Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Parliament of the United Kingdom

House of Lords

Leadership of the House of Lords

Leadership of the Government in the House of Lords

Leader of the House of Lords
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1693; d. November 17 1768.

Whig Party

1748 – 1756

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1720; d. October 2 1764.

Whig Party

1756 – 1757

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1693; d. November 17 1768.

Whig Party

1757 – 1762

Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1710; d. August 21 1763.

Tory Party

1762 – 1763

George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1716; d. June 8 1771.

Tory Party

1763 – 1765

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1730; d. July 1 1782.

Whig Party

1765 – 1766

Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1735; d. March 14 1811.

Whig Party

1766 – 1770

Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1734; d. November 19 1796.

Tory Party

1770

William Henry Nassau de Zuylenstein, 4th Earl of Rochford

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1717; d. September 29 1781.

Tory Party

1770 – 1775

Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Berkshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1739; d. March 7 1779.

Tory Party

1775 – 1779

Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1734; d. November 19 1796.

Tory Party

1779

David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1727; d. September 1 1796.

Tory Party

1779 – 1782

William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1737; d. May 7 1805

Noble titles: Earl of Shelburne in the Peerage of Ireland (1761 – 1805); Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784 – 1805)

Whig Party

1782 – 1783

William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1738; d. October 30 1809.

Whig Party

1783

George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.

Whig Party

1783

Thomas Townshend, 1st Baron Sydney

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1733; d. June 30 1800.

Whig Party

1783 – 1789

Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1751; d. January 31 1799.

Tory Party

1789 – 1790

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.

Titles:

Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1

References:

[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.

Tory Party

November 1790 – February 1801

Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1760; d. February 4 1816.

Tory Party

1801

Thomas Pelham, Lord Pelham

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1756; d. July 4 1826.

Whig Party

1801 – 1803

Robert Banks Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1770; d. December 4 1828.

Tory Party

1803 – 1806

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.

Titles:

Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1

References:

[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.

Whig Party

February 11 1806 – March 25 1807

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1770; d. December 4 1828.

Tory Party

1807 – 1827

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1782; d. January 28 1859.

Tory Party

1827 – 1828

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852.

Titles:

Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, August 16 1809.2 Created Earl of Wellington, February 22 1812.3 Created Marquess of Wellington, August 18 1812.4 Created Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, May 3 1814.5

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, September 1 18046 (converted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, January 2 18157). Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 4 1813.8

Military ranks:

Promoted to colonel, May 14 1796.9 Promoted to brigadier-general, July 25 1801.10 Promoted to major-general, May 11 1802.11 Promoted to lieutenant-general, May 7 1808.12 Promoted to brevet general (Spain and Portugal only), August 6 1811.13 Promoted to field marshal, June 21 1813.14

Elections:

Elected to the constituency of Rye, April 12 1806.15

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Arthur Wellesley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-arthur-wellesley/index.html.

[2] “No. 16291,” The London Gazette, August 22 1809, 1342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16291/page/1342.

[3] “No. 16576,” The London Gazette, February 18 1812, 335, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16576/page/335.

[4] “No. 16636,” The London Gazette, August 18 1812, 1677, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1677.

[5] “No. 16894,” The London Gazette, May 3 1814, 936, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16894/page/936.

[6] “No. 15732,” The London Gazette, August 28 1804, 1069, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15732/page/1069.

[7] “No. 16972,” The London Gazette, January 4 1815, 18, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16972/page/18.

[8] “No. 16708,” The London Gazette, March 2 1813, 458, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16708/page/458.

[9] “No. 13892,” The London Gazette, May 14 1796, 460, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13892/page/460.

[10] “No. 15389,” The London Gazette, July 21 1801, 894, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15389/page/894.

[11] “No. 15478,” The London Gazette, May 8 1802, 467, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15478/page/467.

[12] “No. 16142,” The London Gazette, May 3 1808, 622, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16142/page/622.

[13] “No. 16510,” The London Gazette, August 3 1811, 1526, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16510/page/1526.

[14] “No. 16746,” The London Gazette, July 3 1813, 1270, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16746/page/1270.

[15] “No. 15908,” The London Gazette, April 12 1806, 449, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15908/page/449.

Tory Party

January 22 1828 – November 16 1830

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1764; d. July 17 1845

Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)

Whig Party

1830 – 1834

Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1779; d. November 24 1848.

Titles:

Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Melbourne in the Peerage of the Ireland and Baron Melbourne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 22 1828.1

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “William Lamb,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 25 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-lamb/index.html.

Whig Party

July 16 1834 – November 14 1834

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852.

Titles:

Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, August 16 1809.2 Created Earl of Wellington, February 22 1812.3 Created Marquess of Wellington, August 18 1812.4 Created Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, May 3 1814.5

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, September 1 18046 (converted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, January 2 18157). Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 4 1813.8

Military ranks:

Promoted to colonel, May 14 1796.9 Promoted to brigadier-general, July 25 1801.10 Promoted to major-general, May 11 1802.11 Promoted to lieutenant-general, May 7 1808.12 Promoted to brevet general (Spain and Portugal only), August 6 1811.13 Promoted to field marshal, June 21 1813.14

Elections:

Elected to the constituency of Rye, April 12 1806.15

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Arthur Wellesley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-arthur-wellesley/index.html.

[2] “No. 16291,” The London Gazette, August 22 1809, 1342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16291/page/1342.

[3] “No. 16576,” The London Gazette, February 18 1812, 335, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16576/page/335.

[4] “No. 16636,” The London Gazette, August 18 1812, 1677, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1677.

[5] “No. 16894,” The London Gazette, May 3 1814, 936, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16894/page/936.

[6] “No. 15732,” The London Gazette, August 28 1804, 1069, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15732/page/1069.

[7] “No. 16972,” The London Gazette, January 4 1815, 18, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16972/page/18.

[8] “No. 16708,” The London Gazette, March 2 1813, 458, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16708/page/458.

[9] “No. 13892,” The London Gazette, May 14 1796, 460, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13892/page/460.

[10] “No. 15389,” The London Gazette, July 21 1801, 894, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15389/page/894.

[11] “No. 15478,” The London Gazette, May 8 1802, 467, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15478/page/467.

[12] “No. 16142,” The London Gazette, May 3 1808, 622, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16142/page/622.

[13] “No. 16510,” The London Gazette, August 3 1811, 1526, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16510/page/1526.

[14] “No. 16746,” The London Gazette, July 3 1813, 1270, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16746/page/1270.

[15] “No. 15908,” The London Gazette, April 12 1806, 449, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15908/page/449.

Conservative Party

November 17 1834 – April 8 1835

Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1779; d. November 24 1848.

Titles:

Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Melbourne in the Peerage of the Ireland and Baron Melbourne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 22 1828.1

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “William Lamb,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 25 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-lamb/index.html.

Whig Party

April 18 1835 – August 30 1841

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852.

Titles:

Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, August 16 1809.2 Created Earl of Wellington, February 22 1812.3 Created Marquess of Wellington, August 18 1812.4 Created Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, May 3 1814.5

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, September 1 18046 (converted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, January 2 18157). Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 4 1813.8

Military ranks:

Promoted to colonel, May 14 1796.9 Promoted to brigadier-general, July 25 1801.10 Promoted to major-general, May 11 1802.11 Promoted to lieutenant-general, May 7 1808.12 Promoted to brevet general (Spain and Portugal only), August 6 1811.13 Promoted to field marshal, June 21 1813.14

Elections:

Elected to the constituency of Rye, April 12 1806.15

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Arthur Wellesley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-arthur-wellesley/index.html.

[2] “No. 16291,” The London Gazette, August 22 1809, 1342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16291/page/1342.

[3] “No. 16576,” The London Gazette, February 18 1812, 335, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16576/page/335.

[4] “No. 16636,” The London Gazette, August 18 1812, 1677, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1677.

[5] “No. 16894,” The London Gazette, May 3 1814, 936, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16894/page/936.

[6] “No. 15732,” The London Gazette, August 28 1804, 1069, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15732/page/1069.

[7] “No. 16972,” The London Gazette, January 4 1815, 18, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16972/page/18.

[8] “No. 16708,” The London Gazette, March 2 1813, 458, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16708/page/458.

[9] “No. 13892,” The London Gazette, May 14 1796, 460, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13892/page/460.

[10] “No. 15389,” The London Gazette, July 21 1801, 894, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15389/page/894.

[11] “No. 15478,” The London Gazette, May 8 1802, 467, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15478/page/467.

[12] “No. 16142,” The London Gazette, May 3 1808, 622, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16142/page/622.

[13] “No. 16510,” The London Gazette, August 3 1811, 1526, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16510/page/1526.

[14] “No. 16746,” The London Gazette, July 3 1813, 1270, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16746/page/1270.

[15] “No. 15908,” The London Gazette, April 12 1806, 449, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15908/page/449.

Conservative Party

September 3 1841 – June 27 1846

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1780; d. January 31 1863.

Whig Party

1846 – 1852

Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Lord Stanley, 1834 – 1851 (citation needed). Held the title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a writ of acceleration, 1844 – 18511. Succeeded as the 14th Earl of Derby, June 30 1851.1

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1 1859.2 Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, June 30 1869.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Stanley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-stanley-3/index.html.

[2] “No. 22281,” The London Gazette, July 1 1859, 2549, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22281/page/2549.

[3] “No. 7968,” The Edinburgh Gazette, July 2 1869, 794, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7968/page/794.

Conservative Party

February 23 1852 – December 17 1852

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1784; d. December 14 1860.

Peelite Conservative

1852 – 1855

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.

Whig Party

1855 – 1858

Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Lord Stanley, 1834 – 1851 (citation needed). Held the title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a writ of acceleration, 1844 – 18511. Succeeded as the 14th Earl of Derby, June 30 1851.1

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1 1859.2 Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, June 30 1869.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Stanley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-stanley-3/index.html.

[2] “No. 22281,” The London Gazette, July 1 1859, 2549, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22281/page/2549.

[3] “No. 7968,” The Edinburgh Gazette, July 2 1869, 794, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7968/page/794.

Conservative Party

February 20 1858 – June 11 1859

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.

Liberal Party

1859 – 1865

Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Lord Stanley, 1834 – 1851 (citation needed). Held the title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a writ of acceleration, 1844 – 18511. Succeeded as the 14th Earl of Derby, June 30 1851.1

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1 1859.2 Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, June 30 1869.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Stanley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-stanley-3/index.html.

[2] “No. 22281,” The London Gazette, July 1 1859, 2549, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22281/page/2549.

[3] “No. 7968,” The Edinburgh Gazette, July 2 1869, 794, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7968/page/794.

Conservative Party

June 28 1866 – February 25 1868

James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1807 d. May 17 1889.

Conservative Party

1868

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.

Liberal Party

1868 – 1874

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.

[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.

Conservative Party

August 21 1876 – April 21 1880

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.

Liberal Party

1880 – 1885

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.

Conservative Party

June 23 1885 – January 28 1886

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.

Liberal Party

1886

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.

Conservative Party

July 25 1886 – August 11 1892

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Lord Dalmeny, January 23 1851 – March 4 1868.1 Succeeded as the 5th Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland and the 2nd Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, March 4 1868.1 Created Earl of Midlothian, Viscount Mentmore, and Baron Epsom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 3 1911.2

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).

References:

[1] Hugh Chisholm, “Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of,” in Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), Vol. 23 (11th ed.).

[2] “No. 28512,” The London Gazette, July 11 1911, 5168, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28512/page/5168.

Liberal Party

March 5 1894 – June 22 1895

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.

Conservative Party

June 25 1895 – July 11 1902

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908.

Titles:

Held the courtesy titles Lord Cavendish of Keighley, 1834 – 1858, and Marquess of Hartington, 1858 – December 21 1891 (citation needed). Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Devonshire and associated titles (Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Baron Cavendish of Keighley), December 21 1891.1

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Marquess of Hartington,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/marquess-of-hartington/index.html.

Conservative Party

July 12 1902 – October 13 1903

Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1845; d. June 3 1927.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Viscount Clanmaurice from birth until 1863.2 Held the courtesy title Earl of Kerry, 1863 – 1866.2 Succeeded as the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain, July 5 1866.1 Also held the titles Earl Wycombe of Chepping Wycombe and Viscount Calne and Calston from the same date.1

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (citation needed).

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-henry-petty-fitzmaurice/index.html.

[2] Patrick M. Geoghegan, “Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith Petty,” in Dictionary of Irish Biography (Royal Irish Academy, 2009), accessed April 22, 2026, https://www.dib.ie/biography/fitzmaurice-henry-charles-keith-petty-a3224.

Conservative Party

October 13 1903 – December 4 1905

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1827; d. July 9 1909

Noble titles: Earl of Ripon (1859 – 1909); Marquess of Ripon (1871 – 1909)

Liberal Party

1905 – 1908

Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.

Liberal Party

1908 – 1916

George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.

Conservative Party

1916 – 1924

George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.

Conservative Party

1924 – 1925

James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1861; d. April 4 1947.

Conservative Party

1925 – 1929

Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1852; d. June 30 1941.

Labour Party

1929 – 1931

Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1878; d. February 10 1949

Noble titles: Marquess of Londonderry (1915 – 1949)

Conservative Party

1935

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959

Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).

Conservative Party

1935 – 1938

Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947

Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).

Conservative Party

1940

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959

Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).

Conservative Party

1940

Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972

Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).

Conservative Party

1942 – 1945

Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972

Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).

Conservative Party

1951 – 1957

Alexander Frederick “Alec” Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1903; d. October 9 1995.

Honours:

Given the courtesy title Lord Dunglass, April 30 1918.1 Succeeded to the Peerage of Scotland as the 14th Earl of Home, July 11 1951.1 Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, October 16 1962.2 Created Baron Home of the Hirsel, December 19 1974.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Alec Douglas-Home,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 20 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-alec-douglas-home/index.html.

[2] “No. 42815,” The London Gazette, October 23 1962, 8275, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42815/page/8275.

[3] “No. 46441,” The London Gazette, December 24 1974, 13203, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46441/page/.

Conservative Party

March 29 1957 – July 27 1960

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1918; d. July 1 1999.

Titles:

Raised to the peerage as Viscount Whitelaw, of Penrith in the County of Cumbria, June 16 1983.2

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, November 30 1990.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for The Viscount Whitelaw.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1722/career.

[2] “No. 49394,” The London Gazette, June 21 1983, 8199, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49394/page/8199.

[3] “No. 52351,” The London Gazette, November 30 1990, 18550, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52351/page/18550.

Conservative Party

June 11 1983 – January 10 1988

John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.

Conservative Party

1992 – 1994

Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1906; d. February 25 1995

Conservative Party

1994 – 1997

Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1941; d. September 20 2003.

Labour Party

2001 – 2003

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1954.

Labour Party

2003 – 2007

Nicholas Edward True, Baron True

Date of birth/date of death:

Born July 31 1951.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron True, of East Sheen in the County of Surrey, December 23 2010.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord True.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4200/career.

[2] “No. 59656,” The London Gazette, December 30 2010, 24903, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59656/page/24903.

Conservative Party

September 6 2022 – July 5 2024


Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1941; d. September 20 2003.

Labour Party

1998 – 2001

James Robert “Jim” Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1954; d. January 29 2026.

Liberal Democrats

2013 – 2015


Chief Whip of the Government in the House of Lords

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1874; d. June 24 1954.

Liberal Party

1907 – 1911

Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1868; d. May 6 1938

Titles of nobility: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1938)

Conservative Party

1915 – 1916

George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan, 1st Baron Bingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1860; d. April 20 1949

Titles of nobility: Earl of Lucan in the Peerage of Ireland (1914 – 1949); Baron Bingham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1949).

Conservative Party

1929

George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan, 1st Baron Bingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1860; d. April 20 1949

Titles of nobility: Earl of Lucan in the Peerage of Ireland (1914 – 1949); Baron Bingham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1949).

Conservative Party

1931 – 1940

Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde

Date of birth/date of death:

Born July 18 1958.

Titles:

Succeeded to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde, of Hyde in the County of Chester, August 2 2008.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Ashton of Hyde.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4247/career.

Conservative Party

July 26 2019 – September 7 2022

Susan Frances Maria Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford

Date of birth/date of death:

Born May 16 1967.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Williams of Trafford, of Hale in the County of Greater Manchester, September 20 2013.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Williams of Trafford.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4311/career.

[2] “No. 60638,” The London Gazette, September 25 2013, 18895, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60638/page/18895.

Conservative Party

September 7 2022 – July 5 2024

Roy Francis Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark

Date of birth/date of death:

Born November 9 1962.

Honours:

Received a life peerage as Baron Kennedy of Southwark, of Newington in the London Borough of Souuthwark, June 21 2010.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Kennedy of Southwark.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4153/career.

[2] “No. 59648,” The London Gazette, June 24 2010, 11914, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59468/page/11914.

Labour Party

July 10 2024 – present


Leadership of the Opposition in the House of Lords

Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos

Date of birth/date of death:

Born September 14 1916. Died February 22 2001.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, of Holyhead in the Isle of Anglesey, July 16 1979.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Cledwyn Hughes,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed June 5 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-cledwyn-hughes/index.html.

[2] “No. 47908,” The London Gazette, July 19 1979, 9066, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47908/page/9066.

Labour Party

November 4 1982 – July 18 1992

Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1906; d. February 25 1995

Conservative Party

1997 – 1998

Nicholas Edward True, Baron True

Date of birth/date of death:

Born July 31 1951.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron True, of East Sheen in the County of Surrey, December 23 2010.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord True.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4200/career.

[2] “No. 59656,” The London Gazette, December 30 2010, 24903, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59656/page/24903.

Conservative Party

July 8 2024 – present


Chief Whip of the Opposition in the House of Lords

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Roy Francis Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark

Date of birth/date of death:

Born November 9 1962.

Honours:

Received a life peerage as Baron Kennedy of Southwark, of Newington in the London Borough of Souuthwark, June 21 2010.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Kennedy of Southwark.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4153/career.

[2] “No. 59648,” The London Gazette, June 24 2010, 11914, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59468/page/11914.

Labour Party

June 1 2021 – July 5 2024

Susan Frances Maria Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford

Date of birth/date of death:

Born May 16 1967.

Honours:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Williams of Trafford, of Hale in the County of Greater Manchester, September 20 2013.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Williams of Trafford.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4311/career.

[2] “No. 60638,” The London Gazette, September 25 2013, 18895, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60638/page/18895.

Conservative Party

July 19 2024 – present




House of Commons

Leadership of the House of Commons

Speaker of the House of Commons

Speaker of the House of Commons
Robert Harley

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1661; d. May 21 1724.

Non-Partisan

1701 – 1705

Sir Spencer Compton

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. July 2 1743.

Non-Partisan

1715 – 1727

Arthur Onslow

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1691; d. February 17 1768.

Non-Partisan

1728 – 1761

Charles Wolfran Cornwall

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1735; d. January 2 1789.

Non-Partisan

1780 – 1789

William Wyndham Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.

Titles:

Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1

References:

[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.

Non-Partisan (Tory)

January 5 1789 – June 5 1789

Henry Addington

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.

Non-Partisan

1789 – 1801

Sir John Mitford

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1748; d. January 16 1830.

Non-Partisan

1801 – 1802

Charles Abbot

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1757; d. May 8 1829.

Non-Partisan

1802 – 1817

Sir Henry Bouverie William Brand

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1814; d. March 14 1892

Noble titles: Viscount Hampden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1884 – 1892); Baron Dacre in the Peerage of England (1890 – 1892).

Non-Partisan

1872 – 1884

Arthur Wellesley Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1829; d. October 24 1912.

Non-Partisan

1884 – 1895

William Shepherd Morrison

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1893; d. February 3 1961.

Non-Partisan

1951 – 1959

Betty Boothroyd

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1929; d. February 26 2023.

Non-Partisan

1992 – 2000

Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1957.

Non-Partisan

2019 – present


Leadership of the Government in the House of Commons

Leader of the House of Commons
Sir Robert Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1676; d. March 18 1745.

Whig Party

1721 – 1742

Henry Pelham

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1694; d. March 6 1754.

Whig Party

1743 – 1754

Sir Thomas Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1695; d. September 30 1770.

Whig Party

1754 – 1755

Henry Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1705; d. July 1 1774.

Whig Party

1755 – 1756

William Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1708; d. May 11 1778.

Whig Party

1756 – 1761

George Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1712; d. November 13 1770.

Whig Party

1761 – 1762

Henry Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1705; d. July 1 1774.

Whig Party

1762 – 1763

George Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1712; d. November 13 1770.

Whig Party

1763 – 1765

Lieutenant-General Henry Seymour Conway

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1721; d. July 9 1795.

Whig Party

1765 – 1767

Frederick North, Lord North

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1732; d. August 5 1792.

Whig Party (1767 – 1770); Tory Party (1770 – 1782)

1767 – 1782

Charles James Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Charles Fox,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-charles-fox-1/index.html.

Whig Party

March 27 1782 – July 5 1782

Thomas Townshend

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1733; d. June 30 1800.

Whig Party

1782 – 1783

Frederick North, Lord North

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1732; d. August 5 1792.

Tory Party

1783

Charles James Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.

Whig Party

1783

William Pitt the Younger

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1759; d. January 23 1806.

Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)

Tory Party

1783 – 1801

Henry Addington

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.

Tory Party

1801 – 1804

William Pitt the Younger

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1759; d. January 23 1806.

Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)

Tory Party

1804 – 1806

Charles James Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Charles Fox,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-charles-fox-1/index.html.

Whig Party

February 7 1806 – September 13 1806

Charles Grey, Viscount Howick

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1764; d. July 17 1845

Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)

Whig Party

1806 – 1807

Spencer Perceval

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1762; d. May 11 1812.

Tory Party

1807 – 1812

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.

Tory Party

1812 – 1822

George Canning

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.

Tory Party

1822 – 1827

William Huskisson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1770; d. September 15 1830.

Tory Party

1827 – 1828

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850.

Titles:

Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.

Tory Party

January 26 1828 – November 16 1830

John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1782; d. October 1 1845.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Viscount Althorp, 1783 – 1834. Succeeded as the 3rd Earl Spencer and to the associated subsidiary titles (Viscount Spencer, Baron Spencer of Althorp) in the Peerage of Great Britain, November 10 1834.1

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Althorp,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-althorp-1/index.html.

Whig Party

November 22 1830 – November 10 1834

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850.

Titles:

Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.

Conservative Party

December 10 1834 – April 8 1835

Lord John Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.

Titles:

Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.

[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.

Whig Party

April 18 1835 – August 30 1841

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850.

Titles:

Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.

Conservative Party

August 30 1841 – June 29 1846

Lord John Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.

Titles:

Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.

[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.

Whig Party

June 30 1846 – February 21 1852

Benjamin Disraeli

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.

[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.

Conservative Party

February 27 1852 – December 17 1852

Lord John Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.

Titles:

Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.

[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.

Whig Party

December 28 1852 – January 30 1855

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.

Titles:

Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in the Peerage of the Ireland, April 17 1802. (citation needed)

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 12 1856.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Palmerston,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-palmerston/index.html.

[2] “No. 21901,” The London Gazette, July 15 1856, 2451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21901/page/2451.

Whig Party

February 6 1855 – February 19 1858

Benjamin Disraeli

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.

[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.

Conservative Party

February 26 1858 – June 11 1859

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.

Titles:

Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in the Peerage of the Ireland, April 17 1802. (citation needed)

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 12 1856.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Palmerston,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-palmerston/index.html.

[2] “No. 21901,” The London Gazette, July 15 1856, 2451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21901/page/2451.

Liberal Party

June 12 1859 – October 18 1865

William Ewart Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.

Liberal Party

October 1865 – June 26 1866

Benjamin Disraeli

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.

[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.

Conservative Party

July 6 1866 – December 1 1868

Benjamin Disraeli

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.

[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.

Conservative Party

February 20 1874 – August 21 1876

Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.

Conservative Party

1876 – 1880

William Ewart Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.

Liberal Party

April 23 1880 – June 9 1885

Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1837; d. April 30 1916.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1886

William Ewart Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.

Liberal Party

February 1 1886 – July 2 1886

William Henry Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1825; d. October 6 1891.

Conservative Party

1887 – 1891

Arthur James Balfour

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 3 1922.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain, May 5 1922.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Balfour,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-balfour/index.html.

[2] “No. 32638,” The London Gazette, March 14 1922, 2137, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32638/page/2137.

[3] “No. 32691,” The London Gazette, May 5 1922, 3512, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32691/page/3512.

Conservative Party

October 6 1891 – August 15 1892

William Ewart Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.

Liberal Party

August 15 1892 – March 2 1894

Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1827; d. October 1 1904.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, June 29 1873.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “William Vernon-Harcourt,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-vernon-harcourt/index.html.

[2] Britannica Editors. “Sir William Harcourt.” Encyclopedia Britannica, October 10, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harcourt.

Liberal Party

1894 – 1895

Arthur James Balfour

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 3 1922.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain, May 5 1922.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Balfour,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-balfour/index.html.

[2] “No. 32638,” The London Gazette, March 14 1922, 2137, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32638/page/2137.

[3] “No. 32691,” The London Gazette, May 5 1922, 3512, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32691/page/3512.

Conservative Party

June 25 1895 – December 5 1905

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1836; d. April 22 1908.

Honours:

Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, June 29 1895.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-henry-campbell-bannerman/index.html.

[2] “No. 26639,” The London Gazette, July 2 1895, 3740, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26639/page/3740.

Liberal Party

December 5 1905 – April 3 1908

Herbert Henry Asquith

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1852; d. February 15 1928.

Honours:

Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Viscount Asquith, February 9 1925.2 Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, June 1 1925.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Asquith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-asquith/index.html.

[2] “No. 33019,” The London Gazette, February 10 1925, 1004, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33019/page/1004.

[3] “No. 33055,” The London Gazette, June 9 1925, 3869, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33055/page/3869.

Liberal Party

April 5 1908 – December 5 1916

Andrew Bonar Law

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1858; d. October 30 1923.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Bonar Law,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-bonar-law/index.html.

Conservative Party

December 10 1916 – March 23 1921

Andrew Bonar Law

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1858; d. October 30 1923.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Bonar Law,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-bonar-law/index.html.

Conservative Party

October 23 1922 – May 20 1923

Stanley Baldwin

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947

Titles of nobility: Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947); Viscount Corvedale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947).

Conservative Party

1923 – 1924

James Ramsay MacDonald

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1866; d. November 9 1937.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Ramsay MacDonald,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-ramsay-macdonald/index.html.

Labour Party

January 22 1924 – November 3 1924

Stanley Baldwin

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947

Titles of nobility: Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947); Viscount Corvedale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947).

Conservative Party

1924 – 1929

James Ramsay MacDonald

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1866; d. November 9 1937.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Ramsay MacDonald,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-ramsay-macdonald/index.html.

Labour Party (1929 – 1931); National Labour Party (1931 – 1935)

June 5 1929 – June 7 1935

Stanley Baldwin

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947

Titles of nobility: Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947); Viscount Corvedale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947).

Conservative Party

1935 – 1937

Arthur Neville Chamberlain

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940

Conservative Party

1937 – 1940

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965

Conservative Party

1940 – 1942

Robert Anthony Eden

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1897; d. January 14 1977

Titles of nobility: Earl of Avon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1961 – 1977).

Conservative Party

1942 – 1945

Herbert Stanley Morrison

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1888; d. March 6 1965.

Honours:

Created Baron Morrison of Lambeth, November 2 1959.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Morrison,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-morrison/index.html.

[2] “No. 41860,” The London Gazette, November 3 1959, 6942, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41860/page/6942.

Labour Party

July 26 1945 – March 16 1951

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1918; d. July 1 1999.

Titles:

Raised to the peerage as Viscount Whitelaw, of Penrith in the County of Cumbria, June 16 1983.2

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, November 30 1990.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for The Viscount Whitelaw.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1722/career.

[2] “No. 49394,” The London Gazette, June 21 1983, 8199, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49394/page/8199.

[3] “No. 52351,” The London Gazette, November 30 1990, 18550, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52351/page/18550.

Conservative Party

June 20 1970 – April 7 1972

Leonard Robert Carr

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1916; d. February 17 2012.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Carr of Hadley, of Monken Hadley of Greater London, January 15 1976.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Carr of Hadley.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1621/career.

[2] “No. 46803,” The London Gazette, January 20 1976, 919, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46803/page/919.

Conservative Party

April 7 1972 – November 5 1972

Edward Watson Short

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1912; d. May 4 2012.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Glenamara, of Glenridding in the County of Cumbria, January 28 1977.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Glenamara.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1692/career.

[2] “No. 47138,” The London Gazette, February 1 1977, 1427, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47138/page/1427.

Labour Party

March 5 1974 – April 8 1976

Michael Mackintosh Foot

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1913; d. March 3 2010.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Foot.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/831/career.

Labour Party

April 8 1976 – May 4 1979

John Wakeham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.

Conservative Party

1987 – 1989

Antony Harold “Tony” Newton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1937; d. March 25 2012.

Conservative Party

1992 – 1997

Winifred Ann Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1947.

Labour Party

1997 – 1998

Margaret Mary Beckett

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Beckett, of Old Normanton in the City of Derby, August 14 2024.2

Honours:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2012.3 Created a Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2023.4

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Beckett.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/328/career.

[2] “No. 64493,” The London Gazette, August 20 2024, 16086, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64493/page/16086.

[3] “No. 60367,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 29 2012, 6, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/6.

[4] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N8.

Labour Party

July 27 1998 – June 8 2001

John Reid

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.

Labour Party

2003

Peter Gerald Hain

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1950.

Labour Party

2003 – 2005

John Whitaker “Jack” Straw

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1946.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jack Straw.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/463/career.

Labour Party

May 5 2006 – June 27 2007

Harriet Ruth Harman

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1950.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Harman, of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark, August 19 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Harriet Harman.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/150/career.

[2] “No. 64496,” The London Gazette, August 22, 2024, 16342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64496/page/16342.

Labour Party

June 28 2007 – May 11 2010

William Jefferson Hague

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1961.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Hague of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire, October 9 2015.2

Honours:

Created a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, December 30 2025.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Hague of Richmond.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/379/career.

[2] “No. 27625,” The Edinburgh Gazette, Supplement, October 14 2015, 1726, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/27625/page/1726.

[3] “No. 64940,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2025, N4, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64940/supplement/N4.

Conservative Party

July 14 2014 – May 8 2015

David Roy Lidington

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1956.

Conservative Party

2016 – 2017

Jacob William Rees-Mogg

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1969.

Conservative Party

2019 – 2022

Mark Steven Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1970.

Titles:

Created a Knight Bachelor, April 16 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Mark Spencer.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4055/career.

[2] “No. 64374,” The London Gazette, April 22 2024, 7898, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64374/page/7898.

Conservative Party

February 8 2022 – September 6 2022

Penelope Mary “Penny” Mordaunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.

Honours:

Received a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, August 21 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Penny Mordaunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4017/career.

[2] “No. 64759,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 14 2025, B8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64759/supplement/B8.

Conservative Party

September 6 2022 – July 5 2024


Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
Philip James “Phil” Woolas

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1959; d. March 14 2026.

Labour Party

2003 – 2005

Barbara Mary Keeley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1952.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Keeley, of Worsley in the City of Salford, August 13 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Keeley.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1588/career.

[2] “No. 64490,” The London Gazette, August 19, 2024, 15986, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64490/page/15986.

Labour Party

June 9 2009 – May 11 2010

David William St John Heath

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1954.

Liberal Democrats

2010 – 2012

Thomas Anthony “Tom” Brake

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1962.

Liberal Democrats

2012 – 2015

Thérèse Anne Coffey

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1971.

Conservative Party

2015 – 2016

Michael Tyrone Ellis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1967.

Conservative Party

2016 – 2018

Mark Steven Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1970.

Titles:

Created a Knight Bachelor, April 16 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Mark Spencer.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4055/career.

[2] “No. 64374,” The London Gazette, April 22 2024, 7898, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64374/page/7898.

Conservative Party

July 15 2018 – July 24 2019


Chief Whip of the Government in the House of Commons
Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.

Honours:

Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, April 23 1992.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Edward Heath.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/195/career.

[2] “No. 52903,” The London Gazette, April 24 1992, 7175, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52903/page/7175.

Conservative Party

December 30 1955 – October 14 1959

Edward Watson Short

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1912; d. May 4 2012.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Glenamara, of Glenridding in the County of Cumbria, January 28 1977.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Glenamara.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1692/career.

[2] “No. 47138,” The London Gazette, February 1 1977, 1427, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47138/page/1427.

Labour Party

October 16 1964 – July 4 1966

John Wakeham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1987

Winifred Ann Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1947.

Labour Party

1998 – 2001

Michael Andrew Gove

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.

[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.

Conservative Party

July 15 2014 – May 9 2015

Gavin Alexander Williamson

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1976.

Conservative Party

2016 – 2017

Julian Richard Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1971.

Conservative Party

2017 – 2019

Mark Steven Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1970.

Titles:

Created a Knight Bachelor, April 16 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Mark Spencer.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4055/career.

[2] “No. 64374,” The London Gazette, April 22 2024, 7898, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64374/page/7898.

Conservative Party

July 24 2019 – February 8 2022

Wendy Morton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1967.

Conservative Party

2022


Leadership of the Opposition in the House of Commons

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
George Ponsonby

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1755; d. July 8 1817.

Whig Party

1808 – 1817

George Tierney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1761; d. January 25 1830.

Whig Party

1818 – 1821

Joseph Chamberlain

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1836; d. July 2 1914.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Joseph Chamberlain,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-joseph-chamberlain/index.html.

Liberal Unionist Party

February 8 1906 – February 27 1906

Edward Watson Short

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1912; d. May 4 2012.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Glenamara, of Glenridding in the County of Cumbria, January 28 1977.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Glenamara.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1692/career.

[2] “No. 47138,” The London Gazette, February 1 1977, 1427, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47138/page/1427.

Labour Party

December 6 1972 – March 4 1974

Michael Mackintosh Foot

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1913; d. March 3 2010.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Foot.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/831/career.

Labour Party

May 4 1979 – November 10 1980

Margaret Mary Beckett

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Beckett, of Old Normanton in the City of Derby, August 14 2024.2

Honours:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2012.3 Created a Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2023.4

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Beckett.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/328/career.

[2] “No. 64493,” The London Gazette, August 20 2024, 16086, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64493/page/16086.

[3] “No. 60367,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 29 2012, 6, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/6.

[4] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N8.

Labour Party

July 18 1992 – July 21 1994

Gillian Patricia Shephard

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1940.

Conservative Party

1997 – 1998

Theresa Mary May

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1956.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness May of Maidenhead, of Sonning in the Royal County of Berkshire, August 21 2024.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness May of Maidenhead.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/8/career.

