Leader of the Conservative Party (England)
Leaders of the party (1922–present)[edit | edit source]
Leader (Birth–death) |
Portrait | Constituency / title | Took office | Left office | Leadership election | |
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Andrew Bonar Law (1858–1923) |
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Glasgow Central | 23 October 1922 | 28 May 1923 | Did not exist | |
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) |
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Bewdley | 28 May 1923 | 31 May 1937 | ||
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) |
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Birmingham Edgbaston | 31 May 1937 | 10 May 1940 | ||
Edward Wood (1881–1940) |
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Earl of Halifax | 10 May 1940 | 2 July 1940 | ||
Henry Page Croft (1891–1947) |
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Bournemouth | 9 July 1940 | 12 October 1946 | ||
TBD (TBD) |
TBD | 12 October 1946 | 8 August 1951 | |||
Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) |
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Bromley | 8 August 1951 | 4 January 1965 | ||
George Jellicoe (1918–2007) |
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Brierley Hill | 27 July 1965 | 6 February 1975 | 1965 | |
Edward Heath (1916–2012) |
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Sidcup | 6 February 1975 | 11 February 1982 | 1975 | |
Peter Walker (1932-1982) |
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Worcester | 11 February 1982 | 20 July 1982 | Feb. 1982 | |
Peter Carington (1919-2018) |
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St Marylebone | 23 July 1982 | 13 September 1984 | Jul. 1982 | |
Geoffrey Howe (1926-2015) |
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East Surrey | 13 September 1984 | 3 October 1987 | 1984 | |
Cecil Parkinson (1931-2016) |
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Hertsmere | 3 October 1987 | 28 November 1990 | 1987 | |
Francis Urquhart (b. 1936) |
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New Forrest | 28 November 1990 | 23 November 2001 | 1990 1996 | |
Iain Duncan Smith (b. 1954) |
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Croydon South | 23 November 2001 | 5 June 2005 | 2001 | |
Michael Howard (b. 1941) |
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Medway | 5 June 2005 | 28 June 2008 | 2005 | |
Adam Afriyie (b. 1965) |
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Windsor | 28 June 2008 | 4 June 2012 | 2008 | |
Ruth Davidson (b. 1978) |
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Edinburgh Central | 5 September 2012 | 4 June 2015 | 2012 | |
Graham Brady (b. 1967) |
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Altrincham | 15 May 2015 | Incumbent | 2015 |