Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
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The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial position in the British Government. The holder is usually the Government Chief Whip
in the House of Commons. However, the office is no longer attached to the Treasury. The office can be seen as a sinecure, allowing the Chief Whip to draw a government salary, attend Cabinet, and use a Downing Street residence.
Whip (politics)
A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...
in the House of Commons. However, the office is no longer attached to the Treasury. The office can be seen as a sinecure, allowing the Chief Whip to draw a government salary, attend Cabinet, and use a Downing Street residence.
19th century
- Thomas Spring RiceThomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of BrandonThomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, PC, FRS was a British Whig politician, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1835 to 1839.-Background:...
1830–1834 - Charles WoodCharles Wood, 1st Viscount HalifaxCharles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC , known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852....
1834 - Sir George Clerk, BtSir George Clerk, 6th BaronetSir George Clerk of Pennycuik, 6th Baronet PC, DL , was a British Tory politician.-Background:Clerk was the son of James Clerk, third son of Sir George Clerk-Maxwell, 4th Baronet, by his wife Janet Irving, daughter of George Irving, of Newton.-Political career:Clerk sat as Member of Parliament for...
1834–1835 - Francis BaringFrancis Baring, 1st Baron NorthbrookFrancis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook PC , known as Sir Francis Baring, Bt, from 1848 to 1866, was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell....
1835–1839 - Hon. Edward StanleyEdward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of AlderleyEdward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley PC , known as The Lord Eddisbury between 1848 and 1850, was a British politician.-Background:...
1839–1841 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, BtThomas Fremantle, 1st Baron CottesloeThomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe PC, PC , JP , known as Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt, between 1821 and 1874, was a British Tory politician.-Early life:...
1841–1844 - Sir George Clerk, BtSir George Clerk, 6th BaronetSir George Clerk of Pennycuik, 6th Baronet PC, DL , was a British Tory politician.-Background:Clerk was the son of James Clerk, third son of Sir George Clerk-Maxwell, 4th Baronet, by his wife Janet Irving, daughter of George Irving, of Newton.-Political career:Clerk sat as Member of Parliament for...
1844–1845 - John YoungJohn Young, 1st Baron LisgarJohn Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, Bt, GCB, GCMG, PC was the second Governor General of Canada, in office from 1869 to 1872.-Biography:...
1845–1846 - Henry TufnellHenry TufnellHenry Tufnell was a British Whig politician. He entered the House of Commons in 1837 as a member for Ipswich, having previously been defeated in the North Essex election in 1835, but lost that seat a year later. He was returned for Devonport in a by-election in 1840 and held that seat until 1854...
1846–1850 - William Goodenough Hayter 1850–1852
- William Forbes MackenzieWilliam Forbes MackenzieWilliam Forbes Mackenzie was a Scottish Conservative politician and temperance reformer. He is best known for the Forbes MacKenzie Act, legislation passed in 1853 to regulate public houses in Scotland....
1852 - William Goodenough Hayter 1853–1858
- Sir William Jolliffe, BtWilliam Jolliffe, 1st Baron HyltonWilliam George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton PC , known as Sir William Jolliffe, Bt, between 1821 and 1866, was a British soldier and Conservative politician...
1858–1859 - Henry BrandHenry Brand, 1st Viscount HampdenHenry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden GCB, PC , was a British Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884.-Background and education:...
1859–1866 - Thomas Edward TaylorThomas Edward TaylorThomas Edward Taylor PC , was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1868 and between 1874 and 1880 under Benjamin Disraeli.-Background and education:...
1866–1868 - Gerard Noel 1868
- George GlynGeorge Glyn, 2nd Baron WolvertonGeorge Grenfell Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton PC , was a British Liberal politician. He held office in three of the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone.-Background:...
1868–1873 - Arthur Wellesley Peel 1873–1874
- Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt 1874–1880
- Lord Richard GrosvenorRichard Grosvenor, 1st Baron StalbridgeRichard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge PC , styled Lord Richard Grosvenor between 1845 and 1886, was a British politician and businessman. Initially a Liberal, he served under William Ewart Gladstone as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1872 and 1874 and as Parliamentary...
