Leader of The Labour Party (UK) - List of Leaders of The Labour Party

List of Leaders of The Labour Party

Leader Portrait Nation of Birth Constituency Took Office Left Office Prime Minister
Arthur Henderson Scotland Barnard Castle 22 January 1908 14 February 1910 Campbell-Bannerman
Asquith 1908–16
George Nicoll Barnes Scotland Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown 14 February 1910 6 February 1911
Ramsay MacDonald Scotland Leicester 6 February 1911 5 August 1914
Arthur Henderson Scotland Barnard Castle 5 August 1914 24 October 1917
Lloyd George 1916–22
William Adamson Scotland West Fife 24 October 1917 14 February 1921
John Robert Clynes England Manchester Platting 14 February 1921 21 November 1922
Law 1922–23
Ramsay MacDonald Scotland Aberavon 21 November 1922 1 September 1931
Baldwin 1923–24
himself 1924
Baldwin 1924–29
himself 1929–31
Arthur Henderson Scotland Burnley 1 September 1931 25 October 1932 MacDonald 1931–35
George Lansbury England Bow and Bromley 25 October 1932 8 October 1935
Clement Attlee England Limehouse 8 October 1935 14 December 1955 Baldwin 1935–37
Chamberlain 1937–40
Churchill 1940–45
himself 1945–51
Churchill 1951–55
Eden 1955–57
Hugh Gaitskell England Leeds South 14 December 1955 18 January 1963
Macmillan 1957–63
George Brown× England Belper 18 January 1963 14 February 1963
Harold Wilson England Huyton 14 February 1963 5 April 1976
Douglas-Home 1963–64
himself 1964–70
Heath 1970–74
himself 1974–76
James Callaghan England Cardiff South East 5 April 1976 3 November 1980 himself 1976–79
Thatcher 1979–90
Michael Foot England Ebbw Vale 3 November 1980 2 October 1983
Neil Kinnock Wales Islwyn 2 October 1983 18 July 1992
Major 1990–97
John Smith Scotland Monklands East 18 July 1992 12 May 1994
Margaret Beckett× England Derby South 12 May 1994 21 July 1994
Tony Blair Scotland Sedgefield 21 July 1994 24 June 2007
himself 1997–2007
Gordon Brown Scotland Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 24 June 2007 11 May 2010 himself
Harriet Harman× England Camberwell and Peckham 11 May 2010 25 September 2010 Cameron 2010–pres
Ed Miliband England Doncaster North 25 September 2010 Incumbent

×These assumed the role of party leader temporarily because of the death or resignation of the incumbent. In the case of George Brown and Margaret Beckett, both were serving as Deputy Leader, and assumed the role temporarily following the sudden deaths of Hugh Gaitskell and John Smith respectively. Harriet Harman was Deputy Leader when Gordon Brown resigned, becoming Leader while the process of electing a new Leader was ongoing.

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