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.

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.

## Leaders of the Labour Party 2007-Present

A list of leaders (including acting leaders) since 1906.
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|1|Keir Hardie<small>(1856–1915)</small>||_Merthyr Tydfil_|17 February 1906|22 January 1908|style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2|rowspan="2"|Arthur Henderson<small>(1863–1935)</small>(1st time)|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|_Barnard Castle_|rowspan="2"|22 January 1908|rowspan="2"|14 February 1910|height="50" style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||
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|3|George Barnes <small>(1859–1940)</small>||_Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown_|14 February 1910|6 February 1911|style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"||rowspan="19"|****||||||
|4|Ramsay MacDonald<small>(1866–1937)</small>(1st time)||_Leicester_|6 February 1911|5 August 1914|style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray;  border-bottom:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|(2)|rowspan="2"|Arthur Henderson<small>(1863–1935)</small>(2nd time)|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Barnard Castle|rowspan="2"|5 August 1914|rowspan="2"|24 October 1917|height="50" style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"|||
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|5|William Adamson <small>(1863–1936)</small>||_West Fife_|24 October 1917|14 February 1921|style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|6|rowspan="2"|J. R. Clynes <small>(1869–1949)</small>|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|_Manchester Platting_|rowspan="2"|14 February 1921|rowspan="2"|21 November 1922|height="50" style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"|||
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|rowspan="5"|(4)|rowspan="5"|Ramsay MacDonald<small>(1866–1937)</small>(2nd time)|rowspan="5"||rowspan="5"|Aberavon|rowspan="5"|21 November 1922 <small>_(elected)_</small>|rowspan="5"|28 August 1931|height="20" style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||
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|(2)|Arthur Henderson<small>(1863–1935)</small>(3rd time)||Burnley<small>_(1931)_</small>None <small>_(1931–1932)_</small>|28 August 1931 <small>_(unopposed)_</small>|25 October 1932|style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|rowspan="3"|7|rowspan="3"|George Lansbury <small>(1859–1940)</small>|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|Bow and Bromley|rowspan="3"|25 October 1932 <small>_(unopposed)_</small>|rowspan="3"|8 October 1935||||
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|rowspan="6"|8|rowspan="6"|Clement Attlee<small>(1883–1967)</small>|rowspan="6"||rowspan="6"|_Limehouse_<small>_(1935–1950)_</small>Walthamstow West <small>_(1950–1955)_</small>|rowspan="6"|8 October 1935 <small>_(elected)_</small>|rowspan="6"|7 December 1955|height="20" style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||
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|―|Herbert Morrison<small>(1888–1965)</small>||Lewisham South|7 December 1955|14 December 1955|style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|9|rowspan="2"|Hugh Gaitskell<small>(1906–1963)</small>|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|_Leeds South_|rowspan="2"|14 December 1955 <small>_(elected)_</small>|rowspan="2"|18 January 1963 <small>_(died in office)_</small>|height="50" style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||
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|―|George Brown <small>(1914–1985)</small>||_Belper_|18 January 1963|14 February 1963|height="50" style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|rowspan="5"|10|rowspan="5"|Harold Wilson<small>(1916–1995)</small>|rowspan="5"||rowspan="5"|_Huyton_|rowspan="5"|14 February 1963 <small>_(elected)_</small>|rowspan="5"|5 April 1976|height="20" style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||
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|rowspan="2"|11|rowspan="2"|James Callaghan<small>(1912–2005)</small>|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|_Cardiff South East_|rowspan="2"|5 April 1976 <small>_(elected)_</small>|rowspan="2"|10 November 1980|style="background-color: "||_Himself_|
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|12|Michael Foot<small>(1913–2010)</small>||Ebbw Vale|10 November 1980 <small>_(elected)_</small>|2 October 1983|style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|13|rowspan="2"|Neil Kinnock<small>(b. 1942)</small>|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Islwyn|rowspan="2"|2 October 1983 <small>_(elected)_</small>|rowspan="2"|18 July 1992|height="50" style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||
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|14|John Smith<small>(1938–1994)</small>||Monklands East|18 July 1992 <small>_(elected)_</small>|12 May 1994 <small>_(died in office)_</small>|style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|―|Margaret Beckett<small>(b. 1943)</small>(acting)||_Derby South_|12 May 1994|21 July 1994|style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|15|rowspan="2"|Tony Blair<small>(b. 1953)</small>|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|_Sedgefield_|rowspan="2"|21 July 1994 <small>_(elected)_</small>|rowspan="2"|24 June 2007|height="50" style="background-color: ; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||
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|16|Gordon Brown<small>(b. 1951)</small>||_Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath_|24 June 2007 <small>_(unopposed)_</small>|11 May 2010|height="50" style="background-color: "||_Himself_ <small></small>|||||||
|―|Harriet Harman<small>(b. 1950)</small>(acting: 1st time)||Camberwell and Peckham|11 May 2010|25 September 2010|style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|17|Ed Miliband<small>(b. 1969)</small>||Doncaster North|25 September 2010 <small>_(elected)_</small>|8 May 2015|style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|―|Harriet Harman<small>(b. 1950)</small>(acting: 2nd time)||Camberwell and Peckham|8 May 2015|12 September 2015|style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||||||||
|rowspan="3"|18|rowspan="3"|Jeremy Corbyn<small>(b. 1949)</small>|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|Islington North|rowspan="3"|12 September 2015 <small>_(elected)_</small>|rowspan="3"|4 April 2020|style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||
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|rowspan="3"|19|rowspan="3"|Keir Starmer<small>(b. 1962)</small>|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|_Holborn and St Pancras_|rowspan="3"|4 April 2020 <small>_(elected)_</small>|rowspan="3"|Incumbent|height="30" style="background-color: ; border-bottom:solid 0 gray; border-top:solid 0 gray"|||
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## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Leader of the Labour Party
- **insigniasize**: 175px
- **insigniacaption**: Labour Party Logo
- **image**: Prime Minister Keir Starmer Portrait (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: Keir Starmer Member of Parliament, MP
- **incumbentsince**: 4 April 2020
- **deputy**: Angela Rayner Member of Parliament, MP
- **formation**: 17 January 1906
- **inaugural**: Keir Hardie
- **precursor**: Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, PLP