1959: Hugh Gaitskell (Labour)
1964: Harold Wilson (Labour)
1969: Harold Wilson (Labour)
February 1974: Barbara Castle (Labour)
October 1974: Jim Callaghan (Labour)
1979: Geoffrey Howe (Conservative)
1983: Kenneth Clarke (Conservative)
1987: Kenneth Clarke (Conservative)
1992: Margret Thatcher (Conservative)
1997: John Reid (Labour)
2001: Charles Kennedy (SDP)
2005: William Hague (Conservative)
2010: John Cruddas (Labour)
2015:
2020:
1964: Harold Wilson (Labour)
1969: Harold Wilson (Labour)
February 1974: Barbara Castle (Labour)
October 1974: Jim Callaghan (Labour)
1979: Geoffrey Howe (Conservative)
1983: Kenneth Clarke (Conservative)
1987: Kenneth Clarke (Conservative)
1992: Margret Thatcher (Conservative)
1997: John Reid (Labour)
2001: Charles Kennedy (SDP)
2005: William Hague (Conservative)
2010: John Cruddas (Labour)
2015:
2020: