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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British politician (born 1956)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Bath">KCB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg/220px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg/330px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg/440px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_David_Lidington_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2017</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 January 2018 – 24 July 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 January 2018 – 24 July 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Damian Green</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Secretary of State for Justice">Secretary of State for Justice</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 June 2017 – 8 January 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />14 July 2016 – 11 June 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Europe">Minister of State for Europe</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 May 2010 – 14 July 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bryant" title="Chris Bryant">Chris Bryant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Duncan" title="Alan Duncan">Alan Duncan</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Cabinet">Shadow Cabinet</a> posts </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 November 2003 – 2 July 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a></li><li>David Cameron</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Davies" title="Quentin Davies">Quentin Davies</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />23 July 2002 – 11 November 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ainsworth" title="Peter Ainsworth">Peter Ainsworth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Spelman" title="Caroline Spelman">Caroline Spelman</a> (Environment) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Aylesbury</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 April 1992 – 6 November 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Raison" title="Timothy Raison">Timothy Raison</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Butler_(politician)" title="Rob Butler (politician)">Rob Butler</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Roy Lidington</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1956-06-30</span>) </span>30 June 1956<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 68)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Lambeth" title="Lambeth">Lambeth</a>, London, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Helen Parry</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1989)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Sussex_College,_Cambridge" title="Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge">Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge</a> (BA, PhD)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Academic background</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/16u99e0/44CAM_ALMA21428188190003606"><i>The enforcement of the penal statutes at the Court of Exchequer c. 1558 - c.1576.</i></a> (1988)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir David Roy Lidington</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span> (born 30 June 1956) is a former British politician who was the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Aylesbury</a> from <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a> until <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a>. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, he served as <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a> from 2018 to 2019<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was frequently described as being <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s <i>de facto</i> Deputy Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-ex-sturg_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ex-sturg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ex-NI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ex-NI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 2010 and 2016, he served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Europe">Minister of State for Europe</a> holding the position for the entirety of <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>'s premiership, a longer period than any of his predecessors. Theresa May appointed him to the cabinet for the first time in June 2016, where he held a number of roles including <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a>, and the joint title of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Secretary of State for Justice">Secretary of State for Justice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned from the government on 24 July 2019, in anticipation of the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> as Prime Minister. He did not seek reelection in the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Lidington&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Lambeth" title="Lambeth">Lambeth</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lidington was educated at <a href="/wiki/Merchant_Taylors%27_Prep_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Merchant Taylors' Prep School">Merchant Taylors' Prep School</a> and later at <a href="/wiki/Haberdashers%27_Aske%27s_Boys%27_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School">Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School</a>. He studied Modern History at <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Sussex_College,_Cambridge" title="Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge">Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His PhD was entitled <i>The Enforcement of the Penal Statutes at the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_the_Exchequer" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of the Exchequer">Court of the Exchequer</a> c. 1558 - c. 1576</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While at Cambridge, he was chairman of <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Conservative_Association" title="Cambridge University Conservative Association">Cambridge University Conservative Association</a> and Deputy President of the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Students%27_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University Students' Union">Cambridge University Students' Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the Captain of the <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Sussex_College,_Cambridge" title="Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge">Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge</a> team that won the 1979 series of <i><a href="/wiki/University_Challenge" title="University Challenge">University Challenge</a>.</i> The team also won the 2002 <i>University Challenge – Reunited</i> "champion of champions" series for the show's 40th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lidington's early employment included posts with <a href="/wiki/BP" title="BP">BP</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rio_Tinto_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Rio Tinto Group">Rio Tinto Group</a> before being appointed in 1987 as <a href="/wiki/Special_advisers_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Special advisers in the United Kingdom">special adviser</a> to the then Home Secretary <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hurd" title="Douglas Hurd">Douglas Hurd</a>. He moved to the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign and Commonwealth Office">Foreign and Commonwealth Office</a> in 1989 when Hurd was appointed Foreign Secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987 general election</a>, Lidington stood unsuccessfully in the <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)">Vauxhall constituency</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Lidington&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_1992_to_2010">From 1992 to 2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Lidington&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: From 1992 to 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lidington was selected as the Conservative candidate for the safe seat of <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Aylesbury</a> in December 1990. He became the constituency's member of parliament at the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Westminster, Lidington previously participated in the Education Select Committee and Conservative Backbench Home Affairs Committee. In 1994, he successfully promoted a Private Members Bill which became the Chiropractors Act 1994. </p><p>Lidington first joined the Conservative front bench team in August 1994, when he became <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</a> to Home Secretary <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a>. In June 1997, with the Conservatives in opposition, he became <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</a> to Leader of the Opposition <a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a>. Two years later, in June 1999, he was promoted to become Shadow Home Affairs Minister (deputy to <a href="/wiki/Ann_Widdecombe" title="Ann Widdecombe">Ann Widdecombe</a>). In September 2001, Lidington was promoted to become Shadow <a href="/wiki/Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Financial Secretary to the Treasury">Financial Secretary to the Treasury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ACCA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACCA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shadow_Cabinet">Shadow Cabinet</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Lidington&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Shadow Cabinet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lidington became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_Shadow_Cabinet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)">Shadow Cabinet</a> in May 2002, replacing <a href="/wiki/Ann_Winterton" title="Ann Winterton">Ann Winterton</a> as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Food" title="Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food">Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a>) after she resigned. When <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> <a href="/wiki/2003_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2003 Conservative Party leadership election">was elected</a> Conservative Party leader in November 2003, Lidington became <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a>, but was not included as a member of the Shadow Cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-ACCA_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACCA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2005, Howard enlarged the Shadow Cabinet, granting Lidington the right to attend it again. He continued to serve as the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a> under <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>. On 2 July 2007, was appointed as a Shadow Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-ACCA_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACCA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Expenses_(2009)"><span id="Expenses_.282009.29"></span>Expenses (2009)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Lidington&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Expenses (2009)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2009, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> revealed Lidington had claimed nearly £1,300 for his dry cleaning and had also claimed for toothpaste, shower gel, body spray and vitamin supplements on his second home allowance.<sup id="cite_ref-Gammell_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gammell-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lidington repaid the claims.<sup id="cite_ref-Gammell_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gammell-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lidington was also criticised by local newspaper the <i><a href="/wiki/Bucks_Herald" title="Bucks Herald">Bucks Herald</a></i> for claiming £115,891 in expenses in one year, almost double his salary.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Since_the_2010_general_election">Since the 2010 general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Lidington&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Since the 2010 general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, Lidington was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Europe">Minister for Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ACCA_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACCA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2016 following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>, Lidington was appointed a CBE in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours" title="2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours">2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours</a> for his services to the government as European minister. </p><p>In November 2013, Lidington was criticised in an editorial of the local newspaper the <i><a href="/wiki/Bucks_Herald" title="Bucks Herald">Bucks Herald</a></i> after he abstained on votes on the <a href="/wiki/HS2" class="mw-redirect" title="HS2">HS2</a> rail project which will run through his constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 December 2016, when he was serving as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a>, Lidington deputised for Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> at <a href="/wiki/PMQs" class="mw-redirect" title="PMQs">PMQs</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> questioned first-hand by the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Foreign_Secretary" title="Shadow Foreign Secretary">Shadow Foreign Secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emily_Thornberry" title="Emily Thornberry">Emily Thornberry</a> who also deputised, as per custom, for <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a> on the day. </p><p>Under Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>, Lidington was appointed <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a>. This was a position he held till 11 June 2017, when he was promoted to Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His appointment was criticised due to his record on LGBT rights, having opposed scrapping the <a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">ban on 'promotion of homosexuality' in schools</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004" title="Civil Partnership Act 2004">civil partnerships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_12_June_2017_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent_12_June_2017-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the debate on the <a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">legalisation of same-sex marriage</a> he argued that "marriage was for the procreation of children" and that the "definition of marriage should not be changed without an extremely compelling case for doing so". He later said that he regretted voting against civil partnerships.