privy Seal
Jack Straw Jack Straw
(1946)		 6 mei 2006 27 juni 2007 Labour Party Lord Privy Seal
Harriet Harman Harriet Harman
(1950)		 27 juni 2007 11 mei 2010 Labour Party Gordon Brown
(2007–2010)		 Brown Lord Privy Seal
Minister voor
Vrouwen en
Gelijkheid
George Young Sir
George Young
(1941)		 11 mei 2010 4 september 2012
[8]		 Conservative Party David Cameron
(2010–2016)		 Cameron I Lord Privy Seal
Andrew Lansley Andrew Lansley
(1956)		 4 september 2012 14 juli 2014
[5]		 Conservative Party Lord Privy Seal
William Hague William Hague
(1961)		 14 juli 2014 9 mei 2015 Conservative Party First Secretary
of State
Chris Grayling Chris Grayling
(1962)		 9 mei 2015 13 juli 2016 Conservative Party Cameron II Lord President of
the Council
David Lidington David Lidington
(1956)		 13 juli 2016 11 juni 2017 Conservative Party Theresa May
(2016–2019)		 May I Lord President of
the Council
Andrea Leadsom Andrea
Leadsom
(1963)		 11 juni 2017 23 mei 2019
[4]		 Conservative Party May II Lord President of
the Council
Mel Stride Mel Stride
(1961)		 23 mei 2019 24 juli 2019 Conservative Party Lord President of
the Council
Jacob Rees-Mogg Jacob
Rees-Mogg
(1969)		 24 juli 2019 8 februari 2022 Conservative Party Boris Johnson
(2019–2022)		 Johnson I Lord President of
the Council
Johnson II
Mark Spencer Mark Spencer
(1970)		 8 februari 2022 7 september 2022 Conservative Party Johnson II Lord President of
the Council
Penny Mordaunt Penny
Mordaunt
(1973)		 6 september 2022 5 juli 2024 Conservative Party Liz Truss
(2022)		 Truss Lord President of
the Council
Rishi Sunak
(2022–2024)		 Sunak
Lucy Powell Lucy Powell
(1974)		 5 juli 2024 5 september 2025 Labour Party Keir Starmer
(2024–heden)		 Starmer Lord President of
the Council
Alan Campbell Sir

Alan Campbell (1957)

 5 september 2025 heden Labour Party Keir Starmer
(2024–heden)		 Starmer Lord President of
the Council
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