Permanent historical factsheet

Leader of House of Commons

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records

1886–1990Date range

7Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1886

Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill3 August 1886

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Commons

1955

Richard Austen Butler Saffron WaldenDecember 1955

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Commons

1972

Jim Prior1972

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Commons

1981

John Pym5 January 1981

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Commons

1985

John Biffen1985

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Commons

1989

Geoffrey Howe24 July 1989

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Commons

1990

John MacGregor1990

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Commons

Names involved

Geoffrey HoweJim PriorJohn BiffenJohn MacGregorJohn PymRandolph Henry Spencer-ChurchillRichard Austen Butler Saffron Walden

Provenance

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