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 January 2018, during a <a href="/wiki/2018_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2018 British cabinet reshuffle">cabinet reshuffle</a>, Lidington became the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several media outlets subsequently referred to Lidington as <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s de facto Deputy Prime Minister and a candidate for her succession.<sup id="cite_ref-ex-sturg_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ex-sturg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ex-NI_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ex-NI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, Lidington said that he had 'no wish' to become Prime minister, stating that <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> was 'doing a fantastic job'.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (April 2019)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 24 July 2019, Lidington resigned as Cabinet Office Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and on 10 September, he was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> in <a href="/wiki/2019_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours" title="2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours">Theresa May's resignation honours</a> "for political and public service".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">2019 Conservative leadership election</a>, Lidington backed <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rory_Stewart" title="Rory Stewart">Rory Stewart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the final stage of the leadership election, he supported <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a> over <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writing in his local newspaper, the <i><a href="/wiki/Bucks_Herald" title="Bucks Herald">Bucks Herald</a></i>, on 30 October 2019, Lidington said he was not planning to seek re-election at the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">next general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lidington officially stepped down as the MP for Aylesbury on 6 November 2019.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Lidington&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lidington and his wife Helen<sup id="cite_ref-bucks_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bucks-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aylesburyconservatives_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aylesburyconservatives-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have four sons.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was raised as a <a href="/wiki/Congregationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist">Congregationalist</a> but is now an <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_12_June_2017_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent_12_June_2017-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Lidington&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Raison" title="Timothy Raison">Timothy Raison</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Aylesbury</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a>–<a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Butler_(politician)" title="Rob Butler (politician)">Rob Butler</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ainsworth" title="Peter Ainsworth">Peter Ainsworth</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a> </b><br />2002–2003 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Spelman" title="Caroline Spelman">Caroline Spelman</a></div><i><b>as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Davies" 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style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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href="/wiki/Peter_King,_1st_Baron_King" title="Peter King, 1st Baron King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Talbot,_1st_Baron_Talbot" title="Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot">Talbot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Yorke,_1st_Earl_of_Hardwicke" title="Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke">Hardwicke</a></li> <li><i>in commission</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Henley,_1st_Earl_of_Northington" title="Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington">Northington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Pratt,_1st_Earl_Camden" title="Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden">Pratt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Yorke" title="Charles Yorke">Yorke</a></li> <li><i>in commission</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bathurst,_2nd_Earl_Bathurst" title="Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst">Bathurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Thurlow,_1st_Baron_Thurlow" title="Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow">Thurlow</a></li> <li><i>in commission</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Thurlow,_1st_Baron_Thurlow" title="Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow">Thurlow</a></li> <li><i>In Commission <a href="/wiki/James_Eyre_(judge)" title="James Eyre (judge)">James Eyre</a>/<a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Ashurst_(judge)" title="William Henry Ashurst (judge)">William Henry Ashurst</a>/<a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Hotham,_2nd_Baron_Hotham" title="Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham">Sir Beaumont Hotham</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Wedderburn,_1st_Earl_of_Rosslyn" title="Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn">Loughborough</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" 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Rosslyn">Loughborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Scott,_1st_Earl_of_Eldon" title="John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon">Eldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Erskine,_1st_Baron_Erskine" title="Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine">Erskine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Scott,_1st_Earl_of_Eldon" title="John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon">Eldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Copley,_1st_Baron_Lyndhurst" title="John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst">Lyndhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brougham,_1st_Baron_Brougham_and_Vaux" title="Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux">Brougham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Copley,_1st_Baron_Lyndhurst" title="John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst">Lyndhurst</a></li> <li><i>In Commission: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pepys,_1st_Earl_of_Cottenham" title="Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham">Pepys</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lancelot_Shadwell" title="Lancelot Shadwell">Shadwell</a>/<a href="/wiki/John_Bosanquet" title="John