[2] “No. 64499,” The London Gazette, August 28 2024, 16578, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64499/page/16578.

Conservative Party

December 8 2005 – January 19 2009

Rosalie “Rosie” Winterton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1958.

Labour Party

2010

Hilary James Wedgwood Benn

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1953.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Hilary Benn.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/413/career.

Labour Party

October 8 2010 – October 7 2011

Angela Eagle

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1961.

Honors:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2020.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dame Angela Eagle.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/491/career.

[2] “No. 63218,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 31 2020, N7, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63218/supplement/N7.

Labour Party

October 7 2011 – September 13 2015

Alexander Jesse Norman

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1962.

Conservative Party

2024 – present


Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
Angela Christine Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 16 1961.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Angela Smith.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1564/career.

Labour Party

October 7 2011 – April 15 2014


List of Shadow Chief Whips of the House of Commons

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Arthur Henderson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1863; d. October 20 1935.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Henderson,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-henderson/index.html.

Labour Party

November 15 1922 – December 6 1923

Arthur Henderson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1863; d. October 20 1935.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Henderson,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-henderson/index.html.

Labour Party

March 10 1925 – February 10 1927

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1918; d. July 1 1999.

Titles:

Raised to the peerage as Viscount Whitelaw, of Penrith in the County of Cumbria, June 16 1983.2

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, November 30 1990.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for The Viscount Whitelaw.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1722/career.

[2] “No. 49394,” The London Gazette, June 21 1983, 8199, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49394/page/8199.

[3] “No. 52351,” The London Gazette, November 30 1990, 18550, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52351/page/18550.

Conservative Party

November 27 1964 – June 20 1970

Donald Campbell Dewar

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1937; d. October 11 2000.

Labour Party

1995 – 1997

David John Maclean

Date of birth/date of death:

Born May 16 1953.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Blencathra, of Penrith in the County of Cumbria, February 28 2011.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Blencathra.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/497/career.

[2] “No. 59717,” The London Gazette, March 3 2011, 3923, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59717/page/3923.

Conservative Party

September 18 2001 – December 7 2005

Rosalie “Rosie” Winterton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1958.

Labour Party

2010 – 2016

Dame Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1967.

Honours:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 15 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Rebecca Harris.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3948/career.

[2] “No. 64423,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 15 2024, B8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64423/supplement/B8.

Conservative Party

November 4 2024 – present




Current Constituencies

Navigation: Birmingham Ladywood; Birmingham Yardley | Brent South | Bridgwater | Broxbourne | Bury North | Chesham and Amersham | Dagenham and Rainham | Daventry | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh West | Eltham and Chislehurst | Glasgow South West | Kettering | Kingston and Surbiton | Leeds West and Pudsey | Lewes | North Dorset | North East Fife | North Herefordshire | North Somerset | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Putney | Romford | South Dorset | South Leicestershire | Southampton Itchen | Tewkesbury | Thurrock | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Worthing West | Wrexham.

Aberafan Maesteg | Aberdeen North | Aberdeen South | Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | Airdrie and Shotts | Aldershot | Aldridge-Brownhills | Alloa and Grangemouth | Altrincham and Sale West | Alyn and Deeside | Amber Valley | Arundel and South Downs | Ashton-under-Lyne | Aylesbury.

Banbury | Barking | Bassetlaw | Bath | Bedford | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Beverley and Holderness | Birmingham Erdington | Blackburn | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Bootle | Bournemouth West | Braintree | Bristol East | Bromsgrove | Broxtowe | Burnley.

Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) | Caithness, Sutherland, and Easter Ross | Cambridge | Canterbury | Cardiff East | Cardiff South and Penarth | Cardiff West | Carlisle | Carshalton and Wallington | Castle Point | Cheadle | Chelsea and Fulham | Chichester | Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative) | Chippenham | Christchurch | Cities of London and Westminster | City of Durham | Colchester | Croydon South.

Dartford | Derby North | Derby South | Doncaster North (Ed Miliband, Labour) | Dover and Deal | Dudley.

Easington | East Renfrewshire | East Thanet | Eastleigh | Edinburgh South | Enfield North | Esher and Walton | Exeter.

Fareham and Waterlooville | Feltham and Heston | Finchley and Golders Green | Folkestone and Hythe | Forest of Dean | Fylde.

Gloucester | Godalming and Ash | Gorton and Denton | Great Yarmouth | Guildford.

Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Halifax | Harrow West | Hastings and Rye | Hayes and Harlington | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Hertsmere | Hexham | High Peak | Hitchin | Holborn and St Pancras (Sir Keir Starmer, Labour) | Hornchurch and Upminster | Horsham | Hove and Portslade | Huntingdon.

Ilford South | Ipswich | Islington North | Islington South and Finsbury.

Keighley and Ilkley | Kingston upon Hull East.

Lancaster and Wyre | Leeds East | Leeds South | Leicester West | Lewisham East | Lichfield | Lincoln | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Wavertree | Loughborough | Luton South and South Bedfordshire.

Maidenhead | Maldon | Mansfield | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Norfolk | Monmouthshire | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Motherwell, Wishaw, and Carluke.

Newark | Newbury | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Newport East | Newry and Armagh | North Cornwall | North Devon | North East Cambridgeshire | North Northumberland | North West Essex (Kemi Badenoch, Conservative) | Northampton North | Nottingham East | Nuneaton.

Old Bexley and Sidcup | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Orkney and Shetland.

Peckham | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Peterborough | Pontypridd | Poole | Portsmouth North | Preston.

Reigate | Richmond and Northallerton (Rishi Sunak, Conservative) | Richmond Park | Rochdale | Rossendale and Darwen | Rotherham | Rugby.

St Albans | St Ives | Salisbury | Sevenoaks | Sheffield Central | Sheffield Hallam | Sherwood Forest | Shipley | Shrewsbury | Skipton and Ripon | South Cambridgeshire | South Derbyshire | South Devon | South Holland and The Deepings | South Northamptonshire | South Suffolk | South West Norfolk | South West Wiltshire | Southport | Stafford | Stockport | Stratford-on-Avon | Stroud | Suffolk Coastal | Sunderland Central | Surrey Heath | Swindon South.

Tamworth | Tatton | Thornbury and Yale | Tottenham | Twickenham.

Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

Wallasey | Warwick and Leamington | Welwyn Hatfield | Wigan | Winchester | Windsor | Witney | Worcester | Wycombe.

Yeovil.


Aberafan Maesteg

Constituency first contested at the 2024 general election.


Member of Parliament for Aberafan Maesteg
Stephen Nathan Kinnock

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1970.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Aberdeen North

This constituency was first contested at the 1885 general election.


Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North
William Alexander Hunter

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1844; d. July 21 1898.

Liberal Party

1885 – 1896

Duncan Vernon Pirie

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1858; d. January 11 1931.

Liberal Party

1896 – 1918

Frank Herbert Rose

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1857; d. July 10 1928.

Independent Labour Party (1918 – 1922); Labour Party (1922 – 1928)

1918 – 1928

William Wedgwood Benn

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1877; d. November 17 1960.

Labour Party

1928 – 1931

John George Burnett

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1876; d. January 20 1962.

Unionist Party

1931 – 1935

George Morgan Trefgarne

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1894; d. September 27 1960.

Labour Party

1935 – 1945

Hector Samuel James Hughes

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1887; d. June 23 1970.

Labour Party

1945 – 1970

Robert Hughes

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1932; d. January 7 2022.

Labour Party

1970 – 1997

Malcolm Kemp Savidge

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1946.

Labour Party

1997 – 2005

Frank Doran

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1949; d. October 31 2017.

Labour Party

2005 – 2015

Kirsty Blackman

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1986.

Scottish National Party

2015 – present


Aberdeen South

This constituency was first contested at the 1885 general election.


Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South
James Bryce

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1838; d. January 22 1922.

Liberal Party

1885 – 1907

George Birnie Esslemont

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1860; d. October 2 1917.

Liberal Party

1907 – 1917

Sir John Fleming

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1847; d. February 25 1925.

Liberal Party

1917 – 1918

Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1875; d. April 21 1935.

Unionist Party

1918 – 1935

Sir James Douglas Wishart Thomson, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1905; d. January 3 1972.

Unionist Party

1935 – 1946

Priscilla Jean Fortescue Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1915; d. March 11 1978.

Unionist Party (1946 – 1965); Conservative Party (1965 – 1966)

1946 – 1966

Donald Campbell Dewar

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1937; d. October 11 2000.

Labour Party

1966 – 1970

Iain MacDonald Sproat

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1938; d. September 29 2011.

Conservative Party

1970 – 1983

Peter Gerald “Gerry” Malone

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1950.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1987

Frank Doran

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1949; d. October 31 2017.

Labour Party

1987 – 1992

Raymond Scott Robertson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1959.

Conservative Party

1992 – 1997

Dame Margaret Anne Begg

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1955.

Labour Party

1997 – 2015

Callum McCaig

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1985.

Scottish National Party

2015 – 2017

Ross Thomson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1987.

Conservative Party

2017 – 2019

Stephen Mark Flynn

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1988.

Scottish National Party

2019 – present


Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

This constituency was first contested at the 2024 general election.


Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
Seamus Logan

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1958.

Scottish National Party

2024 – present


Airdrie and Shotts

This constituency was first contested at the 1997 general election.


Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts
Helen Lawrie Liddell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1950.

Labour Party

1997 – 2005

John Reid

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.

Labour Party

2005 – 2010

Pamela Ann Catherine Nash

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1984.

Labour Party

2010 – 2015

Neil Charles Gray

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1986.

Scottish National Party

2015 – 2021

Anum Qaisar

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1992.

Scottish National Party

2021 – 2024

Kenneth Stevenson

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1963/1964.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Aldershot

The constituency of Aldershot was first contested at the 1918 general election.


Member of Parliament for Aldershot
Roundell Cecil Palmer, Viscount Wolmer

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1887; d. September 3 1971.

Conservative Party

1918 – 1940

Oliver Lyttelton

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1893; d. January 21 1972.

Conservative Party

1940 – 1954

Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1900; d. June 3 1973.

Conservative Party

1954 – 1970

Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1930; d. September 9 2000.

Honours: Knighted in 1995.

Conservative Party

1970 – 1997

Sir James Gerald Douglas Howarth

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1947.

Conservative Party

1997 – 2017

Leo Docherty

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1976.

Conservative Party

2017 – 2024

Alexandra “Alex” Baker

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1982/1983.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Aldridge-Brownhills

The constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills was first contested at the February 1974 general election. As of the latest update to this section (March 6 2026), the current MP is Wendy Morton of the Conservative Party, who has held the seat since 2015.


Member of Parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills
Geoffrey “Geoff” Edge

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1943.

Labour Party

1974 – 1979

Sir Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1942; d. February 19 2022.

Conservative Party

1979 – 2015

Wendy Morton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1967.

Conservative Party

2015 – present


Alloa and Grangemouth

The constituency of Alloa and Grangemouth was first contested at the 2024 general election. As of the latest update to this section (March 6 2026), the current MP is Brian Leishman of the Labour Party.


Member of Parliament for Alloa and Grangemouth
Brian William Leishman

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1982.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Altrincham and Sale West

The constituency of Altrincham and Sale West was first contested at the 1997 general election. As of the latest update to this section (March 7 2026), the current MP is Connor Rand of the Labour Party, who has held the seat since 2024.


Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West
Sir Graham Stuart Brady

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1967.

Conservative Party

1997 – 2024

Connor Dean Rand

Date of birth/date of death: b. unknown.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Alyn and Deeside

The constituency of Alyn and Deeside was first contested at the 1983 general election. As of the last update to this section (March 7 2026), the current MP is Mark Tami of the Labour Party, who has held the seat since 2001.


Member of Parliament for Alyn and Deeside
Stephen Barry Jones

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1938.

Labour Party

1983 – 2001

Sir Mark Richard Tami

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1962.

Labour Party

2001 – present


Amber Valley

The constituency of Amber Valley was first contested at the 1983 general election. As of the last update to this section (March 7 2026), the current MP is Linsey Farnsworth of the Labour Party.


Member of Parliament for Amber Valley
Phillip Anthony Charles Lawrence Oppenheim

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1956.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1997

Clare Judith “Judy” Mallaber

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.

Labour Party

1997 – 2010

Nigel John Mills

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1974.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024

Linsey Jayne Farnsworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. unknown.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Arundel and South Downs

Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs
Howard Emerson Flight

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1948; d. January 24 2026.

Conservative Party

1997 – 2005

Andrew John Griffith

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1971.

Conservative Party

2019 – present


Member of Parliament for Ashford
Damian Howard Green

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1956.

Conservative Party

1997 – 2024


Ashton-under-Lyne

Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne
Thomas Milner Gibson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1806; d. February 25 1884.

Radicals (1857 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1868)

1857 – 1868

William Maxwell Aitken

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1879; d. June 9 1964

Titles of nobility: Baron Beaverbrook in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1917 – 1964).

Conservative Party

1910 – 1916

Angela Rayner

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1980.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Angela Rayner.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4356/career.

Labour Party

May 7 2015 – present


Aylesbury

Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
William Stanhope, Viscount Petersham

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1719; d. April 1 1779.

Non-Partisan

1741 – 1747

Edward Willes

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1723; d. January 14 1787.

Non-Partisan

1747 – 1754

Thomas Potter

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1718; d. 1759.

Non-Partisan

1754 – 1757

John Willes

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1721; d. November 21 1784.

Non-Partisan

1754 – 1761

John Wilkes

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1725; d. December 26 1797.

Radicals

1757 – 1764

John Aubrey

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1739; d. March 14 1826.

Tory Party

1774 – 1780

Lieutenant-General Gerard Lake

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1744; d. February 20 1808.

Non-Partisan

1790 – 1802

Charles Compton Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1793; d. November 12 1863

Titles of nobility: Baron Chesham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1858 – 1863).

Whig Party

1814 – 1818

Quintin Dick

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1777; d. March 26 1858.

Conservative Party

1848 – 1852

Sir Richard Bethell

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1800; d. July 20 1873.

Whig Party

1851 – 1859

Sir Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1840; d. March 31 1915.

Liberal Party

1865 – 1885

Lionel Walter Rothschild

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1868; d. August 27 1937.

Liberal Unionist Party

1899 – 1910

David Roy Lidington

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1956.

Conservative Party

1992 – 2019


Banbury

Member of Parliament for Banbury
Francis North, Lord Guilford

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1704; d. August 4 1790.

Whig Party

1727 – 1729

John Willes

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1721; d. November 21 1784.

Non-Partisan

1746 – 1754

Frederick North, Lord North

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1732; d. August 5 1792.

Whig Party (1754 – 1770); Tory Party (1770 – 1790)

1754 – 1790

George North, Lord North

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1757; d. April 20 1802.

Tory Party

1790 – 1792

Frederick North

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1766; d. October 14 1827.

Non-Partisan

1792 – 1794

Dudley Long North

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1748; d. February 21 1829.

Whig Party

1796 – 1806

Dudley Long North

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1748; d. February 21 1829.

Whig Party

1808 – 1812


Barking

Member of Parliament for Barking
Josephine “Jo” Richardson

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1923; d. February 1 1994.

Labour Party

1974 – 1994


Bassetlaw

List of Members of Parliament for Bassetlaw

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Malcolm John MacDonald

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981

Labour Party (1929 – 1931); National Labour Party (1931 – 1935)

1929 – 1935

Brendan Clarke-Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1980.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Brendan Clarke-Smith.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4756/career.

Conservative Party

December 12 2019 – May 30 2024


Bath

Member of Parliament for Bath
Field Marshal John Ligonier, 1st Viscount Ligonier

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 7 1680; d. April 28 1770.

Non-Partisan

1748 – 1763

William Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1708; d. May 11 1778.

Whig Party

1757 – 1766

Major-General Sir John Saunders Sebright, 6th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 19 1725; d. February 23 1794.

Non-Partisan

1763 – 1774

Major-General Sir John Saunders Sebright, 6th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 19 1725; d. February 23 1794.

Non-Partisan

1775 – 1780

John Jeffreys Pratt, Viscount Bayham

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1759; d. October 8 1840.

Tory Party

1780 – 1794

John Arthur Roebuck

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1802; d. November 30 1879.

Radicals

1832 – 1837

John Arthur Roebuck

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1802; d. November 30 1879.

Radicals

1841 – 1847

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1801; d. October 1 1885.

Conservative Party

1847 – 1851

George Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1840; d. March 6 1915.

Conservative Party

1873

Donald Maclean

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1864; d. June 15 1932.

Honours:

Created a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 4 1917.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Donald Maclean,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-donald-maclean-1/index.html.

[2] “No. 30250,” The London Gazette, Supplement, February 10 1925, 8795, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30250/supplement/8795.

Liberal Party

February 8 1906 – February 10 1910

Donald Michael Ellison “Don” Foster

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1947.

Liberal Democrats

1992 – 2015

Wera Benedicta Hobhouse

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1960.

Liberal Democrats

2017 – present


Bedford

Member of Parliament for Bedford
Samuel Whitbread

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1764; d. July 6 1815.

Whig Party

1790 – 1815



Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

List of Members of Parliament for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Michael Kevin Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1965.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Moore.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/638/career.

Liberal Democrats

May 5 2005 – March 30 2015



Beverley and Holderness

Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness
Graham Charles Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1962.

Conservative Party

2005 – present


Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle
Charles Frederick Wardle

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1939.

