Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Name 	Began 	Ended 	Party
Henry Brooke 	9 October 1961 	13 July 1962 	Conservative
John Boyd-Carpenter	13 July 1962 	16 October 1964 	Conservative
John Diamond 	20 October 1964 	19 June 1970 	Labour
Maurice Macmillan 	19 June 1970 	7 April 1972 	Conservative
Patrick Jenkin 	7 April 1972 	8 January 1974 	Conservative
Tom Boardman 	8 January 1974 	4 March 1974 	Conservative
Joel Barnett 	7 March 1974 	4 May 1979 	Labour
John Biffen 	5 May 1979 	5 January 1981 	Conservative
Leon Brittan 	5 January 1981 	11 June 1983 	Conservative
Peter Rees 	11 June 1983 	2 September 1985	Conservative
John MacGregor 	2 September 1985	13 June 1987 	Conservative
John Major 	13 June 1987 	24 July 1989 	Conservative
Norman Lamont 	24 July 1989 	28 November 1990	Conservative
David Mellor 	28 November 1990	10 April 1992 	Conservative
Michael Portillo 	10 April 1992 	20 July 1994 	Conservative
Jonathan Aitken 	20 July 1994 	5 July 1995 	Conservative
William Waldegrave 	5 July 1995 	2 May 1997 	Conservative
Alistair Darling 	3 May 1997 	27 July 1998 	Labour
Stephen Byers 	27 July 1998 	23 December 1998	Labour
Alan Milburn 	23 December 1998	11 October 1999 	Labour
Paul Boateng 	11 October 1999 	29 May 2002 	Labour
Des Browne 	6 May 2005 	5 May 2006 	Labour
Stephen Timms 	5 May 2006 	27 June 2007 	Labour
Andy Burnham 	28 June 2007 	24 January 2008 	Labour
Yvette Cooper 	24 January 2008 	5 June 2009 	Labour
Liam Byrne 	5 June 2009 	11 May 2010 	Labour
David Laws 	12 May 2010 	29 May 2010 	Liberal Democrats
Danny Alexander 	29 May 2010 	 	Liberal Democrats