Bosanquet">Bosanquet</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Pepys,_1st_Earl_of_Cottenham" title="Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham">Cottenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Copley,_1st_Baron_Lyndhurst" title="John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst">Lyndhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Pepys,_1st_Earl_of_Cottenham" title="Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham">Cottenham</a></li> <li><i>In Commission: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Bickersteth,_1st_Baron_Langdale" title="Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale">Langdale</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lancelot_Shadwell" title="Lancelot Shadwell">Shadwell</a>/<a href="/wiki/Robert_Rolfe,_1st_Baron_Cranworth" title="Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth">Role</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wilde,_1st_Baron_Truro" title="Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro">Truro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Sugden,_1st_Baron_St_Leonards" title="Edward Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards">St Leonards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rolfe,_1st_Baron_Cranworth" title="Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth">Cranworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Thesiger,_1st_Baron_Chelmsford" title="Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Campbell" title="John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bethell,_1st_Baron_Westbury" title="Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury">Westbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rolfe,_1st_Baron_Cranworth" title="Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth">Cranworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Thesiger,_1st_Baron_Chelmsford" title="Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Cairns,_1st_Earl_Cairns" title="Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns">Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wood,_1st_Baron_Hatherley" title="William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley">Hatherley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundell_Palmer,_1st_Earl_of_Selborne" title="Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne">Selborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Cairns,_1st_Earl_Cairns" title="Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns">Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundell_Palmer,_1st_Earl_of_Selborne" title="Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne">Selborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardinge_Giffard,_1st_Earl_of_Halsbury" title="Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury">Halsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrer_Herschell,_1st_Baron_Herschell" title="Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell">Herschell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardinge_Giffard,_1st_Earl_of_Halsbury" title="Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury">Halsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrer_Herschell,_1st_Baron_Herschell" title="Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell">Herschell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardinge_Giffard,_1st_Earl_of_Halsbury" title="Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury">Halsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid,_1st_Earl_Loreburn" title="Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn">Loreburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Haldane,_1st_Viscount_Haldane" title="Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane">Haldane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Buckmaster,_1st_Viscount_Buckmaster" title="Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster">Buckmaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Finlay,_1st_Viscount_Finlay" title="Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay">Finlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._E._Smith,_1st_Earl_of_Birkenhead" title="F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead">Birkenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cave,_1st_Viscount_Cave" title="George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Haldane,_1st_Viscount_Haldane" title="Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane">Haldane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cave,_1st_Viscount_Cave" title="George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hogg,_1st_Viscount_Hailsham" title="Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham">D. Hailsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sankey,_1st_Viscount_Sankey" title="John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey">Sankey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hogg,_1st_Viscount_Hailsham" title="Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham">D. Hailsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Maugham,_1st_Viscount_Maugham" title="Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham">Maugham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Inskip,_1st_Viscount_Caldecote" title="Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote">Caldecote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Simon,_1st_Viscount_Simon" title="John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jowitt,_1st_Earl_Jowitt" title="William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt">Jowitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Simonds,_1st_Viscount_Simonds" title="Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds">Simonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Maxwell_Fyfe,_1st_Earl_of_Kilmuir" title="David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir">Kilmuir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Manningham-Buller,_1st_Viscount_Dilhorne" title="Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne">Dilhorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Gardiner,_Baron_Gardiner" title="Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner">Gardiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone" title="Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone">Q. 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href="/wiki/Richard_Norton,_8th_Baron_Grantley" title="Richard Norton, 8th Baron Grantley">The Lord Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Palliser" title="Michael Palliser">Michael Palliser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Peel" title="Jack Peel">Jack Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Redwood" title="John Redwood">John Redwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Stone" title="Norman Stone">Norman Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Taylor_(educationist)" title="Cyril Taylor (educationist)">Sir Cyril Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Teasdale" title="Anthony Teasdale">Anthony Teasdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_True,_Baron_True" title="Nicholas True, Baron True">Nicholas True</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Walters" title="Alan Walters">Alan Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wolfson,_Baron_Wolfson_of_Sunningdale" title="David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale">David Wolfson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_Major#Prime_Minister" title="John