Conservative Party

1983 – 2001

Gregory Leonard George “Greg” Barker

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1966.

Conservative Party

2001 – 2015


Birmingham Edgbaston
Arthur Neville Chamberlain

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940

Conservative Party

1929 – 1940


Birmingham Erdington

Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington
Siôn Llewellyn Simon

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1968.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Siôn Simon.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1391/career.

Labour Party

June 7 2001 – April 12 2010


Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood
Arthur Neville Chamberlain

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940

Conservative Party

1918 – 1929

Wallace Leslie Lawler

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1912; d. September 28 1972.

Liberal Party

1969 – 1970

Clare Short

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1946.

Labour Party

1983 – 2010


Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley
Estelle Morris

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1952.

Labour Party

1992 – 2005

John Alexander Melvin Hemming

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1960.

Liberal Democrats

2005 – 2015

Jessica Rose “Jess” Phillips

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1981.

Labour Party

2015 – present


Blackburn

Member of Parliament for Blackburn
Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1822; d. May 9 1895.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1886

Philip Snowden

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 18 1864; d. May 15 1937.

Labour Party

1906 – 1918

John Whitaker “Jack” Straw

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1946.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jack Straw.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/463/career.

Labour Party

May 3 1979 – March 30 2015


Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

Member of Parliament for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Nicolas John “Nick” Gibb

Date of birth/date of death:

Born September 3 1960.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, December 31 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Nick Gibb.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/111/career.

[2] “No. 64607,” The London Gazette, December 31 2024, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64607/supplement/N1.

Conservative Party

May 1 1997 – May 30 2024


Member of Parliament for Bolton West
Winifred Ann Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1947.

Labour Party

1974 – 1983


Bootle

Member of Parliament for Bootle
Andrew Bonar Law

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1858; d. October 30 1923.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Bonar Law,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-bonar-law/index.html.

Conservative Party

March 28 1911 – December 14 1918

Eric Errington

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1900; d. June 3 1973.

Conservative Party

1925 – 1935


Bournemouth West

Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West
Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1916; d. July 11 2003.

Conservative Party

1950 – 1954


Braintree

Member of Parliament for Braintree
Antony Harold “Tony” Newton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1937; d. March 25 2012.

Conservative Party

1974 – 1997

Sir James Spencer Cleverly

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1969.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir James Cleverly.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4366/career.

[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours 2025.” Accessed May 12 2026. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf

Conservative Party

May 7 2015 – present


Member of Parliament for Brent East
Kenneth Robert “Ken” Livingstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1945.

Labour Party

1987 – 2001


Member of Parliament for Brent South
Paul Yaw Boateng

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1951.

Labour Party

1987 – 2005


Member of Parliament for Bridgwater
George Bubb Dodington

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1691; d. July 28 1762.

Whig Party

1722 – 1754

Sir Charles Wyndham, 4th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1710; d. August 21 1763.

Tory Party

1735 – 1741

John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24/25 1711; d. December 4 1770.

Tory Party

1754 – 1762


Member of Parliament for Bristol Central
Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947

Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).

Conservative Party

1918 – 1929

Carla Suzanne Denyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1985.

Green Party of England and Wales

2024 – present


Member of Parliament for Bristol East
Jonathan Sayeed

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1948.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1992

Jean Ann Corston

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1942.

Labour Party

1992 – 2005

Kerry Gillian McCarthy

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1965.

Labour Party

2005 – present


Bromsgrove

Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove
Sir Sajid Javid

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.

Honors:

Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.

[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024


Member of Parliament for Broxbourne
Sir Charles Ashley Rupert Walker

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1967.

Conservative Party

2005 – 2024


Broxtowe

Member of Parliament for Broxtowe
Anna Mary Soubry

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1956.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Anna Soubry.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3938/career.

Conservative Party (2010 – 2019); Change UK (2019)

May 6 2010 – November 6 2019


Burnley

Member of Parliament for Burnley
Arthur Henderson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1863; d. October 20 1935.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Henderson,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-henderson/index.html.

Labour Party

February 28 1924 – October 7 1931

Peter Leslie Pike

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1937; December 27 2021.

Labour Party

1983 – 2005

Katharine Anne “Kitty” Ussher

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1971.

Labour Party

2005 – 2010


Member of Parliament for Bury North
Alistair James Hendrie Burt

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1955.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1997


Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen)

Member of Parliament for Carmarthen
Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1671; d. September 1 1729.

Tory Party

1761 – 1768

Sir Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death:

Born May 23 1860. Died November 30 1926.

Honours:

Created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, March 5 1918.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed June 5 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-ellis-ellis-griffith.

[2] “No. 30557,” The London Gazette, March 5 1918, 2782, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30557/page/2782.

Liberal Party

December 6 1923 – July 19 1924

Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George

Date of birth/date of death:

Born April 22 1902. Died May 14 1966.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Megan Lloyd George,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed June 5 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/miss-megan-lloyd-george/index.html.

Labour Party

March 1 1957 – May 14 1966


Member of Parliament for Caithness, Sutherland, and Easter Ross
John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1953.

Liberal Democrats

2001 – 2015


Cambridge

Member of Parliament for Cambridge
Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1710; d. December 27 1787.

Whig Party

1741 – 1758

Charles Sloane Cadogan

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1728; d. April 3 1807.

Whig Party

1749 – 1754

Charles Sloane Cadogan

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1728; d. April 3 1807.

Whig Party

1755 – 1776

Frederick William Trench

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1775; d. December 6 1859.

Tory Party

1819 – 1832

Thomas Spring Rice

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1790; d. February 7 1866.

Whig Party

1832 – 1839

Sir Alexander Cray Grant, 8th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1782; d. November 29 1854.

Conservative Party

1840 – 1843

John Eldon Gorst

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1835; d. April 4 1916.

Conservative Party

1866 – 1868

Sir Robert Vidal Rhodes James

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1933; d. May 20 1999.

Conservative Party

1976 – 1992


Canterbury

Member of Parliament for Canterbury
Sir William Lynch

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1730; d. August 25 1785.

Whig Party

1768 – 1774


Cardiff East

Member of Parliament for Cardiff East
Joanna Meriel “Jo” Stevens

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1966.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Cardiff South and Penarth

Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth
Leonard James Callaghan

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1912; d. March 26 2005.

Honours:

Created Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, November 5 1987.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Callaghan of Cardiff.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3326/career.

[2] “No. 51118,” The London Gazette, November 12 1987, 13941, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51118/page/13941.

Labour Party

June 8 1983 – May 18 1987

Alun Edward Michael

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 22 1943.

Labour Party

1987 – 2012


Cardiff West

Member of Parliament for Cardiff West
Hywel Rhodri Morgan

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1939; d. May 17 2017.

Labour Party

1987 – 2001


Carlisle

Member of Parliament for Carlisle
Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1746; d. December 16 1815.

Tory Party

1780 – 1786

William Lowther

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1757; d. March 19 1844.

Tory Party

1780 – 1784

Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1792; d. October 25 1861.

Whig Party

1826 – 1829

Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1792; d. October 25 1861.

Peelite Conservative (1852 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1861)

1852 – 1861

Major-General Edward Louis Spears

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.

Conservative Party

1931 – 1945


Member of Parliament for Carshalton and Wallington
Francis Nigel Forman

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1943; d. May 11 2017.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1997

Thomas Anthony “Tom” Brake

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1962.

Liberal Democrats

1997 – 2019

Elliot Haydn George Colburn

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1992.

Conservative Party

2019 – 2024


Castle Point

List of Members of Parliament for Castle Point

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Dame Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1967.

Honours:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 15 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Rebecca Harris.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3948/career.

[2] “No. 64423,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 15 2024, B8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64423/supplement/B8.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – present


Member of Parliament for Cheadle
Mark James Hunter

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1957.

Liberal Democrats

2005 – 2015



Chelsea and Fulham

List of Members of Parliament for Chelsea and Fulham

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Gregory William “Greg” Hands

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1965.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Greg Hands.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1526/career.

Conservative Party

May 5 2010 – May 30 2024



Cheltenham
Sir Willoughby Jones, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1820; d. August 21 1884

Conservative Party

1847 – 1848

Vere Brabazon Ponsonby

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1880; d. March 10 1956

Titles of nobility: Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland (1920 – 1956); Viscount Duncannon in the Peerarge of Ireland (1920 – 1956); Baron Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland (1920 – 1956); Baron Duncannon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1920 – 1956); Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby in the Peerage of Great Britain (1920 – 1956); Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1956)

Conservative Party

1910


Member of Parliament for Chesham and Amersham
Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1926; d. September 21 2007.

Conservative Party

1974 – 1992

Dame Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1952; d. April 4 2021.

Conservative Party

1992 – 2021

Sarah Louise Green

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1982.

Liberal Democrats

2021 – present


Chichester

Member of Parliament for Chichester
Augustus Keppel

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1725; d. October 2 1786.

Whig Party

1755 – 1761

Thomas Steele

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1753; d. December 8 1823.

Tory Party

1780 – 1807

Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1791; d. October 21 1860.

Tory Party

1812 – 1819

William Huskisson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1770; d. September 15 1830.

Tory Party

1812 – 1823

John Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1767; d. January 20 1842.

Tory Party

1830 – 1831


Chingford and Woodford Green

Member of Parliament for Chingford and Woodford Green
Sir George Iain Duncan Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1954.

Honours:

Appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2020 New Year Honours.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Iain Duncan Smith.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/152/career.

[2] “No. 62866,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 28 2019, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62866/supplement/N2.

Conservative Party

May 1 1997 – present


Chippenham

Member of Parliament for Chippenham
James Colyear Dawkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1760; d. March 13 1843.

Tory Party

1784 – 1812

John Maitland

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1754; d. 1831.

Tory Party

1806 – 1812

Robert Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850.

Titles:

Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.

Tory Party

1812 – 1817

John Maitland

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1754; d. 1831.

Tory Party

1817 – 1818

Duncan John Hames

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1977.

Liberal Democrats

2010 – 2015


Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet
Sir Sydney Brookes Chapman

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1935; d. October 9 2014.

Conservative Party

1979 – 2005

Theresa Anne Villiers

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1968.

Conservative Party

2005 – 2024

Daniel Mark “Dan” Tomlinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1992.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Member of Parliament for Chorley
Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1957.

Labour Party

1997 – present


Christchurch

Member of Parliament for Christchurch
Sir Thomas Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1695; d. September 30 1770.

Whig Party

1748 – 1761

Thomas Robinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1738; d. July 20 1786.

Whig Party

1761 – 1770

James Harris

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1746; d. November 21 1820.

Whig Party

1770 – 1774

James Harris

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1746; d. November 21 1820.

Whig Party

1780 – 1788

George Rose

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1744; d. January 13 1818.

Tory Party

1790 – 1818

William Sturges-Bourne

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 7 1769; d. February 1 1845.

Tory Party

1802 – 1812

William Sturges-Bourne

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 7 1769; d. February 1 1845.

Tory Party

1818 – 1826

Sir Henry Drummond Charles Wolff

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1830; d. October 11 1908.

Conservative Party

1874 – 1880

Sir Christopher Robert Chope

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1947.

Conservative Party

1997 – present


Cities of London and Westminster

List of Members of Parliament for Cities of London and Westminster

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Peter Leonard Brooke

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1934; d. May 13 2023.

Conservative Party

1997 – 2001

Mark Christopher Field

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1964.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mark Field.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1405/career.

Conservative Party

June 7 2001 – November 6 2019


City of Durham

Member of Parliament for City of Durham
Michael Angelo Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. July 16 1834.

Non-Partisan

1800 – 1802

Michael Angelo Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. July 16 1834.

Whig Party

1818 – 1831

Colonel Sir Henry Hardinge

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1785; d. September 24 1856.

Tory Party

1820 – 1830

Robert FitzRoy

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1805; d. April 30 1865.

Conservative Party

1841 – 1843

John Bright

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1811; d. March 27 1889.

Radicals

1843 – 1847

Sir Arthur Edward Middleton, 7th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1838; d. April 1 1933

Liberal Party

1874 – 1880


Member of Parliament for Clacton
Nigel Paul Farage

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1964.

Reform UK

2024 – present


Colchester

Member of Parliament for Colchester
George Tierney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1761; d. January 25 1830.

Whig Party

1788 – 1790

Lord John James Robert Manners

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898

Conservative Party

1850 – 1857


Member of Parliament for Colne Valley
Philip Snowden

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 18 1864; d. May 15 1937.

Labour Party

1922 – 1931


Combined English Universities
Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1865; d. April 18 1940

Liberal Party

1918 – 1926


Croydon South

Member of Parliament for Croydon South
Ian Zachary Malcolm

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1868; d. December 28 1944.

Conservative Party

1918 – 1919

David Julian Winnick

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1933; d. March 25 2026.

Labour Party

1966 – 1970


Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham
Jonathan “Jon” Cruddas

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1962.

Labour Party

2010 – 2024


Dartford

Member of Parliament for Dartford
Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1837; d. July 3 1931.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1906

Gareth Alan Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1969.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024


Member of Parliament for Daventry
Timothy Eric “Tim” Boswell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1942.

Conservative Party

1987 – 2010


Derby North

Member of Parliament for Derby North
Amanda Jane Solloway

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 6 1961.

Conservative Party

2015 – 2017

Amanda Jane Solloway

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 6 1961.

Conservative Party

2019 – 2024


Derby South

Member of Parliament for Derby South
Margaret Mary Beckett

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Beckett, of Old Normanton in the City of Derby, August 14 2024.2

Honours:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2012.3 Created a Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2023.4

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Beckett.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/328/career.

[2] “No. 64493,” The London Gazette, August 20 2024, 16086, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64493/page/16086.

[3] “No. 60367,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 29 2012, 6, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/6.

[4] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N8.

Labour Party

June 9 1983 – May 30 2024


Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central
Rosalie “Rosie” Winterton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1958.

Labour Party

1997 – 2024


Doncaster North

Member of Parliament for Doncaster North
Edward Samuel “Ed” Miliband

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1969.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Ed Miliband.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1510/career.

Labour Party

May 5 2005 – present


Dover and Deal

Member of Parliament for Dover
Edward Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1625; d. May 28 1672.

Non-Partisan

1660

Lieutenant-General George Germain

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853

Tory Party

1741 – 1761

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853

Titles of nobility: Baron Skelmersdale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1828 – 1853)

Note: He changed his last name from Wilbraham-Bootle to Bootle-Wilbraham in 1814.

Tory Party

1820 – 1828

John Minet Fector

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1812; d. February 24 1868.

Conservative Party

1835 – 1837

George Wyndham

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1863; d. June 8 1913.

Conservative Party

1889 – 1913

Vere Brabazon Ponsonby

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1880; d. March 10 1956

Titles of nobility: Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland (1920 – 1956); Viscount Duncannon in the Peerarge of Ireland (1920 – 1956); Baron Bessborough in the Peerage of Ireland (1920 – 1956); Baron Duncannon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1920 – 1956); Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby in the Peerage of Great Britain (1920 – 1956); Earl of Bessborough in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1956)

Conservative Party

1913 – 1920

John Jacob Astor V

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1886; d. July 19 1971

Titles of nobility: Baron Astor of Hever in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1956 – 1971)

Conservative Party

1922 – 1945

Charles Brett Anthony “Charlie” Elphicke

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1971.

Conservative Party (2010 – 2017); Independent (2017 – 2018); Conservative Party (2018 – 2019); Independent (2019)

2010 – 2019


Dudley

Member of Parliament for Dudley
Sir John Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.

Whig Party

1832 – 1834

Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.

Conservative Party

1855 – 1857


Easington

Member of Parliament for Easington
Emanuel “Manny” Shinwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1884; d. May 8 1986.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Shinwell, of Easington in the County of Durham, June 29 1970.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Emanuel Shinwell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed May 13 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-emanuel-shinwell/index.html.

[2] “No. 45134,” The London Gazette, June 23 1970, 6943, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45134/page/6943.

Labour Party

February 23 1950 – May 29 1970



East Renfrewshire

List of Members of Parliament for East Renfrewshire

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

James Francis “Jim” Murphy

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1967.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jim Murphy.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/595/career.

Labour Party

May 5 2005 – March 30 2015



East Thanet

Member of Parliament for Thanet East
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1942.

Conservative Party

1974 – 1983


Eastleigh

Member of Parliament for Eastleigh
Christopher Paul Murray “Chris” Huhne

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1954.

Liberal Democrats

2005 – 2013


Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith
Mark Lazarowicz

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1953.

Labour Party

2001 – 2015


Edinburgh South

Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1827; d. January 29 1896.

Liberal Party

1886 – 1892

Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, Earl of Ancram

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1945; d. October 1 2024.

Titles:

Known by the courtesy title Earl of Ancram from birth until October 11 2004. Succeeded his father as the 13th Marquess of Lothian in the Peerage of Scotland as well as to all subsidiary titles (Earl of Lothian, Earl of Ancram, Viscount of Briene, Lord Newbattle, Lord Jedburgh, Lord Kerr of Newbattle, Lord Kerr of Nisbet, Langnewtoun, and Dolphinstoun, Lord Kerr of Newbattle, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Dolphinstoun and Nisbet, and Baron Ker, of Kersheugh in the County of Roxburgh), October 11 2004. Received a life peerage as Baron Kerr of Monteviot, of Monteviot in Roxburghshire, November 22 2010.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for The Marquess of Lothian.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/259/career.

[2] “No. 59614,” The London Gazette, November 25 2010, 22705, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59614/page/22705.

