Chairman of the Conservative Party

Chairman of the Conservative Party
Incumbent Brandon Lewis since 8 January 2018
Conservative Party
Appointer	Leader of the Conservative Party
Term length	At the pleasure of the Leader of the Conservative Party
Inaugural holder	Arthur Steel-Maitland
Formation	1911

The Chairman of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom is responsible for party administration, overseeing the Conservative Campaign Headquarters (formerly Conservative Central Office). When the Conservatives are in government, the Chairman is usually a member of the Cabinet holding a sinecure position such as Minister without Portfolio.^{[citation needed]} Deputy or vice-chairmen may also be appointed, with responsibility for specific aspects of the Conservative Party (for example, local government, women or youth). When a woman holds the office, such as Theresa May and Caroline Spelman, the office is titled Chairwoman of the Conservative Party. The Conservative Party is currently chaired by Brandon Lewis, who was appointed January 8th, 2018, with James Cleverly as his deputy.

The role was created in 1911 in response to the Conservative party's defeat in the second 1910 general election. The position is not subject to election, and is given by the party leader.^[1]

Contents

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  1 Key
  


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  2 Chairmen
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

Key

	Member of the House of Commons
	Member of the House of Lords

Chairmen

Appointed	Name(s)		Constituency (where applicable)
1911		Arthur Steel-Maitland[2]	Birmingham East
1916		Sir George Younger[3]	Ayr Burghs
1923		Stanley Jackson[2]	Howdenshire
1926		John Davidson[2][3]	Hemel Hempstead
1930		Neville Chamberlain[2][3]	Birmingham Edgbaston
1931		The Lord Stonehaven	None
1936		Sir Douglas Hacking	Chorley
1942		Thomas Dugdale	Richmond
29 October 1944		Ralph Assheton[2]	City of London
1 July 1946		The Viscount Woolton[2]	None
1 November 1955		The Lord Poole[2][4]	None
18 September 1957		The Viscount Hailsham[2]	None
14 October 1959		Rab Butler[2]	Saffron Walden
10 October 1961		Iain Macleod	Enfield West
17 April 1963 (Jointly)		Iain Macleod	Enfield West
		The Lord Poole[2]	None
21 October 1963		The Viscount Blakenham	None
21 January 1965		Sir Edward du Cann[2]	Taunton
11 September 1967		Anthony Barber	Altrincham and Sale
31 July 1970		Peter Thomas	Hendon South
7 April 1972		The Lord Carrington	None
4 March 1974		William Whitelaw	Penrith and The Border
11 February 1975		The Lord Thorneycroft[2]	None
14 September 1981		Cecil Parkinson[2]	South Hertfordshire
11 June 1983		John Gummer	Suffolk Coastal
2 September 1985		Norman Tebbit[2]	Chingford
13 July 1987		Peter Brooke	City of London and Westminster South
24 July 1989		Kenneth Baker	Mole Valley
28 November 1990		Chris Patten[5]	Bath
10 May 1992		Sir Norman Fowler	Sutton Coldfield
20 July 1994		Sir Jeremy Hanley	Richmond and Barnes
5 July 1995		Brian Mawhinney	Peterborough
11 June 1997		The Lord Parkinson	None
2 December 1998		Michael Ancram	Devizes
18 September 2001		David Davis	Haltemprice and Howden
23 July 2002		Theresa May[4]	Maidenhead
6 November 2003		Liam Fox	Woodspring
10 November 2003 (Jointly)		Liam Fox	Woodspring
		Lord Saatchi[4]	None
6 May 2005		Francis Maude	Horsham
2 July 2007		Caroline Spelman	Meriden
19 January 2009		Sir Eric Pickles	Brentwood and Ongar
12 May 2010 (Jointly)		The Lord Feldman of Elstree[2]	None
		The Baroness Warsi	None
4 September 2012 (Jointly)		The Lord Feldman of Elstree	None
		Grant Shapps	Welwyn Hatfield
11 May 2015		The Lord Feldman of Elstree	None
14 July 2016		Sir Patrick McLoughlin	Derbyshire Dales
8 January 2018		Brandon Lewis	Great Yarmouth

See also

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

References

Notes

1. 
   ^ Harris, Robin (2011). The Conservatives - A History. London: Bantam Press. ISBN 9780593065112. (p. 249) After the second election defeat of 1910 there was an unstoppable pressure for an enquiry into the party's failures. A committee recommended that two new posts be created - that of party treasurer and that of chairman of the party (enjoying 'Cabinet rank'). ... Balfour accepted the changes but tried to reduce the status of the chairman, a position which he significantly (and permanently) re-titled 'chairman of the party organization'. He also concealed, as long as he could, the 'Cabinet rank' pledge. Finally he appointed a rather junior but, as it turned out, vigorous and assertive Birmingham member of parliament, Arthur Steel-Maitland, to the chairmanship..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ ^{abcdefghijklmno} Harris, Robin (2011). The Conservatives - A History. London: Bantam Press. ISBN 9780593065112.
   


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   ^ ^abc Stewart, Graham (1999). Burying Caesar - Churchill, Chamberlain and the Battle for the Tory Party. London: Phoenix. ISBN 9780753810606.
   


4. 
   ^ ^abc Sampson, Anthony (2004). Who Runs This Place?. London: John Murray. ISBN 0719565642.
   


5. 
   ^ Patten, Chris (2005). Not Quite the Diplomat. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 0713998555.
   

Bibliography

• Ball, Stuart, ed. (1998) The Conservative Party Since 1945, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  ISBN 9780719040139
  


• Conservative Party website


• The Conservative Party Archive

External links

• Meet the Chairmen – conservatives.com
  

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