Leader of the Conservative Party
 Leader of the Conservative Party  | |
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| Start | 1834 |
| Leader of | Conservative Party |
| Deputy | Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party |
| Leader of the Conservative Party. Boss of the Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party. | |
“All Tory leaders have surrounded themselves with an inner circle, which has given them ballast and in certain important respects defined their leadership. John Major had a winning fondness for palpable fakes, like Jeffrey Archer and David Mellor; Margaret Thatcher liked hirsute North London entrepreneurs with a ‘can-do’ attitude and heavy jewellery. Michael Howard’s chosen milieu is constructed of dapper, well-spoken men and women, many of whom live within walking distance of one another in west London. Cameron is unmistakably the leader of these Notting Hill Tories, but others include Michael Howard’s political secretary Rachel Whetstone, his speechwriter Ed Vaizey, marketing expert Steve Hilton, policy man Nick Boles, along with the newspaper columnists Edward Heathcoat Amory and his wife Alice Thomson.”
Peter Oborne (19 June 2004) [1]
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Rishi Sunak | 24 October 2022 | |
| Liz Truss | 5 September 2022 | 24 October 2022 |
| Boris Johnson | 23 July 2019 | 5 September 2022 |
| Theresa May | 11 July 2016 | 7 June 2019 |
| David Cameron | 6 December 2005 | 11 July 2016 |
| Erna Solberg | 9 May 2004 | |
| Stephen Harper | 20 March 2004 | 19 October 2015 |
| Michael Howard | 6 November 2003 | 6 December 2005 |
| Iain Duncan Smith | 13 September 2001 | 6 November 2003 |
| William Hague | 19 June 1997 | 13 September 2001 |
| John Major | 28 November 1990 | 19 June 1997 |
| Edward Heath | 28 July 1965 | 11 February 1975 |
| Alec Douglas-Home | 18 October 1963 | 28 July 1965 |
| Harold Macmillan | 10 January 1957 | 18 October 1963 |
| Anthony Eden | 6 April 1955 | 10 January 1957 |
| Winston Churchill | 9 November 1940 | 6 April 1955 |
| Neville Chamberlain | 27 May 1937 | 9 October 1940 |
| Stanley Baldwin | 22 May 1923 | 28 May 1937 |
| Andrew Bonar Law | 23 October 1922 | 22 May 1923 |
| Andrew Bonar Law | 13 November 1911 | 21 March 1921 |
| Arthur Balfour | 11 July 1902 | 13 November 1911 |
| Edward Smith-Stanley | 29 June 1846 | 27 February 1868 |
