Chairman of the Conservative Party

The chairman of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom is responsible for party administration and overseeing the Conservative Campaign Headquarters, formerly Conservative Central Office.

When the Conservatives are in government, the officeholder is usually a member of the Cabinet holding a sinecure position such as Minister without Portfolio. Deputy or Vice Chairmen of the Conservative Party may also be appointed, with responsibility for specific aspects of the party.

The current Deputy Chairman is Matt Vickers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The role was created in 1911 in response to the Conservative Party's defeat in the second 1910 general election. The position is not subject to election, as it is given by the party leader.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

List

Key

style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	Member of the House of Commons
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	Member of the House of Lords
	Non-parliamentarian

List

Chairman			Term of office		Election	Ministerial offices	Leader	Ref
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Arthur Maitland.jpg	Arthur Steel-Maitland Template:Small	1911	1916	—		Bonar Law	<ref name="HarrisConHist">Template:Cite book</ref>
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Lord Younger (à droite), Baldwin (à gauche) - btv1b53123671r (cropped).jpg	Sir George Younger, 1st Baronet. Template:Small	1916	1923	1918 1922 1923			<ref name="StewartBC">Template:Cite book</ref>
Stanley Baldwin
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Stanley Jackson MP.jpg	Stanley Jackson Template:Small	1923	1926	1924		<ref name="HarrisConHist" />
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Viscount Davidson.jpg	John Davidson Template:Small	1926	1930	1929		<ref name="HarrisConHist" /><ref name="StewartBC" />
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Neville-Chamberlain (cropped).jpg	Neville Chamberlain Template:Small	Template:Small 1930	Template:Small 1931	—		<ref name="HarrisConHist" /><ref name="StewartBC" />
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Ac.stonehaven.jpg	John Baird 1st Viscount Stonehaven	1931	1936	1931 1935
	rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:DouglasHacking.jpg	Sir Douglas Hacking Template:Small	1936	1942	—
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne.jpg	Thomas Dugdale Template:Small	1942	Template:Small 1944	—
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:No image.svg	Ralph Assheton Template:Small	Template:Small 1944	Template:Small 1946	1945		<ref name="HarrisConHist" />
	rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:1st Earl of Woolton 1947.jpg	Frederick Marquis 1st Earl of Woolton	Template:Small 1946	Template:Small 1955	1950 1951 1955	Lord President of the Council Template:Small Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Template:Small Minister of Materials Template:Small	<ref name="HarrisConHist" />
Anthony Eden
			Oliver Poole	Template:Small 1955	Template:Small 1957	—		<ref name="HarrisConHist" /><ref name="SampsonWRTP">Template:Cite book</ref>
Harold Macmillan
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Lord Hailsham 1959.jpg	Quintin Hogg 2nd Viscount Hailsham	Template:Small 1957	Template:Small 1959	1959	Lord President of the Council Template:Small	<ref name="HarrisConHist" />
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Rab Butler.png	Rab Butler Template:Small	Template:Small 1959	Template:Small 1961	—	Home Secretary Template:Small Leader of the House of Commons Template:Small	<ref name="HarrisConHist" />
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg	Iain Macleod Template:Small	Template:Small 1961	Template:Small 1963	—	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Template:Small Leader of the House of Commons Template:Small	Template:Efn
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |		Oliver Poole 1st Baron Poole	Template:Small 1963 Template:Small		—		<ref name="HarrisConHist" />Template:Efn
	rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:John Hare 1929.jpg	John Hare 1st Viscount Blakenham	Template:Small 1963	Template:Small 1965	1964	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Template:Small
Alec Douglas-Home
	rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:No image.svg	Edward du Cann Template:Small	Template:Small 1965	Template:Small 1967	1966		<ref name="HarrisConHist" />
Edward Heath
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |		Anthony Barber Template:Small	Template:Small 1967	Template:Small 1970	1970
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:No image.svg	Peter Thomas Template:Small	Template:Small 1970	Template:Small 1972	—	Secretary of State for Wales Template:Small
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Peter Carington 1984.jpg	Peter Carington 6th Baron Carrington	Template:Small 1972	Template:Small 1974	Feb 1974	Secretary of State for Defence Template:Small Secretary of State for Energy Template:Small
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |		William Whitelaw Template:Small	Template:Small 1974	Template:Small 1975	Oct 1974
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |		Peter Thorneycroft Baron Thorneycroft	Template:Small 1975	Template:Small 1981	1979		Margaret Thatcher	<ref name="HarrisConHist" />
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |		Cecil Parkinson Template:Small	Template:Small 1981	Template:Small 1983	1983	Paymaster General Template:Small Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Template:Small Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Template:Small		<ref name="HarrisConHist" />
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Deben crop 2.jpg	John Gummer Template:Small	Template:Small 1983	Template:Small 1985	—	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Employment Template:Small Minister of State for Employment Template:Small Paymaster General Template:Small
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Tebbit 2020 crop 2.jpg	Norman Tebbit Template:Small	Template:Small 1985	Template:Small 1987	1987	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Template:Small		<ref name="HarrisConHist" />
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:No image.svg	Peter Brooke Template:Small	Template:Small 1987	Template:Small 1989	—	Paymaster General Template:Small