1880–1885 - Aretas Akers-DouglasAretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount ChilstonAretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston GBE PC , born Aretas Akers and known as Aretas Akers-Douglas between 1875 and 1911, was a British Conservative statesman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until he was raised to the peerage in 1911...
1885–1886 - Arnold MorleyArnold MorleyArnold Morley PC was a British barrister and Liberal politician.-Background:Morley was a younger son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool...
1886 - Aretas Akers-DouglasAretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount ChilstonAretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston GBE PC , born Aretas Akers and known as Aretas Akers-Douglas between 1875 and 1911, was a British Conservative statesman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until he was raised to the peerage in 1911...
1886–1892 - Edward MarjoribanksEdward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron TweedmouthEdward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth KT, PC was a British Liberal Party statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1894 when he inherited his peerage and then sat in the House of Lords...
1892–1894 - Thomas Edward Ellis 1894–1895
- Sir William Walrond, Bt 1895–1902
20th century
- Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, BtAlexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St AudriesAlexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries PC , known as Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bt, until 1911, was a British Conservative Party politician...
1902–1905 - George WhiteleyGeorge Whiteley, 1st Baron MarchamleyGeorge Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley PC was a British Liberal politician. He served as Chief Whip between 1905 and 1908 in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H...
1905–1908 - Jack Pease 1908–1910
- Master of Elibank 1910–1912
- Percy Holden Illingworth 1912–1915
- John William Gulland 1915
- Lord Edmund TalbotEdmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of DerwentEdmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC , known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.-Background:...
1915–16 (Conservative, jointly) - John William Gulland 1915–16 (Liberal, jointly)
- Lord Edmund TalbotEdmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of DerwentEdmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC , known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.-Background:...
1916–21 (Conservative, jointly) - Neil PrimroseNeil James Archibald PrimroseCaptain The Honourable Neil James Archibald Primrose PC, MC , was a British Liberal politician and soldier. The second son of Prime Minister Lord Rosebery, he represented Wisbech in parliament from 1910 to 1917 and served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1915 and as...
1916–17 (Liberal, jointly) - Frederick GuestFrederick Edward GuestFrederick Edward Guest CBE DSO PC , often known as Freddie Guest, was a British politician best known for being Chief Whip of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Coalition Liberal Party between 1917 and 1921. He was also Secretary of State for Air between 1921 and 1922...
1917–21 (Liberal, jointly) - Leslie Orme WilsonLeslie Orme WilsonSir Leslie Orme Wilson, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, DSO, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and Governor of Queensland.-Personal life:...
1921– 1922 (Conservative, jointly) - Charles McCurdyCharles McCurdyCharles Albert McCurdy was a British Liberal Member of Parliament and minister in the Lloyd George Coalition Government. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1920....
1921–22 (Liberal, jointly) - Leslie Orme WilsonLeslie Orme WilsonSir Leslie Orme Wilson, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, DSO, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and Governor of Queensland.-Personal life:...
1922–1923 - Bolton Eyres-MonsellBolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount MonsellBolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, GBE, PC was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty.His parents were Lt.Col...
1923–1924 - Ben SpoorBen SpoorBenjamin Charles Spoor was a British Labour Party politician. He took a particular interest in India and in the Movement for Colonial Freedom....
1924 - Bolton Eyres-MonsellBolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount MonsellBolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, GBE, PC was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty.His parents were Lt.Col...
1924–1929 - Tom KennedyTom Kennedy (UK politician)Thomas Kennedy PC was a Scottish Labour politician.Kennedy was born in Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, and became a railway clerk. He joined the Social Democratic Federation and soon became its organiser for Aberdeen, standing for Parliament in Aberdeen North in 1906 and January 1910...
1929–31 - David MargessonDavid Margesson, 1st Viscount MargessonHenry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson PC was a British Conservative politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips...