Conservative Party

May 3 1979 – May 18 1987


Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West
William Waldegrave Palmer, Viscount Wolmer

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1859; d. February 26 1942

Titles of nobility: Earl of Selborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1895 – 1942)

Liberal Unionist Party

1892 – 1895

John Andrew Barrett

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1954.

Liberal Democrats

2001 – 2010

Michael Bruce “Mike” Crockart

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1966.

Liberal Democrats

2010 – 2015

Michelle Rhonda Thomson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1965.

Scottish National Party

2015 – 2017


Eltham and Chislehurst

Member of Parliament for Eltham and Chislehurst
Clive Stanley Efford

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1958.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Enfield North

Member of Parliament for Enfield North
Joan Marie Ryan

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1955.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Joan Ryan.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/166/career

Labour Party

May 1 1997 – April 12 2010

Joan Marie Ryan

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1955.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Joan Ryan.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/166/career

Labour Party (2015 – 2019); Change UK (2019)

May 7 2015 – November 6 2019


Esher and Walton

Member of Parliament for Esher and Walton
Dominic Rennie Raab

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1974.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dominic Raab.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4007/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024


Exeter

Member of Parliament for Exeter
Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1846; d. September 29 1911.

Conservative Party

1880 – 1899


Fareham and Waterlooville

Member of Parliament for Fareham and Waterlooville
Sue-Ellen “Suella” Braverman

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1980.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Suella Braverman.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4475/career.

Conservative Party (2024 – 2026); Reform UK (2026 – present)

July 5 2024 – present


Feltham and Heston

Member of Parliament for Feltham and Heston
Reginald Patrick Ground

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 9 1932; d. April 16 2026.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Patrick Ground.” Accessed April 17, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/852/career.

Conservative Party

June 9 1983 – March 16 1992


Finchley and Golders Green

Member of Parliament for Finchley and Golders Green
Rudolf Jan “Rudi” Vis

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1941; d. May 30 2010.

Labour Party

1997 – 2010

Michael Whitney “Mike” Freer

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1960.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mike Freer.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4004/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024

Sarah Rebecca Sackman

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1984.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Folkestone and Hythe

Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe
Michael Howard

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1941.

Honours:

Created Baron Howard of Lympne in the Dissolution Honours 2010.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Howard of Lympne.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/82/career.

[2] “No. 59491,” The London Gazette, July 19 2010, 13713, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59491/page/13713.

Conservative Party

June 9 1983 – April 12 2010


Forest of Dean

Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1843; d. January 26 1911.

Liberal Party

1892 – 1911


Fylde

Member of Parliament for Fylde

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

John Michael Jack

Date of birth/date of death:

Born September 17 1946.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Jack.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/468/career.

Conservative Party

June 11 1987 – April 12 2010


Member of Parliament for Glasgow South West
Ian Graham Davidson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1950.

Labour Party

2005 – 2015


Member of Parliament for Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Richard James Baker

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1974.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Member of Parliament for Gloucester
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1660; d. July 13 1698.

Non-Partisan

1681 – 1685


Member of Parliament for Godalming and Ash
Sir Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Jeremy Hunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1572/career.

[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours List April 2025.” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf.

Conservative Party

July 5 2024 – present


Gorton and Denton

Member of Parliament for Gorton and Denton
Andrew John Gwynne

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1974.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Andrew Gwynne.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1506/career.

Labour Party (2024 – 2025); Independent (2025 – 2026)

July 4 2024 – January 23 2026



Great Yarmouth

List of Members of Parliament for Great Yarmouth

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Horatio Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.

Whig Party

1722 – 1734

Sir Edward Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1706; d. January 12 1784.

Whig Party

1734 – 1768

Charles Townshend

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1725; d. September 4 1767.

Whig Party

1747 – 1756

Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir John Jervis

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1735; d. March 13 1823.

Whig Party

1784 – 1790

Sir Brandon Kenneth Lewis

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1971.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 16 2023.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Brandon Lewis.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4009/career.

[2] “No. 64213,” The London Gazette, October 30 2023, 21730, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64213/page/21730.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024



Member of Parliament for Guildford
Heneage Finch

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1649; d. July 22 1719.

Tory Party

1685 – 1689

Arthur Onslow

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1691; d. February 17 1768.

Whig Party

1720 – 1728

David Arthur Russell Howell

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1936.

Conservative Party

1966 – 1997


Hackney North and Stoke Newington

Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Diane Julie Abbott

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1953.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Diane Abbott.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/172/career.

Labour Party (1987 – 2023); Independent (2023 – 2024); Labour Party (2024 – 2025); Independent (2025 – present)

June 11 1987 – present


Halifax

Member of Parliament for Halifax
Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1800; d. August 8 1885.

Whig Party (1832 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1865)

1832 – 1865


Harrow West

Member of Parliament for Harrow West
Gareth Richard Thomas

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1967.

Labour Party

1997 – present


Hastings and Rye

Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye
Amber Augusta Rudd

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1963.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Amber Rudd.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3983/career.

Conservative Party (2010 – 2019); Independent (2019)

May 6 2010 – November 6 2019


Member of Parliament for Havant
David Linsay Willetts

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1956.

Conservative Party

1992 – 2015


Hayes and Harlington

Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington
John Martin McDonnell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1951.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for John McDonnell.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/178/career.

Labour Party (1997 – 2024); Independent (2024 – 2025); Labour Party (2025 – present)

May 1 1997 – present


Member of Parliament for Hendon
Matthew James Offord

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1969.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024


Hereford and South Herefordshire

Member of Parliament for Hereford and South Herefordshire
Alexander Jesse Norman

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1962.

Conservative Party

2010 – present


Hertsmere

Member of Parliament for Hertsmere
Sir Oliver James Dowden

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.

Honors:

Created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, September 22 2015.2 Created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, July 4 2024.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Oliver Dowden.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4441/career.

[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.

[3] “No. 64480,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 7 2024, 15222, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64480/supplement/15222.

Conservative Party

May 7 2015 – present


Hexham

List of Members of Parliament for Hexham

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Guy Thomas Opperman

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1965.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Guy Opperman.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4142/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024


Member of Parliament for High Peak
Christopher James Hawkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1937; d. November 11 2023.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1992

Charles Hendry

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1959.

Conservative Party

1992 – 1997

Tom Levitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1954.

Labour Party

1997 – 2010


Hitchin

Member of Parliament for Hitchin
Robert Dimsdale

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1828; d. May 2 1898.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1892

Lord Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1864; d. November 24 1958.

Noble titles: Marquess of Londonderry (1915 – 1949)

Conservative Party

1911 – 1923


Holborn and St Pancras

Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1962.

Honors:

Created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, December 31 2013.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Keir Starmer.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4514/career.

[2] “No. 60728,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 31, 2013, 3, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60728/supplement/3.

Labour Party

May 7 2015 – present


Hornchurch and Upminster

List of Members of Parliament for Hornchurch and Upminster

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Julia Louise Lopez

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1984.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Julia Lopez.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4647/career.

Conservative Party

June 8 2017 – present


Horsham

Member of Parliament for Horsham
Henry Ingram

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1691; d. April 4 1761.

Non-Partisan

1721 – 1736

James Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1715; d. September 14 1783.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1770

Sir Samuel Romilly

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1757; d. November 2 1818.

Whig Party

1807 – 1808

Henry Goulburn

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1784; d. January 12 1856.

Tory Party

1808 – 1812

Sir Arthur Leary Piggott

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 19 1749; d. September 6 1819.

Whig Party

1812 – 1818

Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1739; d. March 14 1826.

Tory Party

1820 – 1826

Henry Edward Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1802; d. December 18 1859.

Whig Party

1826 – 1827

Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1779; d. May 3 1854.

Whig Party

1827 – 1832

Sir Jeremy Mark Quin

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1968.

Conservative Party

2015 – 2024


Hove and Portslade

Member of Parliament for Hove
Sir Timothy Alan Davan “Tim” Sainsbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1932.

Conservative Party

1973 – 1997


Huddersfield
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Viscount Goderich

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1827; d. July 9 1909

Noble titles: Earl of Ripon (1859 – 1909); Marquess of Ripon (1871 – 1909)

Whig Party

1853 – 1857


Huntingdon

Member of Parliament for Huntingdon
Edward Wortley Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1678; d. January 22 1761.

Whig Party

1705 – 1713

Edward Wortley Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1678; d. January 22 1761.

Whig Party

1722 – 1734

Constantine John Phipps

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1744; d. October 10 1792.

Non-Partisan

1776 – 1784

William Henry Fellowes

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1769; d. August 23 1837

Tory Party

1796 – 1807

Jonathan Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1799; d. February 13 1879.

Tory Party (1831 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1868)

1831 – 1868

Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1822; d. May 9 1895.

Conservative Party

1884 – 1885

John Major

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1943.

Honours:

Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Garter, April 23 2005.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for John Major.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/119/career.

[2] “No. 57622,” The London Gazette, April 25 2005, 5363, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/57622/page/5363.

Conservative Party

June 9 1983 – May 14 2001


Ilford South

Member of Parliament for Ilford South
Michael John “Mike” Gapes

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1952.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mike Gapes.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/184/career.

Labour Party (1992 – 2019); Change UK (2019)

April 9 1992 – November 6 2019


Ipswich

Member of Parliament for Ipswich
Admiral Edward Vernon

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 12 1684; d. October 30 1757.

Tory Party

1741 – 1757

William Fowle Middleton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1748; d. December 26 1829.

Tory Party

1784 – 1790

Sir William Fowle Middleton, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1748; d. December 26 1829.

Tory Party

1803 – 1806

Thomas Milner Gibson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1806; d. February 25 1884.

Conservative Party

1837 – 1839

Captain John Neilson Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1807; d. February 7 1863.

Conservative Party

1842 – 1847

Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1839; d. June 20 1916.

Conservative Party

1886 – 1906


Islington North

Member of Parliament for Islington North
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1949.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jeremy Corbyn.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/185/career.

Labour Party (1983 – 2024); Independent (2024 – present)

1983 – present


Islington South and Finsbury

Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury
Dame Emily Anne Thornberry

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1960.

Honors:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Emily Thornberry.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1536/career.

[2] “No. 64607,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 31 2024, N8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64607/supplement/N8.

Labour Party

May 5 2005 – present



Keighley and Ilkley

List of Members of Parliament for Keighley

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1878; d. December 18 1941.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Hastings Lees-Smith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hastings-lees-smith/index.html.

Labour Party

November 15 1922 – November 16 1923

Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1878; d. December 18 1941.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Hastings Lees-Smith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hastings-lees-smith/index.html.

Labour Party

October 29 1924 – October 7 1931

Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1878; d. December 18 1941.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Hastings Lees-Smith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hastings-lees-smith/index.html.

Labour Party

November 14 1935 – December 18 1941

Joan Valerie Hall

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1935; d. January 28 2026.

Conservative Party

1970 – 1974

Kristan Frederick “Kris” Hopkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1963.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Kris Hopkins.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4043/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 3 2017



Member of Parliament for Kettering
Roger Norman Freeman

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1942.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1997


Member of Parliament for Kingston and Surbiton
Edward Jonathan “Ed” Davey

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1965.

Liberal Democrats

1997 – 2015

Sir Edward Jonathan “Ed” Davey

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1965.

Liberal Democrats

2017 – present


Kingston upon Hull East

Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East
John Leslie Prescott

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1938; d. November 20 2024.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire, June 15 2010.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Prescott.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/374/career.

[2] “No. 59459,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 15 2010, 11151, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59459/supplement/11151.

Labour Party

June 18 1970 – April 12 2010



Lancaster and Wyre

List of Members of Parliament for Lancaster and Wyre

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Thomas Hilton Dawson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1953.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Hilton Dawson.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/470/career.

Labour Party

May 1 1997 – April 11 2005

Robert Ben Lobban Wallace

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1970.

Honours:

Created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, July 4 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Ben Wallace.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1539/career.

[2] “No. 64480,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 7 2024, 15222, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64480/supplement/15222.

Conservative Party

May 5 2005 – April 12 2010



Leeds East

Member of Parliament for Leeds East
Denis Winston Healey

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1917; d. October 3 2015.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Healey, of Riddlesden in the County of West Yorkshire, June 29 1992.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Healey.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/979/career.

[2] “No. 52979,” The London Gazette, July 2 1992, 11141, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52979/page/11141.

Labour Party

May 26 1955 – March 16 1992


Leeds South

Member of Parliament for Leeds South
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1906; d. January 18 1963.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Hugh Gaitskell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hugh-gaitskell/index.html.

Labour Party

July 5 1945 – January 18 1963

Hilary James Wedgwood Benn

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1953.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Hilary Benn.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/413/career.

Labour Party

July 4 2024 – present


Member of Parliament for Leeds West and Pudsey
Rachel Jane Reeves

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1979.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Leicester West

Member of Parliament for Leicester West
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1871; d. September 10 1961.

Honours:

Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Pethick-Lawrence, August 16 1945.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Frederick Pethick-Lawrencne,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-frederick-pethick-lawrence/index.html.

[2] “No. 37234,” The London Gazette, August 21 1945, 4227, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37234/page/4227.

Labour Party

December 6 1923 – October 27 1931

Harold George Nicolson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 21 1886; d. May 1 1968.

National Labour Party

1935 – 1945


Member of Parliament for Lewes
Thomas Pelham

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1653; d. February 23 1712.

Whig Party

1679 – 1702

Sir Philip Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1690; d. March 6 1764.

Whig Party

1719 – 1722

Henry Bouverie William Brand

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1814; d. March 14 1892

Noble titles: Viscount Hampden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1884 – 1892); Baron Dacre in the Peerage of England (1890 – 1892).

Whig Party (1852 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1868)

1852 – 1868


Lewisham East

Member of Parliament for Lewisham East
Herbert Stanley Morrison

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1888; d. March 6 1965.

Honours:

Created Baron Morrison of Lambeth, November 2 1959.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Morrison,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-morrison/index.html.

[2] “No. 41860,” The London Gazette, November 3 1959, 6942, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41860/page/6942.

Labour Party

July 5 1945 – February 23 1950

Heidi Alexander

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1975.

Labour Party

2010 – 2018


Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead
John Robert Cryer

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1964.

Labour Party

2010 – 2024


Lichfield

Member of Parliament for Lichfield
Daniel Finch

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1647; d. January 1 1730.

Tory Party

1679 – 1682

Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1721; d. October 26 1803.

Tory Party

1754

Lord Granville Leveson-Gower

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1773; d. January 8 1846.

Whig Party

1795 – 1799

Granville George Leveson-Gower, Lord Leveson

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.

Whig Party

1841 – 1846

Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, Viscount Sandon

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1831; d. March 26 1900.

Conservative Party

1856 – 1859


Lincoln

Member of Parliament for Lincoln
Constantine John Phipps

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1744; d. October 10 1792.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1774

Robert Vyner

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1717; d. 1799.

Non-Partisan

1774 – 1784

Robert Hobart

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1760; d. February 4 1816.

Tory Party

1790 – 1796

John Nicholas Fazakerley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1787; d. July 16 1852.

Whig Party

1812 – 1818

Ralph Bernal

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1783; d. August 26 1854.

Whig Party

1818 – 1820

John Nicholas Fazakerley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1787; d. July 16 1852.

Whig Party

1826 – 1830

Margaret Mary Beckett

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Beckett, of Old Normanton in the City of Derby, August 14 2024.2

Honours:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2012.3 Created a Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2023.4

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Beckett.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/328/career.

[2] “No. 64493,” The London Gazette, August 20 2024, 16086, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64493/page/16086.

[3] “No. 60367,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 29 2012, 6, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/6.

[4] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N8.

Labour Party

October 10 1974 – April 7 1979


Liverpool Riverside

Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree
Dame Louise Joyce Ellman

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1945.

Honours:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 9 2018.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dame Louise Ellman.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/484/career.

[2] “No. 62310,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 9 2018, B7, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62310/supplement/B7.

Labour Party (1997 – 2019); Independent (2019)

May 1 1997 – December 12 2019


Liverpool Wavertree

Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree
Jane Elizabeth Kennedy

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1958.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jane Kennedy.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/486/career.

Labour Party

May 1 1997 – April 12 2010

Luciana Clare Berger

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1981.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Berger, of Barnhill in the London Borough of Brent, February 6 2025.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Berger.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4036/career.

[2] “No. 64655,” The London Gazette, February 12 2025, 2550, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64655/page/2550.

Labour Party (2010 – 2019); Change UK (2019); Independent (2019); Liberal Democrats (2019)

May 6 2010 – November 6 2019

Paula Barker

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1972.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Paula Barker.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4828/career.

Labour Party

December 12 2019 – present


Loughborough

Member of Parliament for Loughborough
Brigadier-General Edward Louis Spears

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.

National Liberal Party

1922 – 1924


Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Member of Parliament for Luton South
Gavin Shuker

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1981.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Gavin Shuker.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4013/career.

Labour Party (2010 – 2019); Change UK (2019)

May 6 2010 – November 6 2019


Member of Parliament for Macclesfield
David Henry Rutley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024

Juan Timothy Charles “Tim” Roca

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1985.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Maidenhead

Member of Parliament for Maidenhead
Theresa Mary May

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1956.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness May of Maidenhead, of Sonning in the Royal County of Berkshire, August 21 2024.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness May of Maidenhead.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/8/career.

[2] “No. 64499,” The London Gazette, August 28 2024, 16578, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64499/page/16578.

