Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The **Deputy Prime Minister** (or **DPM**) is, when appointed, the second highest ranking executive officer of the government of the United Kingdom. He or she would be the deputy chief of the Cabinet.

Unlike other countries, the position of Deputy Prime Minister is not always needed or appointed. The Prime Minister chooses whether or not they want to have a deputy.

The position was created in 1942: Clement Attlee was the first Deputy Prime Minister. The present holder of this position is David Lammy since 5 September 2025. There have been times when the post has been very important.

## List of deputy prime ministers

In addition to the many unofficial deputies, some people have been formally appointed deputy prime minister. Ministers are appointed by the monarch, on the advice of the prime minister. Six people can be described as definitely having been appointed deputy prime minister.

|colspan=3|Deputy Prime Minister|colspan=2 width="20%"|Term of office||Party|Ministry||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Michael Heseltine**|1995|1997|* First Secretary of State||Conservative||Major II||||||
|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|**John Prescott**|rowspan=3|1997|rowspan=3|2007|rowspan=3|* Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions * First Secretary of State|rowspan=3|Labour||Blair I|
||Blair II|||||||||||||
||Blair III|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "|||**Nick Clegg**|2010|2015|* Lord President of the Council||Liberal Democrat||Cameron–Clegg||||
|style="background-color: "|||**Dominic Raab**|2021|2022|* Lord Chancellor * Secretary of State for Justice|rowspan="5"|Conservative||Johnson II||||
|rowspan=1 style="background-color: ; border: none"||rowspan=2||rowspan=2|**Thérèse Coffey**|rowspan=2|2022|rowspan=2|2022|rowspan=2|* Secretary of State for Health and Social Care|rowspan=2|Truss|
|style="background-color: ; border: none"||||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "|||**Dominic Raab**|2022|2023|* Lord Chancellor * Secretary of State for Justice|rowspan="2"|Sunak||||||
|style="background-color: "|||**Oliver Dowden**|2023|2024|*Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster *Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office||||||||
|style="background-color: "|||**Angela Rayner**|2024|5th September 2025|* Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities *||Labour||Starmer||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Deputy Prime Minister
- **body**: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- **insignia**: Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
- **insigniacaption**: Royal arms of the United Kingdom, Royal Arms of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's Government
- **image**: David Lammy Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2025 (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: David Lammy
- **incumbentsince**: 5 September 2025
- **department**: Government of the United Kingdom
- **style**: Deputy Prime Minister

The Right Honourable

Excellency, His Excellency

- **status**: Second highest in executive branch
- **nominator**: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister
- **appointer**: The Crown

- **first**: Clement Attlee
- **residence**: _None, may use Grace and favour residences_
- **reports to**: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister
- **seat**: Westminster, London
- **termlength**: No fixed term