Major">Major Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Bercow" title="John Bercow">John Bercow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Blackwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman Blackwell">Norman Blackwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Caine" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Caine">Jonathan Caine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Chaplin" title="Judith Chaplin">Judith Chaplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Peter_de_la_Billi%C3%A8re" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Peter de la Billière">Sir Peter de la Billière</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Finkelstein" title="Daniel Finkelstein">Daniel Finkelstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hill,_Baron_Hill_of_Oareford" title="Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford">Jonathan Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Hogg,_Viscountess_Hailsham" title="Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham">Sarah Hogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Kerpel" title="Tony Kerpel">Tony Kerpel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick_Lightfoot" title="Warwick Lightfoot">Warwick Lightfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Meyer" title="Christopher Meyer">Christopher Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_O%27Donnell" title="Gus O'Donnell">Gus O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Rock" title="Patrick Rock">Patrick Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ruffley" title="David Ruffley">David Ruffley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Taylor_(educationist)" title="Cyril Taylor (educationist)">Sir Cyril Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Teasdale" title="Anthony Teasdale">Anthony Teasdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_True,_Baron_True" title="Nicholas True, Baron True">Nicholas True</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Warner" title="Gerald Warner">Gerald Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Wyman" title="Peter Wyman">Peter Wyman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Tony_Blair" title="Premiership of Tony Blair">Blair Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Adonis" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Adonis">Andrew Adonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Allan" title="Tim Allan">Tim Allan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ashworth" title="Jonathan Ashworth">Jonathan Ashworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Balls" title="Ed Balls">Ed Balls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Benn" title="Hilary Benn">Hilary Benn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Bennett_(consultant)" title="David Bennett (consultant)">David Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bentley" title="Tom Bentley">Tom Bentley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Burnham" title="Andy Burnham">Andy Burnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Campbell" title="Alastair Campbell">Alastair Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cavanagh" title="Matt Cavanagh">Matt Cavanagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Corrigan_(political_adviser)" title="Paul Corrigan (political adviser)">Paul Corrigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Diamond" title="Patrick Diamond">Patrick Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Dipple" title="Jo Dipple">Jo Dipple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dugher" title="Michael Dugher">Michael Dugher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hale" title="Stephen Hale">Stephen Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_Hart_of_Chilton" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Hart of Chilton">The Lord Hart of Chilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hill_(Labour_adviser)" title="David Hill (Labour adviser)">David Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anji_Hunter" title="Anji Hunter">Anji Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Kelly_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Kelly (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Tom Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Kendall" title="Liz Kendall">Liz Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kyle_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Kyle (politician)">Peter Kyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Linden" title="Sophie Linden">Sophie Linden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Livermore" class="mw-redirect" title="Spencer Livermore">Spencer Livermore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Lloyd" title="Liz Lloyd">Liz Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_McDougall" title="Blair McDougall">Blair McDougall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_McFadden" title="Pat McFadden">Pat McFadden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McTernan" title="John McTernan">John McTernan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Miliband" title="David Miliband">David Miliband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Moore" class="mw-redirect" title="Jo Moore">Jo Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Huyton" title="Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton">Sally Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Mulgan" title="Geoff Mulgan">Geoff Mulgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Narey" title="Martin Narey">Martin Narey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Nye" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan Nye">Susan Nye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Powell_(Labour_adviser)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Powell (Labour adviser)">Jonathan Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Price" title="Lance Price">Lance Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Purnell" title="James Purnell">James Purnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Reynolds" title="Emma Reynolds">Emma Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Richards_(chief_executive)" title="Ed Richards (chief executive)">Ed Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor_Ryan_(consultant)" title="Conor Ryan (consultant)">Conor Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godric_Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Godric Smith (page does not exist)">Godric Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Smith" title="Owen Smith">Owen Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Stevens_(healthcare_executive)" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon Stevens (healthcare executive)">Simon Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Taylor_(educationist)" title="Cyril Taylor (educationist)">Sir Cyril Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Taylor_(political_strategist)" title="Matthew Taylor (political strategist)">Matthew Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriti_Vadera,_Baroness_Vadera" title="Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera">Shriti Vadera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Whelan" title="Charlie Whelan">Charlie Whelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_White_(political_adviser)" title="Sam White (political adviser)">Sam White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Whitton" title="David Whitton">David