Conservative Party

May 1 1997 – May 30 2024


Maldon

Member of Parliament for Maldon
Charles Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1661; d. May 19 1715.

Whig Party

1689 – 1695

Quintin Dick

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1777; d. March 26 1858.

Tory Party (1830 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1847)

1830 – 1847

John Wakeham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.

Conservative Party

1974 – 1983

Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1959.

Conservative Party

2010 – present


Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington
Keith John Charles Bradley

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1950.

Labour Party

1987 – 2005

John Sampson Macfarlane Leech

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1971.

Liberal Democrats

2005 – 2015


Member of Parliament for Mansfield
Sir Joseph Alan Meale

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1949.

Labour Party

1987 – 2017


Mid Bedfordshire

Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire
Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1904; d. March 8 1983.

Conservative Party

1931 – 1960

Jonathan Sayeed

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1948.

Conservative Party

1997 – 2005


Mid Norfolk

Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk
George William Freeman

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1967.

Conservative Party

2010 – present


Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1660; d. July 13 1698.

Non-Partisan

1679

Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1660; d. July 13 1698.

Non-Partisan

1685 – 1695


Morecambe and Lunesdale

Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale
Sir Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1943; d. July 24 2025.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1997

Maria Geraldine Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1961.

Labour Party

1997 – 2010


Motherwell, Wishaw, and Carluke

Member of Parliament for Motherwell, Wishaw, and Carluke
Pamela Ann Catherine Nash

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1984.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Newark

Member of Parliament for Newark
Conyers Darcy

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1685; d. December 1 1758.

Whig Party

1715 – 1722

Thomas Thoroton

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1723; d. 1794.

Non-Partisan

1761 – 1768

General Sir Henry Clinton

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1730; d. December 23 1795.

Tory Party

1774 – 1784

Constantine John Phipps

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1744; d. October 10 1792.

Non-Partisan

1784 – 1790

Thomas Manners-Sutton

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1756; d. May 31 1842.

Tory Party

1796 – 1805

Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton, 6th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1773; d. February 21 1865.

Tory Party

1806 – 1814

William Farnworth Handley

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1780; d. December 4 1851.

Tory Party (1831 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1835)

1831 – 1835

Thomas Wilde

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1782; d. November 11 1855.

Whig Party

1831 – 1832

William Ewart Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.

Tory Party (1832 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1845)

December 8 1832 – 1845

Sir Thomas Wilde

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1782; d. November 11 1855.

Whig Party

1835 – 1841

Lord John James Robert Manners

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898

Conservative Party

1841 – 1847

John Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1793; d. October 29 1876.

Conservative Party

1846 – 1852

Robert Edward Jenrick

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1982.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Robert Jenrick.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4320/career.

Conservative Party (2014 – 2026); Reform UK (2026 – present)

June 5 2014 – present


Newbury

Member of Parliament for Newbury
Sir Anthony Richard Hurd

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1901; d. February 12 1966.

Conservative Party

1945 – 1964

Sybil Judith Chaplin

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1939; d. February 19 1993.

Conservative Party

1992 – 1993


Newcastle-under-Lyme

Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme
George Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1758; d. July 19 1833.

Non-Partisan

1779 – 1784

Rear-Admiral John Leveson-Gower

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1740; d. August 15 1792.

Non-Partisan

1790 – 1792

Edward Wilbraham-Bootle

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853

Titles of nobility: Baron Skelmersdale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1828 – 1853)

Note: He changed his last name from Wilbraham-Bootle to Bootle-Wilbraham in 1814.

None

1796 – 1812

George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1786; d. February 27 1861

Noble titles: Baron Gower in the Peerage of England (1826 – 1861); Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1833 – 1861); Earl of Sutherland in the Peerage of Scotland (1839 – 1861)

Whig Party

1812 – 1815

Robert John Wilmot

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1784; d. May 31 1841.

Whig Party

1818 – 1830


Newport East

Member of Parliament for Newport East
Alan Thomas Howarth

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1944.

Labour Party

1997 – 2005

Jessica Elizabeth Morden

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1968.

Labour Party

2005 – present


Newry and Armagh

Member of Parliament for Newry and Armagh
Conor Terence Murphy

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1963.

Sinn Féin

2005 – 2015

Michael “Mickey” Brady

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1950; d. January 16 2026.

Sinn Féin

2015 – 2024

Dáire Hughes

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1990.

Sinn Féin

2024 – present


North Cornwall

Member of Parliament for North Cornwall
Sir Donald Maclean

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1864; d. June 15 1932.

Honours:

Created a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 4 1917.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Donald Maclean,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-donald-maclean-1/index.html.

[2] “No. 30250,” The London Gazette, Supplement, February 10 1925, 8795, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30250/supplement/8795.

Liberal Party

May 30 1929 – June 15 1932


North Devon

Member of Parliament for North Devon
Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1783; d. September 14 1861.

Whig Party

1832 – 1839

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1787; d. July 22 1871.

Conservative Party

1837 – 1857

Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.

Conservative Party

1866 – 1885

John Jeremy Thorpe

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1929; d. December 4 2014.

Liberal Party

1959 – 1979


Member of Parliament for North Dorset
Simon James Hoare

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1969.

Conservative Party

2015 – present


Member of Parliament for North Down
Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1864; d. June 22 1922

Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1913. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1917. Promoted to general, 1918. Promoted to field marshal, 1919.

Ulster Unionist Party

1922

Sylvia Eileen, Lady Hermon

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 11 1955.

Ulster Unionist Party (2001 – 2010); Independent (2010 – 2019)

2001 – 2019


North East Cambridgeshire

Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire
Stephen Paul “Steve” Barclay

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1972.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Steve Barclay.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – present


Member of Parliament for North East Fife
Sir Walter Menzies Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1941.

Liberal Party (1987 – 1988); Liberal Democrats (1988 – 2015)

1987 – 2015


Member of Parliament for North Herefordshire
Sir William David “Bill” Wiggin

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1966.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024


North Northumberland

Member of Parliament for North Northumberland
Henry George Grey, Viscount Howick

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1802; d. October 9 1984

Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1845 – 1894)

Whig Party

1832 – 1841

Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1799; d. September 9 1882.

Whig Party

1847 – 1852

Algernon George Percy, Lord Lovaine

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1810; d. January 2 1899.

Conservative Party

1852 – 1865


Member of Parliament for North Somerset
Sir Liam Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1961.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024


North West Essex

Member of Parliament for North West Essex
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1980.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mrs Kemi Badenoch.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4597/career.

Conservative Party

July 4 2024 – present


Northampton North

Member of Parliament for Northampton North
Sir Michael Tyrone Ellis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1967.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024


Nottingham East

Member of Parliament for Nottingham East
Arnold Morley

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1849; d. January 16 1916.

Liberal Party

1885 – 1895

Christopher Michael “Chris” Leslie

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1972.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Chris Leslie.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/422/career.

Labour Party (2010 – 2019); Change UK (2019)

May 6 2010 – November 6 2019


Nuneaton

Member of Parliament for Nuneaton
Marcus Charles Jones

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1974.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, December 31 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Marcus Jones.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4024/career.

[2] “No. 64607,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 31 2024, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64607/supplement/N2.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024


Old Bexley and Sidcup

Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup
Sir Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.

Honours:

Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, April 23 1992.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Edward Heath.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/195/career.

[2] “No. 52903,” The London Gazette, April 24 1992, 7175, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52903/page/7175.

Conservative Party

June 9 1983 – May 14 2001

James Peter Brokenshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1968; d. October 7 2021.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2021


Oldham East and Saddleworth

Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth
Philip James “Phil” Woolas

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1959; d. March 14 2026.

Labour Party

1997 – 2010


Orkney and Shetland

Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland
James Robert “Jim” Wallace

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1954; d. January 29 2026.

Liberal Party (1983 – 1988); Liberal Democrats (1988 – 2001)

1983 – 2001

Alexander Morrison “Alistair” Carmichael

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1965.

Liberal Democrats

2001 – present


Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Mhairi Black

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1994.

Scottish National Party

2015 – 2024


Peckham

Member of Parliament for Peckham
Sir Frederick George Banbury, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1850; d. August 13 1936.

Conservative Party

1892 – 1906

Harriet Ruth Harman

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1950.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Harman, of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark, August 19 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Harriet Harman.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/150/career.

[2] “No. 64496,” The London Gazette, August 22, 2024, 16342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64496/page/16342.

Labour Party

October 28 1982 – May 1 1997


Penistone and Stocksbridge

Member of Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Angela Christine Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 16 1961.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Angela Smith.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1564/career.

Labour Party (2010 – 2019); Change UK (2019); Independent (2019)

May 6 2010 – November 6 2019


Peterborough

Member of Parliament for Peterborough
Edward Wortley Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1678; d. January 22 1761.

Whig Party

1734 – 1761

Henry Belasyse, Lord Belasyse

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1742; d. March 23 1802.

Whig Party

1768 – 1774

William Elliot

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1766; d. October 26 1818.

Whig Party

1802 – 1818

George Ponsonby

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1755; d. July 8 1817.

Whig Party

1812 – 1816

Henry William Lamb

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1779; d. November 24 1848.

Titles:

Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Melbourne in the Peerage of the Ireland and Baron Melbourne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 22 1828.1

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “William Lamb,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 25 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-lamb/index.html.

Whig Party

1816 – 1819

Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1765; d. May 29 1854.

Whig Party

1819 – 1847

Sir James Scarlett

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1769; d. April 17 1844.

Whig Party

1819 – 1830

John Nicholas Fazakerley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1787; d. July 16 1852.

Whig Party

1830 – 1841

William George Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1815; d. June 26 1882

Titles of nobility: Baron Chesham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1863 – 1882).

Whig Party

1847 – 1852


Member of Parliament for Plymouth Moor View
John Luther “Johnny” Mercer

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1981.

Conservative Party

2015 – 2024


Pontypridd

Member of Parliament for Pontypridd
Kim Scott Howells

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1946.

Labour Party

1989 – 2010

Owen Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1970.

Labour Party

2010 – 2019


Poole

Member of Parliament for Poole
Michael Angelo Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. July 16 1834.

Non-Partisan

1784 – 1790

Charles Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1753; d. May 25 1801.

Non-Partisan

1790

Michael Angelo Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. July 16 1834.

Non-Partisan

1791 – 1796

Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1753; d. May 25 1801.

Non-Partisan

1796 – 1801

Michael Angelo Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. July 16 1834.

Whig Party

1812 – 1818

Lieutenant-General Sir John Byng

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1772; d. June 3 1860

Titles of nobility: Baron Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1835 – 1853); Earl of Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1847 – 1860).

Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1813. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1825. Promoted to general, 1841. Promoted to field marshal, 1855.

Whig Party

1831 – 1835

George Stevens Byng

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1806; d. October 29 1886

Titles of nobility: Baron Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1853 – 1874); Earl of Strafford in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1860 – 1886).

Whig Party

1835 – 1837

Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1836; d. November 16 1907.

Liberal Party

1874 – 1880


Portsmouth North

Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North
Sarah Louise McCarthy-Fry

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1955.

Labour Party

2005 – 2010

Penelope Mary “Penny” Mordaunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.

Honours:

Received a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, August 21 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Penny Mordaunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4017/career.

[2] “No. 64759,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 14 2025, B8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64759/supplement/B8.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024

Amanda Martin

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 ??.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Preston

Member of Parliament for Preston
General John Burgoyne

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1722; d. August 4 1792.

Whig Party

1768 – 1792

Edward Smith-Stanley, Lord Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1775; d. June 30 1851.

Whig Party

1796 – 1812

Edmund Hornby

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1773; d. 1857.

Whig Party

1812 – 1826

Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Lord Stanley, 1834 – 1851 (citation needed). Held the title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a writ of acceleration, 1844 – 18511. Succeeded as the 14th Earl of Derby, June 30 1851.1

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1 1859.2 Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, June 30 1869.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Stanley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-stanley-3/index.html.

[2] “No. 22281,” The London Gazette, July 1 1859, 2549, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22281/page/2549.

[3] “No. 7968,” The Edinburgh Gazette, July 2 1869, 794, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7968/page/794.

Whig Party

1826 – 1830

John Wood

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1789; d. October 10 1856.

Whig Party

1826 – 1832

Henry Hunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1773; d. February 13 1835.

Radicals

1830 – 1833

Richard Assheton Cross

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1823; d. January 8 1914.

Conservative Party

1857 – 1862

Frederick Arthur Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1841; d. June 14 1908

Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Preston in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1908); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1893 – 1908)

Conservative Party

1865 – 1868

Sir George Frederick Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1872; d. July 1 1938

Conservative Party

1910 – 1922

Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1911; d. June 6 1968.

Conservative Party

1940 – 1945


Member of Parliament for Putney
Justine Greening

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1969.

Conservative Party

2005 – 2019


Reigate

Member of Parliament for Reigate
Philip Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1720; d. May 16 1790.

Whig Party

1741 – 1747

Charles Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1722; d. January 20 1770.

Whig Party

1747 – 1768


Richmond and Northallerton

Member of Parliament for Richmond and Northallerton
Rishi Sunak

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1980.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Rishi Sunak.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4483/career.

Conservative Party

July 4 2024 – present



Richmond Park

List of Members of Parliament for Richmond Park

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Jennifer Louise “Jenny” Tonge

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 19 1941.

Liberal Democrats

1997 – 2005

Susan Veronica Kramer

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1950.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Kramer, of Richmond Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, December 22 2010.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Kramer.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1557/career.

[2] “No. 59644,” The London Gazette, December 24 2010, 24690, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59644/page/24690.

Liberal Democrats

May 5 2005 – April 12 2010



Rochdale

Member of Parliament for Rochdale
Richard Cobden

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1804; d. April 2 1865.

Liberal Party

1859 – 1865


Member of Parliament for Romford
Andrew Richard Rosindell

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1966.

Conservative Party

2001 – present


Rossendale and Darwen

Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

David Austin Trippier

Date of birth/date of death:

Born May 15 1946.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir David Trippier.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/955/career.

Conservative Party

June 9 1983 – March 16 1992

Sir James Jacob Gilchrist “Jake” Berry

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1978.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, October 14 2022.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Jake Berry.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4060/career.

[2] UK Government. “Political honours conferred: October 14 2022.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/political-honours-conferred-october-2022.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024


Rotherham

Member of Parliament for Rotherham
Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1847; d. October 9 1926.

Liberal Party

1885 – 1899

Denis MacShane

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1948.

Labour Party

1994 – 2012


Rugby

Member of Parliament for Rugby
John Lawrence Baird

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1874; d. August 20 1941.

Conservative Party

1910 – 1922


Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge
Philip Hammond

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1955.

Conservative Party

1997 – 2019


St Albans

Member of Parliament for St Albans
William Grimston

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1750; d. 1814.

Non-Partisan

1784 – 1790

Peter Bruce Lilley

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1943.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Lilley of Offa, in the County of Hertfordshire, June 18 2018.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Lilley.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/career.

[2] “No. 62331,” The London Gazette, June 22 2018, 11112, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62331/page/11112.

Conservative Party

June 9 1983 – May 1 1997

Kerry Patrick Pollard

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1944.

Labour Party

1997 – 2005

Daisy Cooper

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1981.

Liberal Democrats

2019 – present


St Ives

Member of Parliament for St Ives
James Robert George Graham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1792; d. October 25 1861.

Whig Party

1820 – 1821

Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1758; d. April 6 1829.

Tory Party

1821 – 1828

Charles Arbuthnot

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1767; d. August 18 1850.

Tory Party

1828 – 1830

Andrew Henry George

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1958.

Liberal Democrats

1997 – 2015

Andrew Henry George

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1958.

Liberal Democrats

2024 – present


Salisbury

Member of Parliament for Salisbury
Thomas Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1653; d. April 28 1726.

Non-Partisan

1689 – 1695

Robert Pitt

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1680; d. May 21 1727.

Non-Partisan

1710 – 1713

Edward Bouverie

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1738; d. September 3 1810.

Non-Partisan

1761 – 1771


Sevenoaks

Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks
Henry William Forster

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1866; d. January 15 1936.

Conservative Party

1892 – 1918


Sheffield Central

Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central
Colonel Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1849; d. April 7 1908.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1908



Sheffield Hallam

List of Members of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1865; d. April 18 1940

Liberal Party

1916 – 1918

Nicholas William Peter “Nick” Clegg

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1967.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2017.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Nick Clegg.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1563/career

[2] “No. 62150,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2017, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62150/supplement/N2.

Liberal Democrats

May 5 2005 – May 3 2017



Sherwood Forest

Member of Parliament for Sherwood
Sir Mark Steven Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1970.

Titles:

Created a Knight Bachelor, April 16 2024.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Mark Spencer.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4055/career.

[2] “No. 64374,” The London Gazette, April 22 2024, 7898, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64374/page/7898.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024


Shipley

Member of Parliament for Shipley
Christopher Michael “Chris” Leslie

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1972.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Chris Leslie.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/422/career.

Labour Party

May 1 1997 – April 11 2005

Philip Andrew Davies

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1972.

Conservative Party

2005 – 2024


Shrewsbury

Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1725; d. November 22 1774.

Tory Party

1761 – 1774

Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 11 1772; d. December 10 1842.

Tory Party

1812 – 1814

Robert Aglionby Slaney

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1791; d. May 19 1862.

Whig Party

1826 – 1835

Richard Jenkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1785; d. December 30 1853.

Tory Party

1830 – 1832

Sir Richard Jenkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1785; d. December 30 1853.

Conservative Party

1837 – 1841

Robert Aglionby Slaney

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1791; d. May 19 1862.

Whig Party

1837 – 1841

Benjamin Disraeli

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.

[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.

Conservative Party

July 22 1841 – July 29 1847

George Tomline

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1813; d. August 25 1889.

Conservative Party

1841 – 1847

Edward Holmes Baldock

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1812; d. August 15 1875.

Conservative Party

1847 – 1857

Robert Aglionby Slaney

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1791; d. May 19 1862.

Whig Party

1847 – 1852

George Tomline

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1813; d. August 25 1889.

Peelite Conservative (1852 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1868)

1852 – 1868

Robert Aglionby Slaney

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1791; d. May 19 1862.

Whig Party (1857 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1862)

1857 – 1862


Member of Parliament for Skipton and Ripon
Sir Julian Richard Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1971.

Conservative Party

2010 – present


South Cambridgeshire

Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire
Heidi Suzanne Allen

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1975.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Heidi Allen.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4516/career.

Conservative Party (2015 – 2019); Change UK (2019); Independent (2019); Liberal Democrats (2019)

May 7 2015 – November 6 2019


South Derbyshire

List of Members of Parliament for South Derbyshire

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Edwina Currie

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1946.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1997

Mark Wainwright Todd

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1954.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mark Todd.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/332/career.

Labour Party

May 1 1997 – April 12 2020

Heather Kay Wheeler

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1959.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Heather Wheeler.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4053/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024

Samantha Ruth Margaret Niblett

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1979.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Samantha Niblett.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/5150/career.

Labour Party

July 4 2024 – present


South Devon

Member of Parliament for South Devon
John Crocker Bulteel

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1793; d. 1843.

Whig Party

1832 – 1834

Lord John Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.

Titles:

Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.

[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.

Whig Party

December 8 1832 – April 1835

Sir John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1799; d. September 4 1871.

Conservative Party

1835 – 1858


Member of Parliament for South Dorset
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972

Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).

Conservative Party

1929 – 1941

Alexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1906; d. February 25 1995

Titles of nobility: Earl of Sandwich in the Peerage of England (1962 – 1964).

Conservative Party

1941 – 1962

Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1906; d. February 25 1995

Conservative Party

1979 – 1987

James Philip “Jim” Knight

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1965.

Labour Party

2001 – 2010

Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1958.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024



South Holland and the Deepings

List of Members of Parliament for South Holland and The Deepings

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Sir John Henry Hayes

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1958.

Honours:

Created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, August 4 2016.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir John Hayes.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/350/career.

[2] “No. 61678,” The London Gazette, August 16 2016, Supplement, RH3, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61678/supplement/RH3.

Conservative Party

May 1 1997 – present



Member of Parliament for South Leicestershire
Andrew Robert George Robathan

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1935; d. October 9 2014.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2015


South Northamptonshire

Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire
John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1782; d. October 1 1845.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Viscount Althorp, 1783 – 1834. Succeeded as the 3rd Earl Spencer and to the associated subsidiary titles (Viscount Spencer, Baron Spencer of Althorp) in the Peerage of Great Britain, November 10 1834.1

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Althorp,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-althorp-1/index.html.

Whig Party

1832 – November 10 1834

John Poyntz Spencer, Viscount Althorp

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1835; d. August 13 1910.

Whig Party

1857


South Suffolk

Member of Parliament for South Suffolk

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Timothy Stephen Kenneth “Tim” Yeo

Date of birth/date of death:

Born March 20 1945.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Tim Yeo.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/136/career.

Conservative Party

June 9 1983 – March 30 2015


South West Norfolk

Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk
Gillian Patricia Shephard

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1940.

Conservative Party

1987 – 2005

Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Elizabeth Truss.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4097/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024



South West Wiltshire

List of Members of Parliament for South West Wiltshire

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Andrew William Murrison

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1961.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dr Andrew Murrison.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1466/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – present



Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen
Christopher Robert Chope

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1947.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1992


Southport

Member of Parliament for Southport
George Nathaniel Curzon

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.

Conservative Party

1886 – 1898


Stafford

Member of Parliament for Stafford
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1751; d. July 7 1816

Whig Party

1780 – 1806

John Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.

Whig Party

1830 – 1832

David Urquhart

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1805; d. May 16 1877.

Conservative Party

1847 – 1852

Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1830; d. May 11 1877.

Conservative Party

1857 – 1859

Alexander Macdonald

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1821; d. October 31 1881.

Liberal-Labour

1874 – 1881


Member of Parliament for Staffordshire Moorlands
Dame Karen Anne Bradley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1970.

Conservative Party

2010 – present


Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde
James Mark Dakin Purnell

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1970.

Labour Party

2001 – 2010


Stockport

Member of Parliament for Stockport
Richard Cobden

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1804; d. April 2 1865.

Radicals

1841 – 1847

Margaret Ann Coffey

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1946.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Margaret Coffey.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/458/career.

Labour Party (1992 – 2019); Change UK (2019)

April 9 1992 – November 6 2019


Member of Parliament for Stone, Great Wyrley, and Penkridge
Sir Gavin Alexander Williamson

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1976.

Conservative Party

2024 – present


Stratford-on-Avon

Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon
Lord William George Spencer Scott Compton

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1851; d. June 15 1913.

Liberal Party

1885 – 1886

Alan Thomas Howarth

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1944.

Conservative Party (1983 – 1995); Labour Party (1995 – 1997)

1983 – 1997

Nadhim Zahawi

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1967.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Nadhim Zahawi.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4113/career.

Conservative Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024


Stroud

Member of Parliament for Stroud
William Henry Hyett

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1795; d. March 10 1877.

Whig Party

1832 – 1835

George Julius Poulett Scrope

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1797; d. January 19 1876.

Whig Party (1833 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1867)

1833 – 1867

Charles Richard Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1796; d. April 13 1873.

Whig Party

1835

Lord John Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.

Titles:

Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1

Honours:

Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.

[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.

Whig Party

April 20 1835 – June 29 1841

William Henry Stanton

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1790; d. March 24 1870.

Whig Party

1841 – 1852

Charles Alfred Cripps

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1852; d. June 30 1941.

Conservative Party

1895 – 1900


Suffolk Coastal

Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal
Thérèse Anne Coffey

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1971.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024


Sunderland Central

Member of Parliament for Sunderland Central
Julie Elliott

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1963.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay, of Whitburn Bay in the City of Sunderland, January 27 2025.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4127/career.

[2] “No. 64645,” The London Gazette, January 31 2025, 1694, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64645/page/1694.

Labour Party

May 6 2010 – May 30 2024


Surrey Heath

Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath
Michael Andrew Gove

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.

[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.

Conservative Party

May 5 2005 – May 30 2024


Swindon South

Member of Parliament for Swindon South
Heidi Alexander

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1975.

Labour Party

2024 – present


Tamworth

Member of Parliament for Tamworth
Edward Thurlow

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1731; d. September 12 1806.

Tory Party

1765 – 1778

John Courtenay

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 22 1738; d. March 24 1816.

Whig Party

1780 – 1796

Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1750; d. May 3 1830.

Tory Party

1790 – 1820

Lord Charles Vere Ferrers Townsend

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1785; d. November 5 1853.

Whig Party

1812 – 1818

William Yates Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1789; d. June 1 1858.

Tory Party

1818 – 1830

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850.

Titles:

Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.

Tory Party (1830 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1846); Peelites (1846 – 1850)

1830 – 1850

Lord Charles Vere Ferrers Townsend

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1785; d. November 5 1853.

Whig Party

1830 – 1835

William Yates Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1789; d. June 1 1858.

Conservative Party

1835 – 1837

Edward Henry à Court-Repington

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1783; d. September 22 1855.

Conservative Party

1837 – 1847

William Yates Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1789; d. June 1 1858.

Conservative Party

1847

Rear-Admiral John Townshend

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1798; d. September 10 1863.

Whig Party

1847 – 1855

Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1822; d. May 9 1895.

Peelite Conservative (1850 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1880)

1850 – 1880

Sir William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1801; d. May 23 1872.

Liberal Party

1868 – 1871

Christopher John “Chris” Pincher

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1969.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Christopher Pincher.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4075/career.

Conservative Party (2010 – 2022); Independent (2022 – 2023)

May 6 2010 – September 7 2023



Tatton

List of Members of Parliament for Tatton

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

George Gideon Oliver Osborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1971.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for George Osborne.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1458/career.

Conservative Party

June 7 2001 – May 3 2017



Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury
William Dowdeswell

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1721; d. February 6 1775.

Whig Party

1747 – 1754

Laurence Anthony Robertson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1958.

Conservative Party

1997 – 2024


Thornbury and Yale

Member of Parliament for Thornbury and Yale
Luke Anthony Hall

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1986.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Luke Hall.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4450/career.

Conservative Party

May 7 2015 – May 30 2024


Member of Parliament for Thurrock
Andrew Stuart MacKinlay

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1949.

Labour Party

1992 – 2010


Tottenham

Member of Parliament for Tottenham
David Lindon Lammy

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1972.

Labour Party

2000 – present


Twickenham

Member of Parliament for Twickenham
John Vincent “Vince” Cable

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1943.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, September 22 2015.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Vince Cable.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/207/career.

[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.

Liberal Democrats

May 1 1997 – March 30 2015

Sir John Vincent “Vince” Cable

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1943.

Honours:

Created a Knight Bachelor, September 22 2015.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Vince Cable.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/207/career.

[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.

Liberal Democrats

June 8 2017 – November 6 2019

Munira Sherali Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1978.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Munira Wilson.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4776/career.

Liberal Democrats

December 12 2019 – present


Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1964.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Boris Johnson.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1423/career.

Conservative Party

May 7 2015 – June 12 2023


Wallasey

Member of Parliament for Wallasey
Dame Angela Eagle

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1961.

Honors:

Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2020.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dame Angela Eagle.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/491/career.

[2] “No. 63218,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 31 2020, N7, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63218/supplement/N7.

Labour Party

April 9 1992 – present


Warwick and Leamington

Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington
Arthur Wellesley Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1829; d. October 24 1912.

Liberal Party (1885 – 1886); Liberal Unionist Party (1886 – 1895)

1885 – 1895

Sir Robert Anthony Eden

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1897; d. January 14 1977

Titles of nobility: Earl of Avon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1961 – 1977).

Conservative Party

1923 – 1957



Welwyn Hatfield

List of Members of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Grant Shapps

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.

Titles:

Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Grant Shapps.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1582/career.

[2] “No. 64805,” The London Gazette, Supplement, July 28 2025, 14830, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64805/supplement/14829.

Conservative Party

May 5 2005 – May 30 2024



Member of Parliament for West Bromwich
Betty Boothroyd

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1929; d. February 26 2023.

Labour Party

1973 – 1974


Member of Parliament for Westmorland and Lonsdale
Timothy James “Tim” Farron

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1970.

Liberal Democrats

2005 – present


Wigan

Member of Parliament for Wigan
Horatio Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13/24 1752; d. June 15 1822.

Tory Party

1780 – 1784

William Ewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1798; d. January 23 1869.

Whig Party

1839 – 1841

Algernon Fulke Egerton

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1825; d. July 14 1891.

Conservative Party

1882 – 1885


Winchester

Member of Parliament for Winchester
Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1739; d. April 17 1802.

Non-Partisan

1796 – 1801

Peter Gerald “Gerry” Malone

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1950.

Conservative Party

1992 – 1997

Mark Oaten

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1964.

Liberal Democrats

1997 – 2010


Windsor

Member of Parliament for Windsor
George Cholmondeley

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1703; d. June 10 1770.

Whig Party

1727 – 1733

Henry Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1705; d. July 1 1774.

Whig Party

1741 – 1761

Admiral Augustus Keppel

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1725; d. October 2 1786.

Whig Party

1761 – 1780

Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1760; d. September 26 1842.

Tory Party

1786 – 1796

William Grant

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1752; d. May 23 1832.

Tory Party

1794 – 1796

John Ramsbottom

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1778; d. 1845.

Whig Party

1810 – 1845

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1782; d. February 21 1849.

Whig Party

1826 – 1831

Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869.

Titles:

Held the courtesy title Lord Stanley, 1834 – 1851 (citation needed). Held the title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a writ of acceleration, 1844 – 18511. Succeeded as the 14th Earl of Derby, June 30 1851.1

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1 1859.2 Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, June 30 1869.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Stanley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-stanley-3/index.html.

[2] “No. 22281,” The London Gazette, July 1 1859, 2549, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22281/page/2549.

[3] “No. 7968,” The Edinburgh Gazette, July 2 1869, 794, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7968/page/794.

Whig Party

1831 – 1832

Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1785; d. November 3 1849.

Whig Party

1832 – 1835

Lord Charles Wellesley

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1808; d. October 9 1858.

Conservative Party

1852 – 1855


Member of Parliament for Witham
Dame Priti Sushil Patel

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1972.

Conservative Party

2010 – present



Witney

List of Members of Parliament for Witney

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Douglas Richard Hurd

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1930.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1997

David William Donald Cameron

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1966.

Titles:

Received a life peerage as Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, of Chipping Norton in the County of Oxfordshire, November 17 2023.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for David Cameron.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1467/career.

[2] “No. 64237,” The London Gazette, November 22 2023, 23554, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64237/page/23554.

Conservative Party

June 7 2001 – September 12 2016



Worcester

Member of Parliament for Worcester
Thomas Winnington

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1696; d. April 23 1746.

Whig Party

1741 – 1746

Sir Thomas Wilde

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1782; d. November 11 1855.

Whig Party

1841 – 1846


Member of Parliament for Worthing West
Sir Peter James Bottomley

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1944.

Conservative Party

1997 – 2024


Member of Parliament for Wrexham
Sir Robert John Thomas, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death:

Born April 23 1873. Died September 27 1951.

Honours:

Created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom , August 28 1918.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Thomas,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed June 5 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-thomas/index.html.

[2] “No. 30876,” The London Gazette, August 30 1918, 10173, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30876/page/10173.

Liberal Party

December 14 1918 – November 15 1922

Sarah Elizabeth Atherton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1967.

Conservative Party

2019 – 2024


Wycombe

Member of Parliament for Wycombe
John Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Shelburne

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1706; d. May 14 1761.

Whig Party

1754 – 1760

William Petty Fitzmaurice

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1737; d. May 7 1805

Noble titles: Earl of Shelburne in the Peerage of Ireland (1761 – 1805); Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784 – 1805)

Whig Party

1760 – 1761

Isaac Barré

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1726; d. July 20 1802.

Whig Party

1761 – 1774

Robert Waller

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1732; d. 1814.

Non-Partisan

1761 – 1790

Thomas Fitzmaurice

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1742; d. October 28 1793.

Non-Partisan

1774 – 1780

Charles Stanhope, Lord Stanhope

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1753; d. December 15 1816.

Whig Party

1780 – 1786

John Henry Petty, Earl Wycombe

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1765; d. November 15 1809.

Whig Party

1786 – 1802

Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir John Jervis

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1735; d. March 13 1823.

Whig Party

1790 – 1794

Charles Grey

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1804; d. March 31 1870

Noble titles: Earl of Shelburne in the Peerage of Ireland (1761 – 1805); Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784 – 1805)

Whig Party

1832 – 1837

Ralph Bernal Osborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1808; January 4 1882.

Radicals

1841 – 1847

Charles Alfred Cripps

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1852; d. June 30 1941.

Conservative Party

1910 – 1914



Yeovil

List of Members of Parliament for Yeovil

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1880; d. September 26 1923

Conservative Party

1918 – 1923

Jeremy John Durham “Paddy” Ashdown

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1941; d. December 22 2018.

Liberal Party (1983 – 1988); Liberal Democrats (1988 – 2001)

1983 – 2001

David Anthony Laws

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1965.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for David Laws.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1473/career.

Liberal Democrats

June 7 2001 – March 30 2015



Defunct Constituencies

Navigation: Ayr Burghs | Banff and Buchan | Bedfordshire | Berkshire | Cannock and Burntwood | Central Norfolk | Clackmannan | Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | Clwyd West | Dagenham | Dartmouth | Denbighshire | Derbyshire | Dewsbury | Dundee East | Dunwich | East Kilbride | East Kilbride, Strathaven, and Lesmagahow | Glasgow Baillieston | Glasgow Govan | Glasgow Pollok | Glasgow Provan | Glasgow Tradeston | Gordon | Hedon | Hornsey and Wood Green | King’s Lynn | Kingston upon Hull | Kinross-shire |Leicestershire | Moray | Newtown | North East Bedfordshire | North Essex | North Tayside | Ochil | Rochester | Ross, Cromarty, and Syke | Ross, Skye, and Inverness West | Ross, Skye, and Lochaber | Shropshire | South Ayrshire | Sunderland South | Warwickshire | Westmorland | Woodspring | Woolwich West.

Aberavon
James Ramsay MacDonald

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1866; d. November 9 1937

Labour Party

1922 – 1929

Aberdeenshire
George John James Hamilton-Gordon, Lord Haddo

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1816; d. March 22 1864

Titles of nobility: Earl of Aberdeen in the Peerage of Scotland (1860 – 1864)

Peelites (1854 – 1859); Liberal Party (1859 – 1860)

1854 – 1860


Argyllshire
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1845; d. May 2 1914

Noble titles: Duke of Argyll (1900 – 1914)

Liberal Party

1868 – 1878


Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs
James Archibald Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1747; d. March 1 1818.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1774

Sir George Macartney

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1737; d. May 31 1806.

Non-Partisan

1774 – 1776

Frederick Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1751; d. May 17 1802.

Non-Partisan

1776 – 1780

Charles Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1753; d. May 25 1801.

Non-Partisan

1790 – 1794


Member of Parliament for Banff and Buchan
Alexander Elliot Anderson “Alex” Salmond

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1954; d. October 12 2024.

Scottish National Party

1987 – 2010

Eilidh Whiteford

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1969.

Scottish National Party

2010 – 2017

David James Duguid

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1970.

Conservative Party

2017 – 2024


Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen
Helen Joanne “Jo” Cox

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1974; d. June 16 2016.

Labour Party

2015 – 2016


Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
William Russell, Lord Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1639; d. July 21 1683.

Non-Partisan

1679 – 1683


Member of Parliament for Berkshire
Henry St John

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1678; d. December 12 1751.

Tory Party

1710 – 1712

Robert James Lloyd-Lindsay

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1832; d. June 10 1901

Titles of nobility: Baron Wantage in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1885 – 1901)

Conservative Party

1865 – 1885


Member of Parliament for Birmingham Handsworth
Sydney Brookes Chapman

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1935; d. October 9 2014.

Conservative Party

1970 – 1974


Member of Parliament for Birmingham Stechford
Roy Harris Jenkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.

Labour Party

1950 – 1977


Blackpool
Frederick Arthur Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1841; d. June 14 1908

Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Preston in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1908); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1893 – 1908)

Conservative Party

1885 – 1886


Member of Parliament for Cannock and Burntwood
James Gerald Douglas Howarth

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1947.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1992


Member of Parliament for Central Norfolk
Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1926; d. September 21 2007.

Conservative Party

1962 – 1974


Chertsey
George Charles Bingham, Lord Bingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1860; d. April 20 1949

Titles of nobility: Earl of Lucan in the Peerage of Ireland (1914 – 1949); Baron Bingham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1949).

Conservative Party

1904 – 1906


Member of Parliament for City of London and Westminster South
Peter Leonard Brooke

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1934; d. May 13 2023.

Conservative Party

1977 – 1997


Member of Parliament for Clackmannan
Martin John O’Neill

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1945; d. August 26 2020.

Labour Party

1983 – 1997


Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
Martin John O’Neill

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1945; d. August 26 2020.

Labour Party

1979 – 1983


Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1814; d. March 17 1891

Titles of nobility: Earl of Minto in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1859 – 1891)

Whig Party

1857 – 1859


Member of Parliament for Clwyd West
David Ian Jones

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1952.

Conservative Party

2005 – 2024


County Cavan
Sir John Young, 2nd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1807; d. October 6 1876

Also known as: John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1870 – 1876)

Other notable offices held: Governor General of Canada (1869 – 1872); Governor of New South Wales (1861 – 1867); Chief Secretary for Ireland (1853 – 1855)

Tory Party (1831 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1846); Peelites (1846 – 1855)

1831 – 1855


County Fermanagh
John Henry Crichton, Viscount Crichton

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1839; d. December 2 1914

Titles of nobility: Earl Erne in the Peerage of Ireland (1885 – 1914); Viscount Erne in the Peerage of Ireland (1885 – 1914); Baron Erne in the Peerage of Ireland (1885 – 1914); Baron Fermanagh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1885 – 1914)

Conservative Party

1880 – 1885


Member of Parliament for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
James Gordon Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1951.

Labour Party

2005 – 2015


Member of Parliament for Dagenham
Jonathan “Jon” Cruddas

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1962.

Labour Party

2001 – 2010


Member of Parliament for Dartmouth
Vice-Admiral Richard Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1726; d. August 5 1799.

Non-Partisan

1757 – 1782


Member of Parliament for Denbighshire
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1749; d. July 24 1789.

Non-Partisan

1774 – 1789


Member of Parliament for Derbyshire
John Manners, Lord Roos

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1676; d. February 22 1721.

Whig Party

1701

William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1720; d. October 2 1764.

Whig Party

1741 – 1751

Lord Richard Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1752; d. September 7 1781.

Non-Partisan

1780 – 1781

Lord John Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1732; d. December 18 1796.

Non-Partisan

1794 – 1796

Lord George Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1754; d. May 9 1834.

Whig Party

1797 – 1831


Devonport
Thomas Brassey

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1836; d. February 23 1918

Noble titles: Baron Brassey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1918); Earl Brassey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1918).

Liberal Party

1865


Member of Parliament for Dewsbury
Winifred Ann Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1947.

Labour Party

1987 – 2005

Shahid Rafique Malik

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1967.

Labour Party

2005 – 2010

Simon Justin Reevell

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1966.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2015


Member of Parliament for Dudley South
Ian Phares Pearson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1959.

Labour Party

1997 – 2010


Member of Parliament for Dudley West
Ian Phares Pearson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1959.

Labour Party

1994 – 1997


Member of Parliament for Dundee East
Robert Gordon Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1938; d. June 25 2017.

Scottish National Party

1974 – 1987


Member of Parliament for Dunfermline East
James Gordon Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1951.

Labour Party

1983 – 2005


Member of Parliament for Dunwich
Henry Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1705; d. July 1 1774.

Whig Party

1761 – 1763


Member of Parliament for East Kilbride
Adam Paterson Ingram

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1947.

Labour Party

1987 – 2005


Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow
Adam Paterson Ingram

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1947.

Labour Party

2005 – 2010


East Sussex
Charles Compton Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1793; d. November 12 1863

Titles of nobility: Baron Chesham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1858 – 1863).

Whig Party

1832 – 1841

Lord Edward Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1838; d. May 18 1891

Liberal Party

1865 – 1868


Member of Parliament for Eccles
Ian Stewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1950.

Labour Party

1997 – 2010


Enniskillen
John Henry Crichton, Viscount Crichton

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1839; d. December 2 1914

Titles of nobility: Earl Erne in the Peerage of Ireland (1885 – 1914); Viscount Erne in the Peerage of Ireland (1885 – 1914); Baron Erne in the Peerage of Ireland (1885 – 1914); Baron Fermanagh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1885 – 1914)

Conservative Party

1868 – 1880


Member of Parliament for Frome
Percy Angier Hurd

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1864; d. June 5 1950.

Conservative Party

1918 – 1923


Member of Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston
James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel “Jimmy” Wray

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1935; d. May 25 2013.

Labour Party

1997 – 2005


Member of Parliament for Glasgow Govan
John Rankin

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1889; d. October 8 1973.

Labour Party

1955 – 1973

Margo Symington MacDonald

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1943; d. April 4 2014.

Scottish National Party

1973 – 1974

Harry Selby

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1913; d. January 8 1984.

Labour Party

1974 – 1979

James “Jim” Sillars

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1937.

Scottish National Party

1988 – 1992

Ian Graham Davidson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1950.

Labour Party

1992 – 1997


Member of Parliament for Glasgow Hillhead
Roy Harris Jenkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.

Social Democratic Party

1982 – 1987


Member of Parliament for Glasgow Pollok
Ian Graham Davidson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1950.

Labour Party

1997 – 2005


Member of Parliament for Glasgow Provan
James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel “Jimmy” Wray

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1935; d. May 25 2013.

Labour Party

1987 – 1997


Member of Parliament for Glasgow Tradeston
John Rankin

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1889; d. October 8 1973.

Labour Party

1945 – 1955


Member of Parliament for Gordon
Alexander Elliot Anderson “Alex” Salmond

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1954; d. October 12 2024.

Scottish National Party

2015 – 2017


Greenock
William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1814; d. March 17 1891

Titles of nobility: Earl of Minto in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1859 – 1891)

Whig Party

1847 – 1852


Member of Parliament for Hampstead
Henry Brooke

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1903; d. March 29 1984.

Conservative Party

1950 – 1966


Member of Parliament for Hedon
William Pulteney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1684; d. July 7 1764.

Whig Party

1705 – 1734

Vice-Admiral of the Blue George Anson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1684; d. July 7 1764.

Non-Partisan

1744 – 1747

Thomas Hyde Villiers

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1801; d. December 3 1832.

Whig Party

1826 – 1830


Member of Parliament for Hornchurch
John Robert Cryer

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1964.

Labour Party

1997 – 2005

James Peter Brokenshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1968; d. October 7 2021.

Conservative Party

2005 – 2010


Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green
Lynne Choona Featherstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1951.

Liberal Democrats

2005 – 2015


Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight
Sir Richard Everard Webster

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1842; d. December 15 1915.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1900


Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull
William Wilberforce

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1759; d. July 29 1833.

Independent

1780 – 1784

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Viscount Goderich

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1827; d. July 9 1909

Noble titles: Earl of Ripon (1859 – 1909); Marquess of Ripon (1871 – 1909)

Whig Party

1852 – 1853


Member of Parliament for Kinross-shire
Robert Adam

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1728; d. March 3 1792.

Non-Partisan

1768 – 1774


Member of Parliament for Leicestershire
John Manners, Lord Roos

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1676; d. February 22 1721.

Whig Party

1701 – 1702

John Manners, Marquess of Granby

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1676; d. February 22 1721.

Whig Party

1710 – 1711


Member of Parliament for Lewisham West
Henry Brooke

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1903; d. March 29 1984.

Conservative Party

1938 – 1945


Ludlow
Christopher John Holland-Martin

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1910; d. April 5 1960

Conservative Party

1951 – 1960


Member of Parliament for Mid Oxfordshire
Douglas Richard Hurd

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1930.

Conservative Party

1974 – 1983


Member of Parliament for Moray
Angus Struan Carolus Robertson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1969.

Scottish National Party

2001 – 2017


Moray and Nairn
James Gray Stuart

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1897; d. February 20 1971

Titles of nobility: Viscount Stuart of Findhorn in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1959 – 1971)

Unionist Party

1923 – 1959


Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood
Edward Michael “Ed” Balls

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1967.

Labour Party

2010 – 2015


Newcastle-upon-Tyne
John Morley

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1838; d. September 23 1923

Titles of nobility: Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1908 – 1923)

Liberal Party

1883 – 1895


Member of Parliament for Newtown
John Churchill

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1650; d. June 16 1722.

Non-Partisan

1679

Daniel Finch

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1647; d. January 1 1730.

Tory Party

1681 – 1682

George Canning

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.

Tory Party

1793 – 1796

George Canning

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.

Tory Party

1806 – 1807

Charles Compton Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1793; d. November 12 1863

Titles of nobility: Baron Chesham in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1858 – 1863).

Whig Party

1821 – 1830


Member of Parliament for Normanton
Edward Michael “Ed” Balls

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1967.

Labour Party

2005 – 2010


North Derbyshire
William Cavendish, Lord Cavendish of Keighley

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1808; d. December 21 1891

Titles of nobility: Earl of Burlington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1834 – 1891); Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1858 – 1891)

Whig Party

1832 – 1834

Lord Edward Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1838; d. May 18 1891

Liberal Party

1880 – 1885


Member of Parliament for North East Somerset
Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1969.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024


Member of Parliament for North Essex
Alexander Baring

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1774; d. May 12 1848.

Tory Party (1832 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1835)

1832 – 1835


North Lonsdale
Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1871; d. January 7 1946

Liberal Unionist Party (1895 – 1904); Liberal Party (1904 – 1906)

1895 – 1906


Member of Parliament for North Tayside
John Ramsay Swinney

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1964.

Scottish National Party

1997 – 2001


Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire
Alistair James Hendrie Burt

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1955.

Conservative Party

2001 – 2019


Northern West Riding of Yorkshire
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1836; d. May 6 1882

Liberal Party

1865 – 1882


Member of Parliament for Nottingham
Major-General William Howe

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1729; d. July 12 1814.

Whig Party

1758 – 1780


Member of Parliament for Ochil
Martin John O’Neill

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1945; d. August 26 2020.

Labour Party

1997 – 2005


Member of Parliament for Rochester
Admiral John Byng

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1704; d. March 14 1757.

Non-Partisan

1751 – 1757


Ross and Cromarty
Ronald Crauford Munro Ferguson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1860; d. March 30 1934

Also known as: Viscount Novar (1920 – 1934)

Liberal Party

1884 – 1885

Malcolm John MacDonald

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981

National Labour Party

1936 – 1945


Member of Parliament for Ross, Cromarty, and Skye
Charles Peter Kennedy

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1959; d. June 1 2015.

Social Democratic Party (1983 – 1988); Liberal Democrats (1988 – 1997)

1983 – 1997


Member of Parliament for Ross, Skye, and Inverness West
Charles Peter Kennedy

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1959; d. June 1 2015.

Liberal Democrats

1997 – 2005


Member of Parliament for Ross, Skye, and Lochaber
Charles Peter Kennedy

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1959; d. June 1 2015.

Liberal Democrats

2005 – 2015


Member of Parliament for Scarborough
George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1819; d. April 3 1890.

Whig Party

1847 – 1851

George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1819; d. April 3 1890.

Whig Party

1852 – 1857


Member of Parliament for Shropshire
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1749; d. July 24 1789.

Non-Partisan

1772 – 1774


Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome
David William St John Heath

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1954.

Liberal Democrats

1997 – 2015


Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire
James “Jim” Sillars

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1937.

Labour Party (1970 – 1976); Scottish Labour Party (1976 – 1979)

1970 – 1979


Member of Parliament for South Longford
Dominick Edward Blake

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1833; d. March 1 1912.

Irish Parliamentary Party

1892 – 1906


South Northumberland
Edward Ridley

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1843; d. October 14 1928

Conservative Party

1878 – 1880

Albert Henry George Grey

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1851; d. August 29 1917

Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1894 – 1917)

Liberal Party

1880 – 1885

South Somerset
Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1880; d. September 26 1923

Conservative Party

1911 – 1918


Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire
Sir Gavin Alexander Williamson

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1976.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2024


Member of Parliament for Southwark Central
Roy Harris Jenkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.

Labour Party

1948 – 1950


Staffordshire
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1786; d. February 27 1861

Noble titles: Baron Gower in the Peerage of England (1826 – 1861); Duke of Sutherland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1833 – 1861); Earl of Sutherland in the Peerage of Scotland (1839 – 1861)

Whig Party

1815 – 1820


Stirlingshire
Rear-Admiral George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Baron Keith

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1746; d. March 10 1823

Noble titles: Baron Keith in the Peerage of Ireland (1797 – 1823); Baron Keith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1801 – 1823); Viscount Keith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1823)

None

1796 – 1802


Stockton-on-Tees
Maurice Harold Macmillan

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1894; d. December 29 1986

Titles of nobility: Earl of Stockton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986); Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986)

Conservative Party

1924 – 1929

Maurice Harold Macmillan

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1894; d. December 29 1986

Titles of nobility: Earl of Stockton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986); Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986)

Conservative Party

1931 – 1945


Member of Parliament for Sunderland South
Christopher John “Chris” Mullin

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1947.

Labour Party

1987 – 2010


Tyneside
Albert Henry George Grey

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1851; d. August 29 1917

Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1894 – 1917)

Liberal Party

1885 – 1886


Member of Parliament for Vauxhall
Catharine Letitia “Kate” Hoey

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1946.

Labour Party

1989 – 2019


Member of Parliament for Warwickshire
James Compton, Lord Compton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1622; d. December 15 1681.

Royalist

1640 – 1642

James Compton, Lord Compton

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1687; d. October 3 1754.

Non-Partisan

1710 – 1711


Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West
Betty Boothroyd

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1929; d. February 26 2023.

Labour Party (1974 – 1992); Independent (1992 – 2000)

1974 – 2000


West Derbyshire
Lord Edward Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1838; d. May 18 1891

Liberal Party (1885 – 1886); Liberal Unionist Party (1886 – 1891)

1885 – 1891

Victor Christian William Cavendish

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1868; d. May 6 1938

Titles of nobility: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1938)

Liberal Unionist Party

1891 – 1908

Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1872; d. March 5 1936

Titles of nobility: Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain (1927 – 1936)

Liberal Unionist Party (1908 – 1912); Conservative Party (1912 – 1918)

1908 – 1918

Edward William Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1895; d. November 26 1950

Titles of nobility: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1938 – 1950); Earl of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1938 – 1950); Baron Cavendish in the Peerage of England (1938 – 1950); Earl of Burlington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1938 – 1950); Baron Cavendish of Keighley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1938 – 1950)

Conservative Party

1923 – 1938

Henry Philip Hunloke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1906; d. January 13 1978

Conservative Party

1938 – 1944


Westhoughton
Lord Edward George Villiers Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1865; d. February 4 1948

Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1948)

Conservative Party

1892 – 1906


Member of Parliament for Westmorland
Sir James Lowther, 5th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1736; d. May 24 1802.

Non-Partisan

1761 – 1763

Sir James Lowther, 5th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1736; d. May 24 1802.

Non-Partisan

1774 – 1775

Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1822; d. July 22 1894

Titles of nobility: Marquess of Headfort in the Peerage of Ireland (1870 – 1894); Baron Kenlis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1870 – 1894)

Conservative Party

1854 – 1870


Willesden East
Sir George Frederick Stanley

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1872; d. July 1 1938

Conservative Party

1924 – 1929


Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South
Thomas Hyde Villiers

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1802; d. January 16 1898.

Liberal Party (1885 – 1886); Liberal Unionist Party (1886 – 1898)

1885 – 1898


Member of Parliament for Woodspring
Liam Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1961.

Conservative Party

1992 – 2010


Member of Parliament for Woolwich West
Peter James Bottomley

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1944.

Conservative Party

1975 – 1983