Chief Whip of the Labour Party

This is a list of those people who have served as Chief Whip of the Labour Party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

House of Commons

Year	Name	Constituency
1906	David Shackleton	Clitheroe
1906	Arthur Henderson	Barnard Castle
1907	George Roberts	Norwich
1914	Arthur Henderson	Barnard Castle
1914	Frank Goldstone	Sunderland
1916	George Roberts	Norwich
1919	William Tyson Wilson	Westhoughton
1920	Arthur Henderson	Widnes
1924	Benjamin Spoor	Bishop Auckland
1925	Arthur Henderson	Burnley
1927	Thomas Kennedy	Kirkcaldy Burghs
1931	Charles Edwards	Bedwellty
1942	William Whiteley	Blaydon
1955	Herbert Bowden	Leicester South West
1964	Edward Short	Newcastle upon Tyne
1966	John Silkin	Deptford
1969	Robert Mellish	Bermondsey
1976	Michael Cocks	Bristol South
1985	Derek Foster	Bishop Auckland
1995	Donald Dewar	Glasgow Garscadden
1997	Nick Brown	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
1998	Ann Taylor	Dewsbury
2001	Hilary Armstrong	Durham North West
2006	Jacqui Smith	Redditch
2007	Geoff Hoon	Ashfield
2008	Nick Brown	Newcastle East
2010	Rosie Winterton	Doncaster Central
2016	Nick Brown	Newcastle East

House of Lords

Year	Name
Feb 1924	The Lord Muir-Mackenzie
Feb 1924	The Earl De La Warr
1930	The Lord Marley
1937	The Lord Strabolgi
1941	The Earl of Listowel
1944	The Lord Southwood
1945	The Lord Ammon
1949	The 1st Lord Shepherd
1954	The Earl of Lucan
1964	The 2nd Lord Shepherd
1967	The Lord Beswick
1973	The Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
1982	The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
1990	The Lord Graham of Edmonton
1997	The Lord Carter
2002	The Lord Grocott
2008	The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
2008	The Lord Bassam of Brighton

Sources

Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900, Macmillan, 1975
David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Historical Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000

Leaders	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Gaitskell Wilson Callaghan Foot Kinnock Smith Blair Brown Miliband Corbyn

Deputy Leaders	Clynes Graham Attlee Greenwood Morrison Griffiths Bevan Brown Jenkins Short Foot Healey Hattersley Beckett Prescott Harman Watson

General Secretaries	MacDonald Henderson Middleton Phillips Williams Nicholas Hayward Mortimer Whitty Sawyer McDonagh Triesman Carter Watt Collins McNicol

Treasurers	Henderson MacDonald Henderson Lathan Greenwood Gaitskell Bevan Nicholas Davies Callaghan Atkinson Varley Booth McCluskie Burlison Prosser Elsby Dromey Holland

Leaders in the Lords	Haldane Cripps Ponsonby Snell Addison Jowitt Alexander Pakenham Shackleton Shepherd Peart Hughes Richard Jay Williams Amos Ashton Royall Smith

PLP Chairs	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Hodge* Wardle* Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Lees-Smith* Pethick-Lawrence* Greenwood* Gaitskell Wilson Houghton Mikardo Hughes Willey Dormand Orme Hoyle Soley Corston Clwyd Lloyd Watts Cryer

* = wartime, in opposition

Internal elections

Leadership elections	1922 (MacDonald) 1935 (Attlee) 1955 (Gaitskell) 1960 1961 1963 (Wilson) 1976 (Callaghan) 1980 (Foot) 1983 (Kinnock) 1988 1992 (Smith) 1994 (Blair) 2007 (Brown) 2010 (Miliband) 2015 (Corbyn) 2016

Deputy Leadership elections	1952 (Morrison) 1953 1956 (Griffiths) 1959 (Bevan) 1960 (Brown) 1961 1962 1970 (Jenkins) 1971 1972 (Short) 1976 (Foot) 1980 (Healey) 1981 1983 (Hattersley) 1988 1992 (Beckett) 1994 (Prescott) 2007 (Harman) 2015 (Watson)

Shadow Cabinet elections	1979 (Callaghan) 1980 (Foot) 1981 (Foot) 1982 (Foot) 1983 (Kinnock) 1984 (Kinnock) 1985 (Kinnock) 1986 (Kinnock) 1987 (Kinnock) ... 1990 (Kinnock) 1991 (Kinnock) 1992 (Smith) 1993 (Smith) 1994 (Blair) 1995 (Blair) 1996 (Blair) 2010 (Miliband)

Organisation

Structure	Constitution Clause IV Rule Book National Executive Committee Labour Party Conference National Policy Forum General Secretary Treasurer Constituency Labour Party Branch Labour Party Socialist societies Association of Labour Councillors Parliamentary Labour Party Labour Chief Whip European Parliamentary Labour Party London Labour Party Scottish Labour Party Welsh Labour Labour Party in Northern Ireland Affiliated trade unions Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation Electoral pact with independent Co-operative Party as Labour Co-operative Candidates Young Labour Labour International

Related organisations	Christians on the Left Compass Fabian Society Young Fabians Grassroots Alliance Jewish Labour Movement Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform Labour CND Labour Friends of Israel Labour Party Irish Society Labour Representation Committee (2004) Labour Students LGBT Labour LabourList Momentum National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs Progress Socialist Appeal Socialist Health Association Socialist Educational Association Socialist Environment and Resources Association Socialist Campaign Group Socialist Youth Network Tribune

History and related topics	History of the Labour Party (UK) General election manifestos History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom Lib–Lab pact One more heave New Labour Tony's Cronies Blue Labour One Nation Labour

Alliances	Party of European Socialists Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Progressive Alliance Socialist International

Northern Ireland	Social Democratic and Labour Party Labour – Federation of Labour Groups

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Chief Whip of the Labour Party

House of Commons

House of Lords

Sources

See also