Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords

Government role in the UK Parliament

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Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords
Incumbent The Baroness Smith of Basildon since 27 May 2015
Inaugural holder	The Viscount Haldane
Formation	1924

The Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords is the parliamentary chairperson of the Labour Party of the House of Lords. The Labour Party peers elect the Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords.

When the Labour Party is the main party of opposition in the House of Commons, this post also acts as Shadow Leader of the House of Lords.

The current incumbent, Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, was appointed in May 2015.

List of Labour Leaders in the House of Lords

Leader	Term of office		LOTO	Other ministerial offices held as Leader of the House of Lords
The Viscount Haldane (Richard Haldane)	1924	19 August 1928	1924–1928	– Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (22 January 1924 – 6 November 1924)
The Lord Parmoor (Charles Cripps)	19 August 1928	24 August 1931	1928–1929 1931	– Lord President of the Council (7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931)
The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Arthur Ponsonby)	7 October 1931	25 October 1935	1931–1935
The Lord Snell (Harry Snell)	25 October 1935	22 May 1940	1935–1940	–
The Viscount Addison (Christopher Addison)	22 May 1940	11 December 1951	1940–1945 1951–1952	– Dominions Secretary (3 August 1945 – 7 July 1947) – Commonwealth Relations Secretary (7 July 1947 – 7 October 1947) – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (7 October 1947 – 9 March 1951) – Paymaster General (2 July 1948 – 1 April 1949) – Lord President of the Council (9 March 1951 – 26 October 1951)
The Earl Jowitt (William Jowitt)	1952	14 December 1955	1952–1955	–
The Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (A. V. Alexander)	14 December 1955	16 October 1964	1955–1964	–
The Earl of Longford (Frank Pakenham)	18 October 1964	16 January 1968		– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (18 October 1964 – 23 December 1965) – Colonial Secretary (23 December 1965 – 6 April 1966) – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (6 April 1966 – 16 January 1968)
The Lord Shackleton (Edward Shackleton)	16 January 1968	4 March 1974	1970–1974	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (16 January 1968 – 6 April 1968) – Paymaster General (6 April 1968 – 1 November 1968) – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (18 October 1968 – 19 June 1970)
The Lord Shepherd (Malcolm Shepherd)	4 March 1974	10 September 1976		– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (4 March 1974 – 10 September 1976)
The Lord Peart (Fred Peart)	10 September 1976	4 November 1982	1979–1982	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979)
The Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos (Cledwyn Hughes)	4 November 1982	18 July 1992	1982–1992	–
The Lord Richard (Ivor Richard)	18 July 1992	27 July 1998	1992–1997	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998)
The Baroness Jay of Paddington (Margaret Jay)	27 July 1998	8 June 2001		– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001) – Minister for Women (27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001)
The Lord Williams of Mostyn (Gareth Williams)	8 June 2001	20 September 2003		– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (8 June 2001 – 13 June 2003) – Lord President of the Council (13 June 2003 – 20 September 2003)
The Baroness Amos (Valerie Amos)	6 October 2003	27 June 2007		– Lord President of the Council (6 October 2003 – 27 June 2007)
The Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Catherine Ashton)	27 June 2007	3 October 2008		– Lord President of the Council (28 June 2007 – 3 October 2008)
The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Janet Royall)	3 October 2008	27 May 2015	2010–2015	– Lord President of the Council (3 October 2008 – 5 June 2009) – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010)
The Baroness Smith of Basildon (Angela Smith)	27 May 2015		2015–	–

References

"Who's who in Corbyn's shadow cabinet?". BBC News. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
"Parliamentary career for Baroness Smith of Basildon - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

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Leadership

Leaders	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Morrison^ Gaitskell Brown^ Wilson Callaghan Foot Kinnock Smith Beckett^ Blair Brown Harman^ Miliband Harman^ Corbyn Starmer
Deputy Leaders	Clynes Graham Attlee Greenwood Morrison Griffiths Bevan Brown Jenkins Short Foot Healey Hattersley Beckett Prescott Harman Watson Rayner
General Secretaries	MacDonald Henderson Middleton Phillips Williams Barker^ Nicholas Hayward Mortimer Whitty Sawyer McDonagh Triesman Carter Watt Collins McNicol Formby Evans
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 of Basildon
Scottish Labour Leaders	Dewar McLeish Jamieson^ McConnell Jamieson^ Alexander Jamieson^ Gray Lamont Sarwar^ Murphy Gray^ Dugdale Rowley^ Baillie^ Leonard Baillie^ Sarwar
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 Morden
EPLP Leaders	Stewart Prescott Castle Lomas Martin Seal Ford Green David Donnelly Murphy Titley Willmott Corbett
* = wartime, in opposition ^ Interim/Acting

Internal elections and selections

Leadership elections	1922 Ramsay MacDonald 1931 Arthur Henderson 1932 George Lansbury 1935 Clement Attlee 1955 Hugh Gaitskell 1960 1961 1963 Harold Wilson 1976 James Callaghan 1980 Michael Foot 1983 Neil Kinnock 1988 1992 John Smith 1994 Tony Blair 2007 Gordon Brown 2010 Ed Miliband 2015 Jeremy Corbyn 2016 2020 Keir Starmer
Deputy Leadership elections	1952 Herbert Morrison 1953 1956 Jim Griffiths 1959 Aneurin Bevan 1960 George Brown 1961 1962 1970 Roy Jenkins 1971 1972 Edward Short 1976 Michael Foot 1980 Denis Healey 1981 1983 Roy Hattersley 1988 1992 Margaret Beckett 1994 John Prescott 2007 Harriet Harman 2015 Tom Watson 2020 Angela Rayner
Shadow Cabinet elections and reshuffles	Sep 1931 (Henderson) Nov 1931 1932 (Lansbury) 1933 1934 1935 (Attlee) 1936 1937 1938 1939 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 (Gaitskell) 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 (Wilson) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1979 (Callaghan) 1980 (Foot) 1981 1982 1983 (Kinnock) 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 (Smith) 1993 1994 (Blair) 1995 1996 2010 (Miliband) June 2016 (Corbyn) May 2021 (Starmer) November 2021 2023

Party structure

Constitution	Clause IV
Executive	National Executive Committee General Secretary Treasurer
Parliamentary	Parliamentary Labour Party Chief Whip of the Labour Party
Conference	Labour Party Conference
Subnational	Scottish Labour Welsh Labour Labour Party in Northern Ireland
Directly elected city mayoral authorities	London Labour
CLPs	Constituency Labour Party Labour International
Miscellaneous	National Policy Forum Affiliated trade unions Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation Labour Co-operative Co-operative Party Labour – Federation of Labour Groups

Associated organisations

List	Organisations associated with the Labour Party
Sectional groups	Young Labour Labour International LGBT+ Labour Labour Campaign for Trans Rights Labour Students BAME Labour Disability Labour
Factional groups	Blue Labour Campaign for Labour Party Democracy Christians on the Left Compass Fabian Society Young Fabians Future Britain Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance Jewish Labour Movement Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform Labour CND Labour Friends of Israel Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East Labour Growth Group Labour Party Irish Society Labour Representation Committee (2004) Labour Women's Network Momentum Open Labour National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs Progressive Britain Revolutionary Communist Party Formerly Socialist Appeal Socialist Health Association Socialist Educational Association Socialist Environment and Resources Association Socialist Campaign Group Socialist Youth Network Socialist societies
Media publications	LabourList Tribune

Party alliances

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

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