Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)

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Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party is sometimes an official title of a senior Conservative politician of the United Kingdom.

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Some are given this title officially by the party, such as Peter Lilley, [1] while others are given the title as an unofficial description by the media, such as William Hague. [2] The first politician to hold the office as such was Reginald Maudling, appointed by Edward Heath in 1965. [3] Distinct from being "second-in-command", there is formally no current position of deputy party leader in the party's hierarchy. [4]

The term has sometimes been mistakenly used to refer to the party's deputy chair. [5]

List of deputy leaders

NameTerm beganTerm endedConcurrent office(s) Leader
Reginald Maudling 4 August 1965 [6] 18 July 1972 [7] Deputy Leader of the Opposition (1965–1970) [8]
Shadow Foreign Secretary (1965)
Shadow Defence Secretary (1968–1969)
Home Secretary (1970–1972)		 Edward Heath
Not in use from 1972 to 1975
The Viscount Whitelaw 12 February 1975 [9] 7 August 1991 [10] Deputy Leader of the Opposition (1975–1979) [11]
Shadow Home Secretary (1976–1979)
Home Secretary (1979–1983)
Leader of the House of Lords (1983–1988) [12] 		Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Not in use from 1991 to 1998
Peter Lilley 2 June 1998 [13] 15 June 1999 [13] Deputy Leader of the Opposition (1998–1999) [14] William Hague
Not in use from 1999 to 2001
Michael Ancram 18 September 2001 [15] 6 December 2005 [15] Deputy Leader of the Opposition (2001–2005) [16]
Shadow Foreign Secretary (2001–2005) [15]
Shadow Defence Secretary (2005) [15] 		Iain Duncan Smith
Michael Howard
Not in use since 2005

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  1. ↑ "Peter Lilley, Member of Parliament for Hitchin and Harpenden". The Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016. He stood for the Conservative Leadership in 1997; becoming Shadow Chancellor then Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party Responsible for Policy Renewal until 2000.
  2. ↑ Andrew Porter, Political Editor (14 January 2009). "David Cameron anoints William Hague as his deputy". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 July 2016.{{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ↑ Blake, Robert (14 August 1965). "A Watershed in English Politics". The Illustrated London News . Vol. 247. p. 20. The most striking feature, however, of Mr. Heath's reconstruction is the appointment of a Deputy Leader. This is the first time that such a position has been created in the Conservative hierarchy [...]
  4. ↑ Guardian editorial (17 June 2015). "The Guardian view on party deputy leaders: a job about nothing". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Ann Gripper (11 May 2015). "David Cameron's 2015 cabinet: Meet the ministers appointed in all Conservative post-election reshuffle". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 17 July 2016. Robert Halfon will become deputy leader of the Conservative Party.
  6. ↑ Ball, Stuart (1998). The Conservative Party Since 1945. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 187.
  7. ↑ "Heath Faces Cabinet Reshuffle". 24 July 1972. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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  13. 1 2 "Parliamentary career for Lord Lilley". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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