Leader of the Labour Party (UK)

The Leader of the Labour Party is the leading politician within the Labour Party in the United Kingdom. Since 4 April 2020, Keir Starmer is leader. He represents the constituency of Holborn and St Pancras. Starmer is also the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Leader of the Labour Party
Incumbent Keir Starmer MP since 4 April 2020
Precursor	Chair of the PLP
Inaugural holder	Keir Hardie
Formation	17 January 1906
Deputy	Angela Rayner MP

The post of Leader of the Labour Party was officially created in 1922. Before this time, between when Labour MPs were first elected in 1906 and the election in 1922, when substantial gains were made, the post was known as Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party.^[1]

Leaders of the Labour Party 2007-Present

A list of leaders (including acting leaders) since 1906.^[2][3][4][5]

No.	Leader (birth–death)		Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister (term)		Monarch (Reign)
1	Keir Hardie(1856–1915)		Merthyr Tydfil	17 February 1906	22 January 1908		Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1905–1908	Edward VII(1901–1910)
2	Arthur Henderson(1863–1935)(1st time)		Barnard Castle	22 January 1908	14 February 1910
							Herbert Asquith 1908–1916
3	George Barnes (1859–1940)		Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown	14 February 1910	6 February 1911			George V(1910–1936)
4	Ramsay MacDonald(1866–1937)(1st time)		Leicester	6 February 1911	5 August 1914
(2)	Arthur Henderson(1863–1935)(2nd time)		Barnard Castle	5 August 1914	24 October 1917
							David Lloyd George 1916–1922
5	William Adamson (1863–1936)		West Fife	24 October 1917	14 February 1921
6	J. R. Clynes (1869–1949)		Manchester Platting	14 February 1921	21 November 1922
							Bonar Law 1922–1923
(4)	Ramsay MacDonald(1866–1937)(2nd time)		Aberavon	21 November 1922 (elected)	28 August 1931
							Stanley Baldwin 1923–1924
							Himself 1924
							Stanley Baldwin 1924–1929
							Himself 1929–1931
(2)	Arthur Henderson(1863–1935)(3rd time)		Burnley(1931)None (1931–1932)	28 August 1931 (unopposed)	25 October 1932		Ramsay MacDonald 1931–1935
7	George Lansbury (1859–1940)		Bow and Bromley	25 October 1932 (unopposed)	8 October 1935
							Stanley Baldwin 1935–1937
8	Clement Attlee(1883–1967)		Limehouse(1935–1950)Walthamstow West (1950–1955)	8 October 1935 (elected)	7 December 1955[6]
							Neville Chamberlain 1937–1940
							Winston Churchill 1940–1945
							Himself 1945–1951	Edward VIII (1936)
							Winston Churchill 1951–1955	George VI (1936–1952)
							Anthony Eden 1955–1957	Elizabeth II (1952–2022)
―	Herbert Morrison(1888–1965)		Lewisham South	7 December 1955	14 December 1955
9	Hugh Gaitskell(1906–1963)		Leeds South	14 December 1955 (elected)	18 January 1963 (died in office)
							Harold Macmillan 1957–1963
―	George Brown (1914–1985)		Belper	18 January 1963	14 February 1963
10	Harold Wilson(1916–1995)		Huyton	14 February 1963 (elected)	5 April 1976
							Alec Douglas-Home 1963–1964
							Himself 1964–1970
							Edward Heath 1970–1974
							Himself 1974–1976
11	James Callaghan(1912–2005)		Cardiff South East	5 April 1976 (elected)	10 November 1980		Himself 1976–1979
							Margaret Thatcher 1979–1990
12	Michael Foot(1913–2010)		Ebbw Vale	10 November 1980 (elected)	2 October 1983
13	Neil Kinnock(b. 1942)		Islwyn	2 October 1983 (elected)	18 July 1992
							John Major 1990–1997
14	John Smith(1938–1994)		Monklands East	18 July 1992 (elected)	12 May 1994 (died in office)
―	Margaret Beckett(b. 1943)(acting)		Derby South	12 May 1994	21 July 1994
15	Tony Blair(b. 1953)		Sedgefield	21 July 1994 (elected)	24 June 2007
							Himself 1997–2007
16	Gordon Brown(b. 1951)		Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	24 June 2007 (unopposed)	11 May 2010		Himself 2007–2010
―	Harriet Harman(b. 1950)(acting: 1st time)		Camberwell and Peckham	11 May 2010	25 September 2010		David Cameron 2010–2016
17	Ed Miliband(b. 1969)		Doncaster North	25 September 2010 (elected)	8 May 2015
―	Harriet Harman(b. 1950)(acting: 2nd time)		Camberwell and Peckham	8 May 2015	12 September 2015
18	Jeremy Corbyn(b. 1949)		Islington North	12 September 2015 (elected)	4 April 2020
							Theresa May 2016–2019
							Boris Johnson 2019–2022
19	Keir Starmer(b. 1962)		Holborn and St Pancras	4 April 2020 (elected)	Incumbent
							Liz Truss 2022
							Rishi Sunak 2022 – present	Charles III (2022–present)