Chairman of the Conservative Party

In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of the Conservative Party is responsible for running the party machine, overseeing Conservative Central Office. When the Conservatives are in power, the Chairman is usually a member of the Cabinet.

• Arthur Steel-Maitland (1911–1916)
• Sir George Younger (1916–1923)
• Stanley Jackson (1923–1926)
• John Davidson (1926–1930)
• Neville Chamberlain (1930–1931)
• Lord Stonehaven (1931–1936)
• Sir Douglas Hacking (1936–1942)
• Thomas Dugdale (1942–1944)
• Ralph Assheton (1944–1946)
• Lord Woolton (1946–1955)
• Oliver Poole (1955–1957)
• Quintin McGarel Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham (1957-1959)
• Rab Butler (1959–1961)
• Iain Macleod (1961–1963)
  • Lord Poole (1963, joint chairman)
• Lord Blakenham (1963–1965)
• Edward du Cann (1965–1967)
• Anthony Barber (1967–1970)
• Peter Thomas (1970–1972)
• Lord Carrington (1972–1974)
• William Whitelaw (1974–1975)
• Peter Thorneycroft (1975–1981)
• Cecil Parkinson (1981–1983)
• John Gummer (1983–1985)
• Norman Tebbit (1985–1987)
• Peter Brooke (1987–1989)
• Kenneth Baker (1989–1990)
• Chris Patten (1990–1992)
• Sir Norman Fowler (1992-1994)
• Jeremy Hanley (1994–1995)
• Brian Mawhinney (1995–1997)
• Cecil Parkinson (1997–1998)
• Michael Ancram (1998–2001)
• David Davis (2001–2002)
• Theresa May (2002–2003)
• Liam Fox and Maurice Saatchi (2003–2005)
• Francis Maude (2005—2007)
• Caroline Spelman (2007–)

Sources

• http://www.conservativehistory.org.uk/key.html#chairmen
• The Conservative Party Archive

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