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.Thorpe, Andrew. (2001) A History Of The British Labour Party, Palgrave, 

 Leaders of the Labour Party 2007-Present 
A list of leaders (including acting leaders) since 1906.
No.Leader
(birth–death)ConstituencyTook officeLeft officePrime Minister Monarch1Keir Hardie(1856–1915)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jameskeirhardie.jpg|83x83pxMerthyr Tydfil17 February 190622 January 1908Henry Campbell-Bannerman link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1837-1952).svg|50x50px2Arthur Henderson(1863–1935)(1st time)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arthurhenderson.jpg|83x83pxBarnard Castle22 January 190814 February 1910Herbert Asquith 3George Barnes
(1859–1940)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_Nicoll_Barnes_in_1916.jpg|83x83pxGlasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown14 February 19106 February 1911link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1837-1952).svg|50x50px4Ramsay MacDonald(1866–1937)(1st time)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ramsay_MacDonald_ggbain.29588.jpg|83x83pxLeicester6 February 19115 August 1914(2)Arthur Henderson(1863–1935)(2nd time)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arthurhenderson.jpg|83x83pxBarnard Castle5 August 191424 October 1917David Lloyd George 5William Adamson
(1863–1936)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cropped_photograph_of_William_Adamson.jpg|78x78pxWest Fife24 October 191714 February 19216J. R. Clynes
(1869–1949)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:J.R._Clynes_LCCN2014717260_(cropped).jpg|84x84pxManchester Platting14 February 192121 November 1922Bonar Law (4)Ramsay MacDonald(1866–1937)(2nd time)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:J._Ramsay_MacDonald_LCCN2014715885_(cropped).jpg|85x85pxAberavon21 November 1922
(elected)28 August 1931Stanley Baldwin Himself Stanley Baldwin Himself (2)Arthur Henderson(1863–1935)(3rd time)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arthurhenderson.jpg|83x83pxBurnley(1931)None
(1931–1932)28 August 1931
(unopposed)25 October 1932Ramsay MacDonald 7George Lansbury
(1859–1940)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_Lansbury_MP.jpg|79x79pxBow and Bromley25 October 1932
(unopposed)8 October 1935Stanley Baldwin 8Clement Attlee(1883–1967)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clement_Attlee.jpg|86x86pxLimehouse(1935–1950)Walthamstow West
(1950–1955)8 October 1935
(elected)7 December 1955Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill Himself link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1837-1952).svg|50x50pxWinston Churchill link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1837-1952).svg|50x50pxAnthony Eden link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|50x50px―Herbert Morrison(1888–1965)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HerbertMorrison2.jpg|98x98pxLewisham South7 December 195514 December 19559Hugh Gaitskell(1906–1963)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Todd_Naylor_Gaitskell.jpg|76x76pxLeeds South14 December 1955
(elected)18 January 1963
(died in office)Harold Macmillan ―George Brown
(1914–1985)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GeorgeBrown1967.jpg|77x77pxBelper18 January 196314 February 196310Harold Wilson(1916–1995)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harold_Wilson.jpg|center|76x76pxHuyton14 February 1963
(elected)5 April 1976Alec Douglas-Home Himself Edward Heath Himself 11James Callaghan(1912–2005)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:James_Callaghan_(1975).jpg|82x82pxCardiff South East5 April 1976
(elected)10 November 1980Himself Margaret Thatcher 12Michael Foot(1913–2010)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Foot_(1981).jpg|80x80pxEbbw Vale10 November 1980
(elected)2 October 198313Neil Kinnock(b. 1942)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Start_campagne_voor_Europese_verkiezingen_van_PvdA_(Rotterdam)_Neal_Kinnoch_,_k,_Bestanddeelnr_932-9811.jpg|90x90pxIslwyn2 October 1983
(elected)18 July 1992John Major 14John Smith(1938–1994)Monklands East18 July 1992
(elected)12 May 1994
(died in office)―Margaret Beckett(b. 1943)(acting)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Margaret_Beckett_MP_crop_2.jpg|80x80pxDerby South12 May 199421 July 199415Tony Blair(b. 1953)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tony_Blair_in_2002.jpg|81x81pxSedgefield21 July 1994
(elected)24 June 2007Himself 16Gordon Brown(b. 1951)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gordon_Brown_official.jpg|77x77pxKirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath24 June 2007
(unopposed)11 May 2010Himself ―Harriet Harman(b. 1950)(acting: 1st time)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg|80x80pxCamberwell and Peckham11 May 201025 September 2010David Cameron 17Ed Miliband(b. 1969)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Edward_Miliband_MP_crop_2.jpg|80x80pxDoncaster North25 September 2010
(elected)8 May 2015―Harriet Harman(b. 1950)(acting: 2nd time)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Harriet_Harman_QC_MP_crop_2.jpg|80x80pxCamberwell and Peckham8 May 201512 September 201518Jeremy Corbyn(b. 1949)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Jeremy_Corbyn_crop_2,_2020.jpg|80x80pxIslington North12 September 2015
(elected)4 April 2020Theresa May Boris Johnson 19Keir Starmer(b. 1962)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Keir_Starmer_crop_2.jpg|80x80pxHolborn and St Pancras4 April 2020
(elected)IncumbentLiz Truss Rishi Sunak link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, variant 2).svg|50x50px

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