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking 2020 crop 2.jpg	Kenneth Baker Template:Small	Template:Small 1989	Template:Small 1990	—	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Patten of Barnes crop 2.jpg	Chris Patten Template:Small	Template:Small 1990	Template:Small 1992	1992		John Major	<ref name="PattenNQtD">Template:Cite book</ref>
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg	Sir Norman Fowler Template:Small	Template:Small 1992	Template:Small 1994	—	Attended Cabinet
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:No image.svg	Jeremy Hanley Template:Small	Template:Small 1994	Template:Small 1995	—	Minister without portfolio
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:No image.svg	Brian Mawhinney Template:Small	Template:Small 1995	Template:Small 1997	1997
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |		Cecil Parkinson Baron Parkinson	Template:Small 1997	Template:Small 1998	—		William Hague
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Global Strategy Forum (6963381142) cropped.jpg	Michael Ancram Earl of Ancram Template:Small	Template:Small 1998	Template:Small 2001	2001
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:David Davis (cropped).jpg	David Davis Template:Small	Template:Small 2001	Template:Small 2002	—		Iain Duncan Smith
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Theresa May (28235949166).jpg	Theresa May Template:Small	Template:Small 2002	Template:Small 2003	—			<ref name="SampsonWRTP" />
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Liam Fox MP, 2007 cropped.jpg	Liam Fox Template:Small	Template:Small 2003	Template:Small 2005	2005		Michael Howard	Template:Efn
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:No image.svg	Maurice Saatchi Baron Saatchi	Template:Small 2003 Template:Small					<ref name="SampsonWRTP" />Template:Efn
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office.jpg	Francis Maude Template:Small	Template:Small 2005	Template:Small 2007	—
David Cameron
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Caroline Spelman, October 2009 1 cropped.jpg	Caroline Spelman Template:Small	Template:Small 2007	Template:Small 2009	—
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Eric Pickles, October 2009 1 cropped.jpg	Eric Pickles Template:Small	Template:Small 2009	Template:Small 2010	2010
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:No image.svg	Andrew Feldman Baron Feldman of Elstree	Template:Small 2010 Template:Small	Template:Small 2016	2015		<ref name="HarrisConHist" />Template:EfnTemplate:Efn
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Baroness Warsi, Minister without Portfolio.jpg	Sayeeda Warsi Baroness Warsi	Template:Small 2010 Template:Small	[[2012 British cabinet reshuffle|Template:Small 2012]]	—	Minister without portfolio	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Efn
	style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (cropped).jpg	Grant Shapps Template:Small	[[2012 British cabinet reshuffle|Template:Small 2012]] Template:Small	Template:Small 2015	2015		Template:Efn
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Sir Patrick McLoughlin crop 2.jpg	Sir Patrick McLoughlin Template:Small	Template:Small 2016	[[2018 British cabinet reshuffle|Template:Small 2018]]	2017	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Theresa May
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Brandon Lewis crop 2.jpg	Brandon Lewis Template:Small	[[2018 British cabinet reshuffle|Template:Small 2018]]	Template:Small 2019	—	Minister without portfolio		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Ben Elliot	Template:Small 2019 Template:Small	Template:Small 2022	2019		Boris Johnson	Template:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon James Cleverly MP crop 2.jpg	James Cleverly Template:Small		[[2020 British cabinet reshuffle|Template:Small 2020]]		Minister without portfolio		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Efn
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Amanda Milling MP crop 2.jpg	Amanda Milling Template:Small	[[2020 British cabinet reshuffle|Template:Small 2020]] Template:Small	Template:Small 2021	—			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Efn
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Oliver Dowden Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg	Oliver Dowden Template:Small	Template:Small 2021 Template:Small	Template:Small 2022	—			Template:Efn
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Andrew Stephenson MP crop 2.jpg	Andrew Stephenson Template:Small	Template:Small 2022 Template:Small	Template:Small 2022	—			Template:Efn
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Jake Berry MP crop 2.jpg	Sir Jake Berry Template:Small	Template:Small 2022	Template:Small 2022	—		Liz Truss
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Nadhim Zahawi Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg	Nadhim Zahawi Template:Small	Template:Small 2022	Template:Small 2023	—		Rishi Sunak
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Greg Hands Official Cabinet Portrait, February 2023 (cropped).jpg	Greg Hands Template:Small	Template:Small 2023	[[November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle|Template:Small 2023]]	—
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Richard Holden Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpg	Richard Holden Template:Small	[[November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle|Template:Small 2023]]	Template:Small 2024	2024
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Richard Fuller MP crop 2, 2024.jpg	Richard Fuller Template:Small	Template:Small 2024	Template:Small 2024	—
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Nigel Huddleston MP crop 2, 2024.jpg	Nigel Huddleston Template:Small	4 November 2024	Template:Small 2025	—		Kemi Badenoch
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Dominic R.A. Johnson.jpg	Dominic Johnson Lord Johnson of Lainston			—
style="background: Template:Party color; width: 1px;" |	File:Official portrait of Kevin Hollinrake MP crop 2.jpg	Kevin Hollinrake Template:Small	Template:Small 2025	Incumbent	—

Timeline

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See also

• 1922 Committee – the parliamentary body of the Conservative Party, which has its own Chairman

References

Bibliography

• Ball, Stuart, ed. (1998) The Conservative Party Since 1945, Manchester: Manchester University Press. Template:Isbn
• Conservatives Party Structure and Organisation

External links

• Meet the Chairmen – conservatives.com