Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Chief secretary Term of office Party Ministry Chancellor Henry Brooke MP for Hampstead [ 6] 9 October 1961 13 July 1962 Conservative Macmillan(I & II) Selwyn Lloyd John Boyd-Carpenter [ 7] MP for Kingston-upon-Thames 13 July 1962 16 October 1964 Conservative Reginald Maudling Douglas-Home Jack Diamond [ 8] MP for Gloucester 20 October 1964 19 June 1970 Labour Wilson(I & II) James Callaghan Roy Jenkins Maurice Macmillan [ 9] MP for Farnham 23 June 1970 7 April 1972 Conservative Heath Iain Macleod Anthony Barber Patrick Jenkin [ 10] MP for Wanstead and Woodford 7 April 1972 8 January 1974 Conservative Tom Boardman [ 11] MP for Leicester South West 8 January 1974 4 March 1974 Conservative Joel Barnett [ 12] MP for Heywood and Royton 7 March 1974 4 May 1979 Labour Wilson(III & IV) Denis Healey Callaghan John Biffen [ 13] MP for Oswestry 5 May 1979 5 January 1981 Conservative Thatcher I Geoffrey Howe Leon Brittan [ 14] MP for Cleveland and Whitby 5 January 1981 11 June 1983 Conservative Peter Rees [ 15] MP for Dover 11 June 1983 2 September 1985 Conservative Thatcher II Nigel Lawson John MacGregor [ 16] MP for South Norfolk 2 September 1985 13 June 1987 Conservative John Major [ 17] MP for Huntingdon 13 June 1987 24 July 1989 Conservative Thatcher III Norman Lamont [ 18] MP for Kingston-upon-Thames 24 July 1989 28 November 1990 Conservative John Major David Mellor [ 19] MP for Putney 28 November 1990 10 April 1992 Conservative Major I Norman Lamont Michael Portillo [ 20] MP for Enfield Southgate 10 April 1992 20 July 1994 Conservative Major II Kenneth Clarke Jonathan Aitken [ 21] MP for South Thanet 20 July 1994 5 July 1995 Conservative William Waldegrave [ 22] MP for Bristol West 5 July 1995 2 May 1997 Conservative Alistair Darling [ 23] MP for Edinburgh Central 3 May 1997 27 July 1998 Labour Blair I Gordon Brown Stephen Byers [ 24] MP for North Tyneside 27 July 1998 23 December 1998 Labour Alan Milburn [ 25] MP for Darlington 23 December 1998 11 October 1999 Labour Andrew Smith [ 26] MP for Oxford East 11 October 1999 29 May 2002 Labour Blair II Paul Boateng [ 27] MP for Brent South 29 May 2002 6 May 2005 Labour Des Browne [ 28] MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun 6 May 2005 5 May 2006 Labour Blair III Stephen Timms [ 29] MP for East Ham 5 May 2006 28 June 2007 Labour Andy Burnham [ 30] MP for Leigh 28 June 2007 24 January 2008 Labour Brown Alistair Darling Yvette Cooper [ 31] MP for Pontefract and Castleford 24 January 2008 5 June 2009 Labour Liam Byrne [ 32] MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill 5 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour David Laws [ 33] MP for Yeovil 12 May 2010 29 May 2010 Liberal Democrat Cameron–Clegg ( Con. –L.D. ) George Osborne Danny Alexander [ 34] MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 29 May 2010 8 May 2015 Liberal Democrat Greg Hands [ 35] MP for Chelsea and Fulham 11 May 2015 14 July 2016 Conservative Cameron II David Gauke [ 36] MP for South West Hertfordshire 14 July 2016 11 June 2017 Conservative May I Philip Hammond Liz Truss [ 37] MP for South West Norfolk 11 June 2017 24 July 2019 Conservative May II Rishi Sunak [ 38] MP for Richmond (Yorks) 24 July 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative Johnson I Sajid Javid Johnson II Steve Barclay [ 39] MP for North East Cambridgeshire 13 February 2020 15 September 2021 Conservative Rishi Sunak Simon Clarke [ 40] MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 15 September 2021 6 September 2022 Conservative Nadhim Zahawi Chris Philp [ 41] MP for Croydon South 6 September 2022 14 October 2022 Conservative Truss Kwasi Kwarteng Edward Argar [ 42] MP for Charnwood 14 October 2022 25 October 2022 Conservative Jeremy Hunt John Glen [ 43] MP for Salisbury 25 October 2022 13 November 2023 Conservative Sunak Laura Trott MP for Sevenoaks 13 November 2023 5 July 2024 Conservative Darren Jones MP for Bristol North West 5 July 2024 Incumbent Labour Starmer Rachel Reeves