Whitton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Doyle_(political_adviser)" title="Matthew Doyle (political adviser)">Matthew Doyle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brown_ministry" title="Brown ministry">Brown Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ashworth" title="Jonathan Ashworth">Jonathan Ashworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polly_Billington" title="Polly Billington">Polly Billington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Butler" title="Nick Butler">Nick Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Carter,_Baron_Carter_of_Barnes" title="Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes">Stephen Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cavanagh" title="Matt Cavanagh">Matt Cavanagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Corry" title="Dan Corry">Dan Corry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Danker" title="Tony Danker">Tony Danker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Dipple" title="Jo Dipple">Jo Dipple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dugher" title="Michael Dugher">Michael Dugher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ellam" title="Michael Ellam">Michael Ellam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayesha_Hazarika" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayesha Hazarika">Ayesha Hazarika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Heywood" title="Jeremy Heywood">Jeremy Heywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Irvin" title="Joe Irvin">Joe Irvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Lewis_(public_relations_officer)" title="Simon Lewis (public relations officer)">Simon Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_McDougall" title="Blair McDougall">Blair McDougall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_McBride" title="Damian McBride">Damian McBride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McTernan" title="John McTernan">John McTernan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Muir" title="David S. Muir">David Muir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Narey" title="Martin Narey">Martin Narey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz" title="Maajid Nawaz">Maajid Nawaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Nye" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan Nye">Susan Nye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Scholar" title="Tom Scholar">Tom Scholar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Spence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffrey Spence (page does not exist)">Geoffrey Spence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_White_(political_adviser)" title="Sam White (political adviser)">Sam White</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Lord_Wood_of_Anfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Lord Wood of Anfield (page does not exist)">Stewart Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Woodcock,_Baron_Walney" title="John Woodcock, Baron Walney">John Woodcock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_David_Cameron" title="Premiership of David Cameron">Cameron Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Bailey_(London_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaun Bailey (London politician)">Shaun Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Bertin" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabby Bertin">Gabby Bertin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Bower_(civil_servant)" class="mw-redirect" title="Helen Bower (civil servant)">Helen Bower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Caine" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Caine">Jonathan Caine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camilla_Cavendish" class="mw-redirect" title="Camilla Cavendish">Camilla Cavendish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Coetzee" title="Ryan Coetzee">Ryan Coetzee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Coulson" title="Andy Coulson">Andy Coulson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings" title="Dominic Cummings">Dominic Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Fall" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine Fall">Catherine Fall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Finn,_Baroness_Finn" title="Simone Finn, Baroness Finn">Simone Finn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Freedman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam Freedman (page does not exist)">Sam Freedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Glover_(journalist)" title="Julian Glover (journalist)">Julian Glover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Goldsworthy" title="Julia Goldsworthy">Julia Goldsworthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Gray" title="Jean-Christophe Gray">Jean-Christophe Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Harrison" title="Rupert Harrison">Rupert Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arminka_Helic" title="Arminka Helic">Arminka Helic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Hillman" title="Nick Hillman">Nick Hillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hilton" title="Steve Hilton">Steve Hilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Holden_(British_politician)" title="Richard Holden (British politician)">Richard Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Korski" title="Daniel Korski">Daniel Korski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Llewellyn,_Baron_Llewellyn_of_Steep" title="Edward Llewellyn, Baron Llewellyn of Steep">Edward Llewellyn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poppy_Mitchell-Rose&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poppy Mitchell-Rose (page does not exist)">Poppy Mitchell-Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Narey" title="Martin Narey">Martin Narey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Newman_(political_adviser)" title="Henry Newman (political adviser)">Henry Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonny_Oates" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonny Oates">Jonny Oates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_O%27Brien" title="Neil O'Brien">Neil O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Shaughnessy,_Baron_O%27Shaughnessy" title="James O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy">James O'Shaughnessy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Oliver_(British_journalist)" title="Craig Oliver (British journalist)">Craig Oliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Parkinson,_Baron_Parkinson_of_Whitley_Bay" title="Stephen Parkinson, Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay">Stephen Parkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Reeves_(British_author)" title="Richard Reeves (British author)">Richard Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Rock" title="Patrick Rock">Patrick Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Sanderson" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Sanderson">Elizabeth Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Seddon" title="Nick Seddon">Nick Seddon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salma_Shah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salma Shah (page does not exist)">Salma Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Shawcross" title="Eleanor Shawcross">Eleanor Shawcross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Southern" title="Sarah