1931–1940 - Sir Charles EdwardsCharles Edwards (UK politician)Sir Charles Edwards was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Edwards was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament for the newly-created Bedwellty constituency in Monmouthshire...
1940–42 (Labour, jointly) - James Gray StuartJames Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of FindhornJames Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....
1941–45 (Conservative, jointly) - William WhiteleyWilliam Whiteley (politician)William Whiteley, CH, PC, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament for Blaydon in County Durham.William Whiteley, not to be confused with the founder of the Department Store of the same name, was a Durham miner by background and lodge official also...
1942–51 (Labour, jointly until 1945) - Patrick Buchan-HepburnPatrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron HailesPatrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, GBE, CH , was a British Conservative politician and the only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation, from 3 January 1958, to 31 May 1962, when the country was disbanded.-Background and education:Buchan-Hepburn was the...
1951–55 - Edward HeathEdward HeathSir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....
1955–1959 - Martin RedmayneMartin RedmayneMartin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne, Bt., DSO, TD, PC was a British Conservative politician.Redmayne was the second son of civil engineer and farmer, Leonard Redmayne and his wife Mildred and was educated at Radley College...
1959–64 - Ted ShortEdward Short, Baron GlenamaraEdward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH PC is a former Labour Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, England. He was a minister during the Labour Governments of Harold Wilson...
1964–66 - John SilkinJohn SilkinJohn Ernest Silkin, PC was an English Labour politician and solicitor.He was the third son of Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin, and a younger brother of Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich. He was educated at Dulwich College, the University of Wales, and Trinity Hall at the University of...
1966–69 - Bob MellishBob Mellish, Baron MellishRobert Joseph Mellish, Baron Mellish, PC was a British politician. He was a long-serving Labour Party MP and served as the Labour Chief Whip from 1969 until 1976 but in his later years he fell out with his local Constituency Labour Party which had become dominated by left-wingers, and eventually...
1969–70 - Francis Pym 1970–1973
- Humphrey AtkinsHumphrey AtkinsHumphrey Edward Gregory Atkins, Baron Colnbrook KCMG PC was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979-82....
1973–1974 - Bob Mellish 1974–1976
- Michael CocksMichael CocksMichael Francis Lovell Cocks, Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Cocks was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield and Bristol University and became a teacher....
1976–1979 - Michael JoplingMichael Jopling, Baron JoplingThomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party....
1979–1983 - John Wakeham 1983–1986
- David WaddingtonDavid Waddington, Baron WaddingtonDavid Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, GCVO, DL, QC, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1990, and was then made a life peer...
1986–1989 - Tim RentonTim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount HarryRonald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, PC , is a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Minister of State in both the Foreign Office and the Home Office, and as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. He was promoted to the Cabinet serving as Margaret Thatcher's Chief...
1989–1990 - Richard Ryder 1990–1995
- Alastair Goodlad 1995–1997
- Nick BrownNick BrownNicholas Hugh "Nick" Brown is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East since 1983...
1997–1998 - Ann TaylorAnn Taylor, Baroness Taylor of BoltonWinifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, PC is a British Labour Party politician, who was Minister for International Defence and Security, based at both the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from October 2008 until 11 May 2010.-Member of Parliament:Taylor was the...
1998–2001
21st century
- Hilary ArmstrongHilary ArmstrongHilary Jane Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for North West Durham from 1987 to 2010.-Early life:...
2001–2006 - Jacqui SmithJacqui SmithJacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith is a member of the British Labour Party. She served as the Member of Parliament for Redditch from 1997 until 2010 and was the first ever female Home Secretary, thus making her the third woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State — after Margaret Thatcher and...
2006–2007 - Geoff HoonGeoff HoonGeoffrey "Geoff" William Hoon is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Ashfield from 1992 to 2010...
2007–2008 - Nick BrownNick BrownNicholas Hugh "Nick" Brown is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East since 1983...
2008–2010 - Patrick McLoughlinPatrick McLoughlinPatrick Allen McLoughlin is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1986, initially for West Derbyshire and since 2010 for its successor, the Derbyshire Dales constituency...
2010–present