Southern">Sarah Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippa_Stroud,_Baroness_Stroud" title="Philippa Stroud, Baroness Stroud">Philippa Stroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Sugg" class="mw-redirect" title="Liz Sugg">Liz Sugg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Suttie" class="mw-redirect" title="Alison Suttie">Alison Suttie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Symonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrie Symonds">Carrie Symonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Timothy" title="Nick Timothy">Nick Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wild_(politician)" title="James Wild (politician)">James Wild</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Graeme_Wilson_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Graeme Wilson (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Graeme Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Worth" title="Sean Worth">Sean Worth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Theresa_May" title="Premiership of Theresa May">May Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Bower-Easton" title="Helen Bower-Easton">Helen Bower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Caine,_Baron_Caine" title="Jonathan Caine, Baron Caine">Jonathan, The Lord Caine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_de_Bois" title="Nick de Bois">Nick de Bois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Frost,_Baron_Frost" title="David Frost, Baron Frost">David Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Gibb" title="Robbie Gibb">Robbie Gibb</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Harrison_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Harrison (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Paul Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Hill_(British_political_adviser)" title="Fiona Hill (British political adviser)">Fiona Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Holden_(British_politician)" title="Richard Holden (British politician)">Richard Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Holmes_(Eastleigh_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Holmes (Eastleigh MP)">Paul Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Ivers" title="Charlotte Ivers">Charlotte Ivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Jackson" title="Stewart Jackson">Stewart Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Kent_(consultant)" title="James Kent (consultant)">James Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kruger" title="Danny Kruger">Danny Kruger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Loudon" title="Lizzie Loudon">Lizzie Loudon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mangnall" title="Anthony Mangnall">Anthony Mangnall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Marshall_(political_adviser)" title="James Marshall (political adviser)">James Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jamie_Njoku-Goodwin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jamie Njoku-Goodwin (page does not exist)">Jamie Njoku-Goodwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Parkinson,_Baron_Parkinson_of_Whitley_Bay" title="Stephen Parkinson, Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay">Stephen Parkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna_Penn,_Baroness_Penn" title="Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn">Joanna Penn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Perrior" title="Katie Perrior">Katie Perrior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Randall,_Baron_Randall_of_Uxbridge" title="John Randall, Baron Randall of Uxbridge">John, The Lord Randall of Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Sanderson,_Baroness_Sanderson_of_Welton" title="Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton">Elizabeth Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salma_Shah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salma Shah (page does not exist)">Salma Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Johnson" title="Carrie Johnson">Carrie Symonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Tanner" title="Will Tanner">Will Tanner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Timothy" title="Nick Timothy">Nick Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Will_Walden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Will Walden (page does not exist)">Will Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wild_(politician)" title="James Wild (politician)">James Wild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Williams_(British_politician)" title="Craig Williams (British politician)">Craig Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Boris_Johnson" title="Premiership of Boris Johnson">Johnson Ministry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bew_(historian)" title="John Bew (historian)">John Bew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Booth-Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Liam Booth-Smith">Liam Booth-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Cain" title="Lee Cain">Lee Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Canzini" title="David Canzini">David Canzini</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Cardwell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Cardwell (page does not exist)">Peter Cardwell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Cook_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry Cook (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Henry Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Cummings" title="Dominic Cummings">Dominic Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_da_Costa" title="Nikki da Costa">Nikki da Costa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Doyle_(journalist)" title="Jack Doyle (journalist)">Jack Doyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Finn,_Baroness_Finn" title="Simone Finn, Baroness Finn">Simone, The Baroness Finn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Gascoigne,_Baron_Gascoigne" title="Benjamin Gascoigne, Baron Gascoigne">Benjamin Gascoigne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Griffith" title="Andrew Griffith">Andrew Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guto_Harri" title="Guto Harri">Guto Harri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hood_(businessman)" title="Andrew Hood (businessman)">Andrew Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Jupp" title="Simon Jupp">Simon Jupp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Kempsell,_Baron_Kempsell" title="Ross Kempsell, Baron Kempsell">Ross Kempsell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Lam" title="Katie Lam">Katie Lam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Lewis_(political_adviser)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oliver Lewis (political adviser) (page does not exist)">Oliver Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Lister,_Baron_Udny-Lister" title="Edward Lister, Baron Udny-Lister">Edward Lister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munira_Mirza" title="Munira Mirza">Munira Mirza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Montgomerie" title="Tim Montgomerie">Tim Montgomerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Newman_(political_adviser)" title="Henry Newman (political adviser)">Henry Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jamie_Njoku-Goodwin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jamie Njoku-Goodwin (page does not exist)">Jamie Njoku-Goodwin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Oldfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ed Oldfield (page does not exist)">Ed Oldfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Owen,_Baroness_Owen_of_Alderley_Edge" title="Charlotte Owen, Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge">Charlotte Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Oxley" title="Rob Oxley">Rob Oxley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Rosenfield" title="Dan Rosenfield">Dan Rosenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Slack" title="James Slack">James Slack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegra_Stratton" title="Allegra Stratton">Allegra Stratton</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government Coat of Arms." 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gummer" title="Ben Gummer">Ben Gummer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Halfon" title="Robert Halfon">Robert Halfon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Second_May_Cabinet" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brokenshire" title="James Brokenshire">James Brokenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Liam Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Chris Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Lidington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt" title="Penny Mordaunt">Penny Mordaunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Stewart" title="Rory Stewart">Rory Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li></ul></div></td><td 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Stride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_departures_from_the_second_May_ministry" title="List of departures from the second May ministry">Departures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Davis_(British_politician)" title="David Davis (British politician)">David Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fallon" title="Michael Fallon">Michael Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Green" title="Damian Green">Damian Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Leaders_of_the_House_of_Commons" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Walpole" title="Robert Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sandys,_1st_Baron_Sandys" title="Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys">Sandys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Pelham" title="Henry Pelham">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Robinson,_1st_Baron_Grantham" title="Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fox,_1st_Baron_Holland" title="Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland">H. Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">Pitt the Elder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1757_caretaker_ministry" title="1757 caretaker ministry">Vacant (caretaker ministry)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">Pitt the Elder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grenville" title="George Grenville">Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fox,_1st_Baron_Holland" title="Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland">H. Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grenville" title="George Grenville">Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Seymour_Conway" title="Henry Seymour Conway">Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North" title="Frederick North, Lord North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Fox" title="Charles James Fox">C. Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Townshend,_1st_Viscount_Sydney" title="Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney">Townshend</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Fox" title="Charles James Fox">C. Fox</a>/<a href="/wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North" title="Frederick North, Lord North">North</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" title="William Pitt the Younger">Pitt the Younger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Addington" title="Henry Addington">Addington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" title="William Pitt the Younger">Pitt the Younger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Fox" title="Charles James Fox">C. Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey" title="Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey">Howick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Perceval" title="Spencer Perceval">Perceval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stewart,_Viscount_Castlereagh" title="Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh">Castlereagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Canning" title="George Canning">Canning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Huskisson" title="William Huskisson">Huskisson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Spencer,_3rd_Earl_Spencer" title="John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer">Althorp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" title="Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Palmerston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" title="Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Palmerston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Northcote,_1st_Earl_of_Iddesleigh" title="Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh">Northcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hicks_Beach,_1st_Earl_St_Aldwyn" title="Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn">Hicks-Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Randolph_Churchill" title="Lord Randolph Churchill">R. Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Smith_(1825%E2%80%931891)" title="William Henry Smith (1825–1891)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Balfour" title="Arthur Balfour">Balfour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Harcourt_(politician)" title="William Harcourt (politician)">Harcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Balfour" title="Arthur Balfour">Balfour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" title="Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Campbell-Bannerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">Asquith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austen_Chamberlain" title="Austen Chamberlain">A. Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">N. Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">W. Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Cripps" title="Stafford Cripps">Cripps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Chuter_Ede" title="James Chuter Ede">Chuter Ede</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Crookshank" title="Harry Crookshank">Crookshank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Macleod" title="Iain Macleod">Macleod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selwyn_Lloyd" title="Selwyn Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Bowden,_Baron_Aylestone" title="Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone">Bowden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Crossman" title="Richard Crossman">Crossman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Peart,_Baron_Peart" title="Fred Peart, Baron Peart">Peart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whitelaw" title="William Whitelaw">Whitelaw</